News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
KC Live! Cautiously Welcomes Big 12 Basketball Fans
KC Live! is welcoming fans to the Big 12 Basketball Tournament starting today, but like the event itself, it’s following pandemic health guidelines and won’t host the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds of previous years. The open-air, canopied courtyard that normally can accommodate 5,000 people will require everyone entering to be seated at tables socially-distanced on the main…
Free Gigabit Project Bridges Digital Divide in Lawrence Public Housing
The Lawrence Douglas County Housing Authority provides free gigabit internet to residents to bridge the digital divide during the pandemic.
Barney Allis Plaza Looks to Washington to Fund $70M Overhaul
By Kevin Collison A plan to revive Barney Allis Plaza from crumbling civic embarrassment to a showcase for the 2023 NFL Draft is moving ahead with anticipation that Washington will help finance the estimated $70 million undertaking. The City Council voted last week to approve funding a final design plan to have the project “shovel-ready”…
Unhoused and Unheard: Temporary Fixes Fall Short of Demands for Unhoused Community
The pandemic has exacerbated the homeless crisis in Kansas City, and advocates for the unhoused are pushing for more permanent solutions.
Maxus Pursuing $45M Apartment Project at Third and Oak
By Kevin Collison Maxus Properties has submitted a preliminary proposal to the city for what would be an 11-story, 234-unit apartment project at Third and Oak in the River Market. The firm, which also is redeveloping the former AT&T building at 500 E. Eighth St., anticipates the $45 million project would not begin construction until…
Nick’s Picks | Big 12 Basketball, Big Checks and Other Big News
Nick Haines provides a rundown on the news to know this week in Kansas City.
KC Symphony Moving to Webster House, New Movement for Old School
By Kevin Collison The historic Webster House at 17th and Wyandotte will be the new headquarters of the Kansas City Symphony, returning music and life to the building closed by philanthropist Shirley Helzberg last summer because of the Covid pandemic. “We are delighted that our Symphony will have a new home and will be able…
KC Symphony Moving to Webster House, New Movement for Old School
The historic Webster House will be the new headquarters of the Kansas City Symphony, returning music and life to the building closed by philanthropist Shirley Helzberg last summer because of the COVID pandemic.
Forget the Alamo, Remember the B&B?
(Editor’s note, April 23: Cordish and B&B Theatres confirmed a lease has been signed for the historic Mainstreet Theater. “B&B, a family-owned and -operated company out of Liberty, Missouri, plans to open the movie theatre after making some enhancements to the historic space later this year,” according to the press release. “B&B has exciting plans…
B&B Theatres Ponders Deal to Reopen Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
B&B Theatres of Liberty, which operates 429 screens in nine states, would like to take over the downtown theater that’s been entertaining Kansas City audiences since 1921 now that Alamo has called it quits.