Civic Affairs
Nick’s Picks | St. Pat’s Parade, Transit Woes, Planet Comicon, and More …
Kansas City Turns Green We didn’t get to have a Super Bowl parade this year, but it looked like we were heading for a massive St. Patrick’s Day Parade. With most kids out of school for Spring Break and temperatures in the 70s, organizers were expecting a larger-than-usual crowd for today’s Kansas City St. Patrick’s…
Leavenworth considers prison cells for Trump’s mass deportation plan
This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest. The immigrant detainee, a client of Rekha Sharma-Crawford, would have to be moved. Chase County Detention Center was full. Located in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, it’s the largest detainee holding center in the region contracting…
Nick’s Picks | Temperatures Rise, Crash Memorialized, Ramadan Begins and More …
Spring Has Arrived Early? It’s a bad news, good news week… The Bad News: For the first time in weeks, our kids will have to spend all five days in the classroom. The Good News: We get to bask in spring-like temperatures. The National Weather Service is forecasting 60-degree weather today and Tuesday. And we’re…
Sharpening Teeth of Acclaimed KC-Based Catholic Watchdog
A national (and international) Kansas City company has a new leader who grew up here but doesn’t live here now and may never call Kansas City home again. James Grimaldi began a few months ago as the new executive editor of The National Catholic Reporter, an award-winning, progressive newspaper voice for Catholicism. Given Grimaldi’s long…
Nick’s Picks | Spring Training, Abortions, Casinos, and More …
Winter Forever? Say it isn’t so… Another major snowstorm is on the way that could cause a big disruption to your commute and force school closures again. And brace yourself for Arctic-like temperatures. The National Weather Service says wind chills will be below zero from Monday night through Thursday morning. As for the snow…our TV…