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Kansas Citians carry the highest credit card debt, study says
The average Kansas City credit card consumer carried an average balance of $2,743.09, based on data collected as of April 1 by Manilla.com, an online personal finance business that helps people manage their bills and credit card accounts.
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Fun., MGMT, She & Him to Headline Kanrocksas Music Fest; Full Lineup Announced
The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced.
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OSHA rules for Kansas whistleblower
Federal regulators have ruled in favor of an engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas, his attorneys said Friday.
Big Rip Brewing Co. opens to the world Sunday
The Big Rip Brewing Co. is set to let it rip Sunday. The two-man microbrewery in North Kansas City will be serving up samples to the participants in the Tour de Brew bike race as part of the official open of their Tap Room.
's Taste of KC is ready for eaters this Sunday
Eat your way across Kansas City's culinary landscape at The Pitch 's Taste of Kansas City 2013 this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in the KC Live Block of the Power & Light District.
J-Serve: A chance for teens to give back to their community
Got teens? If you do, tell them about J-Serve: Jewish Teens Serving Kansas City set for Sunday, June 2. The all-day event begins and ends at the Jewish Community Campus and takes place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Teens - incoming ninth- through 12th-graders along with just-graduated seniors - will eat, socialize, help others and play at the Jewish ... (more)
Mom's pink hair motivates struggling student to excellence
A Kansas City-area mother has helped to inspire and push her son with the help of a bottle of pink hair dye.
Owen Hawkins tries to talk his way out of the Petro America mess
Paul Bax was asleep when he got the call. It was May 8, and he'd finished working his graveyard shift for the U.S. Postal Service.
Water boil advisory in KCK lifted
Critics pounced immediately. “Why don’t they just outlaw drinking?” one bar owner said.
PBI/Gordon expands warehouse space in North KC
Kansas City-based PBI/Gordon Corp. will consolidate warehouse space in North Kansas City as part of an expansion plan.
Jurors to resume deliberations in Mo. fraud trial
Jurors in a trial involving a Kansas City company whose leaders are accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars were slated to continue deliberations midway through the trial's fourth week.
Carb stomping through a month of KC's tastiest two-handers
Someone is always trying to tell us that a given year is the year of the sandwich.
EyeVerify closes $2.3M round, opens up to bankers
A startup in Kansas City, Kan., is seeing some traction involving dollar signs and bankers.
Open-carry supporters plan Prairie Village picnic
A group that wants to challenge Prairie Village's ban on openly carrying guns in public plans to have a picnic next month.
Royals fan Joe Hoffmann dedicates first plate to Don Denkinger at Flying Saucer in St. Louis
Sometimes all a man has is conviction and an online fundraising campaign . Joe Hoffmann, perhaps better known by his blog handle Chimpotle locally, is a former Kansas City resident that has been transported via a cruel twist of fate or car down I-70 to St.
Google Fiber going to Gladstone
The trek by 24-year-old Ryan Chalmers, who is scheduled to be in Kansas City on Tuesday, aims to inspire people with disabilities and raise money for charity.
More CNG filling stations likely in Kansas City
A lack of filling stations has been a barrier preventing CNG-powered vehicles from taking off in a bigger way.
Jury complications push back Petro America closing arguments
Complications with jury instructions have pushed back the start of closing arguments in the trial of five people accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars by illegally selling them stock in a company prosecutors say was worthless.
KCK native influences immigration reform
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - One of the people sculpting the nation's immigration landscape is a Kansas City, Kan., native.
Kansas Republicans face tough spending and tax issues, and elections, for 2014
Taxpayers spend $1.5 billion a year to subsidize passenger train travel, and the federal government wants to move more of Amtrak’s costs onto states and riders.