Will The New Panasonic Battery Plant Save This Kansas Village Or Kill It?Originally built to house war plant workers in 1943, De Soto's Clearview Village has defied the odds for decades. But now with the new Panasonic EV battery plant moving next door, its future is once again uncertain. On the outskirts of De Soto, Kansas, 70-year-old Wanda Riedhart wrenched open the wobbly aluminum door that scrapes the concrete pad at her home — a single-bedroom rental inside one of 164 concrete, ...
Homefield Unveils Newly Completed $60 Million Youth Sports Arena In Kansas City, KansasHomefield Kansas City, a state-of-the-art $60 million youth sports facility, which opened near the site of the former Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas. Nearby, is their new $40 million baseball complex. Read Full Story: https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article287852860.html More from The Kansas City Star: Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FDe1zT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kansa...
Tiny Home Community In Kansas City, Kansas, To Offer Stable Housing For The Chronically HomelessA new tiny home community called Eden Village Kansas City will open in June and offer stable housing for the chronically homeless in Kansas City, Kansas. Built on the site of an old trailer park, near 10th Street and Metropolitan Avenue, Eden Village is slated to provide shelter as well as access to social services for Kansas City area residents in the most dire living situations. It is gover...
This Former KC Area Courthouse Held Onto Confederate Leanings Long After The Civil WarThe second Clay County Courthouse was built in 1857, just before the Civil War began. A dome and a sculpture depicting Justice above it were the brick building’s dominant features. Because of the county’s Confederate leanings, the American flag was reportedly taken down and not flown there until 1912. This postcard also salutes an early automobile salesman, Sterling Price Boggees, pictured on the sq...
When 12th Street Had Turkish Baths And A Drugstore Empire in Downtown Kansas CityThe eastern end of downtown didn’t yet have City Hall, the Courthouse or Police headquarters when this view of 12th Street looking west was published sometime after 1921. We know that because the Pantages Theatre didn’t open until that year. And yes, the illustrator seems to have made a small error on the bottom of the big sign for it. Read Full Story: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article287825...
Meet The Teal-Painted Super Fan With A Sparkly Red Beard Front Row At Kansas City Current GamesRichard Harper, a K-12 instrumental and vocal teacher, transforms into the teal-painted super fan at Kansas City Current games. Harper shares his unique routine of painting himself and gives a peek into how he gets ready for each game day. Read full story: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article287726105.html More from The Kansas City Star: Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FDe1zT Facebook: htt...
This Hospital Started By Two Sisters Has Become A Vital Part Of Kansas City Health CareBecause it’s been such a prominent fixture on Hospital Hill since 1970, many of us don’t realize that Children’s Mercy Hospital moved there from Independence Avenue. This postcard calls the building Mercy Hospital, but the institution’s name was actually changed to Children’s Mercy Hospital in 1904. That was shortly after Alice Berry Graham and Katharine Berry Richardson (two sisters with me...
These Kansas City Driver’s Ed Instructors Are On A Mission For SafetyAt one time, a “student driver” sign usually meant someone taking driver’s education classes through a school program. But over the years, those have largely gone by the wayside as districts trimmed budgets and chose to prioritize other studies. Commercial driving schools (which were always an option) have picked up the slack. These range from large “chain” operations to mom and pop type businesses with jus...
Iconic KCK Drive-In Theater Opens For 74Th Season. See What It Takes For The Show To Go OnOne of the signs that warmer weather is imminent can be seen on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas. It’s the marquee for the Boulevard Drive-In, which opened recently. Manager Brian Neal and his “outdoor guy” Craig Douglas scrambled up the sign with a bucket full of plastic letters spelling out “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”—the theater’s first feature of the year. Read the full story...
Small Tornado Strikes Smithville Lake in Kansas City Area. See Drone Video of DamageAn EF1 tornado with wind speeds up to 95 mph touched down Tuesday morning at Smithville Lake in Kansas City's Northland, the National Weather Service confirmed. The tornado was on the ground in the Crows Creek Campground and continued along a 2.3- miles path across Camp Branch Campground and Collins Road before lifting near County Round W. No one was injured in the tornado, which was on the ground for abo...
See More Than a Million Tulips Blooming on Missouri Farm This SpringIt’s a postcard scene from the Netherlands. Neatly arranged rows of colorful tulips paint the landscape under a Dutch windmill. People walk through the blooms taking in their beauty. It looks like the Netherlands, but it’s not. This is Kearney, Missouri. Spring has arrived at The Fun Farm in Kearney where colorful tulip fields are either in full bloom or on the brink of blooming. That means it’s time for the fa...