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Bryan StalderBryan StalderContributor Kansas City officials voted last week (Thursday , January 15) to relocate the site of a long-planned municipal detention center — a project approved by voters just nine…
Bryan StalderInvestigation Shows No Direct Threat to Community Bryan StalderContributor On the morning of Tuesday, January 6, several parents dropping off students at Garfield Elementary School (436 Prospect Ave) grew alarmed…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Since the initial announcement last December that Frank — a 250-year-old burr oak known as “the Liberty Tree”— would need to be removed, an outpouring of memories…
Bryan StalderBryan Stalder Contributor As Kansas City prepares to ring in 2026, police, elected officials and gun safety advocates are once again urging residents to celebrate without gunfire — a tradition that…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainManaging Editor Following on the heels of a press conference on Nov. 26 at the site of the Olive Park Village apartment complex, the Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council (IPNC)…
Bryan StalderBryan StalderContributor The Hardee’s restaurant at 6323 Independence Ave. will serve its final customers on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, marking the end of an era for a longtime fixture in…
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…
Bryan StalderBryan 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…
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