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Police: Watch Out for Fake World Series Tickets

If you bought your World Series tickets for tonight’s game from anyone other than a reputable dealer, you could be in for a surprise at the game when you get to the K: Kansas City police fans need to be… more

Game One: A Rocky Royal Start

Well, that was disappointing.  I wish the Royals could have a do-over.  Everyone appeared significantly amped—the crowd, the Royals and certainly James Shields. Perhaps too much so. The Royals began both the ALDS and ALCS on the road, and played… more

Ag Roots Run Deep

Lots and lots of land hereabouts—admittedly, expropriated from the original tenants—called out to a nation of immigrants, expansionists and opportunists in the 19th century. Fertile as it was, though, the ground underfoot didn’t make Missouri and Kansas the farming and… more

A Royal Reunion

The energy at Kauffman Stadium these days is electric. It’s a force that’s been popping all over the Kansas City region for months, and as mid-October approached, was sending a buzz across the nation. The Royals, the unlikely underdogs, find… more

Livin’ Large – and High

Have you seen any of those before-and-after photos of Downtown Kansas City, comparing what it looks like today from the pre-development-boom years before 2000? Both of those images are fixed in Lindsay Tatro’s mind, and in her daily life. The… more

Cancer in KC

A little more than a year ago, Timothy Pluard made the cross-state career trek from St. Louis to become medical director for Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute in Kansas City. It was an opportunity to get involved in an area of… more