Schriever honored with neighborhood award
The Valentie Neighborhood Association has been handing out its Love Awards for decades. The awards honor people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make the neighborhood a better place.
Last night, the neighborhood presented the ...
Ever wonder where the Valentine neighborhood got its name?
Valentine Road with its wide elegant curves winds through the middle of Valentine.The street follows the lines of a former horse race track that occupied Midtown before the Valentine and Roanoke neighborhoods were platted. At the turn of the ...
Midtown neighborhoods will sparkle tonight
Photo courtesy Scott Burnett.
Tonight at sunset, neighbors in the Valentine, Roanoke and Coleman Highlands neighborhoods with be lighting festival holiday candles along their curbs.
The lighting of the luminerias is a tradition in these three ...
Volunteers make progress toward master vision in Roanoke Park
The Valentine Slope of the park, with steps leading down from Southwest Trafficway to the park, was planted with a mixture of shade-tolerant native grasses last weekend.
About four dozen volunteers from the nearby neighborhoods showed up Saturday ...
Will Midtown neighborhoods contribute to helping the East Side get Google Fiber?
The latest Google Fiber map showing which neighborhoods have shown interest in getting the service and which have not. People concerned about the Digital Divide are making financial contributions to a website that will help the neighborhoods ...
Dance in the Park brings neighborhoods together
When Dance in the Park was created 14 years ago, the idea was to use local dance companies in the tranquil setting of Roanoke Park to bring together people from the neighborhoods surrounding the park. Since then, volunteers from the neighborhoods ...
As Irish Fest approaches, a look back at Midtown’s Irish heritage
One of the homes in Vinegar Gulch, an Irish enclave in what became Penn Valley Park.
Posted by Joe Lambe
The Irish played a large part in the history of Kansas City and Midtown, and it’s time for a nod to Celtic culture and a wee bit of remembrance.
The ...
Midtown Cat Hoarder Investigation Reveals Long-Term Problems
Investigation photos from the Valentine home where numerous animals and code violations were found.
Residents of the Valentine neighborhood had been reporting large numbers of animals at a Midtown home for two years before the raid by ...
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