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Kansas City, Kansas is located in Wyandotte County. Zip codes in Kansas City, KS include 66106, 66115, and 66119. The median home price in Kansas City is $70,000. More Kansas City information.

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54 min ago | The Kansas City Star

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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1 hr ago | BroadwayWorld.com

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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Fri May 17, 2013

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

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.

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The Pitch

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.

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The Pitch

'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.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle

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)

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Wed May 15, 2013

KMBC-TV

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.

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The Pitch

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.

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The Kansas City Star

Water boil advisory in KCK lifted

Critics pounced immediately. “Why don’t they just outlaw drinking?” one bar owner said.

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Business Journal

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.

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KHGI

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.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Pitch

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.

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Business Journal

EyeVerify closes $2.3M round, opens up to bankers

A startup in Kansas City, Kan., is seeing some traction involving dollar signs and bankers.

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KMBC-TV

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.

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The Pitch

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.

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The Kansas City Star

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.

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Business Journal

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.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Capital-Journal

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.

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NBC Action News

KCK native influences immigration reform

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - One of the people sculpting the nation's immigration landscape is a Kansas City, Kan., native.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Kansas City Star

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.

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