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This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest. The immigrant detainee, a client of Rekha Sharma-Crawford, would ...

Chris Goode took a chance on his old neighborhood. He opened Ruby Jean’s Kitchen & Juicery at 3000 Troost Ave. in 2017 when most restaurants along the corridor were fast food operations or old-school ...

A new season of “Art House” can be found at its new home on Kansas City PBS at https://www.kansascitypbs.org/art-house. Join host John McGrath for bi-weekly deep ...

Kansas City is known for its jazz and blues. But the same forces that shaped those American art forms also led to the development of Black gospel music. The region’s gospel blues has a rich but ...

In 2019 restoration crews began work on a 200-year-old Clay County cabin. They daubed the cabin’s interior walls and stabilized its foundation, inspecting and replacing deteriorated hand-hewn logs. On ...

To enter the huge new Museum of the Bible when it opens this fall just off the National Mall in Washington, D.C., you’ll have to go through Kansas City. Not literally, but almost. That’s because the ...

DGX, Dollar General’s new urban store concept, is coming to the Crossroads as part of the City Club Apartment development at 20th and Main. A 4,800 square-foot store that will offer a variety of ...

You know those doors that say “Authorized Personnel Only”? Well, we’re opening them. Join Flatland as we peel back the curtain, lift the manhole cover, go in the back door, and get unfiltered access ...

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Fran Marion lights up when she talks about her kids. “She’s artistic,” Marion said about her daughter. “She has gifts in photography.” Marion’s daughter watched her work tirelessly to keep the family ...