Subject: Truman Sports Complex

• Best Shortcut to the Stadiums

  October 19, 2000

• Ticket or Leave It

  August 9, 2001

• Further Review

  December 12, 2002

• Best Wet Blanket

  October 7, 2004

• Strip Tips

  September 22, 2005

• Reel Life Letters, August 24

  September 7, 2006

• 610 Sports: Work stoppage possible at Truman Sports Complex

  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

  March 25, 2009

• Workers picket the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts construction site

  On my way to work this morning, I snapped this photo of union workers picketing at the gates of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts construction site. The local news has mostly focused on the picket lines at the Truman Sports Complex, pretty much ignoring the other work stoppages throughout the city. So here's a look at one in the Crossroads. A couple months ago, Pitch editor C.J. Janovy snapped photos of the construction, which looks to be halted.

  April 3, 2009

• Ready for Draft Day?

  April 24, 2008

• Tailgate Timeline

  October 25, 2007

• The Real Mrs. Semler

  A few months ago, mostly just gardeners and Minutemen knew the woman who’s been at the center of Kansas City’s biggest controversy.

  October 11, 2007

• To the Rescue

  Can't you see it? We're being invaded, but local Minutemen are prepared to stop it.

  November 16, 2006

• The Blight King

  August 17, 2006

• Pay to Play

  July 27, 2006

• Bully Pens

  April 13, 2006

• Is David Glass Smoking Grass?

  March 30, 2006

• Well Done, We Do Say

  Here's a glimpse into one lifestyle of the rich and hilarious.

  March 16, 2006

• Sex Games

  March 2, 2006

• Fear This Geek

  January 12, 2006

• The Dark Ages

  Let's hope we don't see another year ruled by superstition.

  December 29, 2005

• Super-Size Us!

  November 24, 2005

• Get Some Balls

  Some fogeys are too afraid to even talk about a downtown ballpark.

  October 27, 2005

• Ballpark Figures

  September 8, 2005

• Fan Scam

  Anyone who still roots for the home teams deserves the owners' contempt.

  April 18, 2002

• Strange Fruit

  We say tomahto at this festival.

  July 21, 2005

• Dropping Trou

  Maybe we’ve been overestimating our sports executives all along.

  June 9, 2005

• Katheryn the Grate

  April 7, 2005

• Holding Out?

  The Chiefs say they’ll help pay to fix up Arrowhead, but it might not cost them much.

  March 3, 2005

• New Lease on Life

  Warning to KC! Don’t swallow this cup o’ Joe!

  November 11, 2004

• The Season of Greed

  Fall 2004 means baseball playoffs, a new football campaign — and open season on the Kansas City fan.

  August 5, 2004

• Gehry Glitter

  Why go for a world-class arena when you can get homespun sameness?

  July 29, 2004

• The Ice-Cold Case

  Two crusading reporters and their private investigators still can’t crack a notorious KC crime.

  July 29, 2004

• Derby Day

  No soap duds here.

  June 17, 2004

• Night & Day Events

  Week of April 1, 2004

  April 1, 2004

• Dropping the Ball

  Lease documents show that Jackson County could lose the Chiefs and Royals in 2007.

  December 25, 2003

• He's The Scrap Man

  Bankruptcy-claiming, codes violating Tom Wright reigns over blocks of junked-up Troost.

  July 10, 2003

• Toxic Crock

  After barrels of hazardous waste piled up in the west bottoms, John Dillon took the fallout.

  October 3, 2002

• Spare Hearts

  Two lovers taught a giant automaker all about the junkyard business - but that took a back seat to Ford's feelings about romance.

  June 6, 2002

• Royal Blues

  Baseball's been buried, buried good in KC.

  April 4, 2002

• Anchors Away!

  The Channel 5 News Team sets it's sights on beating Larry Moore and Bryan Busby.

  April 4, 2002

• 2001 Sofa Awards

  Sports Outstanding and Forgettable Achievement, Awards for the Media

  December 27, 2001

• Athletic Support

  Raytown finally discovers a cash cow at Kauffman.

  October 4, 2001

• White Tide

  Royals give black fans little to cheer.

  June 21, 2001

• Chamber Maids

  Kansas City's VIPs are too sissy to fix downtown.

  January 18, 2001

• Knights School

  Kansas City hasn't exactly been good to pro basketball. Ernest Brown is hoping this time around is different.

  December 21, 2000

• Night & Day Events

  Week of September 28, 2000

  September 28, 2000

• Royals are scoring on the field -- and with fans

  When it comes to the Royals, the best defense is a late-inning offense.

  April 20, 2000

• The Cost of the Game

  Kansas and Missouri legislators are crafting a second bistate tax proposal with the help of major league sports teams and the business community. Some people, including economists, raise questions about what taxpayers will get for their money -- if anyt

  March 30, 2000

• Though it’s anything but disadvantaged, Mark One Electric Company gets minority-hiring contracts

  June 11, 2009

• Truman Sports Complex contractors not paid prevailing wage, suit alleges

  National GeographicAardvarkA misdemeanor summons was issued in Jackson County Court in Independence today against Aardvark Air Duct Cleaning Chimney Service, owned by Rycoblake Corp. and Gerald L. Chevalier, 46, of Lee's Summit. Court records allege Aardvark failed to pay the prevailing wage for overtime and fringe benefits and misclassified three workers on certified payroll forms, paying them as laborers rather than the higher hourly rate they should have been paid as sheet metal workers. The

  June 25, 2009