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KC’s first ATV park

January 24, 2006 | 71 Comments

The Examiner reports that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the city of Sugar Creek have recently completed negotations for what will eventually be the metro area’s first legal ATV park. The site is in La Benite Park, on the north bank of the Missouri River just east of MO 291 Hwy. Right now [...]

Jan

23

A new judge for E-Jack?

January 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

State Senator Matt Bartle of Lee’s Summit is proposing two new judges at Jackson County’s Independence courthouse, citing a population explosion in eastern Jackson County (EJC, Eastern Jack, E-Jack, etc). One judge would be new and the other would transfer from the county’s KC courthouse. While we’re happy to hear that Senator Bartle has finally [...]

Jan

22

University of Missouri Press on exhibit

January 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

KC Public Library’s Plaza Branch has a month-long exhibit on the University of Missouri Press, one of the country’s most important scholarly publishers. A keynote talk will take place on January 25th with Gerald Eskenazi, University of Missouri Press author and retired New York Times sportswriter.
Through its evolution, the Press focused on original scholarly research [...]

Jan

21

West Edge under construction

January 21, 2006 | 7 Comments

After a long struggle between developers and the West Plaza neighborhood, Bob Berstein’s West Edge development is now under construction at 48th and Roanoke. The huge complex is designed by Moshe Safdie, who is also working on the performing arts center proposed for Downtown. Also included are new headquarters for the Bernstein-Rine advertising and [...]

Jan

20

Roundup

January 20, 2006 | 11 Comments

Want to be on the City Council? You have until January 25th to apply.
The Roof is back in the mix for the Truman Sports Complex.
Gentrification of the Crossroads should kick into high gear wtih a new high rise condo tower proposed for 18th and Broadway by the Accardo family and DST Reality.
New regulations for street [...]

Jan

20

Shields compares herself to Dr. King

January 20, 2006 | 4 Comments

Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields used her speech at this week’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event to compare her “time of tribulation” under federal investigation for corruption with Dr. King’s struggles in the civil rights movement. That had to be an uncomfortable five minutes inside a St. Stephen Baptist church filled with leaders [...]

Jan

19

KKFI Broadcasting Online

January 19, 2006 | 3 Comments

Community radio station KKFI-FM 90.1 is finally broacsting online. If you aren’t familiar with these folks, please check them out. The station plays a wide diversity of music like blues, jazz, rockabilly, electronica, Spanish-language, etc. The DJs are all volunteers, and you too can become a DJ if you want to start a [...]

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