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JD Vance heckled during Olathe speech full of attacks on Resurrection Church pastor and other ‘far-left lunatics’

Vice President JD Vance appears at a Sept. 14, 2026, rally at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) OLATHE — Vice President JD Vance on Monday vouched for Kansas ...
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Behind the scenes of recording The Roseline’s ninth full-length album “86 Gumption”

The Roseline. // Photo by Fally Afani The Roseline will play release shows for “86 Gumption” at Hillsiders with the Creepy Jingles and True Lions on Friday, October 2, and at the Replay Lounge with ...
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Green Goes Goth: rOOTS KC offers a darker plant collection for an eerie aesthetic

OOTS KC is offering a new, year-round indoor goth garden collection, available now at both Kansas City locations.
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Disservice Industry: Busting myths around employee workplace protections in bars and restaurants

Illustration by Teddy Rosen Bars and restaurants are critical components for both enhancing and defining a community. Most of them operate in a way that reflects the best of surrounding culture, but ...
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Food Not Bombs still set to face court showdown over trespass arrests

Photo Courtesy of Food Not Bombs Two volunteers for the Kansas City chapter of Food Not Bombs (FNBKC) were arrested by KCPD on Jan. 4, during one of the organization’s many Sundays dedicated to ...
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‘We are human beings’: UMKC workers take their fight for higher pay public

Supporters hold signs at a press conference and rally on UMKC’s campus calling for higher wages for university workers. (Thomas White/The Beacon) Belkis Cabrera has worked as a custodian at the ...
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They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell deep dives their catalog ahead of their Truman show

They Might Be Giants (l-r: John Linnell and John Flansburgh). // photo credit: Miranda Penn Turin They Might Be Giants play ...
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Federal courts conflict on GOP effort to revive gerrymandered Missouri congressional map

Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speak to reporters outside Hoskins’s office in the Missouri State Capitol on July 28 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri ...
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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge

Nick La Strada, fired in May as director of election integrity, alleges Denny Hoskins also illegally used public funds to influence a St. Louis County election A former top elections official is ...
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Kansas City Underground’s free film festival offers weird, profound, and silly movies for all

Courtesy Kansas City Underground Film Festival The fourteen-strong programming team at the Kansas City Underground Film Festival spent 214 hours watching 463 features, shorts and documentaries for ...
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Missouri GOP still see path for gerrymandered congressional map. Legal experts see little hope.

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, right, speaks to reporters on Sept. 10 after the Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, center, “was in contempt” for ordering use of an ...
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Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones on the band’s revitalization ahead of Uptown show

Steve Jones. // photo credit Jemma Dodd The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play the Uptown Theater on Thursday, September 17, with support from Panic Shack. Details on that show here. We could get ...