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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge

Nick La Strada, fired in May as director of election integrity, alleges Denny Hoskins also illegally used public funds to influence a St. Louis County election A former top elections official is ...
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JD Vance heckled during Olathe speech full of attacks on Resurrection Church pastor and other ‘far-left lunatics’

Vice President JD Vance appears at a Sept. 14, 2026, rally at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) OLATHE — Vice President JD Vance on Monday vouched for Kansas ...
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Ahead of Funny Bone weekend, Emmy-winning comic Ms. Pat dishes on crashing the BET app

Ms. Pat shares about her upcoming tour, her second memoir releasing this month, and the wild success of Emmy-nominated The Ms. Pat Show.
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They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell deep dives their catalog ahead of their Truman show

They Might Be Giants (l-r: John Linnell and John Flansburgh). // photo credit: Miranda Penn Turin They Might Be Giants play ...
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Missouri GOP still see path for gerrymandered congressional map. Legal experts see little hope.

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, right, speaks to reporters on Sept. 10 after the Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, center, “was in contempt” for ordering use of an ...
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Photos: Mötley Crüe rocks Morton Amphitheater with Tesla and Extreme

Mötley Crüe. // photo by Allison Scavo Mötley Crüe with Tesla and Extreme Morton Amphitheater Tuesday, September 8 Sunset ...
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The Rip Offs’ Greg Lowery on their enduring garage punk legacy ahead of Ship show

The Rip Offs. // image courtesy the artist Greg Lowery formed the San Francisco garage punk band The Rip Offs in 1993, and ...
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Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones on the band’s revitalization ahead of Uptown show

Steve Jones. // photo credit Jemma Dodd The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play the Uptown Theater on Thursday, September 17, with support from Panic Shack. Details on that show here. We could get ...
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Kansas City Underground’s free film festival offers weird, profound, and silly movies for all

Courtesy Kansas City Underground Film Festival The fourteen-strong programming team at the Kansas City Underground Film Festival spent 214 hours watching 463 features, shorts and documentaries for ...
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Latest Missouri poll finds another razor thin margin ahead of November vote on abortion

Demonstrators ordered out of the Missouri House public gallery during a debate on anti-abortion legislation march and chant Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in the Missouri Capitol Building. (Rudi ...
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US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speaks to reporters following Missouri Supreme Court arguments Wednesday. (Annelise Hanshaw/MissouriIndependent) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a ...
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Matcha madness: Narrowing down Kansas City’s matcha lattes to five must-tries

Illustration by Teddy Rosen When a trend is born, people tend to fall into one of four groups: Early Birds, the trendsetters who are ahead of the curve; Regulars, the masses who join once social media ...