Wyandotte County, Kansas

President Donald Trump defended Sen. Roger Marshall's record of suing patients over unpaid medical bills, saying the former OB-GYN could have faced arrest had he not taken more than 700 patients to court. Trump also criticized Marshall's Democratic challenger, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, and previewed a campaign rally in Marshall's honor.

Separately, Interstate 670 through downtown Kansas City will close in December and stay shut until September 2028 as construction begins on the Roy Blunt Luminary Park, a destination park planned atop the highway between Wyandotte Street and Grand Boulevard. The first phase covers roughly half the tunnel alongside a park block featuring walking paths, art installations, performance space and play equipment.

Other regional news: Kansas City could tie a 1899 heat record near 91 degrees Tuesday before severe storms bring damaging winds, hail and flooding risk; the Arabia Steamboat Museum will close Nov. 13 after 35 years; and early in-person voting for Missouri's Nov. 3 election begins Oct. 20 in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties.