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ABC Affiliate News Veteran Announces Retirement After Nearly 40 Years

ABC affiliate KMBC 9 has announced the retirement of veteran reporter Johnny Rowlands. After decades of reporting for Kansas City viewers, Rowlands will leave the station, marking the end of an era. His work was praised in a statement given by the station’s president and general manager. ABC affiliate...

Kansas City, MO · 1d

kansascitymag.com

Some of music’s biggest names played Kansas City’s high school gyms, converted ballrooms and hippie hangouts

Before The Who were rock legends, they were getting kicked off the stage at a suburban Kansas City high school. It was November 1967, and the British rockers were the opening act for The Buckinghams at the brand-new Shawnee Mission South High School. But when the band launched into its equipment-smashing finale during “My Generation,” the principal apparently had seen enough. The show was over.

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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The Savoy In Downtown Kansas City Brings New Life To A Historic Dining Room

Some dining rooms are older than the cars parked outside them by about a century. In downtown Kansas City, one of them still opens its doors for breakfast and dinner, with stained glass, murals, and a booth where a president liked to sit. The building dates back to 1903, and...

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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A Kansas City theater is bringing classic movies to the historic Elmwood Cemetery

When Suzanne Owens came up with the idea to show films at Elmwood Cemetery last year, she was certain that there’d be an audience. “I love cemeteries in general, so it just kind of made sense to me,” Owens said with a laugh. “It's a very niche thing, but I know that there are enough like-minded people in Kansas City that would think that a movie in a cemetery is — if they think it's creepy, it's a good creepy.”

Kansas City, MO · 19h

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Horse-drawn Christmas parade to return to downtown Lawrence

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade will return this December, bringing horse-drawn carriages and wagons for a holiday tradition spanning decades. The parade, set to begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, features historically accurate replicas of vehicles from the late 1800s and early 1900s, with...

Lawrence, KS · 1d

fox4kc.com

Kansas City Zoo expects its first elephant calf in 2027

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An elephant at the Kansas City Zoo will give birth to Kansas City’s first-ever elephant calf in late 2027. Zuri is a 17-year-old African elephant that was brought to KC from a Utah zoo a few years ago. The zoo announced Zuri’s pregnancy on...

Kansas City, MO · 1d

johnsoncountypost.com

Crowd packs Blue Valley school board meeting to protest cuts to Chinese Immersion, arts and libraries

Only standing room was left in the Blue Valley Board of Education room Monday night — families, students, teachers and community members alike filled the room, spilling into the hall, to protest recent budget cuts. Blue Valley is cutting more than $16 million between this year and next to...

Overland Park, KS · 1d

kcur.org

Watching movies and waging battle at the cemetery

Watching movies at night in a cemetery full of gravestones and mausoleums isn’t for everyone, but these film lovers in Kansas City say "it's a good creepy." Plus: A new book reveals the long history behind a Native American tribe’s fight to save a sacred burial ground in Kansas City, Kansas.

Kansas City, KS · 19h

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You’re Invited to the Brookside Holiday Events This Weekend

Our Brookside shops and restaurants are ready to usher you into the holiday season with some fun and festive events starting tomorrow evening! Here’s a quick rundown:. Several merchants along 63rd St will be open late, offering sips, snacks and holiday deals for shoppers; restaurants will have themed specials as well from 5-8pm.

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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Steamboat Arabia Museum considering St. Joseph

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- In a conversation on Wednesday, Steamboat Arabia Museum co-owner David Hawley confirmed that the museum is considering St. Joseph as a possible home. Over 150 years after it set sail on the Missouri River with an intent to make one of its many stops in St. Joseph, the boat may finally be making its way to the home of the Pony Express.

St Joseph, MO · 2d

kcur.org

Lyda Conley saved a Kansas City, Kansas, cemetery. A new book traces the fight across generations

Lyda Conley devoted her entire life to protecting the land now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground in Kansas City, Kansas, and the retelling of her story often starts when she and her sisters, Helena and Ida, built a 6-by-8-foot shack to take up residence over their parents’ graves.

Kansas City, KS · 1d

KCTV 5

Ten shows, one stage: Thundergong returns to Uptown

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Thundergong, Jason Sudeikis’ hometown benefit for the Steps of Faith Foundation, is sold out for Saturday night at Uptown Theater. The event raises money for prosthetic limbs for people who cannot afford them. Weird Al, Will Forte and Sam Richardson are on the bill.

Kansas City, MO · 11h

martincitytelegraph.com

Light ’em up! Christmas tree lighting ceremonies start as early as this weekend

It seems holiday celebrations start earlier every year. This year is no different. Brookside turns Christmas into a three-day celebration starting Thursday, November 12, with a Brookside Cocktail Crawl from 5-8 pm. On Friday, November 13, the Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony runs from 5-8 pm with Santa, music and activities. Finally on Saturday, November 14, Cookies, Cocoa & Crafts runs from 11 am – 2 pm at the various shops.

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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A new Kansas City play explores what immigrants carry with them — and what they leave behind

For Alberto Racanati, living as an immigrant in Kansas City is a lot like living in limbo. Even after living in the U.S. for more than a decade, away from his home country of Italy, Racanati still feels a sense of transience. “I kind of live in this space in...

Kansas City, MO · 19h

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Kasey Jackson Spoke Out When Her Son Elijah's Cancer Hospital Was Left Out of Marketplace Plans. Now Children's Mercy Is In-Network With UnitedHealthcare for 2027.

Children's Mercy will be in-network with UnitedHealthcare ACA Marketplace plans Jan. 1, 2027. Dec. 15 is the deadline to enroll for coverage that starts then. The post Kasey Jackson Spoke Out When Her Son Elijah’s Cancer Hospital Was Left Out of Marketplace Plans. Now Children’s Mercy Is In-Network With UnitedHealthcare for 2027. appeared first on parentdiaries.com .

Kansas City, KS · 6h

KCTV 5

Kansas City Auto Museum leaving Olathe, seeking new home

The Kansas City Automotive Museum is closing its Olathe location after 12 years and searching for a new home.

Olathe, KS · 3d

lawrencekstimes.com

Kansas had a postpunk revolution; learn about it at this Lawrence event

The description of a new book on the postpunk revolution in Kansas taunts the reader: “Flyover Country? Fly over THIS.”. “No Choice But Action: The Kansas Postpunk Revolution” by Francis X. Connor and Darren DeFrain focuses on the postpunk movement that swept Kansas from 1978 to 1994. “The...

Lawrence, KS · 3d

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Veterans Day visitors learn of Truman's military service at his library, museum

Visitors to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday in Independence learned more about the former president's life of military service.

Independence, MO · 2d

lawrencekstimes.com

Lawrence Public Library to open branch in west Lawrence

The Lawrence Public Library will open a new west Lawrence location next summer, marking its first expansion out of downtown. The new 6,400-square-foot storefront will be located at 3514 Clinton Parkway in the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, in the space formerly occupied by Beauty Brands. “Having a second location in...

Lawrence, KS · 4d

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New Documentary Highlights Program that Brings Children and Incarcerated Parents Together to Play Free - Beyond Prison Walls

TOPEKA, Kan. (KPR) — One in 28 American children has a parent in jail. What if those kids had the opportunity to play and interact with their incarcerated parents beyond the prison walls?. That's exactly what's happening in Kansas thanks to a program operated by the Kansas Children's Discovery...

Topeka, KS · 3d