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Wendy's franchisee to close up to 60 locations in bankruptcy kansascity.com/news/business…
Wendy's franchisee to close up to 60 locations in bankruptcy

Wendy's franchisee to close up to 60 locations in bankruptcy

Wendy's franchisee Meritage Hospitality Group cites similar reasons other restaurant operators use for closing locations.

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Kansas City BBQ restaurant gets stamp of approval from Mahomes initiative kansascity.com/living/food-d…
Kansas City BBQ restaurant gets stamp of approval from Mahomes initiative

Kansas City BBQ restaurant gets stamp of approval from Mahomes initiative

One of the city’s most popular restaurants partnered with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes.

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Johnson County Mexican restaurant closes last location after 13 years kansascity.com/news/business…
Johnson County Mexican restaurant closes last location after 13 years

Johnson County Mexican restaurant closes last location after 13 years

A Mexican restaurant that started 13 years ago is closing. Catering continues on.

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Before KC-area woman fell from gap in bridge, man died in ‘identical’ 2023 accident kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
Before KC-area woman fell from gap in bridge, man died in ‘identical’ 2023 accident

Before KC-area woman fell from gap in bridge, man died in ‘identical’ 2023 accident

“There are two people that lost their lives, and it should have never happened … I’m afraid it’ll happen again.”

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Disturbance involving 60–100 youths reported on Country Club Plaza. What KCPD says kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
Disturbance involving 60–100 youths reported on Country Club Plaza. What KCPD says

Disturbance involving 60–100 youths reported on Country Club Plaza. What KCPD says

Police responded to a weekend disturbance involving 60 to 100 juveniles at the Country Club Plaza. One adult was arrested.

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Trump’s second Kansas rally canceled amid high-stakes Senate race, GOP says kansascity.com/news/politics…
Trump’s second Kansas rally canceled amid high-stakes Senate race, GOP says

Trump’s second Kansas rally canceled amid high-stakes Senate race, GOP says

The president was previously scheduled to rally supporters around U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s reelection bid in Salina.

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Mizzou crushes Arkansas in sloppy rivalry game. How Tigers won Ahmad Hardy’s debut kansascity.com/sports/colleg…
Mizzou crushes Arkansas in sloppy rivalry game. How Tigers won Ahmad Hardy’s debut

Mizzou crushes Arkansas in sloppy rivalry game. How Tigers won Ahmad Hardy’s debut

Missouri cruised past Arkansas 34-10 at Razorback Stadium, forcing four fumbles and scoring 24 points off turnovers.

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Here’s what KCK and Olathe have pledged to help build the new Chiefs stadium and HQ kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
Here’s what KCK and Olathe have pledged to help build the new Chiefs stadium and HQ

Here’s what KCK and Olathe have pledged to help build the new Chiefs stadium and HQ

The state published the STAR bond map outlining where state sales tax revenue will be captured. Olathe and KCK made local pledges.

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President Donald Trump is coming back to Kansas in final push for Marshall kansascity.com/news/politics…
President Donald Trump is coming back to Kansas in final push for Marshall

President Donald Trump is coming back to Kansas in final push for Marshall

The event comes as national Republicans have descended on Kansas in recent weeks to rally support for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall.

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Early voting spikes in Johnson County. Democratic ballots are leading the way kansascity.com/news/politics…
Early voting spikes in Johnson County. Democratic ballots are leading the way

Early voting spikes in Johnson County. Democratic ballots are leading the way

Johnson County has seen a 60% increase in advance in-person voting ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

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‘It stings’: Lance Leipold says Jayhawks ‘extremely dejected’ after loss at TCU kansascity.com/sports/colleg…
‘It stings’: Lance Leipold says Jayhawks ‘extremely dejected’ after loss at TCU

‘It stings’: Lance Leipold says Jayhawks ‘extremely dejected’ after loss at TCU

The Jayhawks built an early 13-0 lead and had a chance to make it 20-0. They ended with a disappointing loss.

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Collin Klein coached for a tie at Colorado. Did his strategy cost K-State a win? kansascity.com/sports/articl…
Collin Klein coached for a tie at Colorado. Did his strategy cost K-State a win?

Collin Klein coached for a tie at Colorado. Did his strategy cost K-State a win?

K-State football coach Collin Klein explains why he didn’t go for two at the end of regulation in a loss at Colorado

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Former Johnson County barbecue restaurant reopens as new fusion concept kansascity.com/news/business…
Former Johnson County barbecue restaurant reopens as new fusion concept

Former Johnson County barbecue restaurant reopens as new fusion concept

From BBQ to something new: Here’s what’s going on at a Johnson County restaurant.

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Patrick Mahomes’ daughter Sterling stole the show in family’s Halloween photo kansascity.com/sports/spt-co…
Patrick Mahomes’ daughter Sterling stole the show in family’s Halloween photo

Patrick Mahomes’ daughter Sterling stole the show in family’s Halloween photo

The Mahomes family went with a group theme again and the fans loved it.

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Think the Berkshires are just for hiking and camping? Think again kansascity.com/living/articl…
Think the Berkshires are just for hiking and camping? Think again

Think the Berkshires are just for hiking and camping? Think again

Find things to do in the Berkshires beyond camping, from lake paddling and biking to art museums, historic homes and local shops.

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Missing KCK woman found dead under bridge. Police suspect ‘tragic accident’ kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
Missing KCK woman found dead under bridge. Police suspect ‘tragic accident’

Missing KCK woman found dead under bridge. Police suspect ‘tragic accident’

A friend described Monica Rivera, a 24-year-old mother of two, as a beautiful soul.

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Observations from KU football’s loss to TCU — without starting QB Isaiah Marshall kansascity.com/sports/colleg…
Observations from KU football’s loss to TCU — without starting QB Isaiah Marshall

Observations from KU football’s loss to TCU — without starting QB Isaiah Marshall

Cole Ballard directed the offense as Kansas football fell to 3-5 on the season.

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Sen. Roger Marshall: Kansas needs a fighter, not a Schumer puppet kansascity.com/opinion/artic…
Sen. Roger Marshall: Kansas needs a fighter, not a Schumer puppet

Sen. Roger Marshall: Kansas needs a fighter, not a Schumer puppet

Sen. Roger Marshall asks Kansans for their vote to reelect him. He says he’ll fight for border security, safe towns, low taxes and family values.

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Savannah's Foley House Inn has a chilling ghost story worthy of Edgar Allan Poe kansascity.com/living/travel…
Savannah's Foley House Inn has a chilling ghost story worthy of Edgar Allan Poe

Savannah's Foley House Inn has a chilling ghost story worthy of Edgar Allan Poe

Savannah's Foley House Inn has a haunted history involving a hidden body, a skeleton in the wall and a mysterious spirit.

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William Jewell claims overtime win in Liberty: Saturday’s small-college football kansascity.com/sports/articl…
William Jewell claims overtime win in Liberty: Saturday’s small-college football

William Jewell claims overtime win in Liberty: Saturday’s small-college football

Here are results from the smaller-college action around the metro, and a tad beyond.

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