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Major Religions in the Metro
For some, ice cream is a religion. But our graphic examines how other, more mainstream religions, measure up in Kansas City.
Disabled Veteran Battles the VA and Wins
As part of our ongoing Veterans Coming Home project, Special Projects Reporter Mike McGraw and videographer Cole Blaise highlight a disabled veteran who took on the system and won. “I’m a vet, and I want the VA to be as good as it can be,” he says.
Lidia Bastianich Checks In on Boys Grow
From FLOAT to the farm we go this week, as celebrity chef — and apparent fig thrower — Lidia Bastianich visits a non-profit that teaches young urban men to get their hands dirty.
Sympathetic Vibrations | It Wasn’t Built in a Day
What’s it take to make a festival run as smoothly as beer flowing from a tap? A lot. We talk to organizers and take a time-lapse look of set-up in advance of tomorrow’s Boulevardia kick off.
The Hero’s Journey
For this beautiful black-and-white look at the Warrior’s Ascent academy, photographer Chase Castor followed veterans and first responders through the course. It’s part of our ongoing Veterans Coming Home project.
Hot Style in the City
We were also on hand this weekend for the West 18th Street Fashion Show, which has gone from a few folding chairs to sorta a big deal. Our video takes you there.
5 Bar Bites to Help You Travel the World Without Leaving KC
Maybe you’re kid free and have booked passage for a month in Malta. Maybe the whole family is heading to the Lake for a long weekend this summer. Either way, we take you around the world on a bar stool, as food writer Pete Dulin details five local bars with international flair.
From Turner to Tokyo
When you’ve figured out the weekend plans, catch this profile of a youth well-spent. In collaboration with The Pitch, we say: Go, Missy, go.
Blessing the Barbecue
For more international flair, there’s a Middle Eastern grocery and halal butcher shop in Lenexa that’s drawing a crowd. With Ramadan beginning this week, it’s the shop’s busiest month of the year.
Francois and Berenice Chouteau
Today their names grace our highways, city districts and restaurants. But before Chouteau was a trafficway, it was the name of an immigrant couple who used their honeymoon to discover new land. Before McCoy’s was a good place to get a beer, it was a family of missionaries whose son would use his business savvy…