Midwest
City of Kansas City has 'separated' from employee who doxxed Harrison Butker following speech, mayor says
Mayor Quinton Lucas revealed on Thursday that Kansas City has “separated” from the social media employee who shared where Harrison Butker lives after his commencement speech at Benedictine College last week.
The Kansas City Chiefs kicker urged women graduates to embrace being a “homemaker” and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Biden for his stance on abortion.
In the speech, Butker added, “things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder.”
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker celebrates after kicking the point after touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Nov. 20, 2023. (Denny Medley-USA Today Sports)
The city’s X account posted the city where Butker lives.
“There’s been accountability from the city of Kansas City,” Lucas said to KCMO radio. “We all look forward to moving on, letting the Chiefs play, [and] letting the city do what it’s supposed to do in delivering basic services.”
The social media account deleted the post and later posted a brief apology.
“We apologies [sic] for our previous tweet. It was shared in error,” the post read.
Lucas addressed the controversy after the post was deleted last week, calling it “clearly inappropriate.”
“A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account. The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. The City has correctly apologized for the error, will review account access, and ensure nothing like it is shared in the future from public channels.”
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks to media during Super Bowl LVIII opening night at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. ( Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
ROGER GOODELL PRAISES ‘DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS’ IN NFL, USA FOLLOWING HARRISON BUTKER’S SPEECH
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey vowed to pursue action against the city following the post, saying in an interview with Outkick’s Charly Arnolt he had “demanded certain records from the city related to their management of that social media account that doxxed Harrison Butker in retaliation for his free expression of religious beliefs.”
“Let’s paint this with the proper brush – that is government retaliating against an individual for the expression of their sincerely held religious beliefs. That could not be more of a clear case of a violation of his constitutional freedoms and the Missouri Human Rights Act,” Bailey added.
The specific employee remains unidentified.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media before Super Bowl LVIII 58, Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Butker’s jersey sales have since skyrocketed on NFL Shop, while many in the media remain split about the speech.
Butker played in his third Super Bowl earlier this year with Kansas City, helping them go back-to-back in February.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
Read the full article from Here
North Dakota
WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks in North Dakota ahead of July Fourth
The president will deliver remarks at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre after touring the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, which is expected to open to the public on the nation’s semiquincentennial.
Trump arrived in Bismarck aboard the new Qatar-gifted Air Force One plane. From there, he traveled to Medora, in the western part of the state, for a private tour of the presidential library.
His speech is scheduled to start at 1:15 p.m. local time.
Ohio
Children found in ‘deplorable’ Ohio home were part of same family
HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — The 16 children found living in “deplorable” conditions inside a small, dilapidated rural Ohio home are part of the same family, officials said Wednesday.
Authorities arrested four adults Tuesday on felony child endangerment charges after finding the children in the home. Some were in dire need of medical treatment, authorities said.
Vinton County prosecuting attorney William Archer said the four adults were charged with second-degree felony child endangering because it involves “serious physical harm.”
Gary Siders Jr., Gary Siders Sr., Christina Siders and Elizabeth Siders appeared in court Wednesday where a judge entered not guilty pleas on their behalf.. They have not yet been assigned lawyers.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said Wednesday that the conditions inside the house in the tiny village of Hamden were almost indescribable, saying it “really looked third world.”
“It’s just almost beyond comprehension,” he said without providing details about what was inside.
It appeared that the children spent most of their time in just one room for much of the four years they lived there, Wilson said.
The house sits on a road tucked away alongside a steep railroad embankment, where tracks carry rumbling trains through Hamden. On Wednesday, its doors and windows stood open to the 94-degree Fahrenheit (34-degree Celsius) heat. A tangle of discarded children’s items — two busted bicycles, a plastic play table, a beach pail and two infant carriers — stood in a pile in the yard.
The Ohio Bureau of Investigation and local sheriff’s department searched the home on Tuesday.
The children ranged in age from 1 1/2 years to 18 years old and included both boys and girls, officials said. Seven were transported to hospitals in Columbus and two were flown by helicopters.
Hamden has a population of less than 1,000 people and is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southeast of Columbus.
___
Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio.
South Dakota
Transparency, data protection laws take effect July 1
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Several new South Dakota laws officially take effect July 1 after being signed into law this session.
This includes new rules on government transparency, online safety, and data privacy.
The Attorney General’s office says the changes are designed to protect South Dakotans both online and in public institutions.
The following 10 bills go into effect July 1:
- Senate Bill 17: Prohibits a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national. It was unanimously passed by both the House and Senate.
- Senate Bill 41: Revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.
- Senate Bill 42: Enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.
- Senate Bill 43: Address search and seizure provisions applicable to digital currency.
- Senate Bill 44: Establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.
- Senate Bill 45: Revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.
- Senate Bill 46: Modify the requirements for open meeting agendas and provide a penalty therefor.
- Senate Bill 47: Revise the requirements for executive sessions and closed meetings.
- Senate Bill 48: Clarify that an official open meeting agenda must be posted online at least seventy-two hours before the scheduled start of the meeting.
- Senate Bill 49: Safeguards the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provides a civil penalty therefor.
“These bills protect our citizens from online predators, scammers, and illegal drugs, while they strengthen transparency within state government,” said Attorney General Jackley.
Copyright 2026 Dakota News Now. All rights reserved.
-
New Hampshire2 minutes agoHave You Ever Actually Talked to a New Hampshire Police Officer? Here’s Your Chance
-
New Jersey5 minutes agoExclusive | NJ’s suburbs are in a full-blown bidding war frenzy — with houses going 33% above asking
-
New Mexico10 minutes agoDispatches from Route 66: Finding queer hope in New Mexico and Arizona
-
North Dakota20 minutes agoWATCH LIVE: Trump speaks in North Dakota ahead of July Fourth
-
Ohio25 minutes ago
Children found in ‘deplorable’ Ohio home were part of same family
-
Oklahoma32 minutes agoOklahoma opens Taiwan Regional Trade Office at State Capitol
-
Oregon35 minutes agoStrict fire restrictions in effect on BLM lands in Washington, Oregon ahead of July 4
-
Pennsylvania40 minutes ago
From Chocolate Avenue to the World Cup, how Hershey, Pennsylvania, shaped Christian Pulisic