Tailleur, French-Style Brasserie, Opens on Main Near Future Streetcar Stop

By Kevin Collison Tailleur, the new restaurant concept by the creators of The Russell, feels like a refreshing culinary oasis à la Parisian brasserie, especially if you enter off Main, past all the streetcar-related construction. “I wanted a bistro and bakery with a New York and European feeling,” said co-owner Heather White. “It felt like…

Cinder Block Brewery

Tap List | North Kansas City’s Pub Crawl Is Back

North Kansas City’s Pint Path pub crawl will take place Saturday, Sept. 25, from noon to 5 p.m.

Fabian Rosales (left) and roommate Emma Hopkins hope to return to their rental house in Lawrence after the repairs to their plumbing are finished.

Columbia and Lawrence Rank Among Cheapest College Towns to Live In

Columbia, Missouri, and Lawrence, Kansas, are among the most affordable major college towns to live in, according to a new study.

Kansas City climate activists joined international demonstrations with a student walkout and general assembly in Theis Park on Sept. 20.

curiousKC | Our Reporting Team to Tackle How the Climate Crisis Affects KC

It’s time to unveil what the Kansas Citians have chosen.  This month, voters seemed keen on knowing more about how climate changes will impact our metropolitan area. So, here’s the question our team of journalists will tackle next: Does KC study how climate change affects our city? Does KC have a position dedicated to this…

Myron McCant and Penny Dale-McCant pose in front of what will become the new KD Academy.

24/7 Child Care Becoming a Thing in Kansas City

A local couple with a heart for serving Kansas City’s east side is fulfilling their promise to provide more high quality and accessible child care, even overnight.

“¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas” will be on display at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum from Aug. 21 through Nov. 14. (Collage by Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Images from Kansas Historical Society, Gene Chavez and Vicky Diaz-Camacho)

For Latinos in the Midwest, Playing Ball was More than Just a Game

A Smithsonian traveling exhibit now at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City showcases the contribution of Hispanic leagues.

Missouri State Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City.

Exhibit on History of LGBTQ Rights Removed from Missouri Capitol

A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri Capitol after only a few days on display.

Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over River to Booming North KC

By Kevin Collison The KC Streetcar Authority is pursuing a long-sought extension over the river into North Kansas City, seeking proposals that would result in a detailed plan by mid-2022 about its design and financing. The agency has released a request for proposals that’s due later this month. It would use as a starting point…

Irish Fest crowd gathers below the Kansas City skyline.

(Labor Day) Weekend Possibilities | Irish Fest, Beyoncé’s Birthday and SantaCaliGon Days

Wine tastings, plenty of live music and the Westport Block Party round out an extended holiday break for Labor Day in Kansas City.

Burlington Road is the route recommended in a 2014 study that would bring the streetcar into the heart of North Kansas City.

Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over Missouri River to North Kansas City

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority is exploring plans to extend the streetcar route across the Missouri River into North Kansas City.

MU Health Care opened a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. on Jan. 25, 2020.

COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month

One effect of the Delta variant wave is that children are a much larger share of recent COVID-19 cases, just as the school year begins.

New Developers Take Over Jazz Hill Affordable Housing Plan

By Kevin Collison A new development team is taking on the previously approved Jazz Hill Apartment plan and intends to invest more renovating the grand, but moribund, old apartment buildings near downtown into affordable housing. Indianapolis-based Flaherty & Collins and the Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corp. plan to renovate the 11 apartment buildings on the…

Career disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic turned Birdie Hansen and her husband, David, into accidental entrepreneurs. They're now leaning into a fledgling candle-making business.

Future of Work: The Big Quit

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to reassess their relationship with careers, employers and workplaces. This is Flatland’s first installment in the “Future of Work” series.

‘Ruthelle’s’ Returning to 18th & Vine

By Kevin Collison Adam Jones, who’s redevelopment portfolio include the Westside and West Bottoms, is going east to the 18th & Vine District with an artsy project featuring barbecue and soul food along with a dollop of local jazz culture. He’s renovating a small two-story building at 1819 Vine into a restaurant and night club…

Flatland beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer taste tests three experimental Kansas City beers.

Tap List | KC Brewers Make Like Mad Scientists With Experimental Beers

Cassie Niemeyer, Flatland’s beer enthusiast, tastes and rates experimental brews from Sandhills, Torn Label and Big Rip breweries.