Former Kansas Young Republican vice chair William Hendrix holds up a sign at the Kansas State Fair on Sept. 10, 2022, in Hutchinson. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) The Kansas Republican Party has pickled itself in a brackish brine of racism, homophobia and intolerance. Officials can dissemble all they want, but the party can’t hope to represent everyday Kansans while tasting so…
Photo by Shea McGraw Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these…
Dayton Austin, Jayson Jackson, Ronnie Baum, Jeffrey Dunbar and Clarence Stephenson gather in the living room of Big Boy Men’s Ministry, a faith-based sober living house in Cabool on Oct. 28 (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent) Jerry Chiasson had been living under a bridge in Gainesville, fighting larceny charges and trying to get clean. Biking from Springfield to Mountain Home, Arkansas, where…
Federal agents seized thousands of 7-OH products from Kansas City area warehouses on Dec. 2, including these 7-OH tablets that have opioid effects (photo courtesy of the FDA). Federal agents this week seized 73,000 products containing 7-hydroxymitragine, commonly known as 7-OH, from three Kansas City-area warehouses. The seized products included things like power bars, pills and liquids shots that are…
Land Lion. // photo credit Bailey Gabbert Say what you will about the modern hellscape in which we currently live, but the predictions regarding the artistic response to everything have been pretty incorrect. Back in November of 2024, my social media was flooded with various iterations of “We’re gonna have protest music again, and it’s gonna be impressive as hell!”…
Photo by Val Montanez The Kansas men’s basketball team struggled offensively in the second half, falling to 61-56 to fifth-ranked UConn in Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Our photographer Val Montanez was there to capture the game. Categories: Sports Tags: Allen Fieldhouse, kansas, Kansas vs UConn, KU Basketball, UCONN
The No. 16 Kansas Jayhawks swept the High Point Panthers, 3-0 in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Arena at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena on Thursday. Kansas will take on Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 6 p.m. CT inside Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture everything….
Photo by Eli Ralls The Iowa Heartlanders were defeated 4-2 by our own Kansas City Mavericks on Dec. 3, 2025, here in KC. Our photographer Eli Ralls was there to capture the event. Categories: Sports Tags: Iowa Heartlanders, Kansas City Mavericks, Mavericks
Courtesy Universal Pictures The newest addition to the FNAF cinematic universe, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, marks Emma Tammi’s return to the director’s chair and the franchise’s latest effort to translate video-game chaos into big-screen horror. Like the first film, it’s a little cheesy, pretty chaotic, absolutely drenched in lore, and completely unashamed of what it is. From the get-go,…
Students hold up anti-abortion signs at the Midwest March for Life on May 1, 2024, at the Missouri State Capitol (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent) A Missouri appeals court rewrote the language for a proposed abortion ban set to appear on the November 2026 ballot after the judges concluded Thursday the previous wording drafted by Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was…
Bellamy Rose. // photo credit Madeline Bohrer Way back in March, Atria/Emily Bestler Books released Bellamy Rose’s Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder, the story of a spoiled heiress who “must investigate her grandmother’s death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even falling in love.” While…
KC Sipps logo by Theodore Rosen Life in KC is pretty delicious. In fact, there is often so much going on that it can be hard to decide where to go and what to try. That’s where I come in. I’ve curated this weekly list of events, openings, deals, and celebrations to keep you in-the-know. Cheers! Something New News bites:…
Courtesy IFC Director/screenwriter Julia Jackson opens the curtain this weekend, nationwide, on a film that delivers on a genre I didn’t know I was missing. Based on Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel, 100 Nights of Hero follows a world of storybook players, built on a civilization that worships a bird-god from the sky, and manifests his will into a cruel ideology….
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, shown on Oct. 1, 2025, has charged the mayor of Coldwater with felony voter fraud. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) Coldwater residents have learned a valuable lesson: Actions have consequences. Their town’s mayor, Joe Ceballos, has been charged with felony voter fraud by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. Ceballos appears to have registered and cast ballots in…
Al Beik // Photo by Alexander Omorodion As a kid, the holidays truly were the most magical time of the year in more ways than one. The prospect of new gifts, along with Harry Potter marathons, made this season my favorite. I still revisit The Boy Who Lived every December, but growing up has changed what I look forward to…
Photo by Shea McGraw Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these…
An Afghan man who fled the Taliban has been released from a Missouri immigration detention facility following a federal judge’s ruling. Mohammad Ali Dadfar had been held in the Greene County Jail in Springfield since early October, when he was detained and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the…
Dish & Drink KC logo by Theodore Rosen With schools closed for snow, I decided to turn an unexpected free morning into a little adventure with my daughter, and Parkville’s charming downtown felt like the perfect escape. We stepped into Deviant Kava, a warm, welcoming spot known for its kombucha, teas, and creative coffee drinks. The barista greeted us right…
Catherine Hanaway talks to reporters on Aug. 19 after being announced as the state’s next attorney general (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent) Pornography sites that wish to operate in Missouri must now verify that users are adults before granting access to explicit content, under a new rule that went into effect Monday. The change caused the porn industry’s largest website, Pornhub, to…
Homeowners will see changes on their 2025 property tax bill that reflect Jackson County’s efforts to address the property assessment spikes in 2023, including a cap on assessment increases from 2024. Next year’s bill will also show a tax credit that will be rolled out over three years. (Chase Castor/The Beacon) It’s been two years since the 2023 property assessment…
Third Place Lounge // Photo By Tiffany Watts Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025….
Photo by Maggie Gulling Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these…
Photo by Joe Ellett Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these…
