The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
As Kansas City was growing up in the late 19th century, its leaders recognized the need for respite from the hubbub of urban life. They set aside gree...
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Friday, February 19, 2021
To this day, it’s one of Kansas City’s best kept secrets: An apartment complex now sits at 2929 Main Street, sprawled out between a school and a hotel...
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Friday, February 12, 2021
Standing at 11th and Main streets downtown is a peculiar street sign labeled Petticoat Lane. Taking in the surrounding parking garages, banks, and off...
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
On a hill off Eastern Avenue, just south of where 1-435 now intersects Raytown Road, once stood a building with a complicated past. The two-story, co...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Born 150 years ago in what was still officially the City of Kansas, Mattie Rhodes lived a quiet life that ended before she could accomplish anything t...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021
In hindsight, Kansas City’s development as the largest city in western Missouri seemed inevitable. Its location at the confluence of two rivers made i...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
A lumber baron with a dream and his equestrian daughter are at the heart of this week’s “What’s Your KCQ?,” a community reference partnership between...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The story of Eddie Osadchey is key in responding to a question to “What’s Your KCQ?” from Richard Taegel. “What’s Your KCQ?” is an ongoing series in w...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
In this strange year, “What’s your KCQ?” readers had a lot of questions. And surely, headed into 2021 with the pandemic still raging and a vaccine on...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The past year was a difficult one for families across the Kansas City metropolitan area. For those hardest hit—families impacted by the digital divide...