A Shawnee couple says a woman slipped into the garage and sped away behind the wheel of a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix. Disturbed by the audacity of the crime — they were home at the time! — as well as the loss of family treasure, the theft victims posted a message on the online car forum KCSR. Some worthless cunt…
A man was fatally shot Sunday evening after a rolling gun battle that ended in the 700 block of Monroe. View Larger Map The victim is described as a black male, about 20 years old. Kansas City police arrived on the scene at 7:18 p.m. and found the man with life-threatening injuries. The man died a short time later at…
Shawnee police are calling the discovery of a man’s body in a Cadillac Escalade Sunday morning a homicide. Multiple television reports identified the victim as 43-year-old Curley Tyler (here, here and here). View Larger Map Tyler’s body was reportedly discovered by his son outside of the Cottonwood Apartments at 6300 Cottonwood Drive around 7 a.m. The Metro Squad is now…
Beverly Crowl might still be alive today if the people who killed her were good at crime. But based on police reports, Crowl’s murder late last month was allegedly the result of a series of bad decisions made by incompetent robbers who planned to hit a drug dealer for thousands of dollars in weed and cash but ended up killing…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. It’s First Friday in the Crossroads. Kick things off at the Webster House with happy hour prices from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Library Bar. The $3 truffle fries and bamboo rice risotto will put anyone in a good…
%{}%Hillbilly white supremacist (and U.S. Senate write-in candidate) Glenn Miller’s racist ads on KMBZ 980 and WDAF-FM caused a stir this week. The prick’s comments about blacks and Jews and white people who aren’t jumping on the white power bandwagon were filled with vitriol, and Miller deserved all the condemnation he received. The photo of Miller in his military fatigues…
Amidst the throngs of people that will be out and about in the Crossroads tonight for First Fridays (that is, if the weather stops sucking), you’ll find the Soul Providers crew kicking off their third annual Block Party. The show — which is tucked between the shops on 18th Street, next to Birdie’s and YJ’s — features rotating DJs, live…
First, a big round of applause to commenter Jay who correctly answered all five of this week’s Fat City “On With the Show” contest. This contest wasn’t easy, and it stumped some of our shrewdest players. Eddy’s was Kansas City’s premiere supper club until 1965 The question that tripped up most readers was #2: “Name the downtown supper club —…
Bobby Topaz recently joined Antennas Up. His Twitter feed, @Bobby_Topaz, is sporadically updated, but when the man goes out of town, there’s gold to be found. Categories: Music Tags: Antennas Up!, Bobby Topaz, Steve Tulipana, Twitter
Mike Posner’s tour is primarily made up of college towns. After all, kids who use biology textbook pages as rolling papers aren’t just Posner’s crowd; they’re his peers. The budding hip-hop artist and MTV favorite is catching ears with tracks like “Drug Dealer Girl” — Posner’s best shot at a love song — that supply the same tipsy swagger as…
Please use me! The other day, I was eating at the new Blanc Burgers + Bottles on the Country Club Plaza and saw a waiter commit one of the most foolish follies in the service business. Two men were sitting at a deuce, and the server didn’t write down their appetizer order. And when he brought out their starter, it…
Get ready for the sizzle — Smashburger opened yesterday at 6551 West 119th Street in Overland Park. This is the first Kansas City area location for the Denver-based fast-casual chain that takes its name from the practice of smashing down its Angus beef patties on the grill. The space is bright, with the bold red of Smashburger’s logo driving the…
I have a friend, pictured at right (okay, a kitten-mutant-lady, but a friend nonetheless) who is a stripper. We’ll call her Blue Springs. Blue Springs owns half a dozen velour tracksuits in a variety of plushy colors. She says they’re ideal in her line of work. When she arrives for her shift at the club, she has to walk past…
Last Friday, on the top level of the downtown Lawrence parking garage, Chris Knudsen organized “Wall of Non-Sound #3.” The idea behind the whole thing was for people to bring amps to the gathering — no instruments, just amps — and allow them to feedback off one another. The resulting auditory experimentation is available for download below. It’s nearly 17…
The estranged son of homophobic preacher man Fred Phelps granted his first television interview to a Canadian news magazine. Nate Phelps told Peter Klein of The Standard current-affairs program that he believes his father displays the signs of being a “sociopath” and the Westboro Baptist Church is cult-like. Joytv-The Standard-Nate Phelps INVU from Jonathan Roth on Vimeo. Credit Klein for…
The last time Talib Kweli meandered this direction, he landed at the Granada in Lawrence. (Check out Nadia Pflaum’s review of the concert — and afterparty — here.) By all accounts, it was one kick-ass, conscious party, featuring an opening set by local MC Steddy P and a slew of other local rappers in the audience. Fear not rising gas prices:…
Former FBI’s Most Wanted Shauntay Henderson’s three-year prison stay ended Thursday. The Kansas City Star reports that Henderson, once believed to be Kansas City’s biggest girl gangster, was set free at 10 a.m. Henderson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action — not second-degree murder, as prosecutors had charged here with — for fatally shooting DeAndre Parker…
Christopher Elbow is ready to show off the fruits or chocolates or whatever other ice cream flavor he’s been laboring on for tonight’s First Friday visitors at his shop in the Crossroads. “I’m revisiting the classics — looking to make a fresher, stronger strawberry flavor,” says Elbow. This is in anticipation of the new shop, Glace Artisan Ice Cream, that…
Paul LeVota says he knew LeBlanc was under investigation, but not the details. Missouri House Minority Leader Paul LeVota was awfully generous when he called Roman LeBlanc cheating on his wife with an 18-year-old college student (who had accused LeBlanc of sexually assaulting her) a “mistake.” LeVota, an Independence Democrat, told The Kansas City Star that LeBlanc was “trying to…
%{}% The blogosphere weighs in on the newly opened Smashburger, with a take on the Spicy Baja Burger and the KC Smashburger. A trip to BRGR finds well-cooked burgers, a lot of kids and more truffle flavor needed in the truffle fries. You fire a machine gun, which in turn cooks bacon. Rube Goldberg meet Charlton Heston. Foodie children are…
1. Crawl the Crossroads. It’s First Friday, and the streets will be full of music and art and people who stumble into the area once a month for those very reasons. 2. Throw a little dough at the issue of AIDS awareness — while enjoying a play. A slew of local stars of the stage are presenting Pride & Joy…
