Archives: July 2009
Jayhawks disown White Owl? KU’s No. 1 fan claims he was banned from campus
The man wants to ban White Owl from the University of Kansas’ campus. At least, that’s what White Owl — the 61-year-old, third-team mascot for the Jayhawks — claims. Who could doubt this man’s credibility? Well, the University of Kansas. That’s who. White Owl is spreading his sad(?) story of persecution at the hands of shadowy people. In the latest…
Reporter’s Notebook: Cynthia Canady’s work is never done
Don’t just whine about it — do something. The people featured in this week’s feature story spoke up in order to make the parks in this so-called City That Works actually work for them. In other words, they pulled a Cynthia Canady. This coming September will mark six years that Canady, a retiree of the GM assembly line, has tirelessly…
Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 67, elderly man shoots and kills Marcus Yarbrough
An argument left one dead Tuesday night. Kansas City police found a man in his 20s shot to death in the front yard of a home in the 3300 block of Jackson. View Larger Map Witnesses told police that the twentysomething argued with an elderly man inside the home before the shooting. Police believe the men lived together. Update (5:05…
Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 66, James Ragsdale dies from injuries sustained in weekend shooting
%{}% James Ragsdale died from injuries sustained in a weekend shooting, KSHB Channel 41 reported Tuesday. KSHB says Ragsdale — the grandson of Kansas City School board member, Helen Ragsdale — was removed from life support on Sunday and his organs were donated. The Kansas City Star reported that Ragsdale was shot in his driveway in the 4300 block of…
Task force recommends Sunnyside Park for off-leash dog park; Commissioner Stackhaus’ eyebrows beg to differ
Although Commissioner Aggie Stackhaus’ facial expressions nearly stole the show, dogs were the focus of this afternoon’s meeting of the Kansas City Parks and Recreation’s Board of Commissioners. Task force chairman Mel Solomon presented the Dog Park Task Force Advisory Committee’s report, saying, “More dog parks will add significant viability to our parks system.” Among their findings: that a dog…
Woman says she was abducted outside downtown bar and raped
A 24-year-old woman told police that she was abducted and raped after departing a bar in the Power & Light District at 3:15 a.m. Sunday. According to the police report, the woman exited Tengo Sed Cantina on Walnut Street in order to smoke a cigarette. In her account, a man then pushed her into the backseat of a vehicle. Two…
Bill Kurtis’ son found dead on the newsman’s Kansas cattle ranch
The son of legendary Chicago newsman Bill Kurtis was found dead at Kurtis’ cattle ranch in Sedan, Kansas. A report in the Chicago Tribune says 38-year-old Scott Kurtis had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since his teens. It’s a really sad story, and Scott Kurtis’ stepmother, Donna LaPietra, tells the story of a man with mental illness living a lonely life….
Tom Watson, man in full
Tom Watson’s admirers risk becoming hagiographers after his thrilling performance at the British Open. Kevin Kietzman opened his show on WHB 810 yesterday by recasting the golfer’s slump, which began in the mid 1980s, as a desire to spend time with family. “He said, ‘I’m having kids. I’m staying home. I’m not playing as much. I’m not gonna to do…
Got milk money?
Forget spilled milk — dairy farmers seem ready to spill blood. They’re seeing red because of declining raw milk prices, the result of a decrease in worldwide demand and a glut of milk production that was ramped up in expectation of greater demand that never materialized. Some groups are seeking legislative redress, while others feel that financial subsidies are the…
Incoming: the Most Serene Republic at the Jackpot, September 13
Not to be confused with the last post’s Awesome New Republic (or for that matter, the Golden Republic, the Republic Tigers, Republica, or, simply, the Republic), the Most Serene Republic will venture down from Canada for a month of US dates, and one of them is in our neck of the woods. They play the Jackpot Music Hall on September…
Download Awesome New Republic’s Rational Geographic Vol. II
Awesome New Republic are having a big few weeks. They just recorded an episode of The Hills last week, and their new EP, Rational Geographic Vol. II is available as a free download starting today at their site. You’ll have to surrender your name and e-mail address, but that’s pretty much par for the course these days They are beloved…
Today’s Mayhem Festival Lineup
The lineup for today’s Rockstar Mayhem Fest out at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone featuring Slayer and Marilyn Manson is as follows. Print it out, staple it to your spare corpse, throw it in the trunk and go, metalhead, go. Hot Topic/Extreme Metal Stage WhiteChapel 2:15-2:45 Behemoth 3:05-3:35 Black Dahlia Murder 4:05-4:35 Job for a Cowboy 5:05-5:35 Cannibal Corpse 6:45-7:20…
Cakes you can wear or shirts you can eat
Betty Crocker is about to get served. The next generation of cake competitions has arrived with the Threadcakes online cake competition. The second iteration of the competition asks bakers to transform T-shirt graphics into eye-opening cakes. The contest is sponsored by Threadless — a T-shirt company that lets consumers vote on which graphics entered (via an open submission process)…
Gumby’s + Pita Pit + beer = Freshman 15
We’re learning a lot about life today. But here’s a lesson for incoming freshmen that’s nutritious and delicious: The University Daily Kansan tells us how to keep off the “freshman 15,” using this unlucky KU junior’s example: “I would eat Pita Pit and Gumby’s Pizza on a regular basis. Plus I consumed a lot of beer.” Oh, no. Dudes: light…
The Westside Local is open for business
The doors opened last Wednesday. The taps flowed on Friday. And the cicadas were singing by Sunday. Such is life in the beer garden at the Westside Local. “This space is as much yours as it is mine,” said proprietor Troy McEvers, who was operating on four hours sleep a night — the result of trying to get the Westside…
Concert Review: Gomez at the Beaumont Club
The instruments of rock at the Beaumont Club last night consisted of more than the usual drums, guitar and bass. For its headlining set, bluesy British rockers Gomez incorporated various kinds of shakers; a keyboard + blowing tube contraption (that broke by the end of the song) that I guess was a vocorder; a kazoo; and an iPhone. The stage…
Anarchy Tour Diary #15: The Lou pt. 2
The Anarchy continues in St. Louis… James Christos: What up KC?!!! Well we arrived in the STL and had a couple days to do a little meeting and greeting. Soon as we got to town, I was approached to do an album project by Saint Louis’ own Nite Owl and DJ SNO (DJ for 104.1 St. Louis and Chingy’s tour…
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