The mood at The Kansas City Star is sour and grim. The future is both certain and uncertain for the unlucky ones whose numbers were called. The names of the laid-off reporters continue to trickle out -- telling friends or posting status updates on Facebook. Gone are City Hall reporter DeAnn Smith, books editor John Mark Eberhart and the hardworking Ward Triplett. Chopped to part time are movie critic Robert Butler and deputy features editor Carol Powers. Columnist Mike Hendricks lost a third of
