KC Glimmer: Local Buildup, Shutdown Insults & MAGA Loves Santos

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Help For Fixer-Uppers

Kansas City launches pilot program to preserve dangerous but repairable homes

Kansas City's Neighborhood Services Department is launching a new pilot program aimed at preserving homes currently listed as dangerous.

Home Team In North Town

North Kansas City residents react as city in talks with Royals for potential stadium relocation

NKC Mayor Jesse Smith announced that the city is entering confidential conversations with the Kansas City Royals about potentially relocating their stadium to the site of a former bowling alley.

Shocking Legal Action Against Power Player

Family files wrongful death lawsuit after tree trimmer electrocuted

The family of a tree trimmer, who died following an electrocution incident last week in Kansas City, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Evergy.

Perfect Village Rejects Status Quo

Prairie Village voters to decide whether to 'abandon' city government. What then?

Prairie Village voters will get to decide whether they want to abandon their current form of government. What comes next is still unclear.

Scary Season Interview

Four Inane Questions with KC Rep's Nathan M. Ramsey

Catching up with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre's Nathan M. Ramsey to ping him with our Four Inane Questions.

Celeb Shares Fashion Statement In Her Skivvies

Livvy Dunne Flaunts Hot Figure In Italy, Claps Back At Haters With Sexy Bikini Shots!

Livvy Dunne Flaunts Hot Figure In Italy, Claps Back At Haters With Sexy Bikini Shots!

MAGA Offers Forgiveness

Trump commutes George Santos sentence, ordering his prison release

Santos is serving a seven-year sentence for stealing the identities of 11 people, including family members.

Shutdown Slap Fight Round 17

EXCLUSIVE: Karoline Leavitt slams Hakeem Jeffries as 'stone-cold loser' after he attacks her as 'demented'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries after he called her out by name during his government shutdown press conference.

MAGA Warning To 3rd World

Trump says Venezuela's Maduro doesn't want to 'f*** around' with the US

President Donald Trump's comments came as he confirmed reports Maduro put forth an proposal that would allow the U.S. to tap into Venezuela's natural resources.

Blinking In Eastern Europe

Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawk missiles in "tough" meeting

One source said the meeting "was not easy." Another simply said "it was bad."

Oligarch Submits To City By Bay

Billionaire Marc Benioff apologizes for saying troops should be deployed to San Francisco

Salesforce CEO faced intensifying backlash after saying national guard will make California city safer

Young Republican Hitler Chat Claims Another Career

Vermont Sen. Samuel Douglass will resign after participating in racist group chat

The Vermont state senator who's been under pressure to resign since revelations surfaced this week of his participation in a racist group chat announced Friday evening that he's leaving public office.

Progressive Flex & Quick Retreat

Democratic Senate Candidate Calls For Violence In Now-Deleted Posts

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner once urged violence as a tool for social change in a now-deleted Reddit post, according to Politico.

Far East Seems Ready To Fight Trade War

China to keep its 'all about production' economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies

China's Communist Party meets this month to map a five-year vision that prioritises high-tech manufacturing in its quest to upgrade its sprawling industries and project global power as its rivalry with the U.S. intensifies, analysts say.

Royal Submission After Scandal

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'

In a statement, the prince says: "The continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family."

Lesson In Literary Romp

Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction-and Pioneered Polyamory Too

As another Frankenstein film debuts, here's a full accounting of the writer's tangled romantic history, involving Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and her own sister.

Drawing On Delicious Inspiration

What a catch: Kansas City fandom creates custom appeal for taco-loving cartoonist vibe

When word broke that Chief's star tight end Travis Kelce and popstar Taylor Swift cuffed up, friends immediately reached out to W. Dave Keith - encouraging the Kansas City artist to illustrate the high-profile duo's emerging love story through his signature "cartoony" style. Little did they know, Keith was already in the Swelce business.

Midtown Survivor Story

'Somehow I was spared': Family Dollar collapse survivor shares harrowing account

For the first time, KSHB 41 shares the voice of the woman severely injured in the late July building collapse of a Family Dollar in midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Local Taste Testimony

Cravings and Contractions: The food truck gelato that put me into labor

The food truck in KC, Andiamo Gelato, put me into labor last year that made for an incredible new mom story.

Check Urban Culture

Independence Plaza Neighborhood Highlights History During Homes Tour - Northeast News

Dorri PartainManaging Editor The Northeast Kansas City Historical Society's (NEKCHS) Twelfth Annual Homes tour on Saturday, October 11 featured six homes built between 1891 and 1901 in the Independence Plaza neighborhood.

Fall Friday Booming . . . 

FIRST WARN FORECAST: First Warn for storms into the night. Here's the latest update

Rain and storms could impact your Friday evening plans.

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