admin- February 17, 2026
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06 Where Onyx Meets the Light
June 8, 1940 On the train to Washington, D.C., the morning of my nineteenth birthday, I had nothing but time. Time to watch the bright green fields slip past the…
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- February 4, 2026
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05 Saints, Sinners, and Union Strong
This story is a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the 1934 Municipal Election in KCMO, a day that came to be known as “Bloody Election Day.”…
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- January 21, 2026
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04 State of Grace and Reckoning
March 20, 1924Kansas City, MO When Frank Pulliam crashed into my mother Marjorie’s life, chaos followed close behind. What began as disruption became a chain reaction, spreading outward and stealing…
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- January 7, 2026
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03 Beneath the Angelus Bells
June 9, 1921Kansas City, MO Eddie slipped out of the shadowy alley where he’d been hiding ever since he’d left the apartment on Park Avenue. His mother had just given…
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- December 24, 2025
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Into the black
An excerpt from the novel “The Crows’ Omen,” written by Jerry Potocnik Ian was at his desk when he heard the whistle off in the distance. He knew instantly it…
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- December 9, 2025
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The Journey Begins
An excerpt from the novel “The Crows’ Omen,” written by Jerry Potocnik A week earlier, signs had appeared all over town: Wanted! Coal miners for Weir City, Kansas, land of…
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- November 25, 2025
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02 At 12th & Baltimore
June 8, 1921 – continuedKansas City, MO Dorothy headed from the apartment on Park Avenue down to Independence Avenue to catch the 53 Streetcar Line, westbound toward downtown Kansas City.…
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- November 12, 2025
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01 Under the Kansas City Sky
Nadine’s Northeast follows the life of Nadine Burnett (née Pulliam), who was born in 1921 and spent most of her life in Northeast Kansas City, where she raised ten children…
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- October 30, 2025
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Chapter 3: Closing Time at the Avenue Inn
A fictional narrative as told by Northeast News Creative Director Bryan Stalder One evening, while I was sitting alone at the Avenue Inn, Randy struck up some small talk. “So…
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- October 15, 2025
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Chapter 2: The Man in the Corner
A fictional narrative as told by Northeast News Creative Director Bryan Stalder The next time I slipped into the Avenue Inn, I brought Peter, one of the journalists from the…
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