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‘Who Lived in the Kansas City Museum?’

Did you know? The Corinthian Hall, a four-story mansion that was finished in 1910, is now the Kansas City Museum.

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North Loop Pedestrian Accident ‘Robs’ Downtown of Huge Advocate

By Kevin Collison Downtown Kansas City lost one of its most enthusiastic champions when Jared Miller was struck and killed by a semi-truck late Saturday morning while crossing the North Loop freeway from the River Market. The eastbound trucker didn’t see the pedestrian until it was too late to avoid striking him, according to Kansas…

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protesters at February methodist meeting in St. Louis

Angry Metro Clergy Await Homosexuality Decision from United Methodist Church

Right after a governing body of the United Methodist Church  in February approved keeping the denomination’s ban on gay clergy and on any clergy officiating at same-sex weddings, the Rev. Tex Sample was indignant and defiant. He told worshippers at Trinity United Methodist Church in Midtown Kansas City that their historically gay-friendly congregation would follow…

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Craft Beer Fan Adding ‘Oak & Steel’ to Crossroads Garage

Editor’s Note: Oak & Steel is now open for business at 17th and Wyandotte.  Owner Kyle Howard hosted a soft opening event last Friday that was partnered with the reintroduction into the local market of beer produced by St. Louis-based 2nd Shift microbrewery. At this point, no formal grand opening has been scheduled. The hours…

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Taylor Hudspeth (left) and Chantell Smith have been thinking about how church finds it way into their lives.

The Christianity Spectrum: Local Millennials Share How They Do Church

Chantell Smith was sitting on the couch in her apartment flipping through the channels when she saw the news. A gunman had entered a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, and killed nine people. She felt defeated. Her cheeks were wet with tears. “That was the one where I was just like, ‘What is…

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