The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Wednesday, July 14, 2021
The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, including some counties in the Kansas City metro area have even lower COVID-19 vaccination rates than the Springfield area, Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday implicitly attacked one of the city’s major hospital operators for announcing that it will require its employees to be vaccinated, Joel Tucker shows up for sentencing this time and is ordered to spend 12.5 years behind bars, and Brinley Hutson is welcomed home.