The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Since The Kansas City Public Library launched "What’s your KCQ?" last October in partnership with the Kansas City Star ,...
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
In the Kansas City region, the name "Quantrill" is largely associated with...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Robert Felix, a Kansas City native who grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and now lives in Shawnee, has always known about the old cable car tunnel th...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Reader Wayne Moots recently asked us how people used to travel up and down the rocky bluffs that separate downtown from the West Bottoms. Moots wor...
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Friday, May 31, 2019
It’s summer in Kansas City, so it’s time for “What’s Your KCQ?” to take a swing at a baseball question. Ashley Tebbe recently su...
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Monday, May 13, 2019
In October 1953, three brief articles appeared in The Kansas City Times (the morning edition of The Star), detailing the exhibiti...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The name of Kansas City’s Trolley Trail – a six-mile path now populated by walkers, runners, and bikers – offers some indication of its original...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
J.P. Morgan of Olathe suspects most people haven’t noticed the bridge that goes nowhere in Kansas City, even though thousands of drivers pass it on...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Is Kansas City the home of baseball's original fans? The almanac On This Day in America credits a local newspaper, presumably T...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
With the Chiefs hanging up their cleats until next fall, Kansas City sports fans turn their attention to the beginning of Royals spring training. As p...