Kansas City shows early dominance before weathering Brazilian storm at CPKC Stadium The Kansas City Current didn’t just win a soccer match Tuesday night—they authored the opening chapter of what they hope will be a long tradition. In front of an energetic home crowd at CPKC Stadium, the Current claimed […]
Sporting Kansas City fell 3-2 to Seattle Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. The loss broke the team’s streak of three straight games with a result, but continued the trend of come-from-behind thrillers at home. The boys in blue dug a 3-0 hole in the first half, reflecting Seattle’s domination […]
After nearly five hours of presentation, comment, debate, and discussion about the city and county budgets, a closely divided Unified Government commission voted 6-5 to accept a request from Mayor/CEO Tyrone Garner to table the revenue neutral issue until next Thursday, July 17 at 5:00 p.m. The mayor expressed reservations […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners is set to consider another hot-button topic this Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m — property taxes. Revenue Neutral Just two weeks after a nearly six-hour meeting resulted in approval of zoning changes for a proposed data center, the commission will vote on whether to […]
Retired officer seeks to bring community-focused policing back to Wyandotte County David Kearney’s path to running for Wyandotte County Sheriff began in the northeast end of Kansas City, Kansas, where he grew up as the only boy in a household with four sisters and his mother. It was there, he […]
Part family campout, part tech-fest, part endurance contest — Amateur Radio Field Day drew a flock of ham radio enthusiasts to Wyandotte County Park over the weekend. Field Day has over 31 thousand participants at nearly 1600 sites across the country and has been held annually since 1933. Early Saturday, […]
A crowd of about two hundred came out Saturday morning for the rededication of the Korean-Vietnam Conflict Memorial at Wyandotte County Lake Park. The memorial was built in 1988, at the time the only dual Korea-Vietnam memorial in the nation. In the decades since, it became run down, so much […]
After nearly five hours of presentation, discussion and debate, and the clock well past midnight, the fate of the $12 billion Red Wolf data center project in western Kansas City, Kan. came down to a single vote. Residents and other stakeholders gave rounds of testimony both for and against the […]
Thursday night will be a packed one for the Unified Government Board of Commissioners. Update: The special commission meeting is now scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. The action starts with a special meeting at 6 p.m. The special meeting will begin with a closed session to discuss personnel matters, […]
Wyandotte County celebrated Juneteenth on Saturday with a parade and festival. The Juneteenth in the Dotte parade began on North 27th Street, symbolically near the Quindaro Ruins Overlook, passing under the stern but approving gaze of the statue of abolitionist John Brown. More entries joined the parade at Quindaro Elementary, […]