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Kansas City PBS Documentary ‘Fade to Black’ Wins Missouri Broadcasters Association Award

Kansas City PBS has announced that three of its documentaries were recognized at the 2022 Missouri Broadcasters Association (MBA) Awards.

‘Grand’ Boulevardia Arrives at Crown Center This Weekend

This weekend’s “Grand Boulevardia” is celebrating its new home at Crown Center with plenty of live music, glow-in-the-dark cornhole, lots of food and beer options, and even tarot card readings. The event runs from 4 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and covers the Crown Center Plaza, a section of Grand Boulevard and…

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Tap List | Your Father’s Day Beer Event Guide

Many Kansas City craft breweries have events planned for the upcoming Father’s Day weekend. Here’s your guide.

Gas pumps at a Quik Trip store.

Kansas City Braces for Long, Hot Summer of High Gas Prices

Gas prices are continuing to surge higher in Kansas and Missouri, and analysts don’t expect much relief for months. The gas price pinch is beginning to alter driving patterns.

An old newspaper clipping with the title "A piece of Kansas City's past is rediscovered" and a quote by Kansas City geologist Richard Gentile says, "Kansas City is literally built around this rock." Another clipping describes the benefits of using limestone for structures such as homes.

curiousKC | How Bethany Falls Limestone Helped Build Kansas City

Take a quick trek through history to learn why Bethany Falls limestone is so important in Kansas City’s development.

The Parisian Café Life Coming to Westport and Main

By Kevin Collison A Parisian-style coffee, bakery and dessert café is coming to the corner of Westport and Main, the latest creation by Heather White of Tailleur. Like Tailleur, which was inspired by a visit to a famed New York brasserie, White’s latest concept, Cheval, dawned on her while enjoying the café life in Paris…

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Nick’s Picks | Your Top 10 Stories for the Week Ahead

Here are 10 local and national news stories to pay attention to this week.

New East Crossroads Concept Helps Contractors Build Business

By Kevin Collison A new approach to enabling small contractors grow their businesses beyond working from home is opening soon in a former sculptor’s studio on Troost Avenue. Trades, a fresh concept by William Hayes, has taken over the space at 1701 Troost where the sculptor STRETCH once welded huge artworks, and will provide space…

A series of posts, or bollards, marks the formerly segregated section of Fairview Cemetery in Liberty, where more than 750 individuals are believed to be buried, many of them in unmarked graves.

Memorial Honors Hundreds of Black People in Liberty’s Unmarked Graves

The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial honors 761 Black people who have been confirmed to be interred, mostly in unmarked graves, in the formerly segregated sections of two cemeteries in Liberty.

Western Kansas farmer Vance Ehmke holds two heads of wheat, one that developed in spite of the drought and one that died.

Western Kansas Wheat Crops are Failing Just When the World Needs Them Most

Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.

Cupcakin Coming to Crown Center

Cupcakin Bakery, known for combining creative cupcakes and sweets with children’s birthday parties, is opening a location at Crown Center Friday. The bakery will be on Level 1 at the Crown Center Shops and will offer cupcakes, cookies, cotton candy, ice cream, milkshakes and other beverages, according to a press release. Specialities include a Strawberry…

A person with a rainbow Pride flag.

Weekend Possibilities | KC Pride, Future Stages and KC Current vs. Gotham FC

The party at PrideFest will be raging all weekend.

An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Kansas Citians gathered at Theis Park on March 24, 2018 for the March for Our Lives event in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

March For Our Lives: A Generation’s Quest For Gun Safety

Members of a generation whose lives have been shaped by mass shootings are gathering again for March for Our Lives 2022.

Members of a second grade class sit in their chairs at Faxon Elementary School in Kansas City.

Are You Willing to Close Schools to Fund Improvements? KCPS Wants to Know

Kansas City Public Schools is asking residents to weigh in on three scenarios, each of which strikes a different balance between closing schools and skipping potential improvements. 

Cocina47 Plaza Proposal Gets Thumbs Down from Plan Commission

By Kevin Collison The City Plan Commission rejected the Cocina47 project Tuesday, saying the height of the nine-story proposal was an insult to the years of planning and community meetings that created policies to guide development at the Country Club Plaza. “One of the most valuable tools that the city and our commission has is…