Kansas City Highlights: Wings, Building Ballet & Ed Sheeran Winning

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Backyard chickens proliferate through metro

"During Covid, raising chickens became a family thing to do with kids home from school."

Johnson County Consequences For Truck Company FAIL

Prospective Yellow bankruptcy may pile on two OP office properties already on CMBS watchlist - Kansas City Business Journal

In Overland Park, Yellow Corp. has one of the largest office leases in the Aspiria campus and also has maintained a big lease at its former headquarters campus. Already on a lenders' watchlist, the properties now could see additional consequences from the trucking company's operational shutdown and potential, apparently imminent, bankruptcy filing.

Stepping Up Local Artsy Game

BUILDING FORWARD: Ballet School continues ongoing success story with new studios

Kansas City Ballet always seems to be building something. For decades, it engaged in refitting existing buildings to meet its day-to-day needs: from the Westport Allen Center to the National Cash Register building to a former warehouse at 16th and Broadway.

Seedlings Persist After War

Gallery Glance | Katy McCormick: Rooted Among the Ashes: Hibakujumoku/A-bombed Trees - KC STUDIO

For more than ten years, photographer Katy McCormick has been documenting the survivor trees that have regenerated after the 1945 atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Pop Singer Celebrates Local Fam

Ed Sheeran announces the gender of a family's child in Kansas City

Ed Sheeran took some time out from his performance in Kansas City to help out an expectant family by revealing the gender of their upcoming child.

Angel Shares Good Life Advice

Doutzen Kroes in Bathing Suit is "Reconnecting"

Doutzen Kroes is focusing on her health - in her swimsuit. The supermodel shows off her beautiful body in a black bathing suit.

White House Opposition Grows

Biden's surprising vulnerability: non-white working-class voters

The drop in support is one of the main reasons Biden is struggling in polls against Trump.

MAGA Legal Moves

Trump says he will seek a recusal, venue change in Jan. 6 case

Trump's argument has been repeatedly rejected by federal judges in D.C. who have handled other politically sensitive cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Progressives Think Alternatives

Democratic lawmaker calls for 'well-positioned' primary challenger to Biden

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips said Sunday he was undecided on whether he'd challenge Biden in the primary, though he defended his push for others to do so

Symbolic Gesture Amid Worsening European War

In war against its Soviet past, Ukraine refaces towering Kyiv monument

Workers in Kyiv replaced the Soviet coat of arms with Ukraine's trident symbol, continuing a campaign to purge Soviet and Russian symbols.

Far East Hype Movie Debuts

China TV Documentary Showcases Army's Ability to Attack Taiwan

Beijing claims the self-governed democracy as its own territory, to be conquered by force if necessary

Faithful Lament Legacy

'Evil does exist': Louisiana victim of Catholic priest abuse urges reform

Tim Gioe, who was groomed as a child, is pressing for parental consent to be obtained before priests are left alone with children

Home Team Earns Another Loss

Royals fall to a barrage of brotherly bombs, 8-4

The Royals had some unlucky outs but the Phillies provided the answer for the dilemma: hit it over the fence.

Forecast Going Forward . . . 

A beautiful and calm start to the week

Severe storms and extreme heat are finally giving Kansas City a brief reprieve

And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.