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A non-profit news organization, bringing coverage to underserved communities since 1932
adminBy Michael Bushnell If a product bore the Katz label, consumers could be sure they were paying the lowest price in town. The same holds true with Katz beer. Like…
adminBy Aniaya Reed After the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, the Northeast Kansas City Historical Society (NEKCHS) was forced to halt the popular Northeast home tours, until now.…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Rose Marie Serrone opened her flower and gift shop in a single story Art Deco-style building in 1946 located at 2659 Independence Blvd. Rose Marie’s Floral & Gift…
adminBy Michael Bushnell The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council as “a hideaway of woodlands,…
adminBy Michael Bushnell The Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood was named for the Reverend Nathan Scarritt, a Methodist Missionary and educator who in 1845 left his native Lebanon, Ill., with $10 in…
adminBy Abby Hoover Independence Plaza is a Northeast neighborhood rich in historic significance to the Kansas City metropolitan area. The neighborhood is south of Independence Avenue, bordered by Benton Boulevard…
adminThis week’s historic postcard is a Chrome era Tetricolor postcard published by James Teterick of Kansas City, Mo. The written description on the back reads, “The old and the new”.…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This week’s historic postcard from the 1932 American Royal, showing five prize-winning mules from Hineman’s Jack Farm located in Dighton, Kan. The description on the back of…
adminBy Michael Bushnell Not much draws people to the dusty western Kansas town of Stafford today, but J. Logan Jones and his wife opened a small dry goods store there…
adminBy Michael Bushnell Located at 22nd and Brooklyn, Municipal Stadium was the home to many professional sports teams long before the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex was completed in 1972.…
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