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Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Community input for regional transit, development and land use continues as two groups hosted sessions during the same week of early December. A full array of maps,…
adminAn 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…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Prior to a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 3, design renderings showcasing the Historic Northeast Lofts project’s concept greatly contrasted with interior walls marked by years of…
adminBryan StalderContributor A fire early Saturday morning heavily damaged a vacant home at 4402 Independence Avenue, continuing what Kansas City Fire Department officials describe as a troubling rise in fires…
adminBryan StalderContributor Northeast Kansas City got an unexpected moment in the national spotlight this week when Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy — known for his massively popular “One Bite” pizza…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Amid buildings damaged by fire, and others with boarded up windows and doors, Olive Park Village tenants have consistently been exposed to dangerous and unsafe living conditions.…
adminBryan StalderContributor For more than two centuries, a towering burr oak has anchored the side yard at 328 S. Monroe Avenue—long before the streets were paved, long before the boulevards…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Generations of Northeasters have been intrigued by a large mound located in Kessler Park, known only as the “Indian Mound”. While this mound itself contains its own…
adminBryan Stalder Northeast News After some initial confusion and speculation about its future, Kansas City’s Steamboat Arabia Museum has offered clarity: the museum plans to close its longtime River Market…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor A community orchard tucked away in the heart of the Sheffield neighborhood — providing locally-grown apples, Asian pears and cherries —- is transitioning with new amenities provided…
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