Inside this week’s Pitch

Christopher Scott froze to death in the lawn of a house near 31st and Monroe. Scott’s friends say he was kicked out of the St. Regis Apartments. In this week’s feature story, Pitch reporter Nadia Pflaum talks to the unhappy residents of St. Regis, who claim St. Regis’ building manager Michelle McCray rules the subsidized housing units by fear and refused to check on the welfare of one resident — until the stench from his corpse was too much.

Also in this week’s print edition, Martin tells fills in the blanks of the Blue Springs Ford rebuilt wreck story (the stuff you didn’t read in the Star).

The Crap Archivist stumbles upon mid-’70s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers correspondence and learns that Union membership has its benefits.

Ferruzza feels the spirit of Frida Kahlo while reviewing Frida’s Contemporary Mexican Cuisine in Overland Park.

Scherstuhl celebrates the finer things at the Off Center Theatre and Quality Hill Playhouse in reviews of Kiss Me, Kate and Broadway’s Best.

Kyle Koch finds out what jazz musicians Les Izmore and Hermon Mehari have in Common.

Travis Fox knows the real reason Sarah Palin is coming to Independence.

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