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10+ hour, 32+ min ago (1453+ words) ROELAND PARK, Kansas "It's a warm day in November, and Annie Parsons and her 2-year-old son, River, are raking leaves in their yard in Roeland Park. River has a toddler-sized rake he's using to scrape the dirt and collect acorns. Parsons always dreamed of having kids. Her plan was to fall in love, settle down and start having babies by her mid-twenties. But time ticked on, and by the time Parsons was in her late 30s, she had not found a partner to share this dream with. "The desire to be a mom was stronger than it was to have a partner or to be a wife," she said, "so I decided to pursue motherhood on my own." With the help of in vitro fertilization and a sperm donor, Parsons brought River into the world when she was 41. Stories like hers,…...

11+ hour, 59+ min ago (475+ words) Every holiday season for nearly a century, thousands of tiny lights sparkle across Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. They're illuminated every Thanksgiving, in a ceremony broadcast on TV and featuring live music, circus performers and local celebrities. On Thursday evening, members of the Kansas City Current, fresh off a record-breaking season, will flip the switch. But that won't be the first time the Plaza's famous lights have been lit this week. The neighborhood conducts a test run every year ahead of the public ceremony, you just have to stay up really late " or wake up really early " to catch it. At 2 a.m. on Wednesday, a handful of Kansas Citians trickled into the Plaza to see the lights get turned on for the first time " away from the noise and crowds, and without the hassle of navigating traffic and finding parking. Downtown…...

12+ hour, 39+ min ago (150+ words) View the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Dallas Cowboys game played on November 27, 2025. Box score, stats, odds, highlights, play-by-play, social & more ... Kansas City Chiefs vs. Dallas Cowboys: Nov 27, 2025 Dak Prescott confident ahead of matchup with Chiefs, Do the Cowboys need the win more? | The Herd Kansas City Chiefs vs Dallas Cowboys - NFL Week 13 | Field Pass Pregame Show " Josh Jacobs good to go vs Lions on Thanksgiving, Chiefs vs Cowboys preview and more | The Insiders What Will Happen in Cowboys Chiefs Clash? | Cowboys Break Kansas City Chiefs vs Dallas Cowboys | Week 13 Game Preview Week 13: Chiefs vs. Cowboys - Kansas City Comeback, Dallas Passing Game & More | Six Stats to Know Week 13: Thanksgiving Day Kansas City Chiefs vs. Dallas Cowboys - Game Preview + Predictions 'The Layers to This Game' - Chiefs vs. Cowboys Preview | Defending the Kingdom...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago (397+ words) The Kansas City Chiefs organization was established in August 1959. For the first three years of its existence, it operated as the Dallas Texans before moving to Kansas City in 1962." The NFL has played at least one football game on Thanksgiving since 1920, outside of 1941-1944 due to World War II. In 1934, it was determined that the Detroit Lions would always host a home game on Thanksgiving. The Dallas Cowboys later joined this movement and have hosted a home game on Thanksgiving since 1966. In 2006, the NFL added a third annual game to the night of Thanksgiving." Despite first playing football in 1960, the Chiefs organization has only played on Thanksgiving a total of 10 times. Here is more on how the Chiefs have played on Thanksgiving." MORE: Ranking the greatest Chiefs of all time The Chiefs have played nine Thanksgiving games and are 5-4 in those games....

17+ hour, 45+ min ago (798+ words) November 27, 2025 / 1:14 PM CST / AP Some of the upcoming opponents might not look as formidable as they first did when the Dallas schedule for November and December showed six consecutive playoff teams from a year ago." Then again, the Chiefs (6-5) fit that description because they're outside the seven-team playoff picture just like the Cowboys. A winner of nine straight AFC West titles, Kansas City is 10th in the AFC right now - same as Dallas in the NFC." "I don't turn on their film and be like, 'Man, they're really having a bad year,'" Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said. "I don't think that at all. I'm like, 'Man, he's really fast and he's super fast, and that guy's fast, and that guy's a good runner.'"" The star quarterbacks will lead the NFL's top two passing offenses onto the Thanksgiving stage, with Dak Prescott's…...

19+ hour, 53+ min ago (155+ words) The University of Tennessee men's basketball team led Kansas by 12 in the final 14 minutes Wednesday evening, but came up on the short end of an 81-76 result after a furious comeback by the Jayhawks. ... - #17/16 Vols Fall to Kansas, 81-76, in Players Era Men's" - UTC Women Travel To West Coast For CBU Basketball Classic - UTC's Liddle Named SoCon Wrestler Of The Week - Chattanooga Basketball Set To Host Coke Zero Sugar Classic - JOHN HUNT: Always Valid Reasons To Be Thankful - Walker Valley Grapplers Win Tri-Match Over Silverdale, CCS #17/16 Vols Fall to Kansas, 81-76, in Players Era Men's Championship Third-Place Game Wiedmer: Is Kiffin About To Break Ole Miss Hearts? UTC's Corbitt Named SoCon Women's Basketball Player Of The Week Two UTC Doubles Teams Named In Fall Rankings Three Lady Flames Named To All-South Region Team Joint Investigation Yields Indictment In Meigs County Homicide...

22+ hour, 25+ min ago (1656+ words) When NIL money arrived for quarterback Jalon Daniels, he had the means to repay the gratitude he'd felt for years. Jay Biggerstaff / Getty Images Jalon Daniels settled before a polished wooden table for his admissions interview at a premier private school in Southern California, maintaining the practiced posture his mother drilled into him. Sunlight streamed through tall windows as a panel of adults studied him. One of them smiled, cueing the question many elite schools trot out. Tell us about a struggle you've had to overcome. To everyone's surprise, Daniels hitched his chin up and answered with disarming simplicity. "Yeah," he responded, "I haven't had any." Interviewers' eyes bounced between Jalon and Star, verifying an answer they thought they had misheard. "Nothing?" Nothing. "I'm like, "Well, thank you guys for your time. I know we're not gonna get this," Star…...