News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Penn Valley Campus Adding Engineering Technology Building
The engineering technology program at Metropolitan Community College is being relocated to the school’s Penn Valley campus near downtown and will be housed in a $7.2 million addition that began construction last month. The new MCC Engineering Technology building is going up on the south side of the Penn Valley Carter Art Center and the…
Not a Luxury: Pandemic Highlights Digital Divide in Rural Areas
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the broadband digital divide in rural Kansas and Missouri.
One Less Egg in Downtown’s Breakfast Basket, Denny’s Closes
(Editor’s note: After this article was posted, breakfast lovers responded via social media about other downtown options including the Town Topic, Spokes Café|Cyclery, Banksia, the Opera House and hotel restaurants.) By Kevin Collison The Denny’s restaurant at 16th and Broadway has closed, leaving a breakfast-starved downtown with fewer options, but clearing the table for a…
Voters Repeal Clean Missouri Redistricting Plan They Enacted in 2018
Missouri voters on Tuesday repealed a constitutional amendment they enacted in 2018 that would have required legislative districts be drawn to ensure partisan fairness.
Police Keep Eyes on the Street, and on Racial Disparity Data
Missouri data suggests that Black drivers are targeted for law enforcement stops far more than other racial groups. But perspectives differ on what the information does and doesn’t prove,
Developer Snaps Up Buildings on Main Near Planned Streetcar Stops
By Kevin Collison Exact Partners is continuing to snap up properties along the planned streetcar extension on Main Street, purchasing two office buildings at corners near where stops will be located at 31st and 39th streets. The firm, which includes Caleb Buland of Exact Architects and his partner Ilan Salzberg of Denver, is investing $10…
Tap List | The Kansas City Raptors? We’ll Drink to That
The 3Halves Brewing Co. in Liberty has created a Canadian style beer in support of Kansas City’s pitch to temporarily host the NBA’s Toronto Raptors basketball franchise during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Developer Snaps Up Buildings on Main Near Planned Streetcar Stops
Exact Partners is continuing to snap up properties along the planned streetcar extension on Main Street, purchasing two office buildings at corners near where stops will be located at 31st and 39th streets.
Shaping the Future of the Missouri River
Kansas City is striving to strike a balance that allows the Missouri River to serve our competing needs for recreation, navigation, economic development and clean water.
New Voice for Growing Downtown Residential Community
By Kevin Collison If the residents of greater downtown could elect their own mayor, Jared Campbell would likely be a top candidate. Campbell moved to Quality Hill in 2002 after graduating from William Jewell College, met his future wife in the elevator of their apartment building, helped start the Downtown Neighborhood Association, and has been…