Life just cackled manically at Willie Aikens. The former Royals first baseman was just about to revive his career in baseball as a minor league coach with his old team. Then his wife, Sara, suffered a stroke. The gig teaching young players how to hit was going to be the next step in Aikens’ redemption-story arc that took him from…
Sure, Missouri and Kansas are located in the heartland of the United States, a place with a bounty of farms and fresh fruits and produce. But a report posted this week on Yahoo’s financial website 24/7 Wall Street suggests that most residents of these states aggressively choose unhealthier diets: lots of fast food, soft drinks, and sugary snacks. The list of…
Romance doesn’t fade away; it dies an instant and tragic death when you’re attempting to woo someone with White Castle sliders and a 12-pack of Keystone Light. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Aww, Sparky is the cutest little deaf puppy. Yes, you are! Yes, you are! But he can’t hear what a good puppy he is because he can’t hear anything! Can you? Can you? Good deaf boy wants his belly rubbed? Yes, he does! Yes, he does! Sparky was a jail doggie, and the inmates taught him sign language, so now…
A lot of work and care went into creating our first-ever sex survey, Kansas City. Not since Dr. Kinsey has there been such a thorough and rewarding look at people’s sex lives. With each answer, we learned a little bit more about you, ourselves and the way we view sex (“I thought I was the only one who didn’t want…
Val-O-Ween, a fundraiser for local AIDS service organizations, is officially an annual tradition. This year’s event, the Amazeball, will be held tonight at the Madrid Theater (3810 Main). It’s part masquerade ball, part Vaudeville show, and definitely entertaining. DJ Ryan Kenney and sketch-comedy duo Jessica and Hunter are the scheduled entertainment for the fundraiser organized by the Millenial League of…
%{}% Being gay isn’t OK with freshman Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. She’s none too happy about President Obama’s pro-homosexual agenda. Headache-inducing Hartzler said as much on the American Family Association’s TV show, which I’m sure really does make Fox News look fair and balanced. But let’s allow Hartzler to speak for herself: “The reality is, the good people of this…
Kansas City will get only two-thirds of the School of Seven Bells when they come to town to open for Interpol on April 24. Claudia Deheza left the band last October, which is now composed of Deheza’s twin sister, Alejandra, and Benjamin Curtis, brother of Brandon Curtis, who replaced Interpol’s Carlos D. on keys. Can’t wait until the spring? Interpol…
When it comes to shopping locally, it would be instructive to go alongside chef Jonathan Justus. Unfortunately, those without a restaurant kitchen can’t always buy what he buys. So we asked the chef and co-owner of Justus Drugstore for a few recommendations on where home cooks can find some high-quality local ingredients. Today he discusses some of his favorite vendors…
Damn it, Donald Bradley. We are not made of stone. Your Star story about Skeeter the Chihuahua being named volunteer of the month at the Rehabilitation Center of Raymore warmed even our jaded, jet-black hearts. Skeeter was homeless, lost on a Missouri Highway 58 when Jerry Jenkins rescued him. Jenkins ended up giving him to Pansy Willis because she was…
You can’t put down a great Italian beef. You literally can’t put it down because the juice will have started to soak into the bun, leaving the sandwich’s integrity dangerously in question. But as any Chicagoan worth his celery salt will tell you, why would you want to put it down? Thinly shaved roast beef with sweet or hot peppers…
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Therapist Rachelle Santiago is accused of sending a text message to a Fort Riley soldier saying: “You want a crazy bitch, I will be your crazy bitch.” A federal judge has ordered Santiago, who is accused of stalking a solider she was treating for post-traumatic stress, to be committed for up to 30 days while she undergoes a psychiatric examination…
It’s been about 25 years since the members of Salt-N-Pepa met at Queensborough Community College and started rapping together. In 1986, the trio released Hot, Cool & Vicious, with its breakthrough hit, “Push It.” (Yes, you’re getting old.) After winning a Grammy, making their acting debuts and selling a ton of records, the trio broke up in 2002. Five years…
Famed bounty hunter Boba Fett is coming to Kansas City. Jeremy Bulloch, the man who donned the costume in the Empire Strikes Back and died in the sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi, is the featured attraction at this year’s Planet Comicon. Bulloch joins fellow featured stars Michael McMillian (the Olathe native who had a featured role on HBO’s…
Rewind to 1991. As Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax were enjoying household-name status, thrash metal appeared to be entering a period of infinite creative fertility. Toward the top of the genre’s second tier stood Death Angel, which positioned itself for a breakthrough with the highly developed, progressive-leaning release Act III before a road accident abruptly ended the band’s career. Death…
Loretta Lynn’s first top-10 single, “Success,” dropped 49 years ago. Since then, the American icon from Butcher Holler, Kentucky, has laid a solid groundwork for women in country music. Never forgetting her humble roots, Lynn has always been a voice for blue-collar, working-class women. Gems like 1967’s “Don’t Come Home a-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” and 1975’s “The Pill”…
Travis Releford got all Dominique Wilkins on the UMKC Kangaroos. The Kansas Jayhawks guard’s windmill slam from the January 5 blowout win is getting some love nationally and is a nominee for “Dunk of the Year.” But it’s up to the fans — and so far, Releford is winning with 80 percent of the vote. The voting ends Sunday at…
Snow days apparently weren’t enough for a few kids. Three juveniles are suspected in last week’s burglary and arson of Green Springs Elementary School, according to Olathe police. The juveniles haven’t been named, but they have been released to their parents. Formal charges are pending. I beg you, where’s the Green Springs Gator pride? C’mon, kids. Be true to your…
Slutwave prodigy Ke$ha was formerly confined to the dark, stuffy cavern of the Uptown, but no more! Just as Ke$ha has busted free from pants, bras and various other types of things we’d prefer not to envision, the pop tart is busting free from the Uptown and will roam free at the Midland in February. For everyone who wanted to…
