News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
A Therapist’s Advice: 5 Ways to Navigate Fraught Conversations with Family
These tips may help avoid a recipe for family disaster this holiday season.
Booming Business: Guns Are a Hot Gift Item This Holiday Season
Guns sales are booming in 2020, and firearms are expected to be a popular gift this holiday season.
Union Station Completes Family Scrapbook with Holiday Reflections
By Kevin Collison Faced with the prospect of the Covid Grinch stealing its most popular season, Union Station has improvised a holiday experience it hopes will provide families with festive memories after a tumultuous year. “We didn’t want to cancel the holidays,” said George Guastello, president and CEO of Union Station. “We don’t want kids…
Border Brewing Relocating to Bigger Crossroads Digs This Spring
By Kevin Collison Border Brewing, the pioneering brewer that launched the East Crossroads craft beer scene in 2015, is relocating to a new space this spring more than double the size of its current digs at 406 E. 18th St. Proprietor Eric Martens said his decision to lease a 3,200 square-foot building a block away…
Four Emmys Go To… Kansas City PBS
Kansas City PBS has been recognized with four regional Emmy awards for 2020.
Nick’s Picks | Everything You Need to Know This Thanksgiving Week
Nick Haines provides an overview of new COVID-19 restrictions and how they will affect Thanksgiving in Kansas City.
Rival Plans to Develop Apartments by City Market Include 12-Story Tower
By Kevin Collison Two rival apartment plans are being pitched for a public parking lot next to the City Market, one a 12-story tower proposed by an Indianapolis developer, the other a five-story project submitted by a local group. The two developers, Flaherty & Collins of Indy and locally-based RM Housing Partners LLC, responded to…
CDC Confirms Kansas Mask Mandates Helped Reduce COVID-19 Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published new research that reaffirms mask mandates helped slow the spread of COVID-19 in Kansas’ largest counties.
Mercury Room Lifts Downtown Cocktail Scene to New Level
By Kevin Collison The Mercury Room cocktail lounge has opened its glamorous perch atop the new 14-story REVERB apartment building in the Crossroads with sky-high views of downtown and lofty drink prices to match. The latest creation from the team that brought The Monarch at the Plaza and Verdigris in Leawood’s Park Place is a…