The top local news from Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

Stories include: Have you seen the pictures of how the Canadian Wildfire smoke is clouding the skylines of New York City and Philadelphia? St. Louis' Aldermanic President says more work needs to be done on a proposal that would ban open carry of guns in the city. The deadline for Circuit Courts to expunge misdemeanor marijuana convictions is Thursday. Families of many transgender children are already making plans to leave Missouri. Wesley Bell runs for Senate.

Plus, KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer spoke with Dr. Derek Byers -- a Washington University pulmonologist at Barnes Jewish Hospital -- about the wildfire smoke.