When the owners of a local clock shop recently were forced out of their longtime lease in Kansas City’s Brookside neighborhood, they knew what was at stake in quickly finding a new business home.
A 30-year officer with Independence police claims in a federal lawsuit that Police Chief Adam Dustman and City Manager Zach Walker failed to follow city hiring practices when two officers were promoted two years ago above other more senior officers to deputy chief positions. The employment discrimination suit, filed this week in federal court in Kansas City by police Major Troy Hanenkratt, follows a string of civil suits filed in Jackson County Circuit Court by current or former officers, three of which have been settled for a total of $2.875 million, mostly paid by city insurance.
When Gary George went to visit an ailing Tim Pace on the last day of May, he said, “Tim, it seems like I’ve known you forever.”
At the time, Ralph Hernandez III felt like there was a void in his life.
Who says, “You can’t go home?” Certainly not Greg Smith.
I didn't send the poem to 10 people within three hours, so bad luck was bestowed upon me. I'm not superstitious, but I did take more care than usual, and it happened anyway.
To be nominated for a Blue Star Award after she played a dream role in her high school show, Supha Yates said, was thrilling enough.
The tenant union at Independence Towers could end its eight-month rent strike this week after it secured a lease agreement with the apartment building’s new owner.
Eastern Jackson County state legislators generally say they support state funding for stadiums for the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs – but acknowledge that other pressing state issues play into that and that the path forward is unclear.
When Blue Springs South designated hitter Bennett Collins hit the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning, it took a few seconds before he knew it was a game-winning home run.