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StaffThe Jackson County Legislature on Monday voted 8-0 to schedule a special election per the Jackson County Charter, following the successful certification of more than 42,900 valid signatures seeking to recall County Executive Frank White, Jr.
Friday, July 11, 2025
Republicans Rewrote the US Senate Megabill in its Last Moments
Ashley Murray Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans Tuesday included some lastminute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Recall Petition for Jackson County Executive Moves to Next Step
Denise E. Jordon K.c. Globe Managing Editor
White Alleges Move is about ‘Politics’; McGee Says it’s about ‘Process’ Jackson County Executive Frank White, in light of a historic grassroots effort by Jackson County voters that has resulted in obtaining enough petition signatures to move a recall process forward—remains defiant, calling the...
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Convicted on Federal Mann Act Counts, Cleared of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking
Stacy Brown Nnpa Senior National Correspondent
Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of transporting two women across state lines for sex but acquitted of running a criminal enterprise and two counts of sex trafficking.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
-LOCAL THEATRE
News Staff
Noted director, playwright and set designer, Ajene D. Washington premieres his poignant and powerful new play “A Shadow in Time” to Kansas City audiences at the Just Off-Broadway Theatre (3051 Central in PennValley Park, KCMO) starting Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13, 2025.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Mayor Quinton Lucas Honors Former Mayor Sly James with Pavilion Dedication
News Staff
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas recently dedicated the Sylvester “Sly” James, Jr. Pavilion at the Kansas City Convention Center, honoring the former Mayor Sly James’s leadership from 2011 to 2019.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Missouri or Kansas? Business Leaders Don’t Care as Long as Chiefs, Royals Stay Near KC
Rudi Keller Missouri Independent
Lawmakers in both Kansas and Missouri have pursued legislation to make hundreds of millions of dollars available for sports stadiums Kansas City regional business leaders don’t care whether the Chiefs or the Royals play in Missouri or Kansas as long as they don’t leave the metropolitan area.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Rep. Cleaver Co-Sponsors War Powers Resolutions to Prohibit U.S. Involvement in Iran
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (DMO) on Wednesday cosponsored two War Powers Resolutions to prohibit American involvement in Iran, following President Trump’s unilateral, unconstitutional, and dangerous decision to use U.S. Armed Forces to strike Iran directly.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Legislator Abarca Condemns ICE Arrest in Northeast K.C.
Manny Abarca
Jackson County Legislator Manuel Abarca IV is speaking out after receiving confirmation of a recent arrest in his neighborhood by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Friday, June 27, 2025
October 12, 2017 Sunnyvale/CA/USA - Stacked Target shopping carts with the company's logo on the side, a bulls eye (Photo by Sundry Photography)
Black Press, Shoppers Turn Up Heat on Target
Stacy M. Brown
Target’s reputation and in-store traffic continue to spiral downward as new data reveals the toll of its decision to pull back on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Friday, June 20, 2025