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Zaina Brings Mediterranean Cuisine to Crown Center Shops

Zaina has opened on the ground level of Crown Center Shops and the co-owner of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant believes the new location should generate more traffic than its previous home on Grand. “With all the exposure here, we think we’ll do better business and we also do a lot of business online,”…

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Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. (7) is congratulated after scoring a run against the Cleveland Guardians during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Royals Gear Sales Spike as Fans Wait for Bobby Witt Jr. Jerseys

Kansas City Royals fans are doing their part to move the needle in terms of sales of baseball gear around opening day, even though Bobby Witt Jr. jerseys aren’t widely available.

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Hunt Midwest Taking Second Floor of Corrigan Station II

Hunt Midwest is locating a satellite office in downtown and will occupy the second floor of the Corrigan Station II building at 19th and Main next to a streetcar stop. The commercial real estate firm, which has its primary offices in SubTropolis, is the second major tenant landed in the three-story office building that opened…

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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, joined by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), is briefed by National Bio and Agri-Defense Facility Site Project Manger Tim Barr about the status of the facility being built on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, Kansas, on May 30, 2018.

Opening This Spring in Kansas: A High-Tech Lab Researching Livestock Diseases

Construction is wrapping up at a new biological research lab in Manhattan, Kansas, where researchers will study vaccines and treatments for highly contagious diseases that affect livestock and humans.

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A row of police line up in the middle of the street on the Country Club Plaza, flanked by demonstrators on the left and right.

Imagine That: What If Police Unconditionally Respected the Community?

Two former Kansas City Police Department officers are now training people in how to use “unconditional respect” to help reform law enforcement.

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