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The Open Kansas initiative kicked off last week in the Statehouse rotunda. Nonprofit organizations that advocate for children, minorities and low-income Kansans launched the effort to counter what they see as a trend toward less open government. (Photo: Susie Fagan | Heartland Health Monitor)

Take 5 For Your Health

Nonprofit Groups Launch Open Kansas Government Initiative Several nonprofit organizations that advocate for children, minorities and low-income Kansans are concerned about what they see as a trend toward less open government in Kansas. So, they’ve joined forces to launch what they’re calling the Open Kansas initiative and to ask legislators to sign a “transparency pledge”…

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Hashtags for the Month of JANUARY

The first month of 2016 has already come and gone. Which means it’s the perfect time to introduce “Hashtags for the Month.” At the end of each month we’ll share four hashtags that trended locally, nationally, or simply caught our eye. Here’s what we have for January. What do you think? Which four would you…

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Bloody, MO | Silas M. Gordon

Welcome to “Bloody, MO,” a Civil War-through-modern day video peek into Kansas City’s bloody past – starring equally notorious and unknown gunslingers, fire-starters, and godfathers. Today: Silas M. Gordon An anti-Union guerrilla who indirectly caused Platte City, Missouri, to be burned twice by forces during the Civil War, Gordon engaged in various guerrilla actions, including…

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Eric Harland, the organizer for KC's Culinary Fight Club, says there is a melting pot of talent in the region. (Photo: Jonathan Bender | Flatland)

Culinary Fight Club Comes to KC

The knives are about to come out in Kansas City. The pots and pans and spatulas will get a turn, too, when Culinary Fight Club Kansas City – a live competitive cooking event with roots in Chicago – launches in April. Think of it as “Iron Chef,” for home cooks with a live audience, secret…

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Vinyl record on turntable

Sympathetic Vibrations | It’s A Groove Thing

We are currently living in a music consumer utopia. Services like, Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify, and Google Play offer more than 30 million tracks, available on-demand and anywhere you have a data connection – all in exchange for a monthly subscription price that is less than what you would have paid for a single album…

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