News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Splitlog Coffee Opening Soon Next to New ArtsBlock Project
By Kevin Collison The timing couldn’t have been better for brothers Adam and Caleb Wittmer to open their new Splitlog Coffee off Independence Avenue in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood near downtown. On Tuesday, the new ArtsBlock development, a mixed-use project featuring affordable lofts geared toward artists along with gallery and classroom space, was holding its…
Pondering the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
Kansas City experts are teaming up to consider the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence in health care.
The Arts Asylum Opens Satellite Gallery in Crossroads
By Kevin Collison The Arts Asylum has longed for a presence in the Crossroads, and has finally found its opportunity beginning this First Friday thanks to a financial services business that welcomes creativity. Premier Financial Partners, an eight-employee firm that opened on the ground level of the Campbell Lofts building four years ago, has agreed…
Witnessing World AIDS Day
“You observe World AIDS Day, you don’t celebrate it,” Reverend Eric D. Williams clarified, “you use this day as an opportunity to educate and prevent the spread of the disease because it is not over.”
MAC Submits Armour Crossing Design, Plan Commission Next Up
By Kevin Collison The empty intersection of Troost and Armour would be transformed into a hub of mid-rise apartment buildings with hundreds residents, according to design plans recently filed by the developer of Armour Crossing. It’s been more than 15 months since the Kansas City Council approved the general Armour Crossing redevelopment plan being pursued…
Kansas City PBS Awarded Grant to Expand News Coverage
Kansas City PBS has been awarded a grant from Report for America that will help pay for expanded coverage of rural issues in the region.
Latina Veteran Pursues Healing Through Poetry
For Iraq War veteran Lucky Garcia, poetry has become a form of therapy and fuel for her activism in Kansas City.
Corvino Opens Ravenous as Take-Out Lunch Option Until Spring
Ravenous, the outdoor casual café the Corvino Supper Club had planned to open last summer, has quietly started operation as a take-out lunch option until warmer weather returns. “Due to construction challenges and consequential city licensing, it did not get completed until earlier this month,” Christina Corvino said in a recent press release. “As it…
Finding Refuge in KC | Engoma Fataki
Engoma Fataki found refuge in Kansas City by pursuing an education.
Sincerely Ellis Women’s Clothing Expands in West Bottoms
By Kevin Collison Sincerely Ellis, the women’s clothing and accessory shop in the West Bottoms, likes making its patrons feel welcome, including their kids. “When customers come into our store, we want to know their names, how their days are going and what toys their kids like so they can play while their moms are…