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Top Stories of the Week

By Steve Bell

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –

  • Continued excessive heat prompts new health warnings.
  • Heat not only culprit in KC water main break epidemic.
  • Dry soil eases flooding crisis on Missouri River tributaries.
  • Amtrak resumes full KC-St. Louis service as waters recede.
  • Corps of Engineers to ease spillway flow in late August.
  • KC Man charged in two recent south-Waldo assaults.
  • Double shutdowns frustrate I-70 travelers near Topeka.
  • Commission will propose future KC, MO revenue plans.
  • Civic leaders file suit over mandated e-tax elections.
  • Unified Government sues EPA over planned office move.
  • Roberts, Moran nix Six federal judgeship nomination.
     

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