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The Kansas City Public Library and the University of Missouri-Kansas City named poet Threa Almontaser as the winner of the first annu...

Ever heard of Pierce Avenue? Here’s a hint: It’s off Rockhill Road just south of Cleaver Boulevard — also labeled Pierce Street. But don’t worry. You’...

It’s been said many times, but this is an election like no other. Voters not only have questions about who they will support at the polls, but they al...

The Little Store wasn’t the place’s actual name. It was the Buena Vista Market, though nobody called it that, operated by Everett Hamilton, who would...

Is it safe for kids to go trick-or-treating this year? And if they come to your home, is it safe to give them candy? “What’s your KCQ?,” a part...

The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park has kept watch over downtown Kansas City for almost a century. Since its dedication in 1922, it has become a symb...

The holiday spirit is in full swing in Kansas City and, to help celebrate, we’re responding to a reader who asked about the origins of the lights on t...

With the recently aired finale of “Fargo” season four — set in Kansas City — “What’s your KCQ?” readers had some fair and timely questions about the s...

What happened to the original site of the Shawnee Methodist Mission?...

You’ve asked “What’s your KCQ?” a lot of questions over the years, and The Star and the Kansas City Public Library have been hard at work answering th...