The Weekend Starts Today
This one’s tricky — it has to bridge a gap between the loose-limbed charm of Father’s Day and the balls-to-the-wall blowout known as the Fourth of July. Not to worry. There’s still plenty to do. It might start with a short road trip 40 miles west to Downtown Lawrence. There you can see what the…
Disabled Veteran Battles the VA and Wins
As part of our ongoing Veterans Coming Home project, Special Projects Reporter Mike McGraw and videographer Cole Blaise highlight a disabled veteran who took on the system and won. “I’m a vet, and I want the VA to be as good as it can be,” he says.
Take 5 For Your Health
Rural Kansas Hospital Thrives By Keeping Patients Out Of The Hospital Rural hospitals are struggling to stay open as the communities around them shrink and average patient counts drop as well. A study released earlier this year said one in three rural U.S. hospitals is at risk of closing. But one small hospital in southwest Kansas…
The Power of Play
To make a paper doll you need paper, utensils used for drawing and/or coloring, an imagination, and illustrated clothing for the doll. Now, go back 150 years and make that paper doll black. To the previous list of materials, add a hidden agenda, hatred and cruelty toward a certain people, and a narrow definition of…
A Trans-Atlantic Flight Without Fuel: Solar Impulse Leaves New York On Ambitious Trip
The Solar Impulse 2 plane is being flown across the Atlantic Ocean on a four-day trip to Spain. The solar-powered craft took off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport early Monday.
Bistro 913 Brings Mom’s Poke Recipe from Hawaii to Kansas City
First-time restaurant owner Steven Nguyen, who opened Bistro 913 in April, says he learned most of what he knows about Hawaiian cuisine and restaurant operations from his mother. Certainly, she’s one to study. Nguyen, son of a Vietnamese mother and French father, was born in Vietnam and grew up in Hawaii, where his mother, Judy…
The Prudhomme Farm
Today their names grace our highways, city districts and restaurants. But before Chouteau was a trafficway, it was the name of an immigrant couple who used their honeymoon to discover new land. Before McCoy’s was a good place to get a beer, it was a family of missionaries whose son would use his business savvy…
Lidia Bastianich Checks In on Boys Grow
From FLOAT to the farm we go this week, as celebrity chef — and apparent fig thrower — Lidia Bastianich visits a non-profit that teaches young urban men to get their hands dirty.
It Doesn’t Pay To Be An Early-Childhood Teacher
On average, preschool teachers are paid less than mail-order clerks, tree trimmers and pest control workers. And if they switched to teach kindergarten — in many states, their salaries would double.
Fiesta Kansas City & Other Weekend Possibilities
Fiesta Kansas City runs all weekend at Crown Center. The 16th annual event, put on by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, is a great mashup of music, food and drinks. There’s also a jalapeno-eating contest and tortilla-rolling contest. It’s free admission before 4 p.m. and $10 per day ($20 for a weekend…
Sympathetic Vibrations | It Wasn’t Built in a Day
What’s it take to make a festival run as smoothly as beer flowing from a tap? A lot. We talk to organizers and take a time-lapse look of set-up in advance of tomorrow’s Boulevardia kick off.
Dangerous Jobs, Cheap Meat | While New Safety Efforts are Underway, Injuries are Still Part of the Job
The meatpacking plants that enable American consumers to find cheap hamburger and chicken wings in the grocery store are among the most dangerous places to work in the country. Federal regulators and meat companies agree more must be done to make slaughterhouses safer, and while there are signs the industry is stepping up its efforts,…
The Hero’s Journey
For this beautiful black-and-white look at the Warrior’s Ascent academy, photographer Chase Castor followed veterans and first responders through the course. It’s part of our ongoing Veterans Coming Home project.
The Weekend Starts Today
It’s Father’s Day weekend in KC. OK, actually it’s Father’s Day weekend everywhere. But we’re celebrating right here in KC. You should too. If you are lucky enough to have a dad, or to be one, make sure to get out and enjoy some of what the city has to offer. Dads and baseball are…
Fervere and Ibis Bakery Merge Daily Bread Menus
Fervere (1702 Summit Street) is about to embark on a new path forward. The bread shop, which opened on the Westside in 2000, will begin offering a regular assortment of pastries tomorrow. It’s a small, but subtle shift, at the bakery that was intentionally built to produce a limited amount of bread because of its…