Nick’s Picks

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

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Voter Registration on Deadline as Sports Fans Pick Sides and Local Municipalities Clash

Chiefs and Royals Clash in Primetime Who’s going to win the battle for eyeballs tonight? Team Royals or Team Chiefs? Your local sports team loyalties are being put to the test due to an unfortunate scheduling clash that has the Royals playing a critical playoff game at the same time the Chiefs are on Monday…

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The KC Streetcar Shuts Down and VP Candidates Face Off

The Big Streetcar Shutdown Be warned…Starting today, the Kansas City Streetcar is shutting down for an entire month. That’s not a typo. The transit system’s leaders say they need that time to connect the existing tracks to the new extension line down to the Plaza and UMKC. Also beware… some sections of Main Street will…

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Kelce’s Acting Debut, Fall Festival Takeover and More

Kansas City Royals in Limbo Time is running out for the Kansas City Royals. Will the Boys in Blue make it to the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade? Or are those high hopes about to be dashed after an excruciating 7-game losing streak? It’s a make-it-or-break-it week for the team. Only…

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Nick’s Pick’s: Mail-in Ballots Concern Officials and More

FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VOTES CAST The presidential election may not be until November, but the first votes will be cast this week. Saturday is the deadline to mail absentee ballots to military and overseas voters in Kansas and Missouri. It comes as a growing number of local election officials are ringing the alarm bells about mail-in…

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Nick’s Picks: Top Headlines for Sept. 9

ABORTION AMENDMENT COULD BE AXED FROM THE MO BALLOT  A public vote on abortion in Missouri is now in danger of being kicked off the November ballot.  A judge ruled Friday that the proposed amendment, which was placed on the ballot after 380,000 Missourians signed a petition, violates state law because it fails to mention…

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