Kansas City Embrace: Arctic Expectations & Existential Threats

Right now we share just a bit more of our eternal admiration for the angels along with another peek at pop culture, community reporting and top headlines. 

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Local History Explored

How a small-town soda fountain was transported to the basement of a KC museum

More than sixty years after it shuttered its doors, a small-town soda fountain lives on underneath the main floor of Kansas City Museum.


More Fed Cash For Urban Core Shut Down

HUD halts payments, shuts down Cloverleaf Apartments over unsafe living conditions

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has ceased payments to Cloverleaf Apartments as of Feb. 1.


Metro Heroes Save Pupper

Independence crews rescue dog who falls through ice

An Independence family's dog is back home safely and warming up after crews rescued him from the ice of a nearby pond.


Reason To Love Brookside Forever

Brookside offering gift deals, date-night spots for post-Valentine's Day celebrations

Brookside neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri offering gift deals, date-night spot at CRU Bistro, for post-Valentine's Day celebrations


Cowtown Cosplay Coming Soon

Iconic Ann-Margaret rounds out Planet Comicon's 2025 guest appearances

The iconic Ann-Margaret has concluded Planet Comicon's star-studded guest appearance announcements for the 2025 event.


Adorning The Angels

See Joseph Altuzarra's First Collection for Victoria's Secret

The American designer will have a year-long collaboration with Victoria's Secret.


Celebs Clown Controversy

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds walk red carpet at 'SNL' 50th anniversary as Justin Baldoni drama swirls

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds walked the red carpet at the "SNL" 50th special anniversary, their first since their legal war with Justin Baldoni began.


More MAGA Legal Moves

Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers.


Clap Back Against Musk

'Federal government is not Twitter': Rep. Auchincloss blasts DOGE's federal firing blitz

The Trump administration sent envoys to the Middle East to begin negotiations to end the Ukraine war. Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Ukraine hasn't been invited to the peace talks yet. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., discusses the negotiations, reports the IRS will lay off thousands in the middle of tax season, President Trump's plans for Gaza, and more.


Immigration Boss Shares Life Lesson

Tom Homan Reminds AOC He Once Had To 'Educate Her' About Basic Border Law As Two Publicly Beef

Tom Homan how he had to educate AOC about the inner workings of border law after her recent public pushback of telling him to "learn to read" the Constitution.


Holy Land Threatens War As Ceasefire Seems Ready To Collapse

Netanyahu vows to 'finish the job' against Iran with support from Trump | CNN

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "finish the job" against Iran with the support of US President Donald Trump.


Arguing For Old World . . .

Can Europe conjure a united front on Ukraine's future?

Europe's hastily convened security summit in Paris is proof of leaders' anxiety about their role in defending Ukraine, the BBC's Katya Adler writes.


South Of Border Turnabout

Mexican president blasts US for harboring drug cartels

Claudia Sheinbaum gives riposte to Trump's accusations of 'intolerable alliance' between Mexican government and gangs


Romance & Finance & Families Inexorably Linked

South Korea population crisis linked to historic tax rises

Despite spending more than $200 billion on pro-natal initiatives since 2006, South Korea has the world's lowest birth rate.


El Papa Recovers

Pope Francis in 'stable' condition, thanks doctors and healthcare workers after 'quiet' second night in hospital | CNN

Pope Francis has thanked the hospital and healthcare workers at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for their care in the Angelus prayer on Sunday, as he remains in hospital receiving treatment for bronchitis.


South Side History Celebrated

The Fabric of Our Community: The Legacy of Buzzy and Margie Klapmeyer

When I went to meet Clarence Klapmeyer, Jr., I was curious to know about his family's long-standing legacy in the community. What I received instead was the lovely story of Buzzy and Margie's life....


More Chill This Winter

Kansas City weather: Snow, dangerous wind chills this week

A winter storm is set to bring snow and dangerously cold temperatures to the Kansas City region.

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