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Travis Kelce professes his ‘love’ for Taylor Swift during Kansas City Chiefs panel
Travis Kelce didn’t shy away from expressing his love for his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, during a Kansas City Chiefs roundtable Wednesday.
The NFL star addressed his relationship with the pop star while participating in a discussion with Chiefs announcer Mitch Holthus, along with fellow players Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones, Nick Bolton, Justin Reid and Harrison Butker.
“We love you,” the tight end, 34, told Holthus, to which the announcer – famously nicknamed “the voice of the Chiefs” – jokingly asked if Kelce loves him “more than Taylor.”
Kelce briefly paused to ponder the prying question before admitting, “Maybe not.”
The Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network emcee, 67, then focused his attention on Mahomes.
“I won’t hold you up to that. I know the answer,” he told the quarterback, who married his high school sweetheart, Brittany Mahomes, in 2022.
Patrick and Brittany, both 28, share two kids — daughter Sterling, 3, and son Bronze, 1 — and have a third child on the way.
Meanwhile, Kelce and Swift – who secretly started dating last summer – have seemingly been getting more serious in recent months.
The couple, both 34, first publicized their relationship in September 2023 when the “Shake it Off” singer attended Kelce’s NFL game against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium.
Since then, Swift has hit up many of Kelce’s games and the athlete has also appeared at a number of the singer’s Eras Tour shows around the globe.
The lovebirds are rumored to be getting engaged soon, with a source confirming to Page Six earlier this month that Kelce was planning on getting down on one knee in the near future.
“The engagement is happening soon,” an insider told us, though Kelce’s rep denied that any official engagement plans are in place.
Meanwhile, there is recent speculation that Kelce has already secretly popped the question.
We’re told that the wife of a top Chiefs executive was overheard telling friends in a suite at Morgan Wallen’s Kansas City concert that Swift and Kelce are already betrothed. However, it’s unclear if she had received actual confirmation or was just rehashing online gossip.
Page Six exclusively reported in December 2023 that Kelce was already looking for rings and had even asked Taylor’s father, Scott Swift, for permission to marry his daughter.
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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.
WIBW Scoreboard
BOYS
5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
- Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)
5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
- Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
- Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)
3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)
3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
- Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)
GIRLS
6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
- Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
- Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)
4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
- Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
- Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)
2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results
- Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
- Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
- Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)
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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union
In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.
The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.
The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.
“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”
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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of an illegal firearm.
According to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 22-year-old Antoine R. Gillum was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole.
His sentencing stems from a June 2024 incident in a metro gas station. KCPD investigators contacted Gillum inside and found that he had discarded a 9 mm pistol in an aisle between the merchandise. He also discarded a pill bottle containing multiple illegal substances: cocaine base, oxycodone/acetaminophen and oxycodone.
Officers searched the vehicle Gillum had arrived in and found approximately 32 grams of cocaine base.
On May 6, 2025, Gillum pleaded guilty to one count each of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Jennings. It’s a part of ‘Operation Take Back America,’ a nationwide Department of Justice initiative to eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
No further information has been released.
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