curiousKC | How Bethany Falls Limestone Helped Build Kansas City
Take a quick trek through history to learn why Bethany Falls limestone is so important in Kansas City’s development.
The Parisian Café Life Coming to Westport and Main
By Kevin Collison A Parisian-style coffee, bakery and dessert café is coming to the corner of Westport and Main, the latest creation by Heather White of Tailleur. Like Tailleur, which was inspired by a visit to a famed New York brasserie, White’s latest concept, Cheval, dawned on her while enjoying the café life in Paris…
Nick’s Picks | Your Top 10 Stories for the Week Ahead
Here are 10 local and national news stories to pay attention to this week.
New East Crossroads Concept Helps Contractors Build Business
By Kevin Collison A new approach to enabling small contractors grow their businesses beyond working from home is opening soon in a former sculptor’s studio on Troost Avenue. Trades, a fresh concept by William Hayes, has taken over the space at 1701 Troost where the sculptor STRETCH once welded huge artworks, and will provide space…
Memorial Honors Hundreds of Black People in Liberty’s Unmarked Graves
The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial honors 761 Black people who have been confirmed to be interred, mostly in unmarked graves, in the formerly segregated sections of two cemeteries in Liberty.
Western Kansas Wheat Crops are Failing Just When the World Needs Them Most
Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.
Cupcakin Coming to Crown Center
Cupcakin Bakery, known for combining creative cupcakes and sweets with children’s birthday parties, is opening a location at Crown Center Friday. The bakery will be on Level 1 at the Crown Center Shops and will offer cupcakes, cookies, cotton candy, ice cream, milkshakes and other beverages, according to a press release. Specialities include a Strawberry…
Weekend Possibilities | KC Pride, Future Stages and KC Current vs. Gotham FC
The party at PrideFest will be raging all weekend.
March For Our Lives: A Generation’s Quest For Gun Safety
Members of a generation whose lives have been shaped by mass shootings are gathering again for March for Our Lives 2022.
Are You Willing to Close Schools to Fund Improvements? KCPS Wants to Know
Kansas City Public Schools is asking residents to weigh in on three scenarios, each of which strikes a different balance between closing schools and skipping potential improvements.
Cocina47 Plaza Proposal Gets Thumbs Down from Plan Commission
By Kevin Collison The City Plan Commission rejected the Cocina47 project Tuesday, saying the height of the nine-story proposal was an insult to the years of planning and community meetings that created policies to guide development at the Country Club Plaza. “One of the most valuable tools that the city and our commission has is…
City Plan Commission Rejects Controversial Cocina47 Plan on the Country Club Plaza
The City Plan Commission rejected the Cocina47 project Tuesday, saying the height of the nine-story proposal was an insult to the years of planning and community meetings that created policies to guide development at the Country Club Plaza.
Tap List | KC Breweries Embrace Pride Month
Plenty of breweries around Kansas City taking part in Pride month celebrations.
Rockhurst Opens $23M Home for Nursing School on Troost Campus
Rockhurst University has renovated and updated the oldest building on its Troost Avenue campus at a cost of $23 million to become the new home of its nursing program. Sedgwick Hall, a limestone edifice that opened in 1914 as the first building on the campus, reopened last week as the new home of the Saint…
Johnson County Commission Amends Regulations Guiding Solar Farm Developments
The Johnson County Commission voted Monday to adopt solar farm regulations that include a maximum size of 2,000 acres and a 2-mile setback from city boundaries.