Kansas City News Lift: Local Road Work & Bunker Busters

I don't know if anybody has told you yet but . . . HAPPY JUNETEENTH!!!

As always, we celebrate today by sharing more than a few items by way of pop culture, community reporting and top headlines.  

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Cowtown Countdown Cont'd

Hotel rooms, buses and liquor laws: Is Kansas City ready for the 2026 World Cup?

Here are five key issues that Kansas City will need to get right when it hosts the World Cup in one year.

Traffic Trouble Today

I-70 eastbound past 40 Highway re-opened after pedestrian fatality

MODOT says I-70 eastbound past 40 Highway has re-opened. The ramp from 40 Highway to eastbound I-70 is also back open.

Painting By Numbers

Art exhibit to show the realities of homelessness in Kansas City

'Living in Tents' by Daniel Montoute will explore the reality of Kansas City being #1 for street homelessness in the U.S. When to see the free exhibition.

Bottom Feeder Freedom?!?!

Tow company suing Kansas City, Missouri, Jackson County, challenging new tow ordinances

Private Party Impound L.L.C. filed a lawsuit against the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County, Missouri, over what the tow company calls "in conflict with Missouri law."

Carbs For Community

Let Them Eat Burek and Cake

The Northland's Burek and Cake is the ultimate definition of "hidden gem." Tucked away in a quasi-residential neighborhood.

Independent Voices For MAGA

Black Woman Loud & Proud OF Her MAGA Hat-Wearing Husband

A Black wife took to Instagram to express her love for her husband when he wears a MAGA. Not everybody was happy.

Holy Land Declaration After Hospital Hit

Iran's leader 'cannot continue to exist', Israeli defence minister says after hospital strike - live updates

Israel Katz speaks to reporters after Soroka hospital was damaged by a strike which Iran says was aimed at a nearby military site.

Bombs Away?!?!

Trump presses aides on whether bunker-buster plan to bomb Iran will work

"We would be willing to, if it's within reason, go in there and do a surgical strike - maybe, if necessary."

Tech Trouble Confronts Tesla King

SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk's Mars project

Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent 'catastrophic failure' while on stand

Progressively Backing Off

Democrats, major medical groups denounce Supreme Court's gender-affirming care ruling

Democratic leaders and professional medical organizations on Wednesday denounced the Supreme Court's ruling that upheld a 2023 Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a decision the high court delivered along ideological lines and one that stands to impact similar laws passed in roughly half the country.

Far East Rising Amid War

China goes on diplomatic offensive as Israel-Iran war distracts America

China hosted a summit for African leaders last week while the Trump administration weighed adding two dozen more African countries to its travel ban list.

Ladies Looking Elsewhere

Shocking x-rated sex practice women are choosing to boost love lives

The vast majority of British women over 50 are unsatisfied in the bedroom new research suggests with some even considering drastic measures to get intimacy back into their lives.

Toy Train Refrain

Kansas City Streetcar expands with new transit lanes on Main Street

Changes are coming for drivers who take Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with the addition of transit-only lanes.

Katie's Summer Warning

Our first significant heat wave of the year starts tomorrow

We have an air quality alert today

Say it Loud- I'm Black and Proud James Brown is the Juneteenth #TBT song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.