The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 including: Kansas City area health and education officials warn that schools will have a hard time remaining open amid rising COVID-19 cases, Stockton doctor David Smock is still sitting in an Arkansas county jail cell, and a massive mixed-use development along 135th Street in Leawood won preliminary approval from city leaders.