News & Issues
Reduce the Stress: Here are Simple Tips for Tax Time
Tax season can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are some helpful tips to get through tax time with ease.
New Bakery, Enchanté, Joins French Culinary Corner at Main and Westport
By Kevin Collison The one-woman Frenchification of the angled intersection where Westport Road meets Main Street has an enticing new aroma, this one drifting from The Bakery, Enchanté. Heather White opened her French brasserie Tailleur at 3933 Main in August 2021 and her Parisian dessert bar Cheval at 3940 Main in September. Now, Enchanté has…
Historic Muehlebach Hotel Bar Reopening After 40 Years
By Kevin Collison The former Rendezvous bar in the historic Muehlebach Hotel, a luxurious watering hole where Truman Capote once worked on “In Cold Blood” and bygone businessmen talked deals over whiskeys and cigars, is reopening soon as the Voo Lounge. The old bar at 1214 Baltimore has been largely dormant since 1983, but thanks…
A 116-Year-Old Memorial Was Stolen, Then Returned, to a Historic Black Church
On Jan. 21, a 116-year-old memorial was taken from Parkville’s historic Black church. A week later, it was returned. This is how the community reacted.
Four Former KC Mayors Talk Shop at Plaza Library Event
By Kevin Collison It was a unique gathering last week when four former KC mayors discussed the perennial issues confronting the occupant of City Hall’s 29th floor including crime, East Side redevelopment, affordable housing and Jefferson City. The executive quartet brought together at the Plaza Library by KCPT-19 and the Citizens Association covered a lot…