News & Issues
KC Barbell Beefs Up Size at New Location Near Crown Center
By Kevin Collison As soon as the city gives the all clear from Covid-19 health restrictions, Jay Ashman and his partners are ready to teach people how to pump iron at their new digs at 2734 McGee Trafficway just south of Crown Center. The new home of Kansas City Barbell is twice the size of…
Pandemic Spurs Concern About Suicide Among KC-Area Youths
Beds are going unfilled at Kansas City-area child psychiatric facilities, raising questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out for teens.
Port KC Approves $60M Riverfront Apartment Plan, Summer Work Start
(Aug. 12 Editor’s note: Construction began July 21) By Kevin Collison NorthPoint Development plans to break ground on a 353-unit apartment complex near Berkley Riverfront Park this summer after the Port KC board unanimously approved incentives for the project Monday. The $60 million project, which was first announced in October, will substantially increase the growing…
Big Apartment Project Coming to Missouri Riverfront
NorthPoint Development plans to break ground on a 353-unit apartment complex near Berkley Riverfront Park this summer after the Port KC board unanimously approved incentives for the project Monday.
‘I’m Counting on It’: Many College Students Left Out of Stimulus Checks
In a rush to get the big economic relief package out, some people fell through the cracks. Some college students aren’t eligible and won’t get the $1,200 check. Flatland talked to two of these students.