KCUR Evening News 7-23-09 KCUR Published July 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email By Steve Bellhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-851063.mp3Kansas City, MO – Council settles Bates bias suit against Funkhouser and the city for $550,000.MoDOT says council uproar over Manchester interchange closing "all politics."Kansas transportation secretary sees grim year for highway and bridge plan.KDOT plan finds room for improving two Johnson County interchanges.