After a 50-year wait, long-suffering Chiefs fans finally got their wish: The Kansas City Chiefs are once again Super Bowl Champions. On Sunday, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, a day when it was ...
Read More »Patrick Mahomes: fueled by faith
It’s hard to turn on the television, pick up a newspaper or even buy cereal these days without seeing the smiling face of Patrick Mahomes. The personable 23-year-old quarterback has been in demand ...
Read More »Chiefs’ Super Bowl appearance boosts Kansas City worldwide
The city of Miami will reap an economic windfall from this year’s Super Bowl. But will the Chiefs’ worldwide exposure also benefit Kansas City? Yes, said a professor at the Missouri University ...
Read More »Kansas City making plans for possible Super Bowl parade on Wednesday
If the Chiefs win the Super Bowl on Sunday, not a lot of work is likely to get done around the city on Wednesday. Downtown businesses have been told to expect a ...
Read More »Health-care system in St. Joseph to begin screening for coronavirus
The coronavirus threat started in China, but its impact is now being felt closer to home. Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Mo. will begin screening for the virus. The Centers for ...
Read More »Area church plans party for Chiefs fans
Across the region, pastors and their flocks will be decked out in red for Sunday’s big Super Bowl contest between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. For the Chiefs, ...
Read More »Local organizations make list of best Christian workplaces
Several faith-based organizations in Missouri and Kansas have been recognized as Certified Best Christian Workplaces by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute in Mercer Island, Wash. These organizations met the certification standard determined ...
Read More »Holocaust survivor: “I must tell you.”
“You wouldn’t believe it. I want you to know the history.” Her brown eyes welled. “When I went to see our [Holocaust] museum in Washington, I must tell you, they did a ...
Read More »Pigskin prophecy? Minister believes Super Bowl win by Chiefs is sign of revival
Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs have waited a half-century for their team to make it back to the Super Bowl. If the Chiefs win, some people believe, it could kick off ...
Read More »Christian college fair features schools from 17 states this Saturday!
Christian colleges from across the nation will gather in Kansas City February 27 for the Annual Midwest Christian College Expo. For the 23rd year, the college fair will feature Christian colleges and ...
Read More »Football fans ready to wing it on Super Bowl Sunday, study finds
Is a hot wing the true prize? Chicken Wings are the top food choice when it comes to the Super Bowl. According to estimates, Americans will eat approximately 1.4 billion wings during ...
Read More »Tim Tebow, featured speaker at Kansans for Life banquet, has deeply personal connection to pro-life cause
Tim Tebow has had great success as a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, professional baseball player and as of last week, husband to a former Miss Universe. He realizes that he owes everything to ...
Read More »Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt after winning AFC Championship: ‘I want to thank the Lord’
The Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, after his Chiefs defeated the Tennessee Titans for the AFC Championship and earned a trip to the Super Bowl, said he wanted to “thank the ...
Read More »Pope Francis given autographed Patrick Mahomes jersey
The Kansas City Chiefs may have an unlikely supporter during Sunday’s AFC championship game at Arrowhead Stadium. A local bishop gave Pope Francis an autographed Patrick Mahomes jersey this week, according to ...
Read More »Missouri Gov. Parson outlines priorities in state of the state address
In his state of the state address, Gov. Mike Parson outlined some good news for a major local highway project and fans of Buck O’Neil. “There is one more very special project ...
Read More »The Chiefs scored so much on Sunday that the stadium ran out of touchdown fireworks
The Kansas City Chiefs have an offense that’s capable of scoring 50-plus points, but even the pyrotechnics crew at Arrowhead Stadium wasn’t quite prepared for the scoring onslaught that unfolded during Sunday’s ...
Read More »Kansas City Library Director Crosby Kemper confirmed to lead federal agency
The Kansas City Public Library is looking for a new executive director after current head Crosby Kemper III takes new job. Kemper has had a major influence in the area as a ...
Read More »Community rallies to support family of firefighter Chuck McCormick
The Kansas City community is coming together to honor firefighter Chuck McCormick and help his family. McCormick, who had been working for the West Peculiar Fire District for only three weeks, died ...
Read More »Kansas City files lawsuit over what it calls illegal firearms trafficking
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has made reducing violent crime his top priority for 2020. He and the city council this week announced a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer for ignoring what ...
Read More »New Cowboys head coach McCarthy has deep area roots
The Dallas Cowboys NFL team announced Mike McCarthy has been named the new head coach for the Dallas Cowboys. McCarthy is a graduate of Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan and former ...
Read More »“Honkytonk Preacher” plays and ministers to music lovers at Knuckleheads Saloon
Jesus went to where people needed him most, not necessarily to the synagogues. Musician Carl Butler does the same. Butler is a honkytonk preacher at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City, according to ...
Read More »Local pastor calls on one million people to pray and fast the first month of the “Roaring Twenties”
Local pastor Malachi O’Brien is calling upon one million people to fast and pray for an awakening each year of this decade as part of the Roaring Twenties fast. “I just began ...
Read More »Girl who gave bracelet to Patrick Mahomes loses battle with cancer
Some things are more important than football to Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes. That’s why in every game this season, he wore a bracelet that was given to him by Whitney Wells, a ...
Read More »Meteorologist Mike Thompson running for Kansas Senate
The long-term forecast for 2020 includes a state senate race for a popular local meteorologist. Mike Thompson, who recently retired after a long career on KCTV-5 and WDAF-Fox 4, is running for ...
Read More »New book ‘Mascot on a Mission’ shares the adventures of KC Wolf
Dan Meers has brought fun and excitement to gamedays at Arrowhead Stadium for more than three decades as KC Wolf. Away from the field, he has brought hope, encouragement and inspiration to ...
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