Celebrate Juneteenth: Our second Independence Day
By Erin William and Grace Kertz Named a federal holiday in 2020, Juneteenth celebrates the formal emancipation of Black enslaved persons in 1865. Despite Juneteenth only recently declared a federal…
By Erin William and Grace Kertz Named a federal holiday in 2020, Juneteenth celebrates the formal emancipation of Black enslaved persons in 1865. Despite Juneteenth only recently declared a federal…
By Grace Kertz, Editorial Assistant Three new creative businesses were welcomed this month into the storefronts at Pendleton Arts Block at Independence Avenue and Olive: Yum-Yum Ceramics, Cheeks Studio and…
By Daisy Garcia Montoya, Education Reporter Over 50 individuals gathered at RevED’s space on 2203 Lexington Ave. on Monday, May 22, in hopes of learning and better understanding the new…
Daisy Garcia-MontoyaEducation Reporter After a three year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, families and students gathered on Saturday, May 20 for the 7th Annual Multicultural Festival at Frontier Schools.…
Abby HooverManaging Editor The Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation (TSHDC) plans to open the first of 11 Jazz Hill apartment buildings on The Paseo Boulevard, following an extensive renovation of…
Daisy Garcia-MontoyaEducation Reporter Después de tres años de no poder albergar el festival debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, familias y estudiantes se reunieron el Sábado, 20 de Mayo para…
The group of nonprofit news outlets gathered at Independence Boulevard Christian Church on Thursday, May 18, for the first in a series of public listening sessions to gather feedback from…
Kansas City, MO Police Chief Stacey Graves sat down with a small group of Historic Northeast community leaders to discuss crime trends and how the police department can better respond…
KCPD officers and community partners gather to speak at the press conference. Riyana Parks-Shaw speaks on distributing money to community partners. Chief Stacey Graves explains the violent crime initiative.
A motorcycle driver is dead following a crash early this morning. Emergency crews responded to Truman Road and Indiana Avenue this morning just before 2 a.m. According to the Kansas…