Former mayor Charlie Wheeler’s possessions on sale in Midtown

A Westport High School helmet is among mementos belonging to former Kansas City mayor Charlie Wheeler, on sale today and tomorrow in Westport.Need an autographed hard hat, a legacy of some ground-breaking ceremony? When a former two-term Kansas ...

Update on Mayor Wheeler: fundraising no longer necessary

Here’s an update on a story we reported yesterday. The Indiegogo fundraising effort for former mayor Charles Wheeler has been shut down. Here’s the message posted by Colin Curtis: Charlie has been allowed to stay where he is until he is ...

Kansas City rallies to save former mayor’s home from auction

At the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo, local folks are chipping in to help former mayor Charles Wheeler pay back taxes on his home. As the Kansas City Star reported recently, Wheeler’s home on West 53rd Street was set to be auctioned off on ...