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The Chiefs Radio Network special, The Road to Tampa , gets things started at 7am. Hosted by The Voice of the Chiefs , Mitch Holthus, he s joined by Dan Israel, Danan Hughes, and Josh Klingler, as they recap the Chiefs stellar 2020 season. The Road to Tampa will repeat at 10am & 1pm on Sunday on Talk 1340.
Mayor Quinton Lucas announces COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force
Mayor Quinton Lucas announces COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force
Posted at 4:00 AM, Feb 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-04 18:53:14-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Wednesday his appointments to Kansas City s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.
Those on the Task Force include:
Renita Mollman, Chair - Burns & McDonnell, Chief Administration Officer
Dr. Rex Archer - Kansas City Health Department, Director of Public Health
Dr. Valerie Chow - Truman Medical Centers, Retired Anesthesiologist
Kathryn Knotts - Truman Medical Centers, Director of Government Relations
Dr. Olevia M. Pitts - Research Medical Center, Chief Medical Officer
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FLAG OFF THE FIELD This won’t be the first time a Super Bowl has been played during the pandemic. A year ago, the last time the Kansas City Chiefs traveled to Florida for a Super Bowl, more than 62,000 fans were in the stadium. After the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 2, 2020, winning quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw footballs from the back of a double-decker bus during a celebration parade a few days later to thousands of adoring Kansas City fans. Nearly all of the players and fans were blissfully unaware that Covid-19 was already spreading in the United States.
Local groups are partnering on a special edition of an annual local Black history project in conjunction with Missouri’s bicentennial.
Kansas City’s Local Investment Commission (LINC), the Kansas City Public Library, the Black Archives of Mid-America, and the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center are releasing a compilation of 73 biographies of Black Kansas Citians who helped shape the community through education, activism, entrepreneurship, and many other ways.
The new publication spotlights individuals featured in commemorative booklets over the past 11 years, adding new honorees and remarks by current Black leaders in Kansas City.
In their short essays, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick, and Black Archives Executive Director Dr. Carmaletta Williams reflect on their own experiences and make connections to the historical figures featured in the book. A new poem from Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center Executive Director Glenn Nort
Impeachment 2.0 Troubled
WASHINGTON - After a vote Tuesday suggested the Senate may likely acquit former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, Democratic senators searched Wednesday for ways to make their case against him. Many Republicans and Democrats conceded a Trump conviction seemed unlikely given the vote.
Insurrection Aftermath Sparks Po-Po Blame Game
The union representing U.S. Capitol police officers says the force s leadership failed to adequately relay the known threat of violence ahead of the Jan. 6 deadly riot, calling the acting chief s recent admission of prior knowledge of the threat to Congress a disclosure that has angered and shocked the rank-and-file officers.