Kansas City Link Pool: Constant Cowtown Change, Border Chaos & MAGA Comeback

Right not hottie icon Pamela inspires our morning peek at pop culture, community news and top headlines.

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Local Turnover Eternal

Neal Jones' Top 5: Changes in KC over the past 30 years

"I was hired at KCTV5 in September of 1993, the same month that Joe Montana started with the Chiefs, and here are the top five changes I've seen in Kansas City over the past 30 years."


Happy Rock Saves Cash

Gladstone Facebook group helping locals save money during record inflation

KANSAS CITY, MO - On Wednesday, new inflation numbers were released, showing the Consumer Price Growth fell below 5% for the first time in two years. In response to the report, experts say inflation is still high, but it's getting lower. Katie Donais started the Facebook group "Buy Nothing - Gladstone" with hopes of helping people save money.


Local Ladies Forge Community

Over 400 women across Kansas City volunteer to build houses for other women

A special Habitat for Humanity event is happening for the next two weeks.Women from all over the city are pitching in for the project.Ashley Sutherland does not know much about construction, but she's willing to learn."No, I have no idea about building," Sutherland said.


Cowtown Crafts War Supplies

Kansas City nonprofit has sent more than 600,000 tourniquets to Ukraine

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ukraine claims it's made a successful counter attack near one of its eastern cities and it's "completely freed from Russia occupied forces." The news comes as people in Kansas City work to help soldiers on the front lines.


Golden Ghetto Kitsch Coming Soon

Hello Kitty hits the road and heads to Kansas City

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Hello Kitty is on her way to the metro and hopes to meet up with friends. The Hello Kitty Café Truck plans to pull into Town Center Plaza in Leawood on Saturday, May 13. Fans will find the truck parked between Bravo and J. Crew.


PAMELA FOREVER!!!

"It Feels Good To Be Seen": Pamela Anderson On Kicking Off Her Modelling Career In Her Fifties

"It's surreal, and interesting to be accepted, rooted for, and celebrated," Pamela Anderson tells Vogue of the positive reception she's received of late, following the release of her heartfelt memoir and Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story .


White House Reality Check

Biden quietly admits the border has been in chaos 'for a number of years' ahead of Title 42 expiration

President Biden may have quietly admitted Wednesday evening what he and the White House has refused to say publicly about the worsening situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.


MAGA Money Madness?!?!

Janet Yellen says Donald Trump's default plan is "unthinkable"

The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury has lambasted Donald Trump's controversial idea that the Republicans should allow the U.S. to default on its debts if spending cut demands aren't met. In a televised town hall aired Wednesday evening on CNN, former president Trump said Republican lawmakers should hold steady on their stipulations that to raise the debt ceiling, large spending cuts must be instituted.


Recession Signs Abound

Inflation data points to Fed pause on rate hikes

The case for an interest rate hike pause in June just got stronger. Prices rose at their slowest annual pace in two years in April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday.


Mad Russian Tempts Fate

Wagner mercenary boss goads West to kill him after France labels his group terrorists

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group challenged Western countries to try and kill him after France declared his private army a terrorist organization, with Britain soon expected to follow suit. France's National Assembly unanimously voted Tuesday to designate the Wagner Group a terrorist entity.


Dooce Meets Deadline

Heather Armstrong: 'Queen of mommy blogging' dead at 47

Heather Armstrong, who found success in the 2000s documenting the ups and downs of motherhood on her blogging website Dooce, has died by suicide at age 47. Her boyfriend Pete Ashdown told the Associated Press he had found Armstrong on Tuesday night in their Utah home.


Nostalgia Reported: We'll Miss You Kurt!!!

Gen X'ers And Millennials Are Mourning MTV News Shutting Down, And It's Truly The End Of An Era

"Kurt Loder popping on the screen either meant we were going to hear the dumbest/funniest thing happening in music that day or about to be informed about a death that scars an entire generation, and he'd do both tasks with the same authority, the man is simply our Cronkite."


Hipster Decor Shines

Daylight Flora's plant life is a bright light in the heart of midtown

Photo by Emma Hilboldt Amy Loux and Amyann Plemmons have created a bright floral escape in the heart of Midtown. Daylight Flora is the combination of Amy and Amyman's separate floral businesses that merged in 2020 when both felt stuck in their own work.


This Town Needs Rain . . . 

Scattered thunderstorms and showers will impact your plans for Thursday

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Billboard #1 in 1993 - Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes is the #TBT song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.

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