Kansas City police in riot gear

‘Defund the Police’ was Designed to Provoke a Response. In Missouri, it Worked

Republican lawmakers have responded with outrage to moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding.

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Earl Coleman receives his COVID-19 vaccine from MU Health Care staff nurse Paige Spry, RN, during MU Health Care’s vaccination clinic in the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

Study Ranks States on Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic. How did Missouri and Kansas do?

A new study suggests Missouri remains one of the most unsafe states during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kaw Social Highlights Rock Island Bridge Entertainment Plan

By Kevin Collison A plan to redevelop the old Rock Island Bridge over the Kansas River into a West Bottoms entertainment and recreation destination is the centerpiece of this Saturday’s Kaw Social 2021. The event runs from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Michael Zeller has been pursuing his ambitious concept of using the bridge to…

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Kemet Coleman performs a song.

Tap List | KC’s First Black-Owned Brewery Is Coming Soon

Tap List highlights plans for Kansas City’s first Black-owned craft brewery and this weekend’s Kansas City Beer Fest.

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Sgt. Patrick Nwanguzo and Specialist Crystal Baddoo of the Missouri Army National Guard process Covid-19 vaccination information at the Morning Star/LINC vaccination clinic in Kansas City.

Missouri National Guard’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mission: Task Force Freedom

Members of the Missouri National Guard have been deployed in Kansas City for months to help hard-to-reach communities get access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Foodlove Cafe, Southern Cooking with a French Twist

By Kevin Collison The culinary journey of 2101 Broadway the past few years has gone from Italy to Chicago and is now about to serve up an entirely new geographical blend, French and Southern American, as in Arkansas. Kim and Clarence Cole plan to open the Foodlove Cafe in the space most recently occupied by…

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It's already June? Yup, which means it's time for a new voting round. (Image credit: Adobe Spark)

curiousKC | Kicking Off the Summer With a New Voting Round

It’s already June? Yup, which means it’s time for a new voting round. Here’s what you need to know.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | MLK Boulevard, COVID Vaccine Incentives and KC Police Budget Fight

As you move around Kansas City this week, you may notice a big change. There’s no more Swope Parkway, Blue Parkway and Volker Boulevard.   Over the weekend, public works crews installed 42 new street signs along that five-mile stretch of roadway. It is now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Kansas City Parks Board…

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Troostival Pop-Up Concert, Bottoms Up Festival On Tap Today

A pop-up show outside Union Station courtesy of Troostival and a West Bottoms concert  that begins the two-day ‘Bottoms Up’ festival are on tap for this First Friday evening as live music reemerges to blow away the Covid blues. The Troostival Street Tour event runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Union…

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Food for the Cure operates a garden at St. Peter & All Saints Episcopal Church to provide Kansas City-area cancer patients organic food for free.

Food for the Cure Fights Cancer with Organic Food

Andrew Fitzgerald started Food for the Cure as a way to bring organic food to cancer patients for free.

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