The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Friday, June 25, 2021
The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Friday, June 25, 2021, including Gov. Mike Parson said he is not convinced Kevin Strickland is innocent, Kansas approved the state’s first-ever express toll lanes on Johnson County highway, Kansas City Public Schools has banned suspensions for younger students in most situations and dozens of those who live in the unincorporated outskirts of a sprawling industrial park in southwestern Johnson County have asked to form their own city to stop encroaching development.