Kansas City News

With a unanimous vote, Kansas City City Council members passed an ordinance Thursday to sever the management contract with Union Station Kansas City, Inc. to operate the Kansas City Museum.

"We are thrilled to invite the community to Purim Gala 2014 on Sunday, March 9, as we recognize longtime Israel activists, community leaders and businesspeople Bonnie and Matt Siegel with the Mordechai Award," said Gala Co-chairman Howard Rosenthal.

Mayor James' office is housed on the 29th floor of City Hall. To get there, one must ride the elevator to the top-- which is surprisingly fast.

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Rev. Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson is the long-time local chair of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a group of ministers which came to prominence under Martin Luther King Jr's leadership during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Sorry, Mike Burke, but promising an "old time-y" design for a downtown drive-through sandwich shop is a poor way to sell the plan.

Go ahead and get your pumpkin fix on with the Pumpkin Patch dessert plate at Merchants Pub & Plate in Lawrence.

Kanye West is no shrinking violet. When he says something, he wants the whole world to know...no matter how crazy/arrogant/ridiculous it sounds.

Much of the metro is covered in white Thursday morning, and while it may not be much snow, it is making travel a mess.

On Tuesday, the Chiefs Community Caring Team visited Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rapid growth in the Kansas City area's Latina population is producing specific employment, education and social service needs that aren't being met effectively, and that's an economic drag on the entire community, according to a new research brief.

Police chased a stolen FedEx truck across Kansas City Wednesday afternoon before finally immobilizing the vehicle and taking the driver into custody.

If you have never seen country club plaza at the holidays, you really need to go at Thanksgiving to see the annual lighting of the plaza.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Change is coming for Kansas City Public Schools. The district's enrollment is growing in northern sections of the district and declining in southern sections.

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Last night Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy kicked off a 12-show solo acoustic tour at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO.

Four months ago, a handful of textile lovers emerged from their basements and other isolated work spaces in the name of collaboration.

One comes to look for certain favorite bits of dialogue or business, while realizing that even these may change over time.

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The owner of JRay's Restaurant and Bar in Platte City stands accused of possessing child pornography on his computers.