Part of Broadway renamed Jim Nutter Sr. Way
Jim Nutter Sr., bought his Midtown mortgage banking company building in 1964 in a dicey part of town and “Nutterville’’ and the area grew up around it.
Now 86 and still working, he grinned today at a surprise party that announced that ...
Investor buys Westport Q Hotel, to remodel as Marriott AC Hotel
The Noble Investment Group of Atlanta says it has bought Westport’s Q Hotel.
“The 123-room hotel will undergo a comprehensive renovation and conversion to become one of the first AC Hotels by Marriott properties located in the United ...
Chamber offers Union Station ornament
If you’d like to have Union Station on your Christmas tree, there’s a new ornament you might like.
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, which is actually located in Union Station, commissioned a holiday ornament of the station.
The ...
Midtown bookshelf: Irish Pub authors to visit Kelly’s
Kyle Kelly and daughter Colleen.
Kelly’s Pub in Westport is featured in a new book on distinctive Irish bars, and the authors will be in town Friday, Dec. 6 for a book signing.
Authors Robert Meyers and Ron Wallace visited Irish pubs across ...
Tivoli Theater reaches fundraising goal to stay open
There’s good news from the Save the Tivoli campaign.
As you may remember, the Westport independent movie theater was in danger of going out of business this month, needing to convert its projection system to digital.
The theater appealed to ...
Reality TV comes to 39th Street restaurant
The Kansas City Star tips us off to a local business being featured on reality tv tonight.
The Cooking Channel’s “Restaurant Redemption” will air a segment tonight at 7 p.m. featuring Saigon 39, 1806 W. 39th.
The host of the show will ...
Talks under way to end job poaching border war
By Joe Lambe
The Missouri and Kansas governors are talking about ending the “border war” of job poaching across the state line, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday.
He has proposed an immediate moratorium on the use of discretionary tax ...
Hotel Sorella opens on the Plaza
A new Plaza Hotel made its public opening on today
The Hotel Sorella at 901 W. 48th Place is described by its general manager as a “blending Italian culture with the best of the Midwest.”
The hotel includes 132 guest rooms, 9 suites, a presidential ...
Boulevard Brewing sold to Belgium brewer
No crying in your beer, but…
Kansas City’s popular Boulevard Brewing Company is being sold, founder John McDonald told the Kansas City Star today.
While Boulevard’s CFO told the Star he knows many people may be disappointed, he says ...
Unconference seeks to increase collision density in KC
The organizers (if you can call them that) of an “unconference” in Kansas City say “collision density” is 20 times less likely to occur Kansas City than in San Francisco.
They define collision density as “the level of collisions ...
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