Kansas City Look: Date Nights, Conspiracies & MAGA Gains Popularity Despite It All

Right now we catch a candid peek at diva, celeb and hottie Tate as we check pop culture, community reporting and top headlines.

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Local Fishing Season Starts

How to protect, salvage your valuables before & after a flood

Billy Orscheln's company is slammed. It's been nonstop since flash flooding hit the metro on Thursday.

Kangaroos On Board?!?

Riders, UMKC official react to opening date announcement for streetcar's Main Street Extension

Mark your calendars, riders! The Main Street Extension for the KC Streetcar is opening to the public on October 24.

Kansas City Stair Climbers Stay Losing

Apartment residents plead for help after months without working elevator

Residents of Twin Elms Apartments, including many seniors, have hauled their groceries, packages and themselves up the stairs for more than six months as they have waited on a fix.

Golden Ghetto Advises Against Spanking Store For Monkey

Monkey has lived 18 years in Johnson County pet store. Activists say "Free Frankie"

The latest group of activists are organizing in a years-long push to send Frankie, a capuchin monkey living in a pet store, to a primate sanctuary.

Swampy Calendar Check

Twelve Things To Do In KC This Weekend, July 24-27

Here are twelve things to do in KC this weekend, July 24-27 including Ain't Too Proud, Celebrate Ameri'kana and Legends Celebrity Softball Game.

Diva Hotness Leads Followers

Tate McRae In Sheer Top Has Fans 'Questioning Their Sexuality'

Tate McRae is heating up social media once again with a jaw-dropping new Instagram post that has fans losing their minds.

Prez Stronger Despite Haterz

Six months in, Trump's numbers are stronger than in his first term

Six months into his second term, Trump and Republicans are in better shape than eight years ago.

Drunk Uncles Debate

How the Epstein case is tearing apart Maga's conspiracy wing

In conspiratorial pro-Trump spaces online, arguments rage over the US president's approach to the long-running saga.

La Migra Bites Big Apple

Trump's Justice Department Sues New York City Over Sanctuary Policies

The DOJ has filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the city's sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens from ICE.

Progressively Bad Price Check

Democratic Party tries to pin 'record high' 2025 grocery prices on Trump - but it completely backfires

The widely-mocked X post included a graph of soaring grocery prices going back to October 2019, with the major inflection point being the near the start of the Biden administration.

Former Prez Bubba Named Also

Bill Clinton reportedly sent Jeffrey Epstein note for birthday album

Wall Street Journal reports ex-president's letter, while New York Times reports Trump called Epstein 'the greatest'

Holy Land Crisis Worsens

'They're losing hope': What doctors, aid workers are seeing in Gaza amid hunger crisis

Doctors and aid workers inside Gaza are reporting the highest levels of malnutrition in children they have ever seen as the hunger crisis reportedly continues to worsen.

No Peace For Eastern Europe

Ukraine, Russia attack each other's territory after latest round of peace talks

Ukraine and Russia attacked targets on each other's territory on Thursday after brief direct talks between the two sides failed to make any progress on steps to end nearly three-and-a-half years of war.

Far East War ALMOST Explained

Why these two Asian neighbors just launched the world's latest armed conflict

At least 16 people have been killed in armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, as tensions over a century-old border dispute spiral into the worst fighting between the two Southeast Asian nations in over a decade

Legendary Actress Advises Against Trendy Surgery

Winona Ryder Said She's "Surrounded By Young Women" Getting "Weird" Stuff Done To Their Faces

"I thought they were kidding."

Arguing Over Appointment To Boogie

Scheduled Sex? The Group Chat Has Thoughts

When the topic of scheduled sex lit up a group chat, I followed up with a friend who has successfully scheduled sex for more than a decade. Here's what she has to say.

Locals Chase Stars

From the Plaza to the pitch? 'Ted Lasso' filming expected to feature KC complex

Many people gathered Thursday to try and get a glimpse of celebrities filming "Ted Lasso" at Kansas City's Country Club Plaza on Thursday.

Tragedy Takes Survivor

Girl who'd beaten cancer mourned after fatal Independence house fire: 'So kind'

One of those killed by the fire, 13-year-old Jerilynn Brown, had recently beaten cancer. Marc Anthony Young Sr., 52, died two days later.

Royal Legacy Challenged

Will Salvy break George Brett's Royals career home run record?

The record has stood since 1993.

Hipsters Toast New French Twist

Le Champion brings knockout flavors, morning and night, to Westport

Courtesy of Le Champion Owning, operating, and acting as the head chef at a single restaurant is a big ask for anyone. The pressure is turned up even higher when stepping into the space of a much-beloved former occupant. Lucky for us, Westport's newly-opened Le Champion-located at 4149 Pennsylvania Avenue, in the former home of Ça Va-is being guided by...

Katie Shares Weather Update

Flooding Friday morning, severe weather risk Friday evening

Parts of the area have already seen 2-5 inches of rain

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