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Two modern golf courses in Kansas rank among the country’s best by Golfweek
Two modern Kansas golf courses — one near Wichita and one in the Kansas City area — have landed on Golfweek’s list of the top 200 modern golf courses in the U.S. The rankings come from a panel of hundreds of Golfweek members who rate courses on a 10-point scale.
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Pleasant Hill Weighs Kitchen Nightmares Filming Request at Big Creek Cafe
Pleasant Hill officials are weighing whether to accommodate a five-day television production in the city’s downtown district. KCTV reported that Kitchen Nightmares applied to film at Big Creek Cafe from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. The request goes beyond filming inside the restaurant. The proposed schedule calls for daily...
culturalcreatives.org
Look Back at These 12 Lost Missouri Street Corner Sights and See What You Still Remember
Missouri’s lost streetscapes span more than one kind of memory. A former ballpark may still be vivid to someone who attended a game there, while a nineteenth-century hotel survives chiefly through photographs and family stories. A neighborhood’s disappearance carries a different weight again, involving homes and relationships rather than one admired facade.
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Gardner city council approves rezoning plan for entertainment district
GARDNER, Kan. — An entertainment district project is coming to Gardner, Kansas after city councilmembers unanimously approved a plan for construction on Monday. During Monday’s Gardner City Council Meeting, councilmembers voted to approve the rezoning of 214 acres of land across from Interstate 35 (I-35). The land is...
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Prairie Village backs early study of new Corinth Library near city hall
An early concept for a new Corinth Library branch at the Prairie Village municipal complex along Mission Road may be more thoroughly vetted. During a committee meeting on Monday, the Prairie Village City Council signaled support for a memorandum of understanding with Johnson County Library to explore a concept for a new Corinth branch at 7720 Mission Road, a few blocks north of the library’s current site at 8100 Mission Road.
kansascitymag.com
Rainy Day Books is adding a downtown location inside Made in KC’s new flagship
A second Rainy Day Books will open this fall inside Made in KC’s new flagship store in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District. And if a recent Saturday morning at its original Fairway shop is any indication, the nearly 50-year-old independent bookstore really knows how to draw a crowd, making a second location a logical next step.
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Baker librarians discuss staff cuts, changes and more at Collins Library
As part of recent personnel cuts across Baker’s campus, Collins Library has gone from four to just two staff members. These changes over the summer left Library Director Melanie Massey and Reference and Instruction Librarian Amanda Luke alone with little time to adjust before the school year began. “Juggling...
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‘Kitchen Nightmares’ to film in Pleasant Hill next week
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gordon Ramsay is bringing his popular show "Kitchen Nightmares" to the Kansas City area. Filming is set to begin in Pleasant Hill on Monday, Sept. 28, through Friday, Oct. 2. The production company filed a special events application to take over Big Creek Café and the...
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Belton holds public hearing on $250 million deal home to tax breaks for entertainment district
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Ryan has extensively covered the Uptown Entertainment District in Belton, Missouri. If you have comments or concerns, please reach out. Share your story idea with Ryan. — Editor's note: This article...
kansascitymag.com
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
If you find yourself confronted by a towering wall of books while walking along W. 10th Street, don’t worry—you did not fall down the rabbit hole. The impressive row of 25-foot-tall and 9-foot-wide books lining the south facade of the downtown Kansas City Public Library’s parking garage is the result of a 20-year-old library renovation. Known as The Community Bookshelf, the public art project was the brainchild of Jonathan Kemper, who served on the Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2022 and is now the library’s Operations Committee chair.
johnsoncountypost.com
Prairie Village Hispanic Heritage Celebration draws crowd despite mid-90s heat
Mexico’s cultural heritage took center stage at Prairie Village’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration Saturday afternoon at Harmon Park. A performance by Ballet Folklorico’s Itsï Asuli group showcased dances and costumes representing multiple states in Mexico, including Veracruz, Baja California and Jalisco. “It’s just a way for me...
WTOL 11
Topeka’s Hispanic Heritage Fest brings culture, music and fun
American Songwriter
Born 74 Years Ago Today in Kansas, the Loretta Lynn Band Member Who Found His Own Chart Success With Help From the Coal Miner’s Daughter
Born Kenneth Trebbe in Topeka, Kansas, on this day (September 21) in 1952, Kenny Starr achieved country music fame with his 1976 cover of the David Geddes song “The Blind Man in the Bleachers”. But far from being a one-hit wonder, Starr spent much of the 1970s touring with country music legend Loretta Lynn as a member of her band, the Coal Miners. Today, we’re taking a look at the life and career of Kenny Starr in honor of his 74th birthday.
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Topeka film festival welcomes spooky season early with sci-fi, horror screenings
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A film festival in Topeka gave locals an early look at sci-fi and horror movies ahead of the fall season. The Slash and Bash Film Fest has been showing films at Cosmos Court in downtown Topeka for over 20 years. The fest features seven movies, a...