During last night’s meeting about curbing crime and violence in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Kansas City Police officers announced that a suspect is in custody in connection with the death of Taylor Holman, and that another suspect was on the verge of being apprehended. The officers didn’t name the suspects, and added that charges had not been filed. Holman, 20, was…
Congress voted yesterday on a resolution denouncing South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie” outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress. The resolution passed 240-179, and locally the vote fell on party lines, except one Missouri Republican: Jo Ann Emerson. The New York Times reported how every representative voted, and here’s the breakdown. Joining Emerson in condemining Wilson’s attempt to…
Last week, a photographer in central Kansas e-mailed us, saying he had a photo of Kansas state Sen. Chris Steineger’s black eye. In late August, we reported that Steineger, a Democrat who is considering a run for governor, got into a bar fight at Breit’s Stein and Deli in Kansas City, Kansas, while arguing with another man about health-care reform….
Comic artist Liz Baillie created a comic book about her obsession with the Bouncing Souls. It’s called Sing Along Forever, and is a 44 page one-shot minicomic about her quest to make a minicomic about the Bouncing Souls. Kind of meta, but amazingly entertaining. It’s subtitled “A Love Letter to the Bouncing Souls,” and the band liked it so much,…
With people keeping tigers in their apartments, a dog seems kind of passe. It did get Fat City thinking, though, and we figured we should issue a warning. Here are the 10 worst food spokesanimals to have as a pet. 10. Dig’em the Frog — Kellogg’s Honey Smacks. His catchphrase was “gimme a smack.” This ball-cap-wearing frog was eminently smackable,…
City officials checked out eight sites for a possible convention hotel on Wednesday.
College students may have to find new sleds this winter, as more cafeterias are considering a move towards trayless meals. The growing trend is based out of a two-fold desire: It can help cut costs for service and improve a university’s image in terms of environmental awareness. In addition to the financial savings, university officials believe that cutting out trays…
The fight over school funding isn’t over in Kansas, The Dodge City Globe reported this morning. Schools for Fair Funding will meet with attorneys Alan Rupe and John Robb in Dodge City on September 22, and they’ll be considering whether to sue the state again. Sounds like they’re going to do it: Rupe said that the gains made by the…
The devil was in the details…. I had never attended the annual Applefest hosted each autumn at the Grinter Place Historical Site at 1420 South 78th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. But you know, I’m always up for a cup of cold cider and an apple fritter, so last Saturday, I drove out to see what was going on…
We seem to go craziest for the foods that require some effort to be palatable. Whether it’s Civet coffee beans or the fruits off a cactus, we apparently sometimes need for our food to be a harvesting challenge. Prickly pear looks like a hot new flavor for beverages and candy — the lightly sweet flesh of the cactus fruit runs…
This sign is in the window of the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse at 13th and Baltimore in the Power & Light District. Doesn’t look like the Canadian chain of Japanese steakhouses is in need of kitchen staff anymore, but Kobe does need hostesses and servers. Not sure how you apply, so maybe just drop in. Looks like Kobe pays anywhere from…
We’ve come a long way from the Incredible, Edible Egg — the ubiquitous advertising campaign of my youth (the American Egg Board sold me when they compared chicken eggs to dinosaur eggs) that foretold the wonders of the breakfast protein in cartoon form. But has the egg fallen so far as to need a brand remake? Apparently so. The American…
Anti-Crew ain’t feeling the whole post-grad, student-debt thing. And as many of us older cats carry our student loans into our 30s and 40s, neither are we, dadgummit! On the newly released track, “Money,” the Chicago-via-KC crew sweats the green stuff — not having it, that is — over two distinctly different but thematically appropriate samples. The first part of…
%{}% Even a grown man will beg, if it results in getting to try a new beer: Seeyoulator Doppelbock, courtesy of a friendly Boulevard employee. Gone Mild sings the praises of Springfield Cashew Chicken and wonders whether the sweet and salty dish can be found in Kansas City. High praise for Louisiana Nuggets from Popeye’s Chicken, and an attempt to…
%{}% Owners of the Kansas City Wizards now want to build a stadium at Village West in Kansas City, Kansas. In this week’s feature, I describe how the decision jolted public officials in Kansas City, Missouri, who thought the Wizards were going to kick soccer balls at the site of the old Bannister Mall. KCK’s capture of the Wizards is…
American Idol alum Brooke White is currently on tour, promoting her new CD, High Hopes & Heartbreak. She’s playing the Bottleneck on September 29, as part of a tour with Michael Johns, another Idol contestant. Now, I’m sure both artists’ performances will be heavy on vocal acrobatics, and your $18 is pretty much paying for karaoke. However, if you’d like…
I am sometimes surprised that Tenderloin only released two singles on Sub Pop. There was the “Supernatural Bologna/Heard it On the X” 45, and then this split with the Supersuckers. You’d think that a label that released the first few albums from both the Supersuckers themselves, as well as the Reverend Horton Heat, would’ve been more interested. Maybe it was…
A sign of the times… It’s a small town diner, not too far from Kansas City. Enough said. Have you eaten there? If so, where is this joint? Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Where is it?
Jamie Gray, an assistant professor in the Graphic Design Department at the Kansas City Art Institute, is living right — or with a lot of sexy right angles, anyway. The River Market loft she shares with her husband gets the 13-photo treatment in a September 14 post on the trend-spotting, envy-inducing Web site Design*Sponge. With its glossy surfaces, sharp corners…
With unemployment still rising, families who have never relied on a food bank before are becoming regular visitors. In Kansas City, the demand for a few sacks of groceries has become so urgent that metro food pantries are considered among the hardest hit in the nation, according to this release. In the Kansas City area there’s been an approximate 40…
Yesterday, the Kansas City police sent me the names of the city’s 84 homicide victims (Taylor Holman’s name hadn’t been added to the list yet). Going through the list, a couple of names popped out at me — Khamis A. Saed and Freddie Medina. Saed, 23, was fatally shot while working at the Cricket Wireless phone store at 5116 Bristol…
Chris Shively, aka Chrissy Murderbot, decided that running Dead Homies and Sleazetone Records wasn’t enough. Being a badass DJ wasn’t enough. Putting out Ssion’s records wasn’t enough. Oh, no! The man had something to prove. Thus, he is, “barring some huge disastergoing to post a mixtape a week, every week, for the next 52 (or so) weeks.” Thus, we have…
I’ve heard of Dumpster babies but never Dumpster lovin’. Reports out of Wichita say a couple of 44-year-olds sneaked into a Dumpster Saturday evening for an “intimate moment” until a couple of cock-blockin’ thieves cut in and robbed them of their shoes, jewelry and the man’s wallet at knife-point. Cops caught the suspects and returned all the property — except…
