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Best Place to Get Spacey

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For Kansas City restaurants, it was a tumultuous year

Dining Deceleration

Flap Yack

A shocking revelation: This picky pancake eater wasn't thrilled at Chris Cakes Kitchen.

Cider Fest Rules

A shocking revelation: This picky pancake eater wasn't thrilled at Chris Cakes Kitchen.

Armed and Dangerous

A shocking revelation: This picky pancake eater wasn't thrilled at Chris Cakes Kitchen.

Ride 'Em, Cowboy

Former bull-riding star and Kansas native Dusty LaBeth is back in the saddle again.

Truck Stop Love

This Mother Trucker really hauls.

Cruisin' the 'Calf

This Mother Trucker really hauls.

In the Haus

A Missouri winery embodies leisure.

Down With The Clown

Kansas City Juggalos get some crazy love from the Insane Clown Posse.

Taste Tested

Letters from the week of June 1, 2000

BMX-ing the Metro

Letters from the week of June 1, 2000

A question of darkness

Letters from the week of June 1, 2000

Two years later, Kara Kopetsky is still missing

Today marks the second year since Kara Kopetsky vanished from Belton High School. Kopetsky was 17-years-old at the time of her disappearance. The last time anyone claimed to have seen her was at a gas station/Burger King in Louisburg, Kansas. Kopetsky's family have posted her story on the Internet a ... More >>

Grill out with Slow Food this weekend

Jasper Mirabile has been following the burger craze. "I'm telling you, they are hot right now. Hamburgers. Sliders especially. People are demanding better burgers." The consummate restaurateur, Mirabelle gives the people what they want, and as Convium Chair (fancy name for president) of Slow Food Ka ... More >>

Children of the Corn Maze: Louisburg Ciderfest

You can eat corn or walk through the stalks at Ciderfest​The first weekend of the Louisburg Cider Mill's annual Ciderfest & Craft Fair started last weekend, but another weekend of festivities is planned for Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4 on the grounds of the cider mill on Highway ... More >>

Friday 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. In addition to the American Castrophe show with Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Co. at Midwestern Musical Co., there's the usual First Fridays ... More >>

Top 10 Pancakes

Why order a short stack when you can have the whole stack?​Pancakes are good for the soul. It's why everybody loves them. And so Fat City set out to discover the Top 10 pancakes in the Kansas City area. What follows is the result of a carb-laden conversation between Jonathan Bender and Char ... More >>

Battle of the dishes: Stephenson's v. Louisburg Cider

​With a healthy number of pick-your-own apple operations within easy driving distance of Kansas City, the world of apple cider is fairly competitive. To determine which of the commercially available options was the best, Fat City decided to pit Stephenson's Apple Cider against Louisburg Apple Cide ... More >>

Oriole Post releases debut album of twangy folk, breaks up fights

​With a healthy number of pick-your-own apple operations within easy driving distance of Kansas City, the world of apple cider is fairly competitive. To determine which of the commercially available options was the best, Fat City decided to pit Stephenson's Apple Cider against Louisburg Apple Cide ... More >>

Woman's half-clothed body found near highway in Miami County

The partially naked body of a woman was discovered on the side of U.S. Highway 69 near Louisburg Wednesday, and authorities in Miami County said there were "obvious signs of foul play."Authorities believe the woman's body was dumped on the side of the highway near 311th Street sometime after 5 p.m. ... More >>

Jason Cott Sr. and Alexis Leza charged in the death of Angela Cott

Alexis Leza​Johnson County prosecutors charged two men Friday in connection with the death of a woman whose body was discovered on the side of U.S. Highway 69 near Louisburg on Wednesday. Prosecutors charged 30-year-old Jason Warren Cott Sr. with first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Ang ... More >>

Jason Cott and Alexis Leza make first court appearances in the death of Angela Cott

Alexis Leza​Jason Cott​Two men charged in connection with the death of a woman found on the side of U.S. Highway 69 near Louisburg made their first appearances in Johnson County District Court Monday. KCTV 5 reports that 30-year-old Jason Warren Cott allegedly strangled his wife, 29-year-old Ang ... More >>

Studies in Crap survives nuclear war

Alexis Leza​Jason Cott​Two men charged in connection with the death of a woman found on the side of U.S. Highway 69 near Louisburg made their first appearances in Johnson County District Court Monday. KCTV 5 reports that 30-year-old Jason Warren Cott allegedly strangled his wife, 29-year-old Ang ... More >>

Louisburg murder-suicide: the final Facebook posts of suspected shooter Timothy Lomax

Tim Lomax allegedly shot his wife twice, killing her. He then turned the rifle on himself.​Timothy Lomax sent his children's babysitter a text message telling her to get his young children (ages 4 and 5) out of the family townhouse. The babysitter likely had no idea that Lomax was bringing a .22-c ... More >>

Go pick some berries!

Blueberries at The Berry Patch​Yesterday we extolled the virtues of the blueberry, which are in season and can be purchased at supermarket and farmers markets or, for those who prefer the tactile pleasure of picking their own fruit, at berry farms that permit patrons to select their own.