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curiousKC | Kicking Off Black History Month With Stories You Helped Us Find

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | February 1, 2021

curiousKC kicks off Black History Month with the local stories you helped us find.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Super Bowl Countdown, Vaccine Chase and Black History Month

By Nick Haines | February 1, 2021

Top headlines in Kansas City this week include the Chiefs Super Bowl countdown, the pursuit of COVID-19 vaccine and the beginning of Black History Month.

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A crowd gathers around a priest outside of Holy Rosary Church.

curiousKC | What was Columbus Park Like in its Heyday?

By Clarence Dennis | January 25, 2021

This is was what life was like in Kansas City’s “Little Italy.”

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This is the oldest known photo of Kelly's Westport Inn, according to the Kansas City Public Library.

curiousKC | What’s the Oldest Known Photo of Kelly’s in Westport?

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | January 18, 2021

This is the oldest known photo of Kelly’s Westport Inn, according to the Kansas City Public Library.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. sat for an interview with longtime Kansas City broadcaster Walt Bodine and his colleague Bill Griffith.

MLK in Kansas City

By Brian Burnes | January 18, 2021

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. visited Kansas City at least six times between 1957 and 1968.

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