Apropos for this #TBT Christmas we celebrate the legacy of actress, presenter & angel Insta hottie Carmen as we take a quick peek at pop culture, community reporting and top headlines.
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Heroes Work Holiday
Kansas City firefighters rescue person stuck in water, mud in the Northland
Kansas City firefighters rescued one person who ended up stuck in water and mud in the Northland late Christmas Eve.
Care In Kansas Adds Up
Two Kansas hospitals spent $61.4 million on temporary staff. It was just $6 million in 2019
The Larned and Osawatomie state hospitals are spent $61.4 million on traveling nurses in 2025. They only spent $6 million in 2019.
Sunflower State Talks It Over
Using conversation as a social glue in rural Kansas
With polarization often dividing communities, parts of Kansas are launching novel engagement efforts to bring residents back together.
Today's Toy Train Wish
Kansas City Streetcar's Riverfront extension is on track to open next spring
Testing is officially underway on the 0.7-mile extension, which will connect the streetcar to Berkley Riverfront and CPKC Stadium, home of the KC Current.
Cowtown History Inscribed . . .
Copies of the world's first Christmas card ever made is at Hallmark | KC Mag
Among Hallmark's card archives are two copies of the world's first printed Christmas card ever made to crown the holiday season.
Fashioning Holiday Hotness
Carmen Electra Crawls on the Floor in Eye-Popping Fuzzy Pink Bikini Top and Tiny Miniskirt
Carmen Electra fully embraced the holiday season in her Wednesday, December 24 Instagram post. Captioned "i'm dreaming of a pink Christmas 🎄💕 this ones for all my baddies 💖", the entertainer and longtime pop-culture icon, 53, shared a series of photos in which she appears to crawl across the floor.
MAGA Offers Bad Tidings Toward Opposition
Trump lists accomplishments, says 'Radical Left Scum' are 'failing badly' in Christmas message
President Donald Trump delivered contrasting Christmas messages, using one to attack political opponents and the other to focus on faith and Jesus Christ.
Justice Proves Tardy . . .
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
ICE Santa Bags Undocumented
ICE raids will continue on Christmas despite desperate plea from bishops
Catholic bishops in Florida asked President Donald Trump to temporarily halt immigration raids during the Christmas season, but the White House outright denied that request
Vlad Hits Wall As Well
Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026, as its economy slows
A state polls showed that 55% of Russians believe what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine will end next year.
TEXTHERE
North Korea makes progress on its first nuclear-powered submarine
A nuclear-powered submarine was one item on a wish list of sophisticated weaponry that Kim Jong-un announced during a political conference in 2021. Other arms included solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, spy satellites and multi-warhead missiles.
El Papa Talks Holy Land
In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza having to shelter in tents from 'rain, wind and cold' | CNN
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza - taking shelter in tents from the "rain, wind and cold" - and by calling for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine.
East Side Neighbors By Candlelight
Independence power outage impacts thousands of customers on Christmas morning
A power outage has impacted thousands of customers in Independence on Christmas morning.
Grigs Presents Christmas 2025 Forecast
Kansas City weather: Warm, foggy holiday weather gives way to cold front by Sunday
Dense fog and unseasonably warm temperatures will remain the dominant weather features across the Kansas City metro through Christmas, before a sharp cooldown arrives late in the weekend.
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