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Mahomes sets personal bests for pass attempts, rush yards in a single game

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs pulled out a tough and physical win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday Night Football to improve to 6-2 on the season and tie the Buffalo Bills for the best record in the AFC.

The win came in overtime and took a record-breaking performance from quarterback Patrick Mahomes to earn every point.

Mahomes threw a career-high 68 pass attempts and completed a career-high 43 of them. It is tied for the third-most pass attempts in an NFL game in league history.

  1. Drew Bledsoe vs Minnesota Vikings – 11/13/1994: 70 pass attempts
  2. Vinny Testaverde at Baltimore Ravens – 12/24/2000: 69 pass attempts
  3. Patrick Mahomes vs Tennessee Titans – 11/6/2022: 68 pass attempts
  4. Jared Goff vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 9/29/2019: 68 pass attempts
  5. Jon Kitna vs Pittsburgh Steelers – 12/30/2001: 68 pass attempts
  6. George Blanda at Buffalo Bills – 11/1/1964: 68 pass attempts

“I already texted Bobby Stroupe, my trainer, and said, ‘I’m not coming in tomorrow,'” Mahomes said. “It’s a battle. You know going into this game against this team it’s always going to be a battle, it’s going to be a fight.”

He beat his personal career-high of 54 pass attempts he set against Buffalo in 2021.

Besides the use of his arm, Mahomes also rushed for the most yards in a regular season game in his career with 63, besting the 61 yards he ran against the Bills in the same game.

“These are games you’re going to need if you want to try to win the Super Bowl,” Mahomes said. “Obviously, we want to be that high flying, scoring every time we’re out there on the field (offense) but I think with the schedule that we’ve played we’ve won all different type of ways against a lot of great football teams.”

Mahomes’ performance propelled him to second-best odds to win the Most Valuable Player award behind Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, according to Draft Kings Sportsbook.

The Chiefs will stay at home for another week when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, November 13 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

Here's when polls open on Election Day

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Voters across the country will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the upcoming midterm elections following a dramatic few months and record early turnout. 

Here is when the polls open in each state and Washington, D.C. All times are local time.

Alabama 

7 a.m. 

Alaska 

7 a.m. 

Arizona 

6 a.m. 

Arkansas 

7:30 a.m. 

California 

7 a.m.  

Colorado 

7 a.m.  

Connecticut 

6 a.m. 

Delaware 

7 a.m.  

Florida 

7 a.m.  

Georgia 

7 a.m.  

Hawaii 

7 a.m.  

Idaho 

8 a.m.  

Illinois 

6 a.m.  

Indiana 

6 a.m. 

Iowa 

7 a.m. 

Kansas 

7 a.m.  

Kentucky 

6 a.m. 

Louisiana 

6 a.m.  

Maine 

6 a.m.  

Maryland 

7 a.m.  

Massachusetts 

7 a.m. 

Michigan 

7 a.m. 

Minnesota 

7 a.m. 

Mississippi 

7 a.m. 

Missouri 

6 a.m.  

Montana 

7 a.m.  

Nebraska 

8 a.m. 

Nevada 

7 a.m.] 

New Hampshire 

Varies 

New Jersey 

6 a.m. 

New Mexico 

7 a.m.  

New York 

6 a.m.  

North Carolina 

6:30 a.m. 

North Dakota 

Varies 

Ohio 

6:30 a.m.  

Oklahoma 

7 a.m.  

Oregon 

Varies  

Pennsylvania 

7 a.m.  

Rhode Island 

7 a.m.  

South Carolina 

7 a.m.  

South Dakota 

7 a.m.  

Tennessee 

Varies 

Texas 

7 a.m.  

Utah 

7 a.m.  

Vermont 

Varies  

Virginia 

6 a.m.  

Washington 

Varies  

West Virginia 

6:30 a.m.  

Wisconsin 

7 a.m.  

Wyoming 

7 a.m.  

District of Columbia

7 a.m.

Here's when polls close in every state on Election Day

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Here are times when polls close on Election Day in every state and Washington, D.C. All times are listed in local time.

Alabama

7 p.m.

Alaska

8 p.m.

Arizona

7 p.m.

Arkansas

7:30 p.m.

California

8 p.m.

Colorado

7 p.m.

Connecticut

8 p.m.

Delaware

8 p.m.

Florida

7 p.m.

Georgia

7 p.m.

Hawaii

7 p.m.

Idaho

8 p.m.

Illinois

7 p.m.

Indiana

6 p.m.

Iowa

8 p.m.

Kansas

7 p.m.

Kentucky

6 p.m.

Louisiana

8 p.m.

Maine

8 p.m.

Maryland

8 p.m.

Massachusetts

8 p.m.

Michigan

8 p.m.

Minnesota

8 p.m.

Mississippi

7 p.m.

Missouri

7 p.m.

Montana

8 p.m.

Nebraska

8 p.m.

Nevada

7 p.m.

New Hampshire

Varies

New Jersey

8 p.m.

New Mexico

7 p.m.

New York

9 p.m.

North Carolina

7:30 p.m.

North Dakota

Varies

Ohio

7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma

7 p.m.

Oregon

8 p.m.

Pennsylvania

8 p.m.

Rhode Island

8 p.m.

South Carolina

7 p.m. 

South Dakota

7 p.m.

Tennessee

Varies

Texas

7 p.m.

Utah

8 p.m.

Vermont

7 p.m.

Virginia

7 p.m.

Washington

8 p.m.

West Virginia

7:30 p.m.

Wisconsin

8 p.m. 

Wyoming

7 p.m.

District of Columbia

8 p.m.

Tyson CFO arrested, fell asleep in wrong home

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Tyson Foods Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson was arrested early Sunday morning after becoming intoxicated and falling asleep in the wrong home.

John R. Tyson booked into the Washington County Jail. | Courtesy: Washington County Sheriff’s Office

According to a preliminary arrest report, at approximately 2:05 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, Tyson, 32, was found asleep in a woman’s bed at her home, located at 445 N Mock Ave. The woman called police when she arrived and found Tyson, whom she did not know.

She told dispatchers that she believes the front door was left unlocked and that is how he gained entry. Upon arrival, police located Tyson in the back bedroom with his clothes in front of the bed and identified him through his driver’s license.

Police attempted to wake Tyson up and speak with him but he could not verbally respond. After briefly sitting up, Tyson laid back down and tried to go to sleep.

The report states there was an odor of alcohol on his breath and body and his movements appeared sluggish and uncoordinated.

Tyson was arrested for Criminal Trespass and Public Intoxication and booked into the Washington County Detention Center. He was released Sunday evening.

Tyson was appointed to the CFO position on Oct. 2 and also serves as executive vice president. He is the son of Tyson board chairman John H. Tyson.

KNWA/FOX24 has reached out to Tyson Foods for comment about the arrest but has yet to hear back.

Crowder students take 1st place at tech summit with "contact lens in a bottle" idea

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JOPLIN, Mo. — Webb City Management Students (Team Crowder), participated in the Joplin Regional Innovation and Technology Summit “Pitch Competition” sponsored by the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce. Teams were required to pitch a business idea or concept before a panel of three judges.  

Team Crowder presented an innovative product solution for contact lens wearers, “Drop Vision.” The concept involves replacing glass or plastic contact lenses with a single eye drop from a standard eye drop bottle.  

“This competition provided the opportunity for our students to be able to utilize the skills they’ve learned in the classroom and execute them in a pitch style presentation,” stated Melissa Smith, Joplin Advanced Training & Technology Center Director. “These four individuals came together as team and represented Crowder College in a most professional manner.”

Team Crowder entered the Collegiate category, competing for first place against Missouri Southern State University. Other competitive categories included high school students and actual start-up business entrepreneurs. Crowder won first place in its category and team members were awarded a cash prize of $1,500.  Students on the team include: Elise Leek, Paityn Black, Connor Simon and Kaden Turner. These students are enrolled in Business Management (BMGT175) at the Crowder College Webb City Instructional Center.

Kansas officials investigate death of foster child who fled

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are investigating the death of a foster child who left a residential treatment facility, stole a truck and crashed into a semitruck in Oklahoma last month.

The state Department of Children and Families confirmed it is investigating what happened to determine if there were any regulatory violations at the facility the 13-year-old walked away from on Oct. 27, according to the Kansas City Star.

The teen had gone to a Halloween party in Independence, Kansas, on the day of the crash that was sponsored by the residential treatment program where he was living. After returning from the party, the teen left the residential facility in Parsons, Kansas, and went to a car dealership and stole the truck, child welfare officials and police said.

He died two days after the crash in a Tulsa hospital.

Republican state Sen. Molly Baumgardner of Louisberg called for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to dismiss the head of the state child welfare agency. Baumgardner said this is the second time this year that a teen in foster care ran away and wound up dead.

“There have been ongoing concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability for the safety of our foster children,” Baumgardner said in a statement.

6-year-old Jay girl dead, man missing after vehicle swept away in flood waters

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STILWELL, Okla. – A 6-year-old Jay girl has died and a 43-year-old Jay man is missing after their vehicle was swept away in flood waters near Stilwell, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The juvenile and the man along with a 14-year-old male and a 9-year-old female were all in the same vehicle, the patrol said.

The patrol has not released any names but did say the 43-year-old man was driving a 2008 Subaru Forrester on County Road 4643 which is around five miles north of Stilwell.  The patrol believes the driver was northbound on the road around 8:45 p.m. on Friday evening and tried to cross a flooded low-water bridge and was swept into the water.

The two juveniles were taken to Siloam Springs Hospital in a private vehicle where they were treated and released, the patrol said.

The 6-year-old died at the scene, the patrol said.

PSU professor listed as one of the top 2% of scientists in the world

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PITTSBURG, Kan. — A PSU professor has been recognized as being a top mind, but this educator’s influence goes further than just the classroom.

“Without the students we are nothing. So it feels amazing and the support from the university and support from the students we get that is the key to this achievement,” said Dr. Ram Gupta, Associate Professor, at Pittsburg State University.

That’s what Pitt State Associate Professor Dr. Ram Gupta says about being named as one of the top two percent of scientists in the world according to a list from Stanford University. Something his students say inspires them.

“Just seeing somebody like that, who was able to have the presence of the inspirations and kind of know what’s going on that really inspired me to kind of double down on my track and maybe even pursue higher education,” said Allen Davis, PSU Graduate Student.

“I would describe him in a few words as hardworking, very dedicated, and caring for his students and his fellow co-workers,” said Teddy Mageto, PSU Graduate Student.

Dr. Gupta says his goal is to make sure his students are prepared for life after college.

The most important part of our University program is that we provide not only education but we get hands-on experience. So that’s the reason most of our students in their last semester get a job offer,” said Gupta.

And that type of success is helping the Pitt State Science Department grow.

“Well university program is growing we started a new program in polymer chemistry that in the first year, like a few students, now we have many graduate students in this program,” said Gupta.

“We got with the US Economic Development Administration we got another $1,600,000 with a $400,000 max from the university so we got another $2,000,000 to put all new equipment. If you get a chance to go around and take a look at the laboratories’ all-new state-of-the-art testing equipment in here,” said Tim Dawsey, Director of the National Institute for Material Advancement.

"Guided Bison Saunter" in honor of National Bison Day

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MINDENMINES, Mo. — To celebrate National Bison Day, dozens of people gathered at Prairie State Park for a tour and a chance to see bison in their natural habitat.

About four years ago bison were designated the “National Mammal”.

Currently, it’s estimated there are roughly 500,000 bison in North America.

Around 40 of those are located at the Prairie State Park, on 3,000 acres.

“So since it’s our national mammal now, we honor it. Since we do have bison here at the park, we do ‘Bison Saunter’ every month except for October. And National Bison Day we do two of them because we’ve had quite a bit of demand over the past two years to do so,” said Dana Hoisington, Naturalist.

Over the years the number of bison has decreased from nearly 30,000,000 to less than 1,000,000.

Encouraging citizens to vote with a "Democrat Day of Action"

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JOPLIN, Mo. — A group of Southwest Missouri Democrats took the initiative to go out into the community to encourage people to get out and vote.

Local Democrats are participating in the second statewide “Democratic Day of Action”.

Volunteers, candidates, political groups, and unions gathered at the Laborer’s Union Hall in Joplin and then went out in the community to knock on doors, encouraging people to get out and vote.

Their goal this weekend before the upcoming election is to knock on 1,500 doors in the area.

“Today and tomorrow what we’re reminding them is here’s it’s time to vote. Do you know where to vote? If you need to know your polling place, we can tell you where your polling places are, what time the polls are open, and what you need to take with your photo ID. How to comply with the new voter restriction laws in Missouri. We can provide that information also talking to people about why is your vote important because elections are often decided by very small majorities,” said John Hicks, Chairman of SWMO Democrats.

“Voting is super important for young people in this upcoming election because we are deciding our future and we’re deciding the people that are going to represent us in the US government. And this upcoming election is especially important for young women and women’s rights and minority rights. So get out there and vote,” said Elizabeth Seely, Executive Assistant of SWMO Democrats.

Early voting is already underway in Missouri.

Election day is Tuesday with polling places opening at 6 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m.