The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Thursday, August 26, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Thursday, August 26th, 2021 including a Leavenworth County resident may be the first person on record to die from COVID-19 in the nation, a veteran Missouri political consultant and lobbyist pled guilty to a felony tax charge in U.S. District Court, Kansas and Missouri hospitals are fighting for travel nurses as beds fill up, and a Shawnee, Kansas, couple says they want justice for their so, who was fatally tackled by a Kansas City police officer.