Kansas City Sauce: Big Slick Weekend, Hunter Dump Ahead, Fish Kill & Downtown $8K Rent

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B-List Good Cause Begins

The Big Slick weekend celebrates its 14th year with press conference kick off

Yeah, Rudd's up to stuff. // Photo by Emma Hilboldt One of the most anticipated weekends in Kansas City is finally here and the Big Slick hosts kicked it off with a press conference in the newly dubbed Big Slick auditorium at Children's Mercy.

Olathe Piscine Me Off

Olathe Parks and Recreation, state investigating 'fish kill' at Cedar Lake

The Olathe Parks and Recreation Department, along with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, are investigating a "fish kill" impacting portions of Cedar Lake. Numerous fish are dead, according to photos submitted by a KMBC viewer. As of right now, the city believes it's a "naturally occurring phenomenon" and there's no risk to public health.

Rock Chalk Weed Stays Losing

Medical marijuana advocates in Kansas have one fewer option to legal weed. Here's why.

Gov. Laura Kelly has ruled out using her executive powers to allow for medical marijuana possession in Kansas or to decriminalize the drug, a tactic tried in other states nationally. Kelly's comments to reporters recently mean that proponents of medical marijuana have one fewer potential option of adding Kansas to the lengthy list of states with legal weed, as hopes in the Legislature have faded in recent years.

Un-Bear-Able Temptation

Is it legal to wrestle a bear in Missouri? Police send warning

ST. LOUIS - It's that time of year again to be bear-aware. Missouri conservation agents say bears are very active throughout the spring, and their presence around the St. Louis metro seems to be growing in recent years. Human encounters with bears are not particularly common, but they can happen if you venture out into the wilderness.

Booze News: Golden Ghetto Triumph

'It's great to have the heartbeat of the brewery back': Dogs allowed back inside Transport Brewery

SHAWNEE, Kan. - Dogs are now allowed back inside Transport Brewery in Shawnee, Kansas. "It's great to have the heartbeat of the brewery back," said Christie Jackson, operations manager at Transport Brewery. "When there weren't dogs here, there was something that was missing."

Inside The Loop Sneak Peek

Take a tour of Three Light, Kansas City's next luxury apartment tower

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With two luxury apartment towers already built, The Cordish Cos. is months away from completing its third. The $140 million Three Light apartment tower, northeast of Main Street and Truman Road, is set to wrap up construction in September.

Update For Weekend Warriors

Reminder: Parts of I-70 to close this weekend between I-435, I-470 in Jackson County

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Transportation is reminding Kansas City motorists of the complete closure of a stretch of Interstate 70 this weekend in Jackson County. Crews are set to demolish the Blue Ridge Boulevard Bridge, and in order to do so, need to close I-70 from 2 a.m.

More Cash Prizes Awarded At 12th & Oak

'I persisted': Former employee sued Kansas City for retaliation. A jury awarded her millions

A Jackson County jury awarded a former employee of Kansas City's Health Department over three million dollars in the culmination of a recent retaliation lawsuit, according to court documents. Shahidah Hazziez, who spent about one year working for the department, accused the city of unfair treatment after she was selected for a random drug test and fired for not being able to complete it due to a medical condition.

Kansas City Dump Disputed

EPA fines KCMO environmental service company for alleged hazardous waste violations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Region 7 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday its fined a Kansas City, Missouri, environmental service company for allegedly violating terms of its hazardous waste permit.

Cowtown Prêt-à-Porter Switcheroo

Teisha Barber acquires Kansas City Fashion Week - Kansas City Business Journal

After 13 years, Kansas City Fashion Week (KCFW) has a new owner. Teisha Barber acquired the business from founder and CEO Philip Willoughby. Financial details were not disclosed. Barber joined KCFW in 2011 and most recently was president.

Hottie Still Looks Familiar

Adult star Angela White unrecognisable as she rocks different look for day out

Angela White has built a huge name for herself in porn. The adult entertainer is known for flaunting her curves and she's certainly not shy of flashing the flesh in public. But now the 38-year-old turned heads as she looked almost unrecognisable in snaps during a trip to Tokyo, Japan.

White House Stumbles Response

Biden is America's oldest president - but tripping over a sandbag tells us nothing | Jill Filipovic

t's a story so benign and unremarkable that it's embarrassing it's getting any coverage at all: man trips, falls, stands back up and walks it off. Except, of course, that the man is Joe Biden, who at 80 and seeking re-election is currently competing to be the oldest president in US history.

Fox News: First Son Exposed

Nearly 10K photos from Hunter Biden's laptop hit the web: 'Truth and transparency'

A trove of photos from Hunter Biden's laptop has been made available to the public through a new website that launched Thursday. The website - BidenLaptopMedia.com - will house almost 10,000 photos spanning from 2008 to 2019 and took months to complete, Garrett Ziegler, the founder of nonprofit Marco Polo, told Fox News Digital.

Dead-Tree Demands

Journalists to strike June 5 at the largest US newspaper chain

Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., their union said Thursday. The mostly one-day strike, which will start June 5, aims to protest Gannett's leadership and cost-cutting measures imposed since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media.

Lone Star Survivor Story

Texas cheerleader shot 3 times after friend got into wrong car recalls harrowing attack and hurdles in recovery

Payton Washington, the Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after a friend accidentally got into the wrong car in April, says she didn't even see the shooter and tried to keep her friends calm, even as she was bleeding.

Celeb Shares Threat But Doesn't Name Names

Elliot Page: 'A-hole' A-list actor said he'd 'f-k' me to make me 'realize' I wasn't gay

Elliot Page reveals in his new memoir, "Pageboy," that an A-list actor once verbally assaulted him. The incident occurred after the "Juno" star came out as gay in February 2014 but prior to his gender transition in December 2020.

Smut Shows No Mercy

Wealthy porn star's brutal message to tenants amid housing crisis

One of Australia's top adult entertainers has delivered a brutal message to tenants amid Australia's housing crisis. Hayley Vernon, who became a millionaire off OnlyFans, said she has little sympathy for everyday Aussies who have been kicked out of their rental homes by so-called 'greedy landlords'.

Kansas City Answers Addiction With Compassion

Kansas City experts fight to end stigma on substance use recovery

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City resident Keith Gale can still recall his mother's tears as she pleaded with him to begin substance use recovery in 2010. He started drinking heavily in 2008 while, like so many others with substance use disorder, dealing with trauma.

Booz-y Good Times Redux

Martini Corner sees a surge of redevelopment - and potential - Kansas City Business Journal

Part of Paul Nagaoka 's specialty is scouting undesirable buildings and giving them a new purpose. And he found the former Linwood Ice Cream building at Kansas City's Martini Corner particularly undesirable. "It had been abandoned for decades. It looked like it could have been a set for the (horror) movie, 'Saw,'" said Nagaoka, CEO of Kansas City-based Syndicate Real Estate Development.

Slum Life Has It Rewards

Kansas City apartment residents to receive multi-million settlement after winning class action lawsuit

Residents of a South Kansas City apartment complex will receive part of a $2 million payout after winning a class action lawsuit against their former landlord and property manager. Cloverleaf's owners, Stonebridge Global Partners and Cloverleaf Apartments Investors, along with former property manager Seldin Company have settled a lawsuit filed by tenant Dorothy Simpson on behalf of herself and other tenants.

Post-Panini Push For Papers

Kansas Citians struggling to secure passports ahead of international travel

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City's airport is seeing passenger numbers inch closer to pre-pandemic levels. KCI is expecting official passenger numbers to hit the 1 million mark in May, something the city has not seen since before the pandemic. There are some growing pains across the nation as travel numbers take off.

EPIC GOOD LIFE INSIDE THE LOOP EXPOSED!?!?

$8,000 rent in KC? Take a look inside Three Light luxury apartment opening this fall

Despite the fact that cement slabs, beams and brick sit exposed as construction workers toil away inside the 25-story building, tenants will move into Three Light - Kansas City's newest luxury apartment building - on Sept. 1.

Artsy Instruction Around Metro

Kansas City's Mid-America Arts Alliance has shared world class art with small towns for 50 years

Art McSweeney is on the front lines of the Mid-America Arts Alliance's mission to get more art in front of more people. "We're trying to get people to know about art and what's out there," McSweeney says. "I'd say we were more of an educational organization."

Weather Update For Now

Chance of storms remain for Friday, Saturday

WORLD TO QUALIFY EXCLUSIVE LIVE RADAR AND NINE DAY FORECAST. SO YOU'LL KNOW FIRST, THIS IS FIRST ALERT WEATHER. THIS IS AN IMPACT DAY. SO MANY THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOING ON THIS WEEKEND. KIND OF HAVE TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN HIT OR MISS.

Latto - Put It On Da Floor Again (feat. Cardi B) is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.