Kansas City Lounge: Local Attractions, Progressively Debating & MAGA Name Game

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As If Life Isn't Scary Enough

Kansas City is full of haunted hunts and paranormal ghost tours for your Halloween delight

Halloween is the perfect time to explore haunted houses, ghost hunts and paranormal tours across the Kansas City region. Here are a few of our favorites.

Newspaper Hypes Another Sketchy Development

A look inside the Rock Island Bridge transformation over the Kansas River

A recent visit to the Rock Island Bridge site revealed progress and ongoing work. These illustrations offer a closer look at what's been completed so far and what's still to come.

Checking The Commish

Meet 8 people who want to represent you on Wyandotte County's Board of Commissioners

Four districts will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot for Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The candidates told The Beacon their plans to address public safety, development, deportations and more.

Tracking Local History

Long Before Main Street Extension, He Built Streetcars To Take KC Southward

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions about regional topics.

Baller Buys Into Bigger Leagues

It's been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help?

Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster.

Today's Diva Fashion Statement

Emily Ratajkowski models a $2,450 Gucci horsebit belt - and little else - for Beyond Noise magazine

Emily Ratajkowski is the latest cover model for Beyond Noise magazine, wearing little more than a pricey Gucci belt in one of the skin-baring photos.

MAGA Demurs

Trump says he doesn't plan to name White House ballroom after himself

President Donald Trump said he "doesn't have any plan" to name the $300 million White House ballroom after himself.

Baller Betting Fact Check

Kash Patel crushes Stephen A. Smith for bizarre conspiracy theory on sports gambling arrests | Blaze Media

Smith warned the sports world that Trump was coming for them.

Progressively Dissenting?!?

Fetterman Tells Democrats To 'Cut The Sh*t'

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is offering blunt advice for his party during the shutdown that's been ongoing for 23 days: "Cut the shit" and reopen the government. Fetterman ripped into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to block legislation paying essential federal workers and U.S. service members during the shutdown on Thursday.

Big Apple Debate Aftermath

In emotional speech, Zohran Mamdani defends Muslim identity against 'racist and baseless' attacks

At a news conference later Friday, Cuomo accused Mamdani of "playing the victim" for political purposes and denied that Islamophobia existed on a wide scale in New York.

South Of Border Sound Off

Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship

The deployment marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign against drug traffickers, which Trump warns will include "land action".

Stamina Stays Winning

Fossil Daddy Longlegs Sports a 99-Million-Year Erection

The unfortunate harvestman, the first found fossilized in amber with a fully erect penis, also belongs to a new arachnid family.

Taste Local Good Life

André's planted its flag in KC 70 years ago; chocolatier says that's just a taste of what's to come

Nearly 5,000 miles from Switzerland, a small group toured the inner sanctum of an iconic 70-year-old Kansas City company - a family-run brand that helped redefine accessible luxury in the Midwest, one Swiss chocolate-covered almond at a time.

Soggy Forecast . . . 

First Warn Forecast: Gloomy weekend ahead with a First Warn for Saturday rain

This might be a good weekend to stay indoors as gloomy conditions stick around.

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