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The Board of Alderman approved plans for a 258-unit apartment complex at the southwest corner of 150 Hwy and Byars Road. 

The restored bridge installation was a part of the original Presidential Trail plan in 2017, but the bridge hasn’t been erected there due to a lack of funding. The Bailey bridge was used as the Kenneth Road crossing in south Kansas City from 1996 until 2008.

Reappointments, parcel tax increases and upcoming events were all topics of conversation at the April meeting of the Martin City Community Improvement District meeting.

South Kansas City officials discussed key expenditures in the 2026-27 budget and other community issues. They also thanked the audience for voting in the April 7 election.

“As long as there were places to sing, audiences to applaud, critics to approve, I sang for dollars, for pennies, for love. But whatever the reward, I sang.”

Many neighborhood leaders including those with no children in our public schools realize that it is very difficult to maintain vibrant neighborhoods without good public schools.

The story of St. Teresa’s Academy showcases the tenacity of an early Catholic priest, an order of nuns and how the institution they founded successfully grew from a small building into a suburban campus.

From barber chairs to ballot boxes, the Jordan’s proved that political power in this city was not easily claimed.

“I’m going to retire and nobody wants to run it. So, it’s time.”

There will be numerous candidates for school board seats and several important issues on the April 7 election in Kansas City.

Residents will be given the opportunity to tell council members what they feel should be the city’s top funding priorities.

The first Black US deputy marshal, appointed by a former Confederate general, was related to the Leon Jordan who graced headlines during the Civil Rights movement in Kansas City.

19th century neighborhood was home to school and churches catering to African Americans

New class of 50 cadets will graduate in August

Federal plan would make Kansas City a regional ICE hub