Aug

23

First Crossroads Music Festival

August 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Saturday 3-11 p.m. at the Grinders sculpture park, East 18th and Locust. Acts include Cotton Candy, Pendergast, The Down Trunks, and more. Also featured will be some local independent films.

Aug

22

When bloggers attack

August 22, 2005 | 1 Comment

Sad story out of Joco. A teen blogger has been arrested and charged with her mother’s murder. Like many in the teen blogosphere, she has multiple presences at Xanga, LiveJournal, MySpace, and also the Church of Lazlo forums.

Aug

19

Final arena design

August 19, 2005 | 9 Comments

Architects have finished the design for the Sprint Center downtown arena. The pillow/contraceptive sponge design has been updated to something a little less poofy that Mayor Barnes calls a “crystal bowl.” The final design will feature 18,500 seats.
Update: Arena architects and Mayor Barnes will discuss the arena today on Up To Date, 11:00 [...]

Aug

19

Downtown Council to re-open license bureau

August 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The Downtown Council has just been awarded the contract to operate the closed license bureau office in the State Office Building on East 13th St.

Aug

18

Adam Taff indicted for misuse of campaigns funds

August 18, 2005 | 3 Comments

One time Kansas GOP golden boy and two-time Dennis Moore challenger Adam Taff has been indicted on federal charges of using campaign money to obtain an illegal mortgage on his house in Lake Quivira. Taff is currently a fellow at the Bob Dole Institute at Kansas University.
Reports from KMBZ-AM 980 and Lawrence Journal-World.

Aug

18

Talent switching stem cell position?

August 18, 2005 | 2 Comments

Democratic blogger Roy Temple thinks that Senater Jim Talent is on the verge of bowing to the realities of public opinion and backing down from his opposition to stem cell research. Talent would be following staunch conservatives like Governor Blunt and Senate Majority leader Bill Frist who have already changed their positions to align [...]

Aug

17

East Loop development proposal

August 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment

With the Power & Light District well under way on the south side of the loop, attention is now turning to the East Loop, Downtown’s last big blighted area. A development with the working title of East Village is being proposed for 12 blocks of housing, retail, and offices, similar to Quality Hill on [...]

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