WHAT’S UP NEXT | AREA SPORTS CALENDAR
(Schedules subject to change) WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 3 p.m. — William Chrisman vs.
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WHAT’S ON TODAY
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Wednesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP/WTA Italian Open, 5 a.m., Tennis (277) • Tennis: ATP/WTA Italian Open, 7 a.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College softball: Big Ten Tournament: Indiana vs. Penn State, 10 a.m., BTN (255) • College softball: SEC Tournament: Mississippi State vs.
A1C test helps determine diabetes risk
Dear Doctors: I switched to a new doctor, and she wants me to get a bunch of blood tests. One is a blood test called an A1C. She says it’s for diabetes, but I already know I’m not diabetic. I don’t need insulin, and sugar doesn’t bother me. Are all of these tests really necessary?
Festive event helps those fleeing from war
Sugar Creek hosted a fundraiser for Ukraine last weekend, drawing on the cultures of the Eastern European immigrants who founded the small city a little more than a century ago. Many of those who organized, and the more than 200 people who attended the “Together for Ukraine, a benefit for refugee relief,” did so with the realization that they were contributing to a cause that hit very close to home.
Jaguars’ McIntosh earns first trip to state
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carter McIntosh was the only public school player to advance out of the Class 3 District 7 tennis tournament on Saturday.
Hot weather means take precautions
The National Weather Service says the heat index could reach 100 on Tuesday. Residents can continue to expect highs in the 90s with gusty winds for a few days until a slight break with a chance of rain overnight Thursday and then a high in the 80s on Friday.
Overturning Roe is one step in fight to make abortion unnecessary
FORT WORTH, Texas — Abortion-rights’ supporters’ sky-is-falling hysteria is contributing mightily to the misapprehension that the leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would oveturn Roe v. Wade means abortion is suddenly, somehow, totally banned in the U.S.
Recession fears grow, but how high is the risk?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier. And the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year.
GRAIN VALLEY POLICE REPORTS
Saturday, April 30 • Citizen contact 600 block of Main St. • Disturbance 700 block of Joseph • Motor vehicle accident 1100 block of Buckner-Tarsney Road • Noise complaint Sni-A-Bar and Eagles Pkwy.
Missouri deserves better from its legislators
This is the last week of the regular session of the Missouri General Assembly, and once again election-year politics and a simple unwillingness to get the people’s work done in an orderly and deliberate manner have left much hanging until the last minute. It’s a formula for chaos, mischief and poor decision-making.