Harmon Killebrew, the Hall of Fame ballplayer who finished his career with the Kansas City Royals, died today at the age of 74, six months after going public with his ongoing battle with esophageal cancer. Killebrew is best-known for his time with the Minnesota Twins, who retired his number in 1975, but he spent his last season playing professional baseball…
%{}% CNBC’s Darren Rovell believes that Major League Baseball is overvaluing tickets to baseball games. In a Monday afternoon story, Rovell noted that tickets to last night’s Royals-Indians game were going for less than $5 on the secondary market, thus proving MLB’s pricing to be jacked up. “If teams don’t accept that, on a given night against a bad opponent,…
We just got word that on Tuesday, May 24, at 9 a.m., Kanrocksas Music Festival will announce the rest of the Kanrocksas artist lineup, as well as all the info on how to get single-day tickets. (Click here for a current lineup.) Who do you think it’s gonna be? Categories: Music Tags: kanrocksas
%{}% Dorothy Cascone’s skeleton … oh, that’s a live woman? Dorothy Cascone is going to prison for five years in a failed murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex-husband, George Cascone, 11 years after their divorce. Dorothy was hoping to cash in on four — four — life-insurance polices that she kept on her ex, presumably to buy a lot of…
Angel Dillard, the anti-abortion activist accused of sending a threatening letter to a doctor training to perform abortions in Wichita, is now claiming that her letter is protected by the First Amendment. Clearly our forefathers were concerned that whack jobs might not be able to send intimidating letters to abortion providers, warning them that if they provide the legal medical…
Well, this will just break your heart. Local filmmaker Chistopher Good’s new video for the Secret Cities song “Always Friends” has been released, and it’s the cutest and saddest damn thing you’ll see today. The split-screen video — Good’s first attempt in the medium — tells the story of a geeky friend who longs for his equally nerdy gal pal…
Here’s some news that will make the folks who like Rotten.com jealous: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has seen the photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse. Blunt, who sits on the Senate intelligence Committee, totally wasn’t about to pass up a peek at the dead terrorist. “I had all the information I needed but had the opportunity to view the pictures…
This is possibly the best waste of time ever. Instructables shows us how to make a Star Wars X-Wing fighter from office supplies. Now you have something to do over your lunch break (and I know what office supplies I’m ordering next time). H/T: Boing Boing. Categories: News Tags: Instructables, star wars
True Widow — Dallas, Texas, slowcore stonegaze band — recently went on a mini U.S. tour. Widow’s travels come to an end in Lawrence, Kansas, tonight at the Replay (doors and show at 9 p.m., with local support from Mansion). Timothy “Slim” Starks, True Widow’s drummer, spoke with The Pitch and discussed the band’s sophomore album (As High as the…
You might just have yourself a restaurant district, Martin City. The Martin City Brewing Company (500 E. 135th St.) is set to open on June 1 in a red-brick building only 200 feet from Jess and Jim’s Steak House and 0.2 miles from Jack Stack Barbecue. And partners Chancie Adams and Matt Moore are confident that their brewpub concept will…
Last night’s fire in Overland Park, which destroyed the storage warehouse used by Richard and Theresa Ng, the owners of the six area Bo Lings restaurants, won’t affect business at the restaurants, Richard Ng says. “We were testing some used refrigeration equipment,” Ng says. “I don’t know if there was a short in the wiring or the cord, but the…
Sometimes a man just wants to eat a corn dog and doesn’t care what he looks like. And sometimes that corn dog slaps mustard all over his face as he stands there open-mouthed while his girlfriend covers the the eyes of the carnival teddy bear that he won for her. This is the world presented by a new advertisement for…
The Kansas City Royals confirmed yesterday that broadcaster and former pitcher Paul Splittorff has been hospitalized in his battle with cancer. The club released the following statement: The family of Paul Splittorff has confirmed that he has been admitted to an area hospital and has received treatment for both oral cancer and melanoma. The family has also requested to please…
Cody Critcheloe injected New York City with a bit of Kansas City gay this weekend. Here’s what Paper Magazine’s Gary Pini said about the local art collective’s performances: SSION ruled NYC over the weekend with three sold-out shows at PopRally and MoMA’s PS1 in Long Island City. The Kansas City art-rock musical extravaganza led by Cody Critcheloe featured brief guest…
Lo, I published my first review of Rockfest yesterday and awoke to this fine e-mail from Wayward reader Matthew Blackman that sheds light on the strange phenomenon that is the Panty Tree. Check it out: Congratulations on your first Rockfest experience. I am thrilled it was a good experience for you and your article was awesome. What drew me to…
Muddy’s Coffeehouse (318 E. 51st St.) is getting a new owner, but if you’re a regular, odds are that you’ll recognize the new ownership group. Joyce Smith of The Kansas City Star reports that Muddy’s owner, Oliver Burnette, will be selling his coffee shop after 16 years to two longtime employees. The change in ownership is expected to take place…
Update: It’s official. Google Fiber is coming to KCMO, too. Watch the video featuring Mayor Sly James and others above. Original Story: KCK isn’t a special snowflake after all. Kansas City, Missouri, will also get in on Google’s super-fast Internet connections, according to the Star. Mayor Sly James is expected to make the announcement at Union Station today (or, as…
%{}% U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler sympathizes with tea-party activists who gripe about government spending. At the same time, she and her husband have collected around $775,000 in federal farm subsidies during the last 15 years. What allows Hartzler to hold these seemingly incompatible positions? A false reality, for one thing. “We do participate in the government programs, like probably 95…
Mitt Romney, the presidential candidate who is trying to remake himself by refusing to be seen in a tie, is calling for a repeal of the health-care law that President Obama signed last year. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney signed into law a similar set of reforms. Both pieces of legislation mandate that individuals buy health insurance. Romney is trying…
