Nick’s Picks | Counting, Courts, Attractions and More …
Topics include: Election Day drama continues, World War I Museum and Memorial celebrates 100 years, Steamboat Arabia leaves, and entertainment options.
How One Wyandot Artist Hopes to Bring His Native Language Back From Extinction
“To speak the language, you’re actually creating the language as you go,” Richard Zane Smith said. “We’re trying to come up with a kind of standardized writing system, and even that has its challenges.”
Nick’s Picks | Senate, Pollsters, Data Centers and More …
Election Day is finally here after another onslaught of campaign ads, Mayor’s Christmas tree on its way, UMKC basketball heads downtown, and more …
Teaching Christian Theology in the World of Online Learning
Christian educators in the Kansas City area are grappling with the fundamental questions raised by Zoom classes while welcoming students that could not attend otherwise.
Nick’s Picks | Vance, Buddy, Houdini and More …
The U.S. vice president visits Topeka, a unicorn costume is a Halloween favorite, and a famous musician gets recognized in Kansas City.
Nick’s Picks | Rally, Debate, Data Center and More …
Election season is in full swing, with the U.S. Senate race in Kansas taking center stage, including President Donald Trump holding a rally in Wichita.
Kansas City Cooks as Site for National Anti-ICE Dinner Series
Celebrated chefs from throughout the metro collaborated for three nights on dinners that raised money for a local immigrant-rights nonprofit.
Nick’s Picks | Top Cop, Mission Mall, Lucas’ Travels and More …
Nick Haines also has the lowdown on information for the upcoming election, the arrival of fall and Kansas City’s Day of the Dead celebration.
Nick’s Picks | I-70, Tax Break, School Petition, and More …
An Interstate 70 closure, a tax rebate for Jackson County property owners, a school closure petition, and more …
Kansas City Helping Renters Avoid Eviction
On any given Thursday, a small hallway in the Jackson County Courthouse crowds with tenants, landlords, and attorneys arriving for their scheduled hearings and trials. The scene unfolds on Floor 7M, which is half the height of the building’s other levels, and is where Associate Circuit Judge Mary Weir recently worked through 55 eviction cases…
Catholic schism with local ties raises question about religious factionalism
Religious splits are as old as Adam and Eve, but does it really have to be that way?
Nick’s Picks | Costco, Homicides, Rain and More …
Is Missouri’s congressional map saga over? It seems so, but who knows if there will be another twist or turn. That story and more …
Nick’s Picks | Obama Visits KC, Debates and Fall’s Arrival
Obama in KC With Election Day just six weeks away, some of the nation’s top political names are now rolling through Kansas City. Last week, Vice President JD Vance was in town. This week, it’s Barack Obama. The former president takes the stage Saturday at the Overland Park Convention Center for a leadership event hosted…
Preparations Aside, KC World Cup was Quiet for Hospitals, Police
Officials said months of planning will serve them well in the year’s to come through improved collaboration.
Nick’s Picks | Veep, Gerrymandering, Football and More …
Vance Lands in KC Again … Vice President JD Vance will make two stops in the Kansas City area today, his second visit to the metro in less than four months. The White House says Vance will visit a federal law enforcement facility in Kansas City, Missouri, to highlight the Trump administration’s crackdown on fraud….