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Water Lantern Moon Festival returns to Overland Park to celebrate start of fall
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Culture, community and good wishes for the future came together in Overland Park as the Water Lantern Moon Festival returned to celebrate the start of fall. This year’s event featured cultural performances, like Peking opera and lion and dragon dances, all ending with the signature...
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5 Mom and Pop Restaurants in Olathe, Kansas that Locals Swear By
Olathe, Kansas is a city that hums with the quiet confidence of the Midwest—where red-brick storefronts line sunlit streets, where the scent of cut grass and barbecue mingles in the air, where families gather in parks and neighbors greet each other by name. It’s a place where the old and the new dance together: historic downtown squares, sprawling new developments, and the gentle sprawl of prairie all stitched together by the stories of those who call it home.
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Kansas City to pay $900,000 to resolve lawsuit linked to viral Harrison Butker tweet
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New Parade of Hearts Piece Finds a Home in De Soto
One of the 2026 Parade of Hearts pieces, “Goals in the Sky – A Kansas City Dreamscape,” created by Carol Waller, is officially ours!. For now, you can catch it outside City Hall — but it won’t be sitting on the sidelines for long. Once work wraps up at the new soccer complex later this fall, “Goals in the Sky” will head to its home field at Riverfest Park.
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Kansas City's pioneering Black queer nightclub Soakie’s honored with a historic marker downtown
Soakie’s, one of Kansas City’s last Black gay bars, closed its doors more than 20 years ago. But last Saturday, the critical gathering space got a permanent acknowledgement when the city of Kansas City, in partnership with community archive Black/queer Kansas City (stylized as {B/qKC}) installed a historical marker at the H&R Block Pavilion, across from the site of the original Soakie’s location.
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KU's Day on the Hill returns with Grammy award-winning punk rock band
The University of Kansas returns after 19 years with its three-decade-old tradition: Day on the Hill, an outdoor concert featuring Grammy Award-winning rock band Turnstile on Oct. 6, 2026, starting at 6:30 p.m. Dating back 34 years, Day on the Hill originated on May 2, 1992, with a historic Pearl...
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Prince of Peace Oktoberfest celebrates fifth year with biggest festival yet
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka got a taste of German culture at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church’s fifth annual Oktoberfest. The festival brought the community together for a day of German food, live music and family-friendly activities. This year’s fest is the largest yet, with about 100 local vendors...
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The Roseline + Gracie Hughes and Her Band at Replay Lounge
On Oct. 3, local Americana band The Roseline celebrated the release of their newest album, “86 Gumption,” at the Replay Lounge. Following the album’s Aug. 7 release, frontman Colin Halliburton embarked on a solo tour of the U.K. and Sweden, performing acoustic versions of their songs in cities including Manchester, London, High Wycombe, Stockholm, and Falkenberg. Reunited once more, the band celebrated the release on Oct. 2nd at Hillside’s in Kansas City, Kansas, before returning to Lawrence.
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Video Vault: Legacy of Oz
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - In this Video Vault episode, we celebrate the legacy of Oz. For the first time in a very long time, you can watch The Wizard of Oz on free broadcast television. You can watch The Wizard of Oz on 13.2 (MyTV) at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2.
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This Tiny Missouri Museum Is The Hidden Gem That Deserves A Spot On Your Bucket List
Somewhere between your morning coffee and your evening scroll through social media, history has been quietly waiting for you in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Missouri Town Living History Museum isn’t just a place you visit, it’s a place that visits you right back, and it does so with the kind of charm that makes you forget you ever owned a smartphone.
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Grammy Winners Turnstile Revive KU's Day on the Hill After 19-Year Gap
Grammy-winning hardcore band Turnstile headlines a revived Day on the Hill concert at the University of Kansas on October 6, bringing a once-free campus tradition back to life as a ticketed event for the first time in nearly two decades. The Baltimore group will be joined by pop artist Slayyyter and Austin rock band Die Spitz at The Hill, the Lawrence site where KU's main campus was founded in the late 1800s.
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Kaw Valley Field Day to feature Split Lip Rayfield, pumpkin patch, local food
Kaw Valley Field Day is returning for a second year to invite people of all ages to the river valley for an evening of fun and education. The event will run from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at Shirk Farm, 1359 North 1900 Road. It’s free to attend.
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Historic Olathe home gets new life as a locally owned bookstore
Rainy afternoons and good books often go hand and hand, and Thursday was no exception. As rain hit the windows at 3 of Cups, downtown Olathe residents and business owners peeked into the area’s new bookstore, browsing the shelves for their next read. “They’ve all been super supportive and...
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A Sunken 1856 Steamboat Left Behind 200 Tons Of Frontier Cargo At This Missouri Museum
This is one of those museum stories that sounds made up until you see the evidence. A steamboat sank in 1856, disappeared under the Missouri River landscape, and sat there for more than a century with tons of cargo still packed inside. When it was finally dug up, the haul...
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Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares comes to Topeka
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Kansas City to pay $900,000 to resolve lawsuit linked to viral Harrison Butker tweet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A $900,000 settlement puts Kansas City taxpayers on the hook after the city’s former social media manager alleged discrimination and retaliation. The Kansas City Council authorized the payout to settle discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment claims filed by April Leonard. The settlement funds will be drawn from the city’s Public Official Liability Legal Expense Fund.
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KC Wheel: Permit filed to tear down vacant buildings as neighbors await promised entertainment district
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new application filed with the city is seeking to demolish buildings near the Kansas City Wheel, three years after officials announced plans for an entertainment district at the site. Development plans. When the Wheel was announced three years ago, plans also included dining and...