Subject: Alvin Brooks

• Downtown's Back, Along with McD's Heartland Latte

  January 10, 2008

• Bad Omen for Hillary

  January 14, 2008

• In Case You Missed It

  January 19, 2008

• Five Unknowns File Petition to Recall Funkhouser

  January 29, 2008

• One of 2005’s Unforgotten Homicides

  February 21, 2008

• Petition Targets KCMO 710 Talk Radio

  May 16, 2008

• A funeral for the forgotten

  September 24, 2008

• Mayor Funkhouser issues statement on settlement of lawsuit

  The mayor's office just released this statement regarding Mayor Mark Funkhouser's decision to settle his part of the lawsuit filed against him by former office worker Ruth Bates. Funkhouser uses the release to reiterate that he and his wife were the real victims -- he says it all stems from an "abuse of a friendship." The statement follows:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2008Yesterday, the City Council rejected my proposal to settle the Ruth Bates lawsuit, which had continued to be sensationa

  December 5, 2008

• Stealing Time: Blogger defends Kansas City Star. Really!

  Dan from Gone Mild writes a fantastic essay on the importance of a vibrant Kansas City Star. "If you think you can do without the Star because you get all the local news you need from the blogs, you're horribly mistaken," Dan writes. "You're still getting your local news from the Star -- it's just getting filtered by bloggers, or you're dependent on the Star's website."

  December 9, 2008

• Kansas City Strip

  October 11, 2001

• Best Student Activist

  October 18, 2001

• Songs in the Key of Life

  November 8, 2001

• Best Kansas Citian

  October 17, 2002

• Bullet Proof

  November 13, 2003

• Shoot Out

  November 20, 2003

• Meaty Leftovers

  June 3, 2004

• Render Unto Cleaver ...

  July 22, 2004

• Strike Two

  May 4, 2006

• Net Prophet

  November 23, 2006

• Letters from the week of December 7

  December 7, 2006

• Letters from the week of March 22

  March 22, 2007

• Letters from the week of March 29

  March 29, 2007

• Shauntay Speaks

  Awaiting trial in March, Shauntay Henderson remembers her community-activist grandmother and dreams of making babies.

  January 24, 2008

• Killa City: Raytown police seeking tips in quadruple homicide

  Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and Alvin Brooks pleaded with the public today for tips that will help solve the Raytown quadruple homicide. The bodies of 21-year-old Precious Triplett, 33-year-old Andre D. Jones, 10-year-old Amir Clemons and 7-year-old Gerard Clemons were discovered in an apartment near 61st Street and Raytown Road in March. "Here we are with two children almost babies 7 and 10 in addition to two adults who were brutally murdered," Brooks said. "I know that none of us could imagine

  April 15, 2009

• The Tao of Poo

  Letters from the week of November 27, 2003

  November 27, 2003

• The Mile-High Club

  April 26, 2007

• The Queen

  March 29, 2007

• Color Lines

  Don't be fooled: This mayoral election has nothing to do with race.

  March 15, 2007

• Breakfast With Champions

  Kay Barnes makes a plea for her moneymen to support Alvin Brooks.

  March 8, 2007

• Anonymous Mudslinger Targets Funkhouser

  A mass-mailing postcard makes the mayoral candidate look like one cold bastard. But it’s the card’s sender who has a heart of stone.

  February 15, 2007

• The Dumb Defense

  Saundra McFadden-Weaver has a simple strategy to survive controversy. She claims ignorance. Can Saundra McFadden-Weaver beat the feds by claiming — again — that she's been duped?

  January 25, 2007

• More Deadly Silence

  October 12, 2006

• Pushing the Pushers

  The good news about a reclaimed gang-infested neighborhood may have been a bit premature.

  January 20, 2005

• The Gza Strip

  Hip-hop strikes familiar chords in our Israeli sister city.

  January 6, 2005

• Precious Moments

  Neighbors say it's time for the tacky Precious Doe memorial to come down.

  May 6, 2004

• Dude Where's the Party

  Local Democrats cross political lines to support their favorite pork producer — Senator Kit Bond.

  January 8, 2004

• Kay's Buffet

  Kay Barnes puts the smackdown on fellow City Council members and their annoying questions.

  November 13, 2003

• Half-Cocked

  Is that lump in your pants a concealed weapon, or are you just glad to see us?

  November 6, 2003

• Going Bust

  A scientific study finds that renderings like the new image of Precious Doe are a waste of time.

  October 2, 2003

• Minority Report

  The hate crimes task force ends up with a low profile.

  December 26, 2002

• Home Groan

  Angry neighborhood residents are tired of living with Kansas City's Housing Department director.

  December 5, 2002

• No-Tell Hotel

  City Hall jumps into bed with the President, and Kansas City taxpayers might not respect them in the morning.

  August 22, 2002

• Cruel Summer

  City leaders have paid lip service to Kansas City's young people. What they haven't paid is much money or attention.

  August 15, 2002

• King Richard

  Our old friend Richard Tripp is no chicken.

  March 28, 2002

• Around Hear

  The Omer Awards spread the word about the city's finest gospel artists.

  November 1, 2001

• Fertile Ground

  Forty years later, still no sewer.

  August 23, 2001

• Front of the Bus

  Whether ferrying homeboys around Kansas City or rallying militiamen on the road to the statehouse, Gary Davis takes a back seat to no one.

  March 22, 2001

• Alvin Brooks won't be spinning Black Walt's new one at his next party.

  A recent Fox 4 report pits the gangsta -- sorry, *cough* -- reality rap of local rhymesmith Black Walt against the "golden door"-seeking Mayor Pro-temp and Adhoc leader Alvin Brooks. Does Brooks throw his hands in the air like he just don't care at hearing Walt's tales of urban violence? What do you think? (Transcript here.)   The most important thing I got out of this video is that Black Walt's new album, Exclusive, is coming out sometime next month. (That's a really cool cover, by the w

  July 29, 2009

• IHOP leaders deny -- again -- that the church is really a cult

  ​Leaders of the International House of Prayer met with the public for the second time (we covered the first), and it doesn't sound like a lot came out of the meeting other than more denials from church founder Mike Bickle that his church isn't a cult. KSHB Channel 41 attended the star-studded meeting (Cathy Jolly! John Sharp! Alvin Brooks!). The highlight: Neighbor Carmen Kelly said the kids all seem "brainwashed." Kelly said: "They all kind of talk the same. They speak in monotone. I've had

  September 2, 2009

• A few choice finds at the Kansas International Film Festival

  September 17, 2009