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"Bright lights like lightning runnin' through my veins at the Grand Ole Opry or a show in some no-name town -- I'd still be doin' this if I weren't doin' this."

Well, Luke Combs is "Doin' this" in a massive show in Kansas City next year.

Arrowhead Events announced Thursday morning that country music superstar Luke Combs will be performing at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium next summer.

According to a release from the Kansas City Chiefs, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year is planning the KC stop as part of his three-continent, 16-country, 35-show tour and is one of 16 stadium shows in North America.

“Luke Combs is one of country music’s premier talents, having exploded on the scene and grown in popularity over the past half-dozen years,” Arrowhead Events President Mark Donovan said. “We’re excited to welcome Luke to GEHA Field for the first time and know he will put on a show for all to remember.”

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Just like with Kansas City Chiefs tickets, Jackson County residents get first dibs on tickets with an online-only presale. That presale starts at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15. Residents must purchase those tickets with a credit card with a billing zip code inside Jackson County to participate.

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Chiefs season ticket holders get the next chance at seats one hour later at noon on Sept. 15. Season ticket holders will receive additional information on concert tickets by email soon.

The general public can snag tickets starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. There will be no walk-up ticket sales for this event. All tickets must be purchased online through Ticketmaster.

Officials with the Chiefs said in Thursday's release that this will be Combs' first performance in the home of the Chiefs. The concert will also feature special guests Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry, and Brent Cobb.

This is the 17th stadium show hosted at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium since it was re-established as a major concert venue in 2011.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pinpointing the Kansas City Chiefs' top wide receiver figures to be a weekly headache for fantasy football players.

Patrick Mahomes confirmed as much.

Mahomes warned fantasy football players that predicting his favorite receiver from week to week will be difficult as Kansas City's passing game adjusts to life without Tyreek Hill.

"The biggest thing is there's going to be a different player every single game that has the big game," Mahomes said Wednesday as the Chiefs continued preparing for Sunday's season opener at the Arizona Cardinals. "It's not going to be just necessarily Tyreek and Travis [Kelce] every single week, where it's like one or the other having a big game or both. Every single week, it's going to be someone different.

"So I'm sorry to all you fantasy football guys. It's going to come from everywhere, so you're going to have to kind of choose the right guy every week."

The Chiefs traded Hill, their leading wide receiver in each of the past six seasons, to the Miami Dolphins this past offseason.

In Hill's place, the Chiefs signed free agents JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Justin Watson and drafted Western Michigan's Skyy Moore in the second round.

Kansas City also returns Kelce, a seven-time Pro Bowl tight end, and one of its leading wide receivers from last season in Mecole Hardman.

Mahomes completed 18 passes to 10 different receivers in the preseason, and said that was an indication of how the passing game would go this season.

"It's going to be hard for teams to game plan against," Mahomes said. "Obviously, Travis is going to probably have a lot of catches. That's just who he is.

"Other than that, it's going to come from the whole group and I think the guys have kind of embraced that. ... That's what you want on a team and as an offense."

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Every season without fail, when the Chiefs get a week off from their 17-game regular-season NFL grind, Kansas City coach Andy Reid gets asked to explain his 20-3 record when his teams are coming off a bye.

And every season, without fail, Reid finds a way to answer the question without ever really answering it.

Turns out the same goes for his record in season openers.

The Chiefs head into their game at Arizona on Sunday having won seven consecutive openers, including three against teams that were destined for the playoffs and one that reached the Super Bowl. And overall, Reid is 8-1 since taking over the Chiefs before the 2013 season, including a perfect mark in five openers played on the road.

“I don’t know,” Reid said Wednesday amid another round of verbal shoulder-shrugging. “I appreciate the question, but right now, I don’t care about any of that. We just go execute and do the best we can this time of year.”

The reality is the Chiefs simply do that better than everybody else.

Take turnovers, which tend to pop up most among the unprepared. The Chiefs have not committed one in their last four openers, while their own defense has taken the ball away seven times over that span, and the last time they coughed it up — at New England in 2017 — they atoned for the miscue by piling up 537 yards of total offense.

In fact, the Chiefs are plus-6 in turnover margin in their nine openers under Reid, and that number would be even more remarkable if not for three turnovers in their opening loss in Tennessee to start the 2014 season.

Only two of their last seven season-opening wins have been by less than a touchdown.

It helps to have Patrick Mahomes under center.

The Chiefs quarterback has completed better than 71% of his passes in openers over the past four years, averaging more than 295 yards per game, and has thrown 13 touchdown passes without a single interception.

“We’ve put in the practice. We’ve put in the work,” Mahomes said, “and I’m excited to see these guys in game action. The preseason is one thing, but when you get to the regular season, you want to get out there and show what you can do.”

Everybody around the league has put in the work, though; all teams desire to start 1-0 every bit as much as the Chiefs.

So the question remains: What makes Reid and his bunch nearly unstoppable in Week 1?

“It’s all about the preparation with Andy, year-in and year-out,” Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said. “Training camp is extremely tough and I think that translates to game week. The way he prepares us to be physically and mentally ready for when the season approaches, I think it’s beneficial for us as a team.”

It probably doesn’t feel like that in camp, when Reid insists the Chiefs uproot from their training base in Kansas City for three weeks of dorm life on a college campus. It’s there that Reid and his lieutenants push their players through sweltering late-summer practices with a decidedly old-school mentality designed to foster comradery and toughness.

“Bonding becomes important and you bond when you’ve got to do something tough,” Reid said. “I know some of them were hurting but they got up and they pushed through. That foundation will pay off for them down the road here.”

NOTES: The Chiefs placed TE Blake Bell (hip) on injured reserve this week. Everyone else on the roster practiced Wednesday, including DE Carlos Dunlap (Achilles inflammation), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) and CB Rashad Fenton (groin). ... Smith-Schuster said he feels “100% healthy” after missing most of last season with an injury, then missing a good portion of camp with his sore knee. “Can’t wait to play,” he said. “It’s going to be a fun one.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Kansas City is still dealing with the aftermath of a mess this morning on the roadways.

Part of I-435 was shut down in the middle of rush hour on Wednesday.

The lane closure wasn't supposed to happen until later, but MoDOT crews made a last-minute decision to move in earlier.

This shutdown involves urgent joint repairs on the Grandview Triangle bridges.

Right now, MoDOT expects all these closures to last until 5 p.m. tonight, the stretch of 435 that is partially closed off is just past 470.

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NEW INFO: Additional CLOSURES are required near Three Trails Crossing/the Grandview Triangle for bridge expansion joint repairs on westbound I-435. This work is happening now until approximately 5 p.m. Full details can be found here: https://t.co/SRZIWkCq1q pic.twitter.com/4hWLpb2P1I

— MoDOT Kansas City (@MoDOT_KC) September 7, 2022

435 westbound is reduced to just one lane at this point, and several other roads are shut down for these urgent repairs.

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Grandview Triangle closures include:

KMBC's Andy Alcock is speaking with a MoDOT area engineer to find out why the last-minute changes were made concerning the roads, he'll have more details on what you need to know before your evening commute on KMBC at 4, 5, and 6 p.m this evening.

For more updates on traffic conditions, be sure to follow @KMBCTraffic on Twitter and stay with KMBC.com

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group of Missourians are suing the state of Missouri, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Department of Economic Development over the state's new homelessness law.

Of the group of plaintiffs, two live in southwest Missouri and the third lives in southeast Missouri. They are working with the Legal Service of Eastern Missouri and the Public Citizen Litigation Group in bringing the legal action.

The plaintiffs claim that House Bill 1606, which changes laws regarding political subdivisions, violates the state constitution.

Article 3 of the Missouri Constitution does not allow bills to focus on multiple subjects and should clearly state the subject in its title. The lawsuit says that while the bill's focus was on political subdivisions, a section was added that also addresses homelessness.

Section 67.2300 of the bill, which is set to go into effect Jan. 1, says that state spending on homelessness must apply to certain facilities and meet certain criteria.

"State funds otherwise used for permanent housing projects will be used to assist individuals with substance use, mental health treatment, and other services like short-term housing," the section says.

Additionally, any political subdivision that has a higher rate of homelessness than the state average will not be able to receive additional funding until its rate is lower than the average, or until ordinances addressing homelessness are enforced.

The section says that the first offense of misuse of state land for sleeping or camping will be a warning, while additional offenses will be class C misdemeanors. It also says political subdivisions within Missouri cannot prohibit enforcement of the restrictions. It also states that owners of private camping facilities are immune from liability.

Due to the addition of this section, the plaintiffs claim that the bill violates the constitution for containing multiple subjects, not clearly expressing the subject of the bill in the title and for changing the original purpose of the bill.

KSHB 41 News has reached out to Parson's office, Schmitt's office, the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Department of Economic Development for comment. This story will be updated if a response is received.

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