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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | St. Patrick’s Day, March Madness and the Vaccine Chase

Nick’s picks this week include St. Patrick’s Day events, the beginning of March Madness and the ongoing search for COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Casual Animal Roams into New, Wide-Open Range

By Kevin Collison There’s much more room for Casual Animal(s) to roam since the microbrewery at 1725 McGee acquired the building next door, allowing it to more than triple its size to become perhaps the biggest beer hall in the East Crossroads. Owner Kyle Gray first learned the cavernous adjoining warehouse space formerly occupied by…

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Three Light Hitting Switch? Contractor Seeks Lane Closings in Early May

By Kevin Collison More than three years after it was unveiled by the Cordish Co., the 25-story Three Light luxury apartment tower may be poised to start work in early May at the northeast corner of Main and Truman Road. J.E. Dunn, the contractor for the estimated $120 million project, has applied to the city…

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Three Light Hitting Switch? Contractor Seeks Lane Closings in Early May

By Kevin Collison More than three years after it was unveiled by the Cordish Co., the 25-story Three Light luxury apartment tower may be poised to start work in early May at the northeast corner of Main and Truman Road. J.E. Dunn, the contractor for the estimated $120 million project, has applied to the city…

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South Park Elementary School in Merriam, Kansas.

Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School

Recalling a landmark Johnson County school integration case that came before Brown v. Board of Education.

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