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Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Along the corridor of Van Brunt Blvd., a three-block-long wall decorated with painted images of flags from around the world has been subjected to years of weather…
Daisy Garcia MontoyaDaisy Garcia Montoya Education Reporter The newly renovated Ninth Street and Van Brunt Athletic Fields is now home to a newly launched, no-cost, youth soccer league, led by the women’s professional…
Bryan StalderHistorical fiction written by Bryan Stalder Spring 1934 The wind howling down Independence Avenue in January and February had been a brutal reminder of the physical cost of independence. Matthew…
Bryan StalderEditorial by Bryan Stalder Communities don’t just decline because of poverty, crime, or disinvestment. Sometimes they decline because people stop believing improvement is possible. In Northeast Kansas City, we face…
adminBEE KC table including honey for sale and section of bee hive (Rachel Meng) Rachel MengEditorial Intern The annual Pendleton Heights Community Orchard Bee Installation at 2617 Lexington Ave fostered…
Bryan StalderBryan StalderContributor Historical Fiction written by Bryan Stalder Christmas 1933 The air in Northeast was crisp with the scent of woodsmoke and the sharp, clean promise of snow as Matthew…
adminTrue Lions ( Fritz Hutchison, left, Alison Hawkins, right) photo courtesy of Megan Karson Rachel MengEditorial Intern Local Kansas City band, True Lions, will be headlining the first of the…
adminMichael BushnellContributor Back in the middle 1980’s and early 1990’s, it was not unusual to see bumper stickers claiming, “Jimmy Hoffa is in my trunk.” While these lighthearted bumper stickers…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor From the tiniest final piece from a set of Russian nesting dolls to a six-foot hand-carved wooden crocodile, the latest exhibit at the Museum of Kansas City…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor From mothers rocking babies to sleep under a shady umbrella, to youngsters trying their hand at flying a kite, Northeast neighbors spent a Sunday afternoon eating, chatting…
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