Feb

12

Google gets up close and personal with river city

February 12, 2008 | 8 Comments

Google has just added KC to it’s Street View feature.  After driving around the city with cameras, they now provide close up views for many parts of the local Google Map. The coverage includes most of the central city, KCK, NE Johnson County, a bit of Independence, and oddly all of the Northland outside the [...]

Feb

12

Bristol returns to KC this month

February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

On February 26 the Bristol Seafood Grill returns to Kansas City with a new restaurant at 51 East 14th Street in the Power & Light District, a block west of the Sprint Center.
The Bristol was an institution on the Plaza until the Highwoods Company ran them off to a Johnson County exile in order to [...]

Feb

11

Scientology Protest in KC

February 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Local media didn’t cover a recent protest against the “Church” of Scientology at their local outpost at 39th and Main, but JustCara was there.  Also, Kudos to JocoCara for venturing east of Metcalf and north of College
Next time the protesters should have posher environs.  The Scientologists recently purchased the old KC Star annex [...]

Feb

11

KCTV sinks without Perv In Chief

February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bottom Line Communications reports that KCTV-5 is dropping in the ratings after the departure of the guy behind their recent Sleaze TV campaign. The folks in KCTV’s Joco studios are said be rushing to don their bicycle helmets and wrap themselves in mattresses.

Feb

10

Auto theft up in suburbs, down in city

February 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Star has a big article on the increase in automobile theft in KC suburbs.  For example, the number of stolen cars doubled in Lenexa last year.  The number in Lee’s Summit was up 50%. Overland Park, Prairie Village, Shawnee, and Liberty also saw big increases.
For some reason reporter Benita Williams failed to mention that [...]

Feb

9

Locally-owned patisserie to replace Westport Starbucks

February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Star’s Joyce Smith reports that the soon-to-depart Westport Starbucks will be replaced with Kashmir Patisserie, and locally-owned pastry shop. Not only is this a great addition to Midtown, but it should also help fill the void left when French bakery Café Apanare was destroyed in the Great Waldo Fire of 2007.

Feb

8

Regional Transit or Rational Transit?

February 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

The Star reports that Mayor Funkhouser’s plan for regional light rail got a polite, yet cool reception from metro-area mayors.  Some of the big players like Overland Park and Olathe didn’t even bother to show up. Prime Buzz reports that public transportation is far down on the list of priorities for Johnson County cities.
They are [...]

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