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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor During a late night storm on July 31, winds roared at 70 to 80 mph. Across Kansas City, reports of trees losing branches and causing damage prevailed…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Kansas City’s Vision Zero program aims to reduce or eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by installing traffic calming measures such as speed bumps and speed tables…
RobyLane KelleyEditorial Assistant Pendleton Heights neighborhood hosted its annual Honey Harvest at its Community Orchard (Lexington and Montgall avenues) Saturday, Aug. 3 to celebrate community, growth and local businesses. In conjunction…
adminEmily WheelerEditorial Intern The Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC) invites Kansas City residents to share their ideas in upcoming June and July neighborhood hearings. PIAC hearings allow the public to…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher The Paseo West Neighborhood is a rich, historical community with commercial development — dating back to Kansas City’s earliest days, following its 1850 incorporation. This neighborhood has a…
adminThe Lykins Neighborhood is undergoing a full-scale transformation, adding improved housing, and more accessible green spaces in Lykins Square Park and the 9th & Van Brunt soccer facility, all with…
adminThe Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood was named for Reverend Nathan Scarritt, a Methodist missionary and educator. In 1845, Scarritt left his native Lebanon, Illinois with $10 in his pocket, traveling to…
Dorri PartainSouth of Independence Avenue and east of Hardesty Avenue lies the Sheffield neighborhood. Once a hub for steel manufacturing, it now offers a mix of historic and modern homes. In…
adminThis week The Northeast Newscast sits down with Indian Mound President Jimmy Fitzner to talk about some of the activities and challenges the neighborhood organization is tackling. Indian Mound is…
adminWelcome to this week’s Northeast Newscast where we sit down with outgoing Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council president Cynthia Herrington in a stream-of-consciousness and honest conversation about vulnerable issues in the…
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