Upscale Diner and a Wine Bar Opening in Crossroads Late Spring

Two new culinary concepts by Howard Hanna, the former co-owner and chef at The Rieger, are scheduled to open late this spring in the Crossroads as part of the City Club apartment development. Small Axe, an upscale diner-style restaurant, is planned for the corner of 20th and Main. it will feature breakfast, lunch and dinner,…

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Chiefs, COVID Dominate Headlines This Week

The Kansas City Chiefs’ first playoff game and the ever-evolving COVID pandemic promise to dominate our lives this week.

Streetcar to Stretch Farther Toward New Riverfront Soccer Stadium

By Kevin Collison The planned riverfront streetcar extension will be almost three soccer fields longer than originally planned to bring riders closer to the new KC Current stadium to be built east of Berkley Park. Streetcar chief Tom Gerend said a revised plan for the half-mile streetcar extension now brings the line to the middle…

Cannabis plants.

These Cannabis Products Sold in Kansas Could Get You High, and Maybe Arrested

Shops in Hays, Kansas, have been told to turn over their stocks of delta-8 THC products to law enforcement, or they could face criminal repercussions.

An emergency room entrance.

What to Know About the New Surprise Medical Bills Law

The No Surprises Act took effect Jan. 1, 2022, and you may be surprised what it will, and won’t, do to prevent surprise medical bills.

Plan for Keystone Innovation Campus on East 18th Street Collapses

By Kevin Collison An ambitious proposal for a Keystone Innovation District campus on East 18th Street has experienced a major setback with a planned new office building and renovated warehouse no longer in the works. Keystone Community Corp., a strategic economic development initiative backed by the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, had been working…

Kansas City Symphony

Weekend Possibilities | KC Symphony Plays The Beatles, Good Living Expo, Mediterranean Lunch

Here’s what the first full Kansas City weekend of 2022 has to offer.

A man drips CBD extract into a bucket.

Highway to Hemp: ‘Wild West’ of the CBD Market

Prices for CBD plummeted in 2019 as producers flooded the market, but those who stayed in the game are hopeful that FDA approval will blossom the industry.

Cathedral Pursuing $14M Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility

By Kevin Collison The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless. The brick Cathedral at 11th and Broadway with its striking gold dome steeple traces its roots to a…

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception wants to build a New Donnelly Center at 11th and Broadway that would provide event space house parish offices.

Cathedral Pursuing $14 Million Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless.

Ulisa Arreola-Campos says she couldn't have gotten her driver's permit without help from the Police Athletic League in Kansas City, Kansas.

Getting Unlicensed Drivers Off the Road … By Helping Them Get Licenses

Kansas City, Kansas, police have created what might be the nation’s first police-run driver training school to help get unlicensed drivers off the streets.

Commentary: Looking Ahead to 2022

COMMENTARY By Kevin Collison A Tweet from Mayor Lucas over the New Year weekend inviting thoughts and questions about 2022 pushed my ambivalence off the fence about writing a beginning of the year opinion column. We hear plenty this time of year from pundits musing about the nation and the world, but since hyper-local greater…

Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Missouri Legislature Set to Convene with Packed Agenda — and Continued GOP Infighting

Missouri lawmakers will return to the Capitol at noon on Wednesday faced with a lengthy to-do list and still simmering dysfunction.

Friction Beer Co. is ready to begin construction at the former Hartman Hardware store in Shawnee.

Tap List | Four New Breweries Set To Open In 2022

Four new breweries are in the works for the Kansas City beer scene.

President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri.

curiousKC | How Will the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Change Kansas City?

The curiousKC team explores how federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law may be spent in the Kansas City area.