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SOURCE SPORTS: Kansas City Royals’ Tyler Tolbert Shares His Dirty South-Centered Playlist Courtesy Of Black Baseball Mixtape
This week’s exclusive playlist comes from the versatile Tyler Tolbert, the multi-purpose player drafted by the Kansas City Royals organization back in 2019. The 26-year-old plays multiple positions, including second base and shortstop in the infield and has proven to be a stellar center fielder in the outfield. He’s played next to the likes of Maikel Garcia in Single-A ball and Michael Massey in High-A, so the Royals have had him pegged all 2024 as the next on deck.
5 Chiefs did not participate in Friday’s practice session
As their training camp at Missouri Western State University continued on Friday morning, the Kansas City Chiefs conducted their third rookie/quarterback practice leading up to the first full practice on Sunday. As we reported on Wednesday, a total of 37 rookies, quarterbacks and veterans returning from injury participated in the...
SCHEDULE CHANGE! Hulk Hogan At Lake Of The Ozarks: Here's Where To Find Him
The rumors are true: Hulk Hogan is coming to Lake of the Ozarks. As he promotes his new Real American Beer across the country, The Hulkster is swinging through the Lake area on Friday, July 19. His media team confirmed to Lake Expo that the WWF wrestling legend plans to...
A Cardinals-Mariners trade that benefits both teams
As of the All-Star break, both the St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners are in the playoffs. The Mariners hold a one-game lead on the Houston Astros in the American League West while the Cardinals are in sole possession of the second National League Wild Card spot. These two teams...
Here's where the city of Springfield hopes to grow, annex land
As Springfield continues to grow, the city is also looking to expand its city limit boundaries. Currently, the city is prioritizing annexing properties that have already signed a consent to annex agreement, that are contiguous to current city boundaries and those owned by public entities. Where could the city grow...
Kansas City will now require landlords to report AC outages at apartment buildings
As Kansas City grapples with hotter summers, the city council on Thursday approved legislation to better protect renters during extreme heat. The council passed two measures unanimously. One directs City Manager Brian Platt to develop a citywide emergency response plan for tenants experiencing life-threatening situations in apartment buildings. The other tweaks the city’s Healthy Homes law to require landlords to notify the city of an HVAC outage.
Byrnes Mill annexes about .95-acre lot
The city of Byrnes Mill just got a little bigger. The Byrnes Mill Board of Alderpersons voted 4-0 June 26 to annex an approximately .95-acre vacant lot at 27 Walters Place into the city limits. Ward 1 Alderman Bob Prado and Ward 2 Alderwoman Cindy Davies were absent from the meeting.
As a scholar, he’s charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors is closing its doors
They plan to gather one last time on Sunday — the handful of mostly elderly members of First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. They’ll say the Lord’s Prayer, recite the Apostle’s Creed and hear a biblical passage typically used at funerals, “To everything there is a season ... a time to be born, and a time to die.” They’ll sing classic hymns — “Amazing Grace,” “It Is Well With My Soul” and, poignantly, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.”
Evening Weather Alert: Isolated Funnel Clouds in SE Iowa, NE Missouri, and Central Illinois
Quad Cities, IA/IL – Reports of funnel clouds have been received west of Washington, IA. Conditions are favorable for isolated funnel clouds with rain showers in southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and west central Illinois through 7 PM. These funnel clouds are higher up in the sky and are not anticipated to reach the ground.
Deadly Listeria outbreak linked to deli counters hits Illinois, Missouri
At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters, federal health officials said Friday.
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