KC History

On January 15, 1967, the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I....

KCQ looks at the 1953 abduction and murder of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease....

On December 25, 1925, a string of Christmas lights hung over a doorway at the Country Club Plaza for the first time and began a tradition....

Nell Donnelly and her chauffeur, George Blair, were kidnapped on December 16, 1931. Donnelly had become famous after the founding of the Donnelly Garm...

In 1940, Works Progress Administration workers took photos of every building in Kansas City — houses, restaurants, shops, gas stations, and more. The...

On December 11, 1884, Nelle Nichols Peters was born to a farming family in Niagara, North Dakota. She would become one of the most prolific architects...

On December 7, 1940, the U.S. Army Air Corps announced that the Fairfax Industrial District in Kansas City, Kansas, would host a North American Aviati...

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...

On December 2, 1905, Kansas City lost its lead proponent of the park and boulevard movement, August Meyer....

On the evening of November 24, 1927, the Pla-Mor Ballroom opened at 3142 Main Street to a crowd of 4,100 who reveled at its unprecedented size and mod...