A developer who bought Hawthorn Plaza, the Main Street apartment building known for frequent police and ambulance calls, wants additional public assistance to fix up the place. But he's run into opposition from the tax collector.Howard Fischer's plans call for a mixed-use building that offers both low-income and market-rate housing. The former Naughty But Nice porn shop will be demolished to accommodate parking. Catering to Section 8 tenants in its former life, Hawthorn Plaza was "poorly managed
The expiration of union contracts on Tuesday, March 31, may stop construction at the Truman Sports Complex, 610 Sports and 980 KMBZ are reporting. 610 says the Chiefs and Royals organizations are on the outside looking in as the new contracts are being renegotiated. We received this statement from Calvin Williford, a spokesman for Jackson County. Despite rumors to the contrary we are confident that the parties involved in these negotiations will reach a settlement that will allow work to contin
Mike Sanders is the man in the middle of this photo, and he also might be in the middle of the next mayoral race.Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders might run for mayor. Kansas City Star political reporter Steve Kraske has the dirt on Sanders' potential mayoral run and the rumors that started circulating last week. Here's the money clip:Suddenly, there was Sanders' spokesman Calvin Williford on the phone with The Kansas City Star's Mike Mansur, telling him that Sanders might run if an election
