North Kansas City News

North Kansas City-based D.H. Place Co. is looking on both sides of the state line for a new home for its 300 employees, the latest company to enter the cross-border business fray, The Kansas City Star reports.

Talk about water torture for Kansas Citians.The city’s water rates have soared in the last five years by more than 65 percent, including the latest 12 percent increase on May 1.None of this is a secret to hundreds of thousands of customers who see the higher rates reflected on their monthly bills.

Several hundred Kansas Citians gathered on Memorial Day to honor the price of liberty.Under a pale blue sky, and with just enough breeze to give flags the proper snap, the setting at the Liberty Memorial framed a civic observance of service and sacrifice.“Today we take a moment to pause and remember the names and faces of those who have ... (more)

Doug Alpert, the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami, is now officially a rabbi.

Before John McDonald delivered his first keg of pale ale from the back of his pickup truck to a local restaurant, he had set a long-term goal: distribute 6,000 barrels a year.Now, 23 years after launching Boulevard Brewing Co., the Kansas City brewer produces 175,000 barrels a year, making it the 10th largest craft brewery in the country.

Kansas City officials must be upfront with voters — not try to mislead them — as the countdown begins for two unusual campaigns before the Aug.

In the 1950s and early 1960s my mother used to take my siblings and me for streetcar rides from our home to shop in downtown St.

Following up on his insightful essay on the politics of architectural reputation seen through the career of Louis Curtiss, Keith Eggener examines the architect's innovations with glass curtain walls.

Mayor Sly James and City Council members Thursday talked for a long time about a proposed half-cent sales tax increase headed for the Aug.

A new season of live theater is about to get underway at Starlight Theatre . The Swope Park theater with its iconic towers has been entertaining Kansas Citians under the stars for more than 60 years.

Over two hundred Rotarians will gather in Lee's Summit May 18 and 19 for their annual Rotary International District 6040 Conference.

As names go, the University of Missouri-Kansas City doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.

Mayor Sly James and other City Council members have been patting themselves on the back recently for working out a new three-year pact with Kansas City’s powerful fire union.

Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema, announced the sale of the Peninsula Polymers business, a national distributor of coatings raw materials, to an investment group headed by the business's current management.

Kansas Citians have taken on staggering amounts of debt in recent years with hefty mortgages, multiple credit cards and costly student loans.But here’s something most residents don’t consider while toting up their IOUs.Borrowing by City Hall to pay for everything from a bigger Bartle Hall to new water lines to taxpayer-subsidized economic ... (more)

PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger talked about public television's history, mission and its future yesterday at Union Station as part of The Kansas City Chamber 's Insight Kansas City speaker series.