The Missouri River is set to crest Saturday morning — check out this awesome graph for the details. And for more info, go here. Categories: News Tags: Missouri River
Abortion-rights supporters gathered at the steps of the Kansas state Capitol Wednesday to demand an apology from Rep. Pete DeGraaf for his comparing the preparing for the possibility of a rape pregnancy to keeping a spare tire in your trunk, but law enforcement stopped them from personally delivering spare tires to DeGraaf. “We had the tires, and they told us…
%{}% UPDATE (3:11 p.m.): Kansas City police have identified the victim of this morning’s homicide as 27-year-old William Carter. Police are also saying that the fight the victim was involved in did NOT take place at Lafferty’s Lounge as was first reported to police. Their investigation continues. Original Story (9:32 a.m.): Kansas City police are investigating a “suspicious death” after…
If the gays can marry, then marriage won’t mean anything, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Hatesville, Missouri) argued yesterday at the Eagle Forum Collegians 2011 Summit. Don’t even try to argue that you’re in a committed relationship, gays. Not in Hartzler’s world. She said legalizing gay marriage would open up the floodgates to polygamy and polyamory (which she called “some big name”),…
Beth Barden, owner of the Dutch Hill “bruncheonette” Succotash, has opened her “patio” dining area: three outdoor tables on the sidewalk on the west side of the building and another three near the herb garden on the north side. She has also introduced a new menu, featuring new vegetarian and gluten-free choices. The new meatless items include a mushroom…
Whether a dozen or a box of doughnut holes, you must make your tribute to National Doughnut Day. The first Friday of June has been a round-dough-loving holiday since 1938. For 73 years, the Salvation Army has championed National Doughnut Day, which was originally created to recognize the women who served doughnuts to the veterans returning from World War I….
Mark Thomas told police that he’s a “bad tickler.” The authorities have another way of describing the 26-year-old’s tickling: first-degree statutory sodomy. In November 2009, Thomas was staying with a 4-year-old girl, the girl’s mother, and the girl’s infant sister in a room at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, where Thomas worked. According to court records, the girl told her…
Nu Nu? It’s an affectionate term for grandmother, according to Karen “Nu Nu” Harris, who is running the tiny one-month-old Nu Nu’s Cafe in Edwardsville, Kansas, with her partner, Glenda Groves. Harris is the cook, and Groves runs the front of the house, sometimes with the help of her husband, the Rev. Hayden Groves. The name Groves is an…
The soul of a neighborhood is usually in the sights, smells and food. But for one evening, the soul of the West Side will be in the beer. From 5 to 8 p.m. tonight, the Charlotte Street Foundation’s La Esquina (1000 West 25th Street) is holding a free tasting of brews inspired by the West Side community as part of…
Kansas City’s melodic punks Hipshot Killer have been together for over two years, but only recently released their first album. That debut, a self-titled LP, came out back in March, and the band has been steadily acquiring fans and converts. They’re playing an all-ages show at The Granada this Saturday, June 4, with recently reunited pop-punkers mi6, as well as…
It’s not quite Dennis Hopper yelling at you, but a slice of pizza requires you to make a split second decision about how you’re going to eat it. Will you simply grab the crust and get in there? Are you going to fold it in half, essentially creating a pizza grinder? Or will you take the gentleman’s route and slowly…
Not a lot to report on the recently announced concert front this week. I blame that Monday holiday. Here’s one notable (kinda) show that was recently announced. Whitesnake will strike (ha) Kansas City, Missouri, and INJECT its fans with ear-RATTLE-ing music on Tuesday, August 9, at the Midland. Show at 8 p.m. Tickets went on sale this morning at 10…
Break out your animal-print dress and your pith helmet. Jazzoo is here again. The annual Kansas City Zoo fundraiser is from 7:30 p.m. to midnight tonight. More than 60 restaurants — including Café Roux, Fogo de Chao, Skies Restaurant & Lounge, and Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen — dish up appetizers that you can munch on while walking around the…
Bishop Robert Finn has removed Father Michael Tierney as pastor of Christ the King Parish after receiving reports of sexual misconduct with minors in the early 1970s and 1980s, KMBC is reporting. The Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese’s Independent Review Board reportedly received “credible reports alleging sexual misconduct with minors” by Tierney and recommended the pastor’s removal from Christ the…
Sara Swenson has had a heck of a year so far. In February, the songstress was part of Kansas City’s annual Love Hangover. In May, she performed at and helped organize the first annual Steel Show. Just recently, Swenson’s song “Time to Go” was featured on ABC’s Private Practice. Categories: Music Tags: Camp Encourage, Sara Swenson
ESPN wrote this little story the other day about Florida Marlins left fielder Logan Morrison, a Kansas City native and one-time star at Maple Woods Community College. The 23-year-old has become quite the Twitter celebrity, and the piece says it’s beginning to make his bosses a little nervous. Morrison has more than 32,000 followers and tends to let his mouth…
%{}% Brandon Wilson admitted to police that he was with five other men during a robbery that turned into the homicide of Anthony Rose on May 25. Rose, 42, was shot to death at 29th and Highland during the home invasion turned homicide. Wilson, 26, told police that he and the other men went to Rose’s home to steal two…
I’m a big fan of KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney. For real. Which is why I’m very concerned that he’s had a stroke. You’ll need a decoder ring to read the story above from his must-read 20 Pounds of Headlines blog. Thanks for the update, Mike. And here’s to a speedy recovery. UPDATE: Mike Mahoney writes to say no, he didn’t have…
%{}% Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives went to the White House on Thursday to meet with President Obama. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri emerged from the meeting in a ponderous mood. “Where is the President’s leadership on reining in our out-of-control debt and helping Americans get back to work?” she asked in a statement issued after the fact….
I’m pretty sure every woman I’ve ever considered marrying (the list is short) would have said no (and probably cut my balls off) had I proposed at a sporting event (or maybe that’s why I’m not married). So bravo to Eddie Lutsko III, who pulled off a surprise proposal at Kauffman Stadium during Monday’s Royals game. The 19-year-old’s proposal to…
