Latina Veteran Pursues Healing Through Poetry

For Iraq War veteran Lucky Garcia, poetry has become a form of therapy and fuel for her activism in Kansas City.

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Corvino Opens Ravenous as Take-Out Lunch Option Until Spring

Ravenous, the outdoor casual café the Corvino Supper Club had planned to open last summer, has quietly started operation as a take-out lunch option until warmer weather returns. “Due to construction challenges and consequential city licensing, it did not get completed until earlier this month,” Christina Corvino said in a recent press release. “As it…

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Engoma Fataki is student body president at Missouri Western State University.

Finding Refuge in KC | Engoma Fataki

Engoma Fataki found refuge in Kansas City by pursuing an education.

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Sincerely Ellis Women’s Clothing Expands in West Bottoms

By Kevin Collison Sincerely Ellis, the women’s clothing and accessory shop in the West Bottoms, likes making its patrons feel welcome, including their kids. “When customers come into our store, we want to know their names, how their days are going and what toys their kids like so they can play while their moms are…

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Danielle Nicole plays the guitar and sings into a mic.

Weekend Possibilities | Danielle Nicole’s Thanksgiving Blues, Lighting Ceremonies and Raiders Week

Weekend possibilities in Kansas City include Danielle Nicole’s Thanksgiving eve blues show, Christmas lighting ceremonies and Raiders week.

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The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

Nelson-Atkins Obtains Rare Image of Slaves Working on a Plantation

The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

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New Development Proposal Surfaces for Third and Grand in River Market

By Kevin Collison A mixed-use project that includes 145 apartments has been selected by the development arm of the KCATA as its first choice for redeveloping a parking lot it controls at Third and Grand. The RideKC Development Corp. board chose a plan submitted by CBC Real Estate Group and EPC Real Estate Group for…

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Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer offers some perfect pairings for your Thanksgiving feast.

Tap List | Thanksgiving Beer Bliss

Tap List searches for the perfect Thanksgiving beer.

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turkeys in a pen

Those Who Are About to Die…

Missouri is a big-time producer of turkeys.

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Pigwich Finishes First Year in City Market on Guy Fieri’s ‘Diners’

By Kevin Collison Local Pig and Pigwich are closing out their first year in their new City Market digs on a high-profile note courtesy of Guy Fieri. The restaurant and butcher shop will be featured this Friday (Nov. 29) at 8 p.m. on Fieri’s popular show on the Food Network, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” “We’re…

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Peter's Drive-in was a popular spot in Kansas City, Kansas, for decades.

Burgers, Bods and Hot Rods

CuriousKC checks out Peter’s Drive-in, which once once a favorite hang-out in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Jim LaManno is a surviving spouse from a neo-Nazi shooting in Johnson County that killed his wife Terri.

The Innocent Victims of Hatred’s Blindness

A surviving spouse looks back at a neo-Nazi shooting in Johnson County that killed his wife in 2014.

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Maxus Properties wants to redevelop 11 buildings along the west side of The Paseo as affordable housing.

Developer Proposes Big Affordable Housing Project Near Downtown

Maxus Properties plans to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo just east of downtown Kansas City into 197 affordable apartments.

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Big Affordable Housing Project Planned Near Downtown on Paseo

By Kevin Collison An ambitious plan to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo between Ninth and 14th streets into 197 affordable apartments was approved by a city development agency Thursday. The $18.5 million Jazz Hill Apartments project is intended to provide affordable housing and a social service network to support its residents, particularly…

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Oddly Correct is now offering reusable glass containers instead of single-use paper and plastic cups.

KC Coffee Shop Offers Environmental Fuel for Thought

A Kansas City coffee shop is no longer offering any single-use paper or plastic containers.

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