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Restaurant chain scrambles to keep up with viral TikTok trend
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - A popular fast food chain is adapting quickly to make sure customers are able to customize all orders. TikTok user Mississippi Memaw (@mississippimemaw) shared a video on May 1. It showed her ordering a Dr. Pepper from her local Sonic Drive-in restaurant. The pickles she added to the drink turned out to be the twist that made the video go viral.
When storms hit Kansas City, animal shelters rush to keep pets calm
Thousands of dogs across the Kansas City metro whine, pace and shake when thunder crashes outside during spring storms. In animal shelters, employees and volunteers work overtime to keep them calm. The Humane Society of Kansas City works to get especially stressed animals into foster homes for individualized care. Inside...
Two Kansas City-area Red Lobster restaurants among dozens closing nationwide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -Among the more than 85 Red Lobster locations closing nationwide, two reside in the Kansas City area on the Kansas side. According to Red Lobster’s website, the locations in Olathe (14904 West 119th Street) and Kansas City, Kansas, (10700 Parallel Parkway) have closed. The restaurant...
'I screamed': Rodents are woman’s first houseguests in new Independence rental house
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A woman's rental house turned into a move-in nightmare recently. Keeley Gannaway is glad she's gone from a home on East 14th Street in Independence. She wants her money back and has two babies at home. Gannaway saw a rodent crawl into her daughter's crib last...
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