News & Issues
‘Legends’ is still the new kid on the block. Here’s why that might be great for KCK.
Nine years after its opening, Legends Outlets Kansas City continues to surpass expectations — despite a public perception that the stores are struggling. “I believe the song is, ‘The haters gonna hate, hate, hate, and we’re gonna shake, shake, shake it off,” says Mark Holland, mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. Borrowing his words from musician Taylor Swift, who recently…
Raising Heel Heights To Raise Money For Abuse Victims
They wobbled across carpet, braved cracked sidewalks and even scaled a flight of stairs in high heels for the American Medical Women’s Association’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event. Twenty-six University of Kansas Medical Center students and faculty, all male, strapped on heels and marched a mile around the campus Tuesday, marking the fourth…
Sounding Smarter
Russian warplanes violated Turkey’s airspace. Two days later, the Russian navy fired 26 cruise missiles at targets in Syria. Four of the missiles went so far off course they landed in rural Iran. Meanwhile Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, celebrated his 63rd birthday by teaming up with NHL legends to play hockey against Russian tycoons and officials. Putin scored a Kim Jong-un-ish seven…
Celebrating, Bemoaning the passage of time
The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall is celebrating its 75th anniversary tonight, and it’s a good thing that the celebration is happening during the evening: In the light of day, the museum is clearly in need of a facelift – possibly an estimated $36 million dollar facelift. Starting in 2005, the Kansas City Museum…
Children’s services tax on table for Jackson, Clay Counties
Jackson and Clay counties are hoping to join a handful of Missouri municipalities that have enacted a local tax to fund services for at-risk children and youth. The Jackson-Clay Children’s Services Fund Committee is hoping that voters will enact a quarter-cent sales tax that the committee estimates could generate as much as $40 million in…