The three men accused of killing 18-year-old Keighley Ann Alyea will go to trial. Fox 4 appeared to be the first to deliver the gruesome details of Alyea’s killing. Fox 4 reported that the three men beat 18-year-old Alyea, who begged for her life, and then 18-year-old Dustin Hilt allegedly stabbed her in the stomach. Alyea disappeared in the early…
%{}% Here’s the video trailer for In The Kitchen with Bonnie — a show that would focus on Kansas City restaurants and chefs. A recap of Monday night at Oread in Lawrence, where Boulevard introduced its No. 1 Collaboration. Five uses for leftover bacon fat — substituting it for cooking oil sounds like the most palatable. These 11 tips for…
Monique Gabrielle Maes-Salazar opens her sketch book and begins drawing the outline of a human body with a thick, black Sharpie pen. Next to her on the couch, Karina Loredo stares intently at the page, trying to understand a surgery that, she’s been told, could help keep her son alive. This past summer, Eduardo Loredo was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy,…
Lefse Records announced earlier this week that they were launching a new imprint to focus on instrumental and “hard-to-define music.” That new imprint is called Waaga Records, and they’ve made a compilation available to introduce you to their artists, as well as some friends of the label. On the comp are both FUR and Emily Neveu, who will be releasing…
It seems like all the craziest punk bands always had a really short shelf-life. With the exception of the occasional return of Cocknoose, most wild and nutso local punk acts last a year or two and then disappear forever. The Fashion Statements are the only other exception to the rule that I can recall. They formed in 1998 and were…
Clay County authorities say George Grimes shot and killed his wife, Sharon Grimes, and then killed himself in a murder-suicide Sunday. That’s according to a story published in this morning’s Kansas City Star. George Grimes, 58, allegedly shot Sharon Grimes, 56, twice before turning the gun on himself, the Star story says. Clay County authorities received a call from inside…
%{}% Tuesday saw yet another round of layoffs at The Kansas City Star. Former business reporter Dan Margolies wasn’t around to write the story (he’d left the paper in October to join Reuters’ Washington bureau), an unfortunate part of his former job. The unbylined story announced that the daily had laid off “about a dozen employees” and “eliminated a similar…
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says the state faces its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression — and it’s not over. While we’re waiting to see how the math whizzes in the state legislature deal with the problem, the journalists at the Kansas Health Institute are doing some great reporting on how state budget cuts are likely to hurt real…
Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders announced today that he’s going to challenge the composition of the Kansas City Tax-Increment Financing Commission in court. The TIF Commission evaluates requests for incentives that developers bring. When approved, TIF plans more or less freeze property taxes in a designated area. The county and other entities that rely on property taxes complain the program…
Tonight marks the start of the Record Bar’s new Tuesday night DJ series, “Danger Dance City.” Steve Tulipana and DJ Just will perform together, as well as switching out to allow other local, regional, and national DJs a chance on the decks. There will also be special events attached to the DJ series. Tonight’s event is a listening party for…
More than $225 million in state tax credits and STAR Bonds (I’ll let Martin explain those) will get you a Major League Soccer franchise and a few thousand Cerner jobs. Sounds like a done deal for the Kansas City Wizards to cross the state line and call Wyandotte County home. WyCo’s Unified Government has a super special meeting scheduled for…
%{}% Earlier today, the government body that oversees attorneys in Kansas announced an ethical complaint against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline for his handling of the inquisition into abortion provider. Here’s the response, titled “Fully Anticipated, Deceptively Structured, Politically Motivated,” from Kline’s legal team: Earlier today, Disciplinary Administrator Stanton Hazlett and the Board of Discipline for Attorneys notified the…
One of our New Year’s resolutions, here in Fat City, is to drink our way through Missouri and Kansas wines. First up is Apple Wine from Weston’s Pirtle Winery. The folks there produce a variety of fruit wines including blueberry, cherry, blackberry mead and a cherry chocolate wine that they’re suggesting would be perfect for Valentine’s Day. We’ll get to…
%{}% Deangelo Graham was fatally shot while allegedly attempting to rob a man who was washing his car in the 2700 block of Merriam Lane, Kansas City, Kansas, police say. The 16-year-old Graham and another man allegedly attempted the heist. Graham’s death is Kansas City, Kansas’ third homicide of 2010. A family friend told KCTV 5 that Graham was a…
When it comes to the safety of ground beef, the Barf Blog wants meat producers to turn platitudes into packaging labels. In response to a recent slate of ground-beef recalls, producers at all phases of meat processing have come out to defend the industry’s safety practices. For example, there was this letter to the editor in The New York Times…
Hailing from the great city of Columbus, Ohio, comes Two Cow Garage. They sound kind of classic rock and kind of country — not unlike a rougher-edged Gaslight Anthem. If you want an idea of what sort of show you’re gonna get, understand that they were handpicked by the Hold Steady to open for them last year. Two Cow Garage…
Snapped this photo of the scene outside the Instant Tax Service office on 39th Street (just off Main) around 1 p.m. today. Obscured by the police horse are about half a dozen people who were trying to collect their income tax checks. Inside were a handful of other people and a handful of police officers. (Out of the shot is…
The last time that KCUR’s Walt Bodine Show hosted its panel of restaurant critics, the theme was Mediterranean food (you can hear an archived program here). When the subject turned to falafel — which the Food Lover’s Companion describes as “small, deep-fried croquettes or balls of highly-spiced ground chickpeas” — a listener called in to rave about a combination restaurant-and-market…
Are the Minibosses a little too prog for you? Finding it difficult to differentiate between HELLA and the Advantage? While they might be a little more narrowly focused, Metroid Metal might be the band for you. As the name implies, the band — brainchild of Grant Henry — plays metal versions of songs from the Metroid franchise. That’s the adventures…
The Blue Bird Bistro has two different dinners this week designed to highlight organic and local produce. The Wednesday Night Table features four courses for $40. The first is a house-made ravioli with local cheese and fresh tomato ragout. After that it’s wild caught shrimp with organic mixed greens, Bob Burn’s honey vinaigrette, organic orange slices, bacon bits and Maytag…
The formula for food movies is as set as sports movies. We are introduced to our hero/heroine who suffers from a flaw that is compensated for by his/her talent in the kitchen. A potential rival or love interest appears — all the better if they’re the same character — and hilarity or drama ensues typically with food flying and customers…
%{}% Winston Hughes was identified Tuesday by Kansas City police as the man shot to death near 54th and Bellefontaine Sunday evening. Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide total now stands at five for 2010. Officers found 18-year-old Hughes and a woman (who police described as African American and in her twenties) in a car on the curb of the intersection. Both…
%{}% A formal ethics complaint against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline was announced today. The complaint alleges Kline violated the state of Kansas’ rules of professional conduct in his capacity as AG and later as Johnson County District Attorney in his investigation of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The complaint alleges that after taking office, Kline met with…
