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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...

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Leawood joins Prairie Village in leaving state Halo law out of city offense code

Leawood has become the second Johnson County municipality to decline including in city codes the new Kansas Halo law that requires a 25-foot buffer between first responders and civilians under certain circumstances while the responders are working. Prairie Village was the first city, rejecting it on Oct. 19. With virtually...

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The Kansas City Star

Chicken restaurant inside a KC brewery has closed. What's next for the concept?

A restaurant known for its fried chicken has closed its operations inside a Kansas City brewery, but according to a social media post, it may not be the end of the business. Vine Street Chicken Co. , which served chicken wings, tenders and sandwiches, opened its restaurant inside Vine Street Brewing Co. (2010 Vine St.) in February and had hoped it could serve locals and visitors during the World Cup festivities in Kansas City this summer. But as of Nov. 7, Vine Street Chicken has flown the coop and left the brewery. “Thank you, Kansas City! Vine Street Chicken opened as an amenity for Vine Street Brewing Company, to help support KC during the 2026 World Cup,” the statement said on Instagram. “Our final day was Nov. 7.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vine Street Chicken (@vinestreetchicken) Vine Street Brewing co-founder and KC musician Kemet Coleman confirmed the departure of the chicken pop-up over text message. Vine Street Chicken’s closure, he said, will not impact normal operations at Vine Street Brewing. For now, there is no food vendor at the site, but guests can bring their own food to pair with Vine Street’s beers. “As the

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Kansas City Couple Continues the Legacy of Hudson & Jane

In May, the sudden death of Rick Brehm left Hudson & Jane—the luxury men’s clothing store he founded in 2004 with his wife, Flo Ann—with an unclear future. Clarity came this fall. Hudson & Jane is a fixture in the Crestwood Shops, the block-long shopping center near...

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Chiefs name construction groups that will build new stadium in Wyandotte County

The Kansas City Chiefs have named a joint venture to construct the team's new stadium set to open in 2031 in Wyandotte County.

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New Johnson County restaurant, sports bar opens. Burgers, beers, more

For 40 years, Brooksider has offered cocktails, beers and watch parties in its namesake neighborhood. The walls of 6330 Brookside Plaza have held festivities since 1985. Father-son duo Chuck and Jack Naylor, meanwhile, have owned the bar for about 14 years. But the pair added a new chapter to Brooksider’s book Monday, with the opening of its second location. This one is across state lines, though it bears the same name as its original location. Brooksider’s new space — 5001 Town Center Drive in Leawood — offers multiple levels of indoor and outdoor dining. Altogether, it seats 688 patrons. Customers can experience a more intimate setting by choosing to sit in the cocktail lounge-style section. That area aims to give a “date night” vibe, said general manager Ryan Proffitt, though it’ll still have some TVs to broadcast Chiefs games. (The menu will be consistent throughout the restaurant, too.) An outdoor patio has its own bar, fire pits, heaters and televisions so customers can sit outside as long as possible. Another interior bar neighbors two dart boards and a long, narrow sun room. An upstairs event space plans to open soon, though Proffitt said it’s not quite ready. “We’re shooting for

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Kansas City program uses barbershop culture to mentor Black and Brown boys

A fresh haircut can boost confidence. But inside a Kansas City barbershop, the goal is to give young men something that lasts long after they leave the chair.

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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.

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One third of Missouri households can't afford an emergency expense, new report finds

Jessica Fulghem-Jarmon, a 36-year-old Army veteran, is greeting neighbors outside her Grandview, Missouri, apartment after dropping off her children at school. Inside her cozy, two-bedroom apartment where she raises her three boys, she said being a single-parent family has become increasingly untenable. "There have been times when I have to...

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Missouri hemp retailers, consumers concerned due to new THC restrictions

A new Missouri law taking effect Thursday will prohibit stores without a marijuana license from selling consumable hemp products containing THC, leaving some business owners and customers worried about losing access to products they say have helped them for years.

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Kansas-Missouri Weather Alert: 25° Hard Freeze Nov 12-16

Missouri and Kansas residents face a significant November cold snap as temperatures plunge toward 25 degrees, bringing a hard-freeze risk to the Kansas City region before a warmer pattern returns next week.

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Kansas City launches fund to support up to 5,000 affordable homes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new fund aims to help build and preserve up to 5,000 affordable homes across the Kansas City region. Civic and community leaders announced the Kansas City Regional Housing Fund on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Union Station. The fund has about $25 million available, and organizers hope to grow it to $100 million.

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Tunnel to Towers Pays Off Mortgages for Two Fallen Soldiers' Kansas City-Area Families

Two Gold Star families in the Kansas City area woke up Wednesday owning their homes outright. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation said it paid off the mortgages on the Leavenworth, Kansas, home of the family of Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Dickinson and the Lee's Summit, Missouri, home of the family of Army Sergeant Matthew Gonzales, marking Veterans Day with a gift aimed at easing the financial burden left behind after each soldier's death.

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The Kansas City Star

Kansas City region saw most tornadoes ever in 2026. ‘One after another, after another'

This year’s severe weather season in the Kansas City region is one for the record books. The National Weather Service confirmed that 39 tornadoes have touched down so far in the Pleasant Hill forecast office’s jurisdiction, which includes 37 counties across northern and western Missouri and seven counties in extreme northeastern Kansas. That breaks the previous record of 33 tornadoes set in 1967, according to data dating back to 1951 from the National Severe Weather Archive Display website . The next highest was 31 in both 2003 and 2004. On average, the Kansas City region sees 12 tornadoes a year, based on the data. 2026 tornado season Twelve of this year’s tornadoes touched down in the Kansas City metro area, which includes Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, and Miami counties in Kansas, and Platte, Clay, Jackson, Cass, and Ray counties in Missouri, said Eric Carothers, a meteorologist with the weather service in Pleasant Hill. The total would be 13 if Lawrence, just outside the forecast office’s jurisdiction, was included. “We just had a very active pattern through the spring, particularly April, May and June,” Carothers said. “We had a very progressive pattern where systems just kept moving through one after another, after

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Foundation pays off mortgages for two Kansas City-area Gold Star families

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Two Kansas City-area Gold Star families will have mortgage-free homes after the Tunnel to Towers Foundation paid off their home loans in honor of Veterans Day. The foundation said it paid off the mortgages on the Lee’s Summit, Missouri, home of Army Sgt. Matthew Gonzales’...

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Jackson County Plans First WWII Memorial at Downtown KC's Oppenstein Park

Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park — Planned WWII Memorial Site. Jackson County is moving ahead with plans to place a World War II memorial at Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park in downtown Kansas City, with officials targeting an April opening and hoping to have the monument finished by March. The planned six-foot granite monument would mark a notable first for the area: a memorial devoted specifically to World War II veterans.

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Luxurious design, apartments for rent. See inside the Aladdin, a converted KC hotel

Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at InsideLook@kcstar.com. What was once a hotel in downtown Kansas City has been transformed into an apartment building with 122 units after a $38 million redevelopment project. The 16-story Aladdin building at 1215 Wyandotte St. was built over 100 years ago and was once famed for its luxurious design and prominent guests over the decades. The hotel, by then under the Holiday Inn brand, closed around the time the COVID-19 pandemic started, according to previous reports . By early 2025, a development team led by Molzer Development had taken over the building and fully kicked off construction with a ceremonial wall breaking. Aladdin building open and leasing Not even two years later, the Aladdin is now open and leasing , and tenants have already moved in. A recent tour with The Star revealed historic fixtures restored alongside modern flourishes meant to match the existing architectural character, like a new chandelier right in the entrance. Many older elements were uncovered during construction and have

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Kansas City Council decides fate of proposed 20-story downtown data center

The Kansas City Council on Thursday knocked down a controversial proposal to build a data center skyscraper in downtown. Miami-based Revitalization Unlimited, a real estate investment fund focused on historic properties, proposed earlier this year building a 384-foot, 20-story tower made of brick and glass at 934 Central St., occupied mostly by data center equipment with a retail space on the ground floor, for a business such as a coffee shop. The development plan needed special zoning approval under city code. The project would have involved demolishing the historic Western Newspaper Union building, which has more recently been used for offices and short-term rentals. The developers have said the project was designed to complement the neighborhood, and its character and would be more akin to a telephone exchange from a previous era than a large industrial hyperscale facility. Downtown Kansas City already has a handful of data centers, include in the Star’s former green glass building in the Crossroads. They have said the noise level would be similar to an office building, while the data center would use a closed-loop cooling system that limits water use and would primarily use natural gas fuel cells to produce electricity through a chemical

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Donut shop opens in Kansas City’s Crossroads, with another location on the way

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City-area donut shop opened in the Crossroads District after a series of recent business closures in the neighborhood. It’s owner says another location, and more changes, are only weeks away. Mr. D’s Donuts opened its second location near 20th Street and Pennsylvania...