The PNC Broadway in KC series has another feather in its cap! The one, the only, Hamilton has rolled into the Music Hall. The drama department at Ruskin High was donated tickets for students to attend, and I talked to two students outside the Music Hall posing with their passes, […]
Tessa Stoner, a senior at Turner High School, has been named one of two recipients of Park University’s Presidential Honors Scholarship for the 2026-27 academic year, earning a full-ride package valued at more than $117 thousand. The scholarship is the school’s highest competitive academic award. The scholarship covers full tuition, […]
In a poignant ceremony filled with tears and smiles, Banneker Elementary School dedicated a memorial plaque Wednesday honoring KCK police officer Hunter Simoncic, who was killed in the line of duty on Aug. 26, 2025. The plaque, presented by KCKPD Chief Karl Oakman to school principal Amirah Pughsley, will hang […]
When in high school we make plans for our futures. “I’m going to be an astronaut!” “I can’t wait to be president of the United States!” “I’m going to be a quarterback for the Chiefs like Patrick Mahomes!” In “Kimberly Akimbo” at the Kauffman Center (Jan. 20-25), teen Kimberly Levaco […]
Hundreds gathered at Memorial Hall on Monday to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., with a special emphasis on turning remembrance into action through education and community service. The annual citywide celebration, organized by the Unified Government, the Baptist Ministers Union, and the Wyandotte County District […]
Kansas City Restaurant Week 2026 showcases the metro area’s vibrant culinary scene, with four KCK restaurants participating in this year’s event, offering diners a diverse array of flavors from authentic Mexican cuisine to Louisiana-style seafood and island-inspired fare. Amigos Grill & Cantina This beloved Turner neighborhood spot located at 2737 […]
On a frigid New Year’s Day morning, community leaders, preservation advocates, and descendants of the port town’s original residents gathered at the Quindaro Ruins Overlook to honor the legacy of those who fought for freedom more than 170 years ago and to renew their commitment to preserving that history for […]
What Turner Elementary School teacher Lexcee Oddo thought would be a routine assembly to honor retiring Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson turned into a life-changing moment when she learned she had won the prestigious Milken Educator Award, including a $25 thousand prize. The surprise announcement came during a schoolwide […]
All day, frozen turkeys trickled in to Eric Williams’s venerable Clippin 2 Please barbershop on State Avenue, beginning to pile up in the back of a 15-foot U-Haul truck. The mayor brought some earlier, then Sheriff Soptic, then the USD 500 maintenance staff. The Egyptian Cobras motorcycle club brought several […]
Murrel Wesley Bland, distinguished journalist and devoted community leader who spent more than five decades chronicling life in western Wyandotte County, passed away peacefully on Nov. 17, 2025, in Kansas City, Kan. He was 84. Born on a farm near Enid, Okla., Bland moved with his family in 1949 to […]