Jan

14

Where are the snow plows?

January 14, 2007 | 12 Comments

It’s Day 3 of the storm and the snow plows seem to have disappeared.  None of the major arterials in the Downtown/Midtown area have been plowed today.  Main, Broadway, Linwood, 39th, etc.  From the bitching on the radio it sounds like the suburbs aren’t any better off. The weird thing is that plowing seemed to [...]

Jan

14

The Ozarks need Katie Horner

January 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

So far it seems that KC is being spared the worst of the current winter storm, but our neighbors to the south aren’t so lucky.  Springfield has been hit by a massive ice storm leaving tens of thousands suddenly carbon neutral without electricity.  The pictures look eerily similar KC’s great ice storm of 2002. Flickrite [...]

Jan

13

More noodles, please

January 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Noodletown is back! If you haven’t read it in the past, be sure to check out this local and well-written food blog. Welcome back, Sarah, and good luck in your new endeavor.

Jan

11

Missouri on Colbert Report

January 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

Last night’s Colbert Report featured Missouri on The Word segment.  Here’s the video…

Jan

10

Riederer joins the mayoral pack

January 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

Former Jackson County Prosecutor Albert Riederer is jumping into the KCMO mayoral race.  There was talk of an A-Ried campaign last fall, but at that time he decided against it.  Now he says the business community encouraged him to do it, and appareantly ponied up some money.  It’s late in the game, but he’s being [...]

Jan

8

Sprint sacks 5,000

January 8, 2007 | 3 Comments

Get ready for another wave of Sprint refugees flooding the metro job market and the Joco housing market…
Sprint’s merger with Nextel was supposed to create a stronger company to survive competition with bigger competitors, but it hasn’t quite gone according to the plan.  The work of combining the two companies has been a drag on [...]

Jan

8

Meet the candidates this week

January 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

This week you have at least two chances to meet the candidates running for mayor of KCMO…
Tuesday: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Park Hill High School, 7701 NW Barry Road (west of I-29)
*Northland issues will be the main focus.
*Meet and greet and 7pm, program at 7:30pm.
Thursday: 7:00 p.m. - 9 :00 p.m.
Melrose United Methodist Church, [...]

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