Alleged car thief Gary Lyle Miller, who escaped Ray County Correctional Facility in Henrietta early this morning, has been apprehended. At about 1 a.m., the 35-year-old broke out of the jail by kicking a off an air duct vent, crawling through it into an unsecured area, and walking out the door. Ray County Sheriff Samuel Clemens says Miller was picked…
Joined by some of his old Comets teammates, Kim Roentved officially became the head coach of the rebooted indoor soccer franchise on Wednesday. Roentved, twice a Major Indoor Soccer League defender of the year, played for the Comets from 1987 to 1991. A former player and coach, Roentved stepped away from the professional game in 1999. The trim, blue-eyed Dane…
Remember when whiny frontmen were all the rage? Yes, you do, somewhere back in the cobwebby corners of your memory, between your checkered Vans and emo hair. (Or maybe that’s just my memory.) Something Corporate songwriter and singer Andrew McMahon is the crown prince of plaintive pop-punk. He and the rest of the band broke out with 2001’s Ready ……
Knuckleheads is hosting a slew of blues artists this weekend in the fittingly-titled Boxcar of Blues. (In case you haven’t been down to the East Bottoms venue lately, you can sit outside on Knuckleheads’ porch on top of a reclaimed box car and sip beers while enjoying some smoky roots music.) Here’s the lineup for the two-day festival: Friday: Anders Osborne, John…
Coupons are all the internet rage, especially with the Great Recession lingering and businesses using every tool possible to get customers in the door. Groupon has been serving up restaurant discounts for a while now, and this very rag recently launched pitch.com/coupons. And just today, Living Social, one of the original gangstas of the coupon-slangin’ game, launched its Kansas City…
Eight kids from DeLaSalle high school have brought shame to the Chevy Volt before it’s even been released. Using a crashed 2000 Lola racecar, 21 batteries, and a lightweight plastic body, the students engineered an electric vehicle rated at the equivalent to 452 miles per gallon. The Prius looks like an Abrams tank in light of their work. Steve Rees,…
It may be pushing it to call the three fried-fish restaurants owned by local restaurateurs Dewayne and Lisa Acklin castles. After all, the Raytown location was formerly a fast-food burger joint. But the three humble-looking Couzins Catfish Castle venues have been raking in pretty impressive loot. The problem for the Acklins is that they attempted to hide some of those earnings…
hip-hop label IndyGround Entertainment has been gaining hella steam in 2010, thanks in part to releases like Steddy P and DJ Mahf’s EP/mixtape While You Were Sleeping. That momentum continues apace September 10-11, when IndyGround hosts IndyFest, a showcase of music and art at the Record Bar that will hopefully be the first of many to come. The full lineup, all…
Not a lot of information out there about the city’s 70th homicide of 2010. Police were called to the 6200 block of North Pennsylvania to investigate a shooting around 10:34 p.m. When they arrived, they found a man in his twenties dead inside a home. Categories: News Tags: homicides, shooting
Back in June, Conan O’Brien stopped by his buddy Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville and the two had a little surprise jam sesh. Third Man pressed some vinyl of the performance, which you can purchase right here. Next Tuesday, August 24, the label is releasing another vinyl album featuring O’Brien. This time, it’s a 7″ spoken-word affair. The A…
Juan Lopez may have beat one murder rap, but he didn’t beat another. A Wyandotte County jury found Lopez and “Puppet” Eldier Molina guilty yesterday of murdering brothers Gerson and Jose Diaz-Turcios last November. Each were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. The jury also convicted Lopez of felony eluding a law enforcement officer and Molina of criminal possession…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. My Coloring Book of Old Testament Bible Stories Author/Artist: None listed Date: 1994 Publisher: Landoll, Ashland, Ohio Discovered at: Savers, Overland Park Perfect if you have ever:…
Writer-director team Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the Date Movie and Meet the Spartans collaborators who have made a career of catering to ninth-graders with nothing else to do on a Friday night, make movies that aren’t meant to be watched so much as texted during. (Smart money says Friedberg and Seltzer never sit through these movies in their entirety.)…
It could be said that 2009 was both the high point and the low point of Jeff Dunham’s career. The comedian and ventriloquist got his own show on Comedy Central. But even though it had the highest rated series premiere in the history of the network, The Jeff Dunham Show was canceled. The joker’s act hasn’t been without controversy, either….
Weirdos and freaks, among others, walk the streets of Lawrence every day. But when more weirdos, freaks and street performers than usual are hanging around downtown and providing music, magic and feats of strength, it must be the Lawrence Busker Festival. Two don’t-miss acts at this third annual event, continuing through Sunday, are Mama Lou Strongwoman and El Glenno Grande….
Lost in the recent — and rather idiotic — hubbub over immigration and the 14th Amendment is the fact that foreign cultures are freaking awesome. Need convincing? Try the 31st Annual Ethnic Enrichment Festival in Swope Park (Meyer Boulevard and Swope Parkway). Approximately 68 countries are represented with vendors selling authentic foods (such as spanakopita, American Indian fry bread and…
These days, it’s hard to find a place in Kansas City where you can sit and revel in a cloud of tobacco smoke. Hard but not impossible. Kansas City’s hookah scene continues to heat up with Jaskki’s Tobacco Café (1400 West 12th Street, 816-421-4177). The warehouse lounge serves coffee, tea and hookah, and is the latest endeavor by the West…
Fresh off a Fringe Fest performance of 4.48 Psychosis, Lawrence’s EMU Theatre returns with its 11th annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. Though this year’s show is titled Cat Scratch Theatre (it being the Year of the Cat and all), the 10 local authors who contributed work weren’t bound by any thematic constrictions to include kittens in their plays. Good thing, too….
Three days of stringed fun kicks off at 6 p.m. when Louisiana’s Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys perform a free concert at the Lied Center (1600 Stewart in Lawrence). It’s the opening event of the 30th annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships. Broussard and company perform contemporary zydeco and Creole classics. A potluck and jam session at the…
It’s hard to get enough of Parkville’s lush English Landing Park (First Street and Main) in the summertime. This weekend, the expanse of trees and green, with a river running through, is home to the annual Parkville Days Riverfest. The family-friendly party includes 100-plus vendors of arts, crafts and food, plus a carnival for the kids and live music on…
