Troost Festival invites neighbors to celebrate neighbors
The 2012 Troost Festival drew a growing number of people to “come together on Troost.” This year’s event, planned for Saturday, features more than 60 vendors and exhibitors. The Troost Festivals are dedicated to celebrating the diversity ...
Liberty Women’s Clinic brings services to Midtown
Library Women’s Clinic parks its mobile clinic at 39th and Troost, next to the city’s second busiest bus stop, three days a week. The clinic offers free pregnancy testing and helps connect women to low-cost health care.
On Tuesday, ...
Troost churches plan Good Friday peace vigil Friday
Churches and residents along Troost plan a candlelight peace vigil tomorrow after Good Friday services.
“The space between Good Friday and Easter is a sacred time for Christians. We have confronted brutal violence and death, and we cast ...
The history behind DeLaSalle’s $8 million Troost expansion
Reprinted from the February 2013 Hyde Parker newsletter
When the DeLaSalle Education Center opens an expanded 300-student campus this fall, it will be the latest chapter in a Troost Avenue development saga that began more than 100 years ago.
In ...
Few details in Troost barbershop death
Police have still not released many details about the barber found shot yesterday at 31st and Troost. Police were called yesterday afternoon at about 2:30 p.m.
According to the Kansas City Star, a female customer found the 40-year-old victim ...
Community garden growth “off the charts” in metro Kansas City
Ah, fresh tomatoes. Many gardeners are starting to dream of them now. And according to a the director of Kansas City Community Gardens, more people are gardening, in their backyards, neighborhoods and school yards, than ever before.Photo used ...
Troost health clinic serves students, community
When Rockhurst University broke ground on its new garage last year, it promised to do more than provide parking spaces. It also said it hoped to contribute to the revitalization of Troost Avenue and to provide services within the building that ...
Sentencing in Troost barbershop murder
One of the suspects in a Troost Avenue barbershop robbery and murder in 2011 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A Jackson County judge on Friday sentenced Georgio M. White to 20 years in prison for the November 2011 murder of Joe Jackson, ...
DeLaSalle school upgrading Troost facility
Construction crews have been working at DeLaSalle Education Center, 3740 Forest, for the past month. They’re building an addition to the existing high school. When it’s completed, the school will have a new Troost address.
DeLaSalle Education ...
31st & Troost filmmaker says local residents are finding their voice
Kevin Bryce says the people living and working at 31st and Troost have stopped waiting for Superman and have recognized there is a Superman in each of them. He’s created a documentary called We Are Superman that chronicles the transformation ...
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