News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Local Lynching Memorial Perseveres Despite Backlash
The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City is collaborating with the Equal Justice Initiative to collect jars of soil from the site of every lynching in Missouri.
Fight Over Mask Orders Growing at Rate to Rival Missouri Delta Variant Cases
Politicians are fighting over masks. Public health officials are begging people to get vaccinated. And meanwhile, the Delta variant continues to spread almost unchecked in Missouri.
Emergency Calls: What Do Kansas Citians Ask of Police?
A new program at the Kansas City Police Department is capturing more granular data about how often residents summon officers, and why.
Cerner Plans to Sell KCK Campus, Move Employees to South Kansas City
By Kevin Collison Cerner plans to sell its “Continuous Campus” in western Wyandotte County and relocate the remaining employees to its South Kansas City Bannister campus, according to an internal employee memo obtained by CityScene KC. The two-building office campus located at the entrance to Village West off Interstate 435 was developed as part of…
Cerner Plans to Sell KCK Campus, Move Employees to South Kansas City
Cerner Corp. plans to sell its “continuous campus” in western Wyandotte County and relocate the remaining employees to its South Kansas City Bannister campus.
Building at 17th and Washington Slated to Become Foodie Destination
By Kevin Collison The former Screenland property at 17th and Washington is about to become a foodie oasis, its parking lot replaced with a landscaped courtyard and stage, and the surrounding level hosting a restaurant, bar and market. Denver developer Ken Wolf, who recently purchased several buildings in downtown and the West Bottoms, wants to…
Remote Learning Report Card: Average GPA Increased at Missouri Universities During Pandemic
The average GPA increased at all of Missouri’s public universities from spring 2019, prior to the pandemic, to spring 2020, when remote instruction began.
Nick’s Picks | Mask Debate Heats Up Again With COVID Spike
The latest spike in COVID-19 cases has revived the debate over mask mandates.
Five Twenty East Opens, First Project in Big Armour Crossing Development
By Kevin Collison Mac Properties has completed Five Twenty East, the first of five apartment buildings planned as the $78 million Armour Crossing redevelopment. The seven-story building at 520 E. Armour is nestled among similar scale, former apartment-hotels built in the 1920s and 1930s along Armour from Main to Troost, and was designed to fit…
Native American View of Faith Celebrates Connections With All That Surrounds Us
The Kansas City Indian Center promotes Indigenous spiritual values and culture by weaving them into its various program.