Mar

26

KCTV reining in Katie Horner

March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

Looks like management at KCTV-5 has finally clued into the fact that Katie Horner’s sensational weather reporting has become the butt of metro-wide joking and is actually hurting the station’s reputation.  They are pledging to tone down the station’s weather coverage. We’re actually kinda sad for this news, as it will make the approaching spring [...]

Mar

23

City invests in new entertainment trolley while cutting public transit budget

March 23, 2010 | 6 Comments

The Star has all the details on The Kansas City Strip, a new private trolley route linking the city’s various entertainment districts – Power & Light, Crossroads, 18th and Vine, Union Hill, Westport, Plaza, Brookside, and Waldo.  For $15 partiers get unlimited travel between any and all of the neighborhoods.
KC Light Rail rightly questions the [...]

Mar

23

New season of KCPT’s Check Please debuts on Thursday

March 23, 2010 | Comments Off

Season 2 of KCPT’s popular Check, Please! begins Thursday at 8:00 p.m.  The series features restaurant reviews from KCPT foodie viewers and often has some interesting insights on the local food scene.  This season’s schedule includes En Chamas, NARA, Lulu’s, City Tavern, Julia(n), Room 39, and many others. KCPT now has last season’s episodes online.

Mar

22

School Board candidate forums

March 22, 2010 | Comments Off

There are three more opportunities to meet and hear the school board candidates before the April 6th election.  This time around there are some great candidates, the continuation of Superintendent Covington’s reform plan is at stake.  Marilynn Simmons and Cokethea Hill are two of the incumbents who voted against the reform plan.  They are running [...]

Mar

22

Local death panels begin tonight

March 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

Attention KC area liberals. In case you didn’t get the secret memo from San Francisco, the first health care reform death panel convenes tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Californo’s in Westport.  Rumored to be on the agenda are Clay Chastain, Matt Bartle, and most of John Knox Village.
In other news, the KCMO School District has [...]

Mar

18

Sarah Palin in KC

March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

On May 1st the teabagger/birther/hopey-changey/hockey universe will converge in the eastern suburbs when Sarah Palin makes a speech at the Independence Events Center. It’s really a perfect venue for this hot mess, you betcha.  Not only did Palin try to appropriate Independence’s Harry Truman during the 2008 campaign, the Independence arena is home to the [...]

Mar

18

Carl Peterson’s penthouse for sale, includes great neighbors

March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

Former Chief’s General Manager Carl Peterson may be long gone from river city, but his Country Club Plaza penthouse was just listed for sale for a cool $4.25 million. The 4800 square foot pad features three bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a 1000 square foot terrace, and super high-end finishes.
The building at 433 Ward Parkway is quite [...]

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