Nick’s Picks

Nick Haines dissects the week’s most impactful local news stories, Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on Kansas City PBS.

The Main entrance to the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City.

Nick’s Picks | Temperatures Rise, Crash Memorialized, Ramadan Begins and More …

Spring Has Arrived Early? It’s a bad news, good news week… The Bad News: For the first time in weeks, our kids will have to spend all five days in the classroom. The Good News: We get to bask in spring-like temperatures. The National Weather Service is forecasting 60-degree weather today and Tuesday. And we’re…

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Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. (7) is congratulated after scoring a run against the Cleveland Guardians during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Nick’s Picks | Spring Training, Abortions, Casinos, and More …

Winter Forever? Say it isn’t so… Another major snowstorm is on the way that could cause a big disruption to your commute and force school closures again. And brace yourself for Arctic-like temperatures. The National Weather Service says wind chills will be below zero from Monday night through Thursday morning. As for the snow…our TV…

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Members of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Border Enforcement Security Task Force in Kansas City confer. (Ron Rogers | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Nick’s Picks | Super Letdown, ICE Raids, Trump Effects and More …

Super Sick Monday So, there’ll be no victory parade after all. No “Three-Peat” after the Chiefs fall to the Eagles on football’s biggest stage. That was tough to watch, wasn’t it? And the questions have already begun: Was that Kelce’s final game for the Chiefs? You might be experiencing a record level of absences at…

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Patrick Mahomes takes part in the Kansas City Chiefs' victory celebration and parade in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, following the Chiefs' win over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday in the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game.

Nick’s Picks | Super Bowl, Aviation Disaster, Black History, and More …

Super Bowl Week If you haven’t heard by now, the Kansas City Chiefs are just days away from making history. Could the Chiefs be the first team to win three back-to-back Super Bowls? The NFL’s biggest game is Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in New Orleans. I just did an online search for tickets, and you…

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A view of work on a streetcar extension looking south from about 43rd and Main streets.

Nick’s Picks | KC Streetcar, Kansas Troops, Missouri Governor, and More …

The Chiefs are officially heading to the Super Bowl. Will that be the only story Kansas Citians now care about? Here are some other trends and news developments you may want to be aware of in a week dominated by Chiefs talk… The Big Streetcar Shutdown It’s the week of the big Kansas City Streetcar…

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