News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Hey Kansas Taxpayers: Do You Want To Save Nearly A Million Bucks?
A Nov. 5 Kansas ballot question would eliminate a constitutionally mandated adjustment of federal census numbers, which is designed to ensure college students and military members in the state are counted in the location of their permanent residence.
New Playground Opens at West Terrace Park
By Kevin Collison Downtown boosters like to say it’s becoming a place where people can live, work and play, and last week a couple hundred kids from Crossroads Academy embraced that concept with joy at the opening of a new playground at West Terrace Park. While the 45-degree temps and wind made for a chilly…
Bringing Out the Dead: The Great Stockyard Fire of 1917
One of the biggest agricultural disasters in Kansas City history occurred in 1917, when a fire scorched the stockyard in the West Bottoms, leaving thousands of dead cattle and hogs charred in its wake.
Avenue Logistics Relocating Office from Kansas to Crossroads
Avenue Logistics is relocating its 30 employees from Overland Park to a renovated building at 18th and McGee in the East Crossroads. The firm will open its new offices in what’s now called the 18McGee building by the end of the year, according to a press release. “When we were looking for our new offices,…
Platform Ventures Plans 2020 Start for 14-Story Downtown Office Project
Platform Ventures plans to begin work early next year on a 14-story office project in downtown Kansas City.
Platform Ventures Plans Early 2020 Start for 14-Story Office Project
(Editor’s note: Updated May 21. Platform Ventures was approved for a $70 million bond to build its 14-story office project by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Thursday. The previously approved incentive package remains unchanged. The firm plans to begin demolition soon on a vacant garage on the development site. A groundbreaking for the tower…
Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America Celebrates a Decade
The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) has been quietly collecting material documenting the LGBT experience in the region for nearly a decade.
MaRKET ASSEMBLY Launch Pad for Unique Women’s Product Ideas
By Kevin Collison To the casual shopper, MaRKET ASSEMBLY appears to be a typical upscale boutique geared toward women looking for unique clothes, home decor and other items. But there’s a lot more going on behind the shop at 110 Southwest Boulevard in the Crossroads. Literally. The products being sold are where the branding and…
Kansas Authorities Join National Counterparts In Trying To Contain Vaping Illnesses
Kansas health authorities are joining national counterparts In trying to contain vaping illnesses.
Four New Residential Floors Planned Atop Existing Building on Grand
By Kevin Collison A two-story building at 16th and Grand would be transformed into a 20-unit apartment project by adding four floors to the existing structure, according to a development plan submitted to City Hall. Hive Design Collaborative plans to build the addition atop the existing commercial building at 1532 Grand. It currently is occupied…