Kansas City Serving: Local Dish, Cash Prizes & Political Tribute

We're working on a few more things for the morning update but right now we wanted to share a few stories we missed by way of pop culture, community reporting and top headlines.

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Home Team Late Season Surge

Carter Jensen does the Monster Mash; Royals beat Red Sox

The bullpen locked things down.

Local Coach Crackdown

2 GAGE gymnastics coaches in Blue Springs who gained worldwide acclaim banned from coaching in U.S.

Two GAGE gymnastics coaches in Blue Springs who gained worldwide acclaim banned from coaching in U.S.

Timely Tribute

Familiar voice to sing national anthem at three Kansas City sports games this weekend

If you've attended a sports game in Kansas City, you've likely seen and heard Retired United States Navy Petty Officer First Class Generald Wilson.

Golden Ghetto Running Man Shares Inspiration

Overland Park runner will attempt to run 7 marathons on 7 continents - in 7 days

Early next year, Jeff Maher of Overland Park will run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He joined KCUR's Up To Date to discuss how he is preparing for the races and why he decided to take on this challenge.

Local Accommodations 

Kansas City Zoo announces names of red panda cubs, says they now have access to main habitat

Two red panda cubs at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium officially have names! Here's how they're progressing.

Celeb Shares Peak Summer Pix

Hailey Bieber models nothing but tan lines in stripped-down photo shoot

Hailey Bieber stripped down to tan lines and nothing else for the cover of ICE Magazine's Brazil Issue, photographed by Renell Medrano in Rio de Janeiro. The model previously said she would never take off all her clothes for a photo shoot.

MAGA Money Might Be Funny

Trump keeps touting $5,000 payments if Republicans retain control of Congress as some in his party question feasibility - as it happened

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Progressive Disgrace

NC Democrat Legislative Candidate Shelly Headen: 'Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany.....This is where Trump supporters belong'

North Carolina Democrat state legislative candidate Shelly Headen posted a Facebook story from a vacation showing her in front of ovens in a German concentration camp memorial, saying, "Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany... This is where Trump supporters belong."

Memorial Politics Exposed

Four Former Presidents Reunite in Downtown NYC to Attend 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Joe Biden were present at the somber ceremony at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in downtown Manhattan. They were also joined by former first ladies, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Jill Biden.

Iran From Widening War

Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system hit by projectiles triggering fires | CNN Politics

A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

Latest American Icon Honor

Board votes to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton

Nashville's airport authority board unanimously voted Friday to begin the process to rename the city's airport to honor late country music legend and Tennessee icon Dolly Parton.

Far East Portion Control

Would you eat Shirako, a sushi dish made from fish semen?

A look at how foreign food sounds strange but really isn't, yet the Japanese fish dish Shirako really does push the envelope for what counts as normal food.

Cowtown Down To Biz

KC Tech Council's plans for $4M Kauffman grant: 'We don't want to publish another workforce playbook that sits on a shelf'

Kansas City doesn't have a broken tech pipeline, said Kara Lowe: the region is instead facing a talent connectivity problem. A just-announced $4 million project grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is expected to help the KC Tech Council plug that disconnect.

Buzz On Weekend Showers 

Clear, comfortable Friday night before rainy weekend in Kansas City

Comfortable temperatures and clear skies will stick around Friday evening with the low falling into the mid-60s.

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