The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Monday, December 27, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Monday, December 27, 2021, including: a COVID-19 surge in the KC metro area, a GoFundMe started to raise money for the funeral expenses of a teen found dead after being reported missing, and a suspect in the death of a 2-year-old who was handling a gun that discharged is being held in custody out of state and awaiting extradition back to Jackson County.