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November 19, 2007Our Pundits On KC's HOT Downtown Big-Venue Summer Schedule!
June 4, 2008Who will be the next American Idol?
You may not give a hoot about David Cook, but for many of your fellow Americans, his contest with David Archuleta was the biggest race of 2008. (Sorry, Obama.) Cook, the guitar-totin' Blue Springs native, brought the KC metro a little notoriety when he beat out teenage sissy boy Archuleta last year on the seventh season of How to Be a Cheesy Pop Star, er American Idol. If you'd rather not hear the off-key squawking of a whole new crop of would-be Idols, don't turn on Fox tonight at 7, when Seaso
January 13, 2009Delay of Game
September 20, 2001Hard Ball
June 13, 2002Best Use of Anti-Goth funds
October 17, 2002Best Petition
October 17, 2002Best Unintentionally Hilarious Metro Digest Section in the Star
October 9, 2003Best KC Reality-TV Star
October 7, 2004Stage Capsule Reviews
March 2, 2006Chris Benedict, Blue Springs
September 14, 2006Tour de Blue
September 21, 2006Letters from the week of January 8
January 8, 2009High-School Dunking
December 18, 2008While the mayor and the ATA bicker over light rail plans, here’s one that makes sense
May 29, 2008Copse and Watchers
December 27, 2007Hopping Mad
In Blue Springs, a beer battle leaves a bad aftertaste.
October 11, 2007Cheap Beaches
August 30, 2007Beach
Don't let a little thing like being landlocked keep you from the sun.
June 7, 2007Independence Daze
Letters from the week of
May 11, 2006Stage Capsule Reviews
Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.
May 4, 2006Land of the Real People
Where does reality TV get those hayseeds? Here.
April 27, 2006Wreck Broker
"Hi, Folks" Bob has a secret under his hood.
May 4, 2006Farmer's Market
June 4, 2009Stage Capsule Reviews
Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.
February 23, 2006Lotus Position
February 23, 2006Playing Defense
Matt Bartle was such a good soccer dad, some parents had no idea he’d betray them so callously.
April 14, 2005Unmarried
James Dewees of Reggie and the Full Effect reflects on marriage, divorce and hookers in Guam.
April 7, 2005Oh Come, All Ye Gullible
An Internet thief's "public apology" makes us check our list and think twice before ordering online.
December 9, 2004Black Hole
A year later,the taxpayer-funded Blue Springsgoth study reveals shocking results.
June 3, 2004Hoop It Up
The NAIA championship comes to town.
March 25, 2004Hurl Power
KC's celebrity chicks make us sick.
January 22, 2004Double Vision
KCAI couples art with dating.
September 18, 2003Best in the West
The champions at Blue Springs get ready to Rock.
November 14, 2002Fun Versus Funds
High-school football teams pad athletic budgets.
August 29, 2002Oh My Goth
Vampires aren't half as scary as Blue Spring's war on dregs.
May 30, 2002Class Ceiling
A top coach has better things to do than lead KU.
November 15, 2001Temple Rebuilt
Touchdown Tony is ready to redeem himself.
November 1, 2001Paradise Lust
Home Depot wants tax bucks to pave wetlands.
October 11, 2001Taste Tested
Letters from the week of June 1, 2000
June 1, 2000BMX-ing the Metro
May 18, 2000Kansas City gets more money for cops
​The Kansas City Police Department is getting even more stimulus money. Kansas City's share of the Barack bucks is $2.55 million, which a release says will go to keep police on the streets and "civilian support positions."Other stimulus lottery winners:Jackson County: $1,130,734Independence: $416,746Grandview: $90,600Lee's Summit: $62,699Blue Springs: $43,276Raytown: $41,572Sugar Creek: $10,050Add the $2.55 million to the $8.3 million federal grant the KCPD scored to keep 28 recruits and 22 a
August 14, 2009Now you have plans for the weekend
​You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of event listings. In this post, all of our problems are solved.The festival circuit continues and there's still something for everybody. Beer lovers, meat lovers, and vegetarians -- get ready to overeat. It's not October, but that doesn't mean your lederhosen can't make an appearance at Oktoberfest. Learn how to properly slide a beer down a bar or go to beer school at Worlds of Fun's annual German Festival the next two weekends. The two beer ga
September 11, 2009Friday Freebies
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em. There are so many festivals going on this weekend, I don't know where to start. Suffice it to say, they're the big game in the area as we move into fall. Today and tomorrow is Riverside's Riverfest at EH Young Riverfront Park, located next to the Argosy Casino on Argosy Parkway. There's music tonight from the Benders, followed by a
September 18, 2009Letters from the week
of October 1October 1, 2009Best Of Extra: Kevin Klinkenberg works to make people happy in Blue Springs
Kevin Klinkenberg, an architect who is passionate about cities, received a Best Thinker award in last week's Best Of Kansas City issue.One place that's been receptive to Klinkenberg's new urbanist ideas is Blue Springs. Klinkenberg's firm, 180º Design Studio, did a master plan for the suburb's downtown in 2006. A year later, Klinkenberg and his colleagues worked with city officials on a "form-based" code. Form-based codes focus on outcomes -- nice streets, happy people -- rather than soul-killi
October 6, 2009Best Of Extra: Prep football players catch passes, attention
Bishop Miege H.S.Justin McCay​College football coaches and Pitch readers agree: There is some skill at the wide receiver position at area high schools.Justin McCay of Bishop Miege and Keeston Terry of Blue Springs tied in the readers' vote for Best High-School Athlete. McCay, a 6-foot-3 senior, has committed to play at the University of Oklahoma. Terry is headed to the University of Kansas.As a junior, McCay attracted the notice of college scouts by scoring touchdowns by a variety of means --
October 5, 2009Blue Springs school sued over MMA fights
​A Blue Springs student is suing the school district after getting a tooth knocked out while fighting at the school, KMBC Channel 9 reports. Samuel Gomez reportedly fought another student after wrestling practice last year while an assistant wrestling coach watched. Gomez is reportedly suing for $20,000 to get his dental bills paid (he got two teeth broken and one knocked out in the fight).The school isn't talking. The screen capture on the right, taken from KMBC Channel 9, isn't of Gomez' fig
October 8, 2009Biker Faces
October 22, 2009COMBAT by the numbers
U.S. Department of JusticeThis is what $207 million in drug money looks like​Given that the campaign to renew the COMBAT tax is in full swing, we figured it was time to look at the numbers. Ready? Here's the breakdown of how $10,487,768 of your tax dollars -- 2009's COMBAT anti-drug tax fund -- was doled out among local agencies.(The agencies are categorized by the COMBAT goal they serve: Prevention, Treatment, D.A.R.E. and Law Enforcement. There's a 2009 grant match for which some agencies al
October 28, 2009
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