Chiefs flag waves in Arrowhead Stadium.

Tap List | Beer Pairs Nicely With Super Bowl Trophies

Kansas City Chiefs fans are stocking up their beer refrigerators for this Sunday’s Super Bowl.

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Four students share what life is like during a pandemic

Young Students Talk About School in a Pandemic

What do students have to say about learning in a pandemic? Four young students give their personal takes.

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Crown Center Shops Swaps Crayons for Quesadillas

Adios crayons, hola quesadillas, Crown Center Shops has landed a Tex-Mex restaurant to fill the space once occupied by Crayola Café. The new La Fuente Mexican Street Food is part of a reshuffle at the shopping center that also includes the expansion of Initial, a streetwear shoe and clothing boutique, and a new location for…

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curiousKC | Kicking Off Black History Month With Stories You Helped Us Find

curiousKC kicks off Black History Month with the local stories you helped us find.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Super Bowl Countdown, Vaccine Chase and Black History Month

Top headlines in Kansas City this week include the Chiefs Super Bowl countdown, the pursuit of COVID-19 vaccine and the beginning of Black History Month.

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Crosses on the lawn of Wornall Road Baptist Church at Meyer Boulevard and Wornall Road.

KC Faith Leaders Target Violent Crime in ‘Getting to the Heart of the Matter’

Several clergy members began working with the Kansas City Police Department last summer to find ways to reduce violent crime.

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A tattoo of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes.

Kansas City Ink: Chiefs Fans Climbing Most-Tattooed List

Nothing says “I love the Chiefs” like a permanent tattoo.

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Council Approves Affordable Housing Set-Aside, Offers Developers Olive Branch

By Kevin Collison The City Council approved an affordable housing set-aside mandate for projects receiving tax incentives Thursday, but also offered an olive branch to developers who warn it could sabotage further investment in the city. The ordinance by Councilwoman Melissa Robinson will require developers who receive tax incentives such as property tax abatements and…

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The Columns at Mizzou

COVID on Campus: Unprecedented Challenges, Mixed Results

An analysis of four major Midwestern universities shows that no matter what the schools did to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic the results were worse than predicted.

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Historic Ozark Building at Ninth and Grand Slated for Hotel…Eventually

By Kevin Collison A Little Rock hotel developer has bought the historic Ozark building at Ninth and Grand and plans to ultimately redevelop it as a 240-room AC Hotels by Marriott at some point in the post-pandemic future. Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels purchased the buildings at 906-910 Grand and a nearby parking lot at 710 Walnut…

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An old-time poster for the Kansas City Concrete Company

Weekend Possibilities | New Speakeasy, Nelson-Atkins Celebrates Lunar New Year and Ice Skating Superheroes

Wrap up January with a trip to the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, a Knuckleheads Saloon livestream or perhaps a pottery class date night.

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Christina Haswood, a 26-year-old Native woman from Lawrence, Kansas, talks about how she went from graduate student to politician

Q&A: Christina Haswood On Becoming a Kansas State Representative

Get to know one of the youngest representatives in the Kansas legislature.

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President Joe Biden receives the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination

Biden Administration Boosting State COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments

President Joe Biden says his administration is boosting the number of doses sent to states each week and will be giving state officials more certainty on the number of doses they can expect in future shipments.

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Town Pavilion Freshens Lobby With $5M Renovation

The 38-story Town Pavilion office building is undergoing what’s described as a $5 million renovation of its lobby and retail space to up its game from its 1980s roots. The tower, which opened as the AT&T Town Pavilion in 1987, is 90 percent occupied and   owner Copaken Brooks wants to upgrade its common areas and…

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Connie Mayberry stands next to a gas well that roughly marks where development would begin behind her property.

‘Warehouse Warriors’ Living on the Edge(rton)

NorthPoint Development’s rezoning proposal in Edgerton for Kansas City Logistics Park expansion has riled up rural residents.

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