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Fisher makes his debut in rookie mini-camp

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Football fans, the future of your franchise is here. The Kansas City Chiefs open rookie mini-camp with the first appearance of Eric Fisher between the lines.

FOX 4′s Sean McDowell takes us to Arrowhead to talk with the top overall draft pick.

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Virtual doctors’ visits becoming more common

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Think you have to be in the same room with a doctor to have an exam? Not anymore. You don’t even have to be in the same state.

Little Annalesia McCoy is having her first virtual visit.

“Hi, doctor!” Annalesia says to the doctor she sees on a computer screen.

“I’m the computer doctor. How are you doing?” asks Dr. Jay Portnoy as he looks at his laptop.

Dr. Portnoy is in Kansas City at a Children’s Mercy clinic. Annalesia is in Wichita at a new Children’s Mercy clinic.
The allergy specialist uses headphones to listen to her heart and lungs through a digital stethoscope.

“I can hear more with this than I can with the regular stethoscope because it’s amplified,” Dr. Portnoy says.

Then the doc takes a look at some bumps on Annalesia’s skin. He diagnoses eczema and recommends treatments.

Ottawa comes together after deadly week

OTTAWA, Kan. — Hundreds of people showed up in Ottawa Friday evening for a vigil to remember the victims in the Franklin County homicides. It comes just hours after prosecutors charged a suspect with four counts of murder.

Charges against Kyle Flack

Kyle Flack, 27, the man accused of murdering and raping a young mother and killing two other men, whose bodies were found early this week on an Ottawa farm, made his first appearance in court Friday in Franklin County.

He faces four counts of first-degree and two counts of capital murder. In addition to the murder charges, Flack faces one charge of rape and one charge of criminal possession of a firearm. Authorities say he raped Kaylie Bailey before he killed her.

The bodies of Kaylie Bailey, Andrew Stout and Steven White were found at Stout’s farm earlier this week. The whereabouts of 18-month-old Lana Bailey, Kaylie’s daughter, remain unknown.

Joe’s Wx Blog: How long since the last Tornado Warning?

Our unusual Spring weather will continue as another stout blast of cold air is going to move into the area tomorrow afternoon, and as it does so another fast drop in the temperatures are expected tomorrow night into early Sunday. This has been well forecasted since last weekend and the high coming into the region has origins in the Arctic region so a sharp cooldown is expected. The good news is that with us now moving into the middle part of May, the sunshine and the higher sun angle will modify this airmass as it slides through the Plains states. Regardless a cold night with near record lows is still likely on Sunday AM.

Records are dropping this weekend with this cold airmass heading through the upper Midwest/Great Lakes and the NE part of the country. Here is a look at the low temperatures forecasted off the Hi-res NAM model for Sunday AM…

Special Report: What is the paleo diet?

It’s way of eating that’s been around for thousands of years, and is now gaining popularity.

The Paleo diet focuses on foods our ancestors ate in the Paleolithic era. It’s simple, and you don’t have to count calories.

FOX 4′s Susan Hiland shows us how a new app can keep you on track, and people having success on this stone age diet.

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See more to the story in the video below with Jill Hamilton-Reeves, Assistant Professor Dietetics and Nutrition with KU Medical Center.

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Police report details horrors inside Cleveland home

CLEVELAND – How did Ariel Castro allegedly get away with three abductions on a busy Cleveland street, and keep his diabolical crimes a secret for so long?

A copy of a Cleveland police report obtained by the FOX 8 I-Team reveals that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight told police that each of them was walking in the same five block area of Lorain Avenue, when they were offered a ride by Castro.

Cleveland City Councilman Brian Cummins, who was briefed on the investigation, told FOX 8,  “We believe that the daughter of Ariel Castro was involved in some way, shape or form in indicating this was her father and you know, we’re going to give you a ride.”

9 secrets to living longer

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Want to lengthen your life by 10 or 12 years? Even without the best genes, researchers say most of us can live into our early nineties and live well.

In Janet Williams’ tiny backyard, you find an oasis and Janet’s purpose in life.

“There’s no greater blessing than to put something in the ground and see it grow,” says Janet.

Having a purpose in life can add seven years to a person’s life. It’s one of the “Power 9″ outlined in the book Blue Zones.

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Last May, our neighbors to the north in Iowa started designating some cities as Blue Zones with a focus on making healthy choices easier.

“I think it could work in Kansas City or anywhere else in the country,” says Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.