New murals from Kansas City and visiting artists transform West Bottoms for the World...
A partnership with a leading West Bottoms developer is putting more than a fresh coat of paint on buildings across Kansas City’s urban landscape as fans and visitors hit local streets for the FIFA World Cup. The annual. mural interactive cultural and artistic experience teamed up in May with...
The Red Legs sought border war-inspired bloodshed, officials say. Let’s not repeat that history.
Last month 25-year-old Lake Ethan Roberts stood at the edge of a rock quarry near Richmond, Missouri, and lit the fuse of a crude explosive device of his own design, according to federal authorities. Then he tossed it in the quarry. The device was made from a plastic single-serving “shooter” bottle filled with black po
A Kansas City group is composting World Cup leftovers so they don’t end up...
Oining FIFA Fan Festival as the Kansas City site’s official compost partner demonstrates that a homegrown social venture like KC Can Compost can build the infrastructure, operational capacity, and trust to support one of the world’s biggest public events, said Kristan Chamberlain. “The scale of our operations at...
Kansas Citians, Common feel Juneteenth spirit in 15th festival: ‘It means a lot’
Thousands of people filled the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District on Saturday for JuneteenthKC’s 15th anniversary , a day of music, community gatherings and cultural programming that culminated in a headline performance by Grammy-, Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning artist Common. Families, longtime festival attendees a
Neighbors Were Locked In or Out of Their Homes as a Police Standoff Burned...
A quiet Independence, Missouri, block became a police perimeter after authorities tracked a Kansas City shooting suspect to a home in the 700 block of South Brookside Avenue. The standoff began Tuesday afternoon and stretched into Wednesday morning, according to The Kansas City Star. For nearby residents, the emergency
Life-threatening injuries reported in KC shooting Saturday: KCPD
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Police Department confirmed that someone was shot around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. According to police, one person was shot in the area of 12th Street and Chestnut Avenue, just north of 18th and Vine, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. The victim was found in the street with gunshot wounds, KCPD sai
Severe storm, flood threat for Central Plains, Ohio Valley
Heavy rain, strong winds, large hail and tornadoes are possible for the Central U.S. today. Kansas City, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Memphis and Indianapolis could all see storms. Flood watches are also in effect from Kansas and Nebraska to Indiana, where 1 to 3 inches of rainfall is possible. Some of these areas saw sto
Kustom Entertainment’s Stan Ross on 30 years of Country Stampede
Country Stampede takes place at Azura Amphitheater from Thursday, June 25, through Saturday, June 27, and features Rascal Flatts, Zach Top, Treaty Oak Revival, Wyatt Flores, Scotty McCreery, and Tracy Lawrence, among others. Details on the festival here. In its 30-year history, Kansas’ country music festival, Country S
Kansas City Public Schools teachers win a ‘historic’ 5% raise in new union contract
Kansas City Public Schools teachers will receive a 5% base salary raise after the school board approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Kansas City Federation of Teachers, the district’s teachers union. Superintendent Jennifer Collier called the raise “historic.”. “This is the highest pay increase for KC
Kansas City police ask that you stop stashing bags around World Cup Fan Fest
Police are pleading with people attending Kansas City’s World Cup Fan Festival to stop stashing bags in “random” places around the event. In a social media post Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Police Department wrote that bags that don’t meet the event’s clear bag policy were diverting law enforcement resources, as
