Kansas City Signs: Glowing Weekend, Politics & Small Potatoes

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Locals Sweat Party Weekend

While Kansas City is under extreme heat warning, multiple outdoor festivals are forging on

Bad news for attendees at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Irish Fest, SantaCaliGon and other local events this weekend: High temperatures are prolonging their stay across the metro. Here's how you can stay safe.

The Dotte Delivers Outlook

Unified Government commissioners approve city, county budgets

The Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to approve the 2027 Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, budgets.

Downtown Hype Machine Lowers Expectations

City greenlights 'Block One' of Luminary Park over I-670; It'll be all gas, no brakes to hit 2028 finish

A critical vote of support from Kansas City leaders this week helped lock in a mix of state and federal funding needed to make Roy Blunt Luminary Park a reality. But the move exchanges one ticking clock deadline for another, officials said, as the first leg of the massive I-670 cap project starts its race to a mandatory August 2028 interstate reopening.

Nicer News From Independence 

SantaCaliGon curfew debuts with calm first night

A new curfew for minors made its debut Thursday on the first night of SantaCaliGon Days.

Home Team Losing Streak

Danny Drips droops as Royals drop third game of homestand

Drip drip, score score score, lose lose lose.

Lady Baller Fashion Statement

Sophie Cunningham Makes Waves Off The Court In Stunning Brown Bikini

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham makes jaws drop after showing off her fit body in a tiny brown bikini!

MAGA War Over Words

WATCH: Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and 'very intermittent'

President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a "military conflict" because he thinks it's "small potatoes" for the United States.

Celeb Protest Forever

Jane Fonda Rants about 'Tech Bros' Making Sex Robots and turning Women into 'Tradwives'

Radical left-wing actress Jane Fonda is attacking "tech bros" for seeking longevity while trying to turn women into "tradwives."

Progressively Clapping Back

Fetterman faces Dem revolt as bombshell report fuels push to oust him: 'Disgrace'

Sen. John Fetterman is facing fury from Pennsylvania Democrats after a report alleged he skipped meetings on Medicaid cuts and a police funeral.

Euro War Worsens

Russian drone strike on Ukraine's security services HQ is a 'major escalation', says Ukraine's foreign minister - as it happened

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported a Russian drone hit the headquarter of the security service of Ukraine, in Kyiv

Contemplating Activist Aftermath

Quote Of The Day By Gloria Steinem: 'I Have Yet To Hear A Man Ask For...' - The List

A renowned leader of the feminist movement, journalist Gloria Steinem called society's expectations for women into question by pointing out double standards.

Talker Crackdown Cont'd

Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering | CNN

Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for complicity, years after they began investigating them.

Global Salvation Triumph

Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers 'triumph for humans and humanity', tunnelling expert says

Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A 'gives us hope'

Suspected Creeper MC Canned

'Wheel of Fortune' announcer Jim Thornton terminated after investigation

Sony Pictures Television Studios fired Jim Thornton from "Wheel of Fortune" following a thorough investigation. His termination comes after a suspension earlier this week.

Beware The Overshare

Woman Who Went Viral for Leaving Her Ex For A Lesbian She Met on a Cruise Now Regrets What She Shared

Focusing on women and celebrating what makes them so unique, Evie Magazine helps women seek truth and find beauty...the kind that really matters.

Cowtown Irish Celebration

For Gaelic Storm's Natalya Kay, an unexpected journey leaps forward at KC Irish Fest

Photo by Tim Reilly "I was so dreadfully sick. I kept thinking I should cancel." Natalya Kay - fiddler for genre-bending Irish rock band Gaelic Storm, who will headline Kansas City Irish Fest Friday and Saturday night, September 4th and 5th - was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Vacay Inferson

Kansas City weather: Extreme heat warning, impacts to last through Wednesday

Heat continues to grip Kansas City. Highs remain in the upper 90s as heat impacts are expected to last through Wednesday, September 9th.

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