Lindsey Foat
Stories by Lindsey Foat
What’s the Oldest House in the Kansas City Area?
Retired teacher Del Candler can trace her ancestors’ arrival in Jackson County to the 1840s, and wondered what structures remain from that period and Kansas City’s origins. She asked curiousKC, “What is the oldest house still standing in the Kansas City area?” With help from the Missouri Valley Room at the Kansas City Public Library…
New Farm Will Cultivate a Future for Veterans and American Agriculture
Off a narrow dirt road in the middle of Kansas, retired Army Col. Gary LaGrange, his daughter Shari LaGrange-Aulich and a group of veterans are cultivating a future for service members and American agriculture. Three hundred and twenty acres nestled between Manhattan, Kansas and Fort Riley will be the future site of S.A.V.E. Farm, which stands…
“The Bad Kids” Resonates with Students, Faculty at Kansas City Alternative High School
Before coming to DeLaSalle Education Center, NaKira, who is a high school senior in Kansas City, Missouri, says that she felt like she was a “bad kid.” “I felt like I had a real bad attitude problem; couldn’t nobody tell me anything,” NaKira said. “I felt like nobody was there for me, no teachers were…
Send Us Your Pothole Pictures
If you drive in the Kansas City metro, chances are you’ve hit a pothole and cringed as you imagine what it may have done to your car.
Why does it smell like patchouli at 31st & Main?
On Kelly Roos’ drive home from work she often catches a whiff of patchouli around 31st and Main streets in Kansas City, Missouri. She asked curiousKC to sniff out the source. We took Roos on an olfactory adventure, where she learned the answer and what patchouli actually smells like. Got a question about Kansas City,…
Finding Justice Outside the Court System
Editor’s Note: This article uses a partial last name to respect the privacy of the individual. Her story and the facts presented are verified to be true. Most parents will do anything to provide for their children, especially around the holidays. Robin L., a single mother of two, is no different, but she made a…
The answer to your question is curiousKC
What about _________? Could you investigate __________? What’s up with ___________? Got a question about Kansas City, the region or the people who live here? Anything you’ve always wondered about, found peculiar or downright confusing? Share your questions with KCPT’s curiousKC. How does it work? After you share a question, KCPT producers and editors…
5 questions with ‘Stray Dog’
Ron “Stray Dog” Hall got his big screen debut as Thump in the Academy-Award nominated film “Winter’s Bone.” Director Debra Granik recruited Hall for the part of the ruthless crime boss after seeing him at a biker church in southern Missouri. But while Hall physically fits the part, a new documentary from Granik reveals that in real…
Three questions with Disney historian Steven Watts
University of Missouri professor and author of “The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life,” Steven Watts is one of a handful of featured historians in American Experience’s four-hour epic documentary on Walt Disney, which will air in two parts beginning 8pm tonight on KCPT. “American Experience: Walt Disney,” is Watts second…
Hands-on history: simulating the end of WWII at the Truman Museum
The highlight of Joe Henke’s summers are his visits to the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Henke is a world history and honors government teacher from Boonville, Missouri and has participated in the museum’s weeklong Summer Teacher Institute for the last seven years. This year on the eve of the 70th Anniversary of the…