Kansas City PBS is Now Live on YouTube TV

KCPT announced today that it is now streaming live on YouTube TV.

Twelfth Street Recreation

A Sporting Joint in Old Downtown

Flatland’s curiousKC team takes a trip down memory lane at Twelfth Street Recreation, also known as to some as Miller’s Recreation.

Kansas City Southern headquarters with a city-owned parking lot in the foreground.

Planned Convention Center Garage Has Potential Partner–Kansas City Southern

By Kevin Collison A growing Kansas City Southern wants to explore a potential partnership with the city developing property next door slated for a proposed convention center garage. Last week, the City Council agreed to purchase the so-called Carpenter site at 1200 Broadway for a planned garage. The decision was supported by a top railroad…

A homeless person sleeps on a bench as volunteers and homeless outreach officials walk in the area during the Point In Time Homeless Census in Miami.

Church Reaches Settlement With City On Homeless Shelter in Lenexa

The city of Lenexa and Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church have reached a settlement over a proposed homeless shelter.

Uzi Pecina en Dallas

Forever 18: Uzi Pecina Seemed OK, But He Wasn’t

Uzi Pecina seemed like he was OK. He wasn’t.

Uzi Pecina en Dallas

Por siempre 18: Uzi Pecina aparentaba estar bien, pero no era así

Los expertos recomiendan hablar con niños a temprana edad para frenar el estigma asociado con salud mental

Council Abruptly Revises $140M Waddell & Reed Deal, Delays Vote

By Kevin Collison The Kansas City Council abruptly changed the terms of the $140 million Waddell & Reed headquarters development deal Thursday, injecting last-minute uncertainty to a project that’s expected to bring 1,000 well-paid jobs to downtown. In a substitute amendment introduced during the Council meeting, a 15-year, 75 percent property tax abatement that was…

A wrestler takes another wrestler off the turnbuckle and through a table.

Bingo Hall Brawlers Battle for Big Time

Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling (KCXW) operates at the periphery of big-time professional wrestling, developing wrestlers hoping to one day appear on national TV.

Hanadi Almansour

Finding Refuge in KC | Hanadi Almansour

Hanadi Almansour and her family found both refuge and healing after fleeing Syria for Kansas City.

WyCo Considers $2M Share in West Bottoms Bridge Entertainment/Trail Project

By Kevin Collison It’s show me the money time for an ambitious proposal to convert the old Rock Island Railroad Bridge over the Kaw River into a West Bottoms recreation and entertainment destination. Flying Truss LLC, the developer behind the concept, has reached a tentative agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County for $2…

A basketball coach and player bump fists

Weekend Possibilities | A Plethora of Holiday Season Festivities

Flatland’s weekend possibilities offers a plethora of holiday season festivities.

Vanessa Lacy is a painter and gallery owner

Behind the Mise En Scène | Vanessa Lacy

Vanessa Lacy’s landmark-themed paintings adorn corporate offices and private homes in Kansas City and across the country. But she also uses her gallery to help foster a thriving artistic community.

Public Garage Plan Revived at 12th & Broadway, Land Deal Back Before Council

(Updated: The City Council Finance Committee endorsed the purchase agreement for the proposed garage site at its meeting today (Dec. 11) and the matter is scheduled to be considered by the full Council tomorrow) By Kevin Collison A plan to build a city parking garage at 12th and Broadway that was narrowly defeated last month…

Jan Kraybill with the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ

Jan Kraybill Hits All the Right Notes

The excitement of the small volunteer church choir couldn’t be contained. After all, sitting at the piano keyboard was Jan Kraybill, who just hours earlier had received a Grammy nomination. The enthusiastic applause that night in the sanctuary of the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park was just one of countless congratulatory accolades…

American Graduate Town Hall

American Graduate Town Hall | Anticipating Future Jobs

KCPT’s American Graduate town hall reveals that in an ever-changing workforce, a skill set that improves adaptability is highly coveted.