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Kansas City boasts highest ratings of any city halfway through World Cup

The World Cup buzz has continued to shine on Kansas City as fans across the metro have had their eyes glued to the World Cup.
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Yale-bound Avani Hocker Singh is the KC Star’s Girls Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Avani Hocker Singh sat in the grass holding her knee and grimacing in pain. Moments earlier, she’d slipped trying to jump over a hurdle — a task she’d done thousands of times before — and landed on a slab of concrete, twisting her knee in the process. “I was just sitting there with my knee tucked, and something felt wr
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Johnson County Watch Party canceled on Sunday due to excessive heat

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Johnson County Watch Party on Sunday has been canceled due to an excessive heat warning. Shawnee Mission Theater in the Park said they made the decision after consulting with its professional weather partners, adding that conditions could be dangerous for spectators at the location.
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New webpage to generate leads in Kansas cold case killing

JOHNSON COUNTY —On July 4, 1986, Joyce Welch disappeared after leaving a bar in Old Town Lenexa. Joyce, 39, was last seen at approximately 10:30 p.m. walking east from the area of Santa Fe Trail Drive and Pflumm Road. Early the next morning, her purse was found a few blocks away. In 1988, her remains were discovered in
Featured picture for Kansas City celebrates safer Westside corridor after Southwest Boulevard streetscape work

Kansas City celebrates safer Westside corridor after Southwest Boulevard streetscape work

Kansas City, Missouri – Kansas City’s Westside has a new kind of welcome mat: smoother pavement, safer crossings, brighter lights and a plaza that carries a piece of Mexico into the heart of Southwest Boulevard. City officials are continuing to celebrate what they describe as “safer, more connected...
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Kansas City reaches tournament midpoint with packed crowds and unforgettable soccer moments

Kansas City, Missouri – Kansas City has reached the halfway mark of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, and the city already has enough memories to fill a summer scrapbook. From packed sidewalks to record-breaking rides, KCMO is pointing to the first half of the tournament as proof that soccer did not just arrive in Kansas City.
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For her World Cup installation, a Kansas City artist wants visitors to ‘recognize a...

Whitney Manney’s massive KC House installation welcomes the world to Kansas City, the fashion designer and multi-hyphenate creator said. She’s hanging on hope they arrive with curiosity and an eye for whimsy. The creative force behind the WHITNEYMANNEY brand, Manney unveiled her latest large-scale installation June 18
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Loved ones mourn man killed by suspected KC highway shooter: ‘He took a life’

Jeremy Keenan found joy in motorcycles, in soccer, in music, in his dogs, in making memories with those he loved. He owned his own company. He was passionate about the Kansas City Chiefs. He had a sense of style and loved following a whim. All that was cut short earlier this month in crash and shooting along a Kansas C
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This Brothers-Owned Restaurant Has Been Winning Hearts Since 2015 in Shawnee, KS

Open Tue–Wed 4 PM–11 PM | Thu–Sat 11 AM–12 AM | Sun 11 AM–11 PM (Closed Mon) In the heart of western Shawnee, Kansas, brothers Cory and Dave Knubley have built something rare: a neighborhood pub where everybody truly feels welcome. Knub’s Pub opened in...
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Skydiving plane crash kills 11 in France

NANCY, France (AP) — A skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, the region’s prefect said. The plane crashed near the city of Nancy at 11 a.m., Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, told reporters near the scene of the crash.

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