%{}% Kansas City’s homicide rate keeps climbing over the weekend; 29-year-old Ephriam R. Prewitt became victim No. 69 of the year. Prewitt was shot to death in front of a home at East 55th and Michigan around 4:31 a.m. on Sunday. If you have a tip about Prewitt’s death, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. Categories: News Tags: Ephriam R….
We know know the identity of the man with the Our Lady of Guadalupe back tattoo whose burned body was found in the 5500 block of Kaw Drive in Kansas City, Kansas. KCK police say his name is Marcus W. Durbin, 29 , from Shawnee. His suspected killer, Mitchell C. Northern, is now in police custody, locked up in the…
The kids aren’t all right in Raytown. A 10 p.m. weekday curfew wasn’t good enough to save a preacher from a beat down at the hands of a teen and a couple of pre-teens. The details in today’s Star are just amazing. The unnamed 58-year-old pastor who is also a Kansas City police chaplain was jumped, bloodied and bruised after…
%{}% Update (2:47 p.m. August 13): Kansas City police have identified the victim as 27-year-old Kenny R. Warren of KCMO. Original Story (8 a.m. August 13): The killing on Kansas City’s streets continued overnight. An unnamed man’s body was found on a sidewalk near 24th and Quincy around 2:38 a.m. Categories: News Tags: homicides, Kenny R. Warren
August’s list of homicide victim’s included an aspiring rapper, a 23-year-old man gunned down on his front porch and a UMKC student killed in his Shawnee apartment. Some victims found justice. There were sentences for Franklin Grammer for shooting his estranged wife point blank in the head after locking her in a headlock and Deonta Taylor, who was convicted of…
Fee..Fi…Fo…Fop…I smell a cupcake shop. Le Petit Rouge — the new bakery inside the children’s book store Reading Reptile (328 West 63rd Street) — officially opens for business during tomorrow’s grand opening from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Readers of all ages at the Brookside shop might be surprised by the fairy-tale-inspired cupcakes with some very adult flavors. Categories: Dining,…
Vicki Holland Tiahrt really wanted see her husband, Todd, become a U.S. senator. On her Twitter feed, Holland Tiahrt (“Wife, Mom, Christian, USA!”) continues to contest the primary that Jerry Moran won on August 3. A week after the election, Hollard Tiahrt called the polls which anticipated a larger margin of victory for Moran “completely bogus.” She’s also retweeted a…
At a July 1 City Council business session, council members received a thick list of owners’ names and addresses of buildings deemed hazardous and potentially in need of demolition. Councilwoman Jan Marcason was surprised to read her name and that of her husband, Richard Purucker, connected to two addresses on the list. Two weeks later, the City Council’s Finance and…
Just in case you think you’re safe on your own front porch this weekend, you should check out the sad details of Lance Rutter’s homicide in today’s Star. Early Saturday morning, Rutter became KCMO’s 65th homicide of the year when two unidentified men came into his yard, held him up and shot him. Categories: News Tags: Lance Rutter, sensless murder,…
The fest is happening Saturday, October 9 at the American Jazz Museum — at 18th and Vine, natch — from 11 a.m to 11 p.m. Here’s the acts we know so far: -Nicholas Payton -Sugarfoot and the Ohio Players -A tribute to Donnie Hathaway, featuring Kirk Whalum and Lahla Hathaway. More info on Rhythm & Ribs here. Categories: Music Tags:…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Corn dogs, fried dough, food comas: It must almost be time for the Missouri State Fair. The annual gathering of livestock and live acts in Sedalia kicked off on Thursday and runs through Sunday, August 22. The Mizzou Watermelon eating…
For sexing up one of her students at Pleasant Ridge High School, Shannon Young is going to get mandatory probation and she’ll have to register as a sex offender for 10 years. That’s all part of her guilty plea entered today for sleeping with a 17-year-old student, identified as GJF. She also will undergo a sex offender evaluation, and she…
How’s this for discourse: Michaels is bailing on his August 25 show at the Uptown. Why? So he can host the Miss America pageant on August 23! The nerve of this guy! He’s rescheduled, though: the new date to see your boy at the Uptown is Thursday, November 18. Categories: Music Tags: Bret Michaels
We love our music here in Kansas City, almost as much as our barbecue. While the local scene hasn’t become a huge national export, it’s home to talent we hope one day will get off our porch and make it big in the “real world.” The Pitch celebrates Kansas City’s homegrown musicians every day, this weekend in particular with the…
Today, and today only, Amazon is giving Infinite Arms away for just $3.99. Download it here. In other Band of Horses news, the Besnard Lakes have been added to the BOH show at the Uptown on October 14. Tickets are still available. Categories: Music Tags: band of horses, besnard lakes
A cold glass of wine, a bit of baguette and a nice salad…un repas delicieux To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue in October, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7. When the summer heat is as oppressive as it’s been for the last week, who needs…
We’re always happy to hear about the blending of culture and culinary here in Fat City, but we did raise our eyebrows at the idea of an art show on display at the smallest tea-and-coffee venue in Kansas City. Since the Teahouse & Coffee Pot in Westport isn’t much bigger than Barbie’s Dream House, how on Earth was British-born manager…
We’re honoring Kansas City talent on Sunday night at the Uptown Theater in our annual Pitch Music Awards Ceremony. (Buy tickets here, for six bucks.) We’ve got Bleach Bloodz, the Dead Girls, the Grisly Hand and Mark Lowrey with Diverse and Reach performing covers of classic Kansas City acts. (Think the Get Up Kids, Howard Iceberg and the Titanics, Charlie…
Richard Volberding’s water heater wasn’t working last February. So he called Daniel Johnson and Mark Owens to fix the thing. Problem for Volberding was that the guys had to walk past his computer to get to the circuit box — and Volberding didn’t bother closing photos of naked children in sexually suggestive poses on his computer screen. The repairmen saw…
Café Sebastienne has a rotating menu designed to highlight seasonal produce and give Executive Chef Jennifer Maloney the ability to continually reinvent the restaurant space inside the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Case in point: The Pitch’s Joe Tone was recently blown away by the watermelon gazpacho — a perfect dish for a sweltering summer. As part of the five…
We Are Scientists were literally in the crowd last night, from the first song. Founding member Chris Cain just walked off the front of the stage and started swinging himself and his guitar around in the area between the soundboard and the platform in the middle of “Dinosaurs,” a song that contains the lyrics learn to swim or learn to…
