Call for help to revitalize Kansas City’s historic 18th & Vine District
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - An invitation is extended to businesses looking to bridge the past with the future in Kansas City. Kansas City asked for entrepreneurs and business owners to submit proposals to help revitalize the 18th & Vine District. The city hopes ideas will help transform several properties...
Investigation opens after dog found dead near Kansas City park
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Investigators are searching for the person responsible for a dog that was found dead near a Kansas City park. The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says that on Friday, June 20, law enforcement officials were called to the area of 44th and Garfield Ave. with reports of a suspicious...
There we were, broken down in the middle of the street, so who stopped...
Life just keeps confirming what I believe, which I guess is true for all of us. On Wednesday morning, for instance, I had to go to the eye doctor in Leawood, and my husband drove me because it’s good to be able to see when you’re behind the wheel. On the way home, our car just stopped, pfft, in the middle of a very...
Costco is changing store hours across Kansas. Some shoppers will get early access
Wholesale club Costco announced in a June 11 Instagram post those with an executive membership will be able to shop early at U.S. stores soon. The new executive member shopping hours will begin Monday, June 30 and will run from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, 9 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday and 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday, the...
Tuesday night fire forces 5 adults, 3 pets from their Overland Park apartments
Overland Park and Leawood firefighters knocked down a fire Tuesday night at The Louis Overland Park Apartments that displaced five adults and three pets.
After beloved downtown Kansas City restaurant closed, bar and grill replaces it
Matthew Hill has a 344-inch screen in his downtown Kansas City bar. And honestly, he said, it’s still not enough screen space for his liking. He wants to add more TVs to make it 688 inches in all — impressive even as far as sports bars go. Hill’s new spot, AJ’s Bar & Grill, opened a week ago in the former KC Daiquiri...
FBI: 10 Mexican nationals accused of operating large KC crime ring
KANSAS CITY– Ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two United States citizens have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine as well as numerous counts of distribution of those controlled substances, illegal possession of machine guns, alien in...
Fewer preterm births and C-sections. Doulas seen as key to improving maternal health in...
Through a new partnership with Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, a rural maternal health clinic will bring doula services to Kansas City's Westside. The post Fewer preterm births and C-sections. Doulas seen as key to improving maternal health in Kansas City appeared first on The Beacon .
Luke Bryan cancels show at KC’s Country Stampede. Here’s who’s replacing him
A three-day country music festival kicking off outside Kansas City on Thursday has lost one of its headliners, but someone else will step in. Country star Luke Bryan, a five-time country Entertainer of the Year and “American Idol” judge, was scheduled to play at Country Stampede on Thursday, June 26, at Azura...
‘People need to see things happen’: Mayor Lucas addresses Country Club Plaza progress
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One year after the Highland Park Village Partners took over the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas says he wants to see concrete development plans soon. In a recent meeting with the owners, Lucas expressed concern about the pace of redevelopment at...
