And we’re back …

The big story of the weekend was Kansas City Star reporter Eric Adler’s profile of City Manager Wayne Cauthen. Once considered the fixer of Kansas City, Cauthen is now the embattled target of Mayor Funkhouser. And guess what? Cauthen’s writing a book. Doubt it’s nearly as juicy as Gloria’s.

Also, Union Station leaders say the fix for the landmark is in taxpayers’ pockets. City leaders say not so fast. Union Station is projected to lose $1.34 million this year.

Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder received a five-year contract extension

— yes, five years — and promptly lost to Louisiana-Lafayette. The Tigers and Jayhawks won.

No Matt Cassel equals no win for the Chiefs.

Here we go again.