Historic midtown theater reopens after devastating fire
"The Warwick was never intended just to be for one little theater company," says director Karen Paisley.
World Cup preparations: Kansas City working to register thousands of volunteers
Kansas City is recruiting 6,000 volunteers to serve as ambassadors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with roles ranging from greeting visitors at arrival points and providing information about the area.
The Kansas City Public Library is being ‘reimagined.’ Community input will guide its plan
After receiving a Capacity Building grant from The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Kansas City Public Library launched a $250,000 strategic plan to revitalize their services and mission and to "ensure that it’s focused on what matters most to the community." "The main goal of what we're doing right...
Kansas teen dragged into alley, fights back. Kidnapper gets nearly 50 years
A judge sentenced a man to nearly 50 years in prison after he dragged a teenage girl into a downtown Leavenworth alley during a kidnapping almost a year ago, officials said. In April, a jury found 38-year-old Lajuan Sammie Louis Lowery guilty of aggravated kidnapping and acquitted him of a separate charge of...
Rooftop Cinema Club premieres its open-air movie theater experience in KC’s Crossroads
Pink dusk views of the Kansas horizon and a cityscape bathed in sunset only added to the silver screen experience for midweek movie-goers trying out the newly opened Rooftop Cinema Club in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District. “Just the ambiance and what they did with the design is really cute,” said Emily...
Thousands of Kansas City images from the tumultuous 1960s and ’70s find a new...
Photographer Raymond Corey’s day on October 11, 1965, started with a crackly announcement that came across the police scanner: A robbery was in progress at Brotherhood State Bank. The bank was only half a block from the Kansas City Kansan newspaper offices, so Corey grabbed his camera and ran...
A confessed drug dealer in Kansas City has been sentenced to prison for selling...
Kansas City anesthesiologist booked into Texas jail for alleged child sex crime. A Kansas City anesthesiologist is behind bars in Texas after he allegedly made plans to meet with a minor for sexual favors. Updated: 29 minutes ago. |. Melissa Meeder has the weather impacts for your Planning Calendar this...
Man shot and killed by KCK police after he allegedly pulled gun on cashier
A man died on Friday after being shot by Kansas City Kansas police. Kansas City Kansas police officers were called to Crown Tobacco at 8301 State Avenue around 2:50 p.m. on reports of a robbery, according to an email from Kansas Bureau of Investigation public affairs specialist Dustin Wallace. Paul Beasley Jr., 24,...
New teacher in Kansas City, Kansas, gets ready for 1st day of school
In just a matter of days, students will be streaming back through the doors of Wyandotte High School for the start of a new school year.
Two charged for allegedly possessing 13 pounds of methamphetamine
KANSAS CITY — A traffic stop in the Kansas City area Wednesday led to the recovery of 13 pounds of methamphetamine and federal charges for two women. The Western District of Missouri says Brittney N. Stanley and Christina L.M. Davis, both 32, were charged Thursday in federal court with possession with intent to...