Former presidential candidate Ambassador Dr. Allan Keyes will headline the Voice for the Voiceless banquet Thursday, Oct. 7. The event is a fundraiser for Missouri Right to life – Western Region and ...
Read More »Hallmark giving away a million greeting cards to encourage kids
Hallmark Cards is giving away one million cards from its new Little World Changers collection. The cards encourage and reward kids as they make a difference in the world through acts of ...
Read More »Pembroke Hill fires conservative teacher over personal Facebook post
Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City has fired a math teacher because of her conservative Facebook posts. Beth Reams, who taught at the school for 25 years, said her liberal colleagues who ...
Read More »Our readers share their memories of September 11
For the 20th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Metro Voice asked our readers for their memories of that morning. For most, the images remain difficult. They still create a pit ...
Read More »Production of The Great Divorce, a C.S. Lewis classic, is Saturday
Most are familiar with the well-known works of C.S. Lewis. In addition to writing children’s classics like The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe he also authored works that delve into Heaven and ...
Read More »Democrats spar with Missouri Governor over removal of homosexual history exhibit
The war of words over a homosexual exhibit at the Missouri Capitol is heating up. Gov. Mike Parson said it was taken down after he received complaints and because it wasn’t approved ...
Read More »Crock-Pot remains popular 50 years after its debut in Kansas City
Chili in the Crock-Pot is as much a part of fall as cooler weather and football games. The popular appliance can trace its roots to Kansas City. Before the Crock-Pot was a ...
Read More »Local college expansion threatens destruction of historic church
The abandoned but historic Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kan., stands in the way of a new educational center being built by KCK Community College. “This is probably the ...
Read More »Mary’s Wedding – hope, healing, and the joy of love set against war
The images of people clinging to the outside of planes taking off from Kabul airport and other desperate measures taken by Afghans to leave their homeland remind us of the harsh realities ...
Read More »Neighbors blame church outreach for increased crime
Mount Washington Missionary Baptist Church is finding that no good deed goes unpunished. Several people who live in the neighborhood said the church is creating a dangerous crime situation from squatters, break-ins, ...
Read More »Former Royal Ben Zobrist drops lawsuit against pastor
Former Kansas City Royals player and devout Christian Ben Zobrist has dropped his lawsuit against his former pastor, Byron Yawn, amid allegations of an affair between the former Tennessee pastor and marital ...
Read More »Kansas City, Mo., population tops 500,000 in census
The population of Kansas City, Mo., has climbed to more than a half-million for the first time, according to newly released census numbers. Mayor Quinton Lucas said the latest Census numbers exceeded ...
Read More »Kansas school district deletes excellence award after teacher protests critical race, masks
A Kansas City-area school district has deleted a story about an excellence in teaching award after that teacher resigned. The teacher last week exposed the teaching of critical race theory and masking ...
Read More »Media were notified about police defunding before police chief
The office of Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas notified local media of the plan to slash police funding before notifying Police Chief Rick Smith, according to emails obtained by Liberty Alliance USA. ...
Read More »Rare 80-year-old ‘Big Boy’ steam engine visits this week
This week is your chance to take in a rare sight. Big Boy No. 4014, the famed Union Pacific steam locomotive built in the 1940s to conquer mountains while carrying equipment during ...
Read More »Congresswoman Sharice Davids gets covid 6 months after being vaccinated
Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids on Friday tested positive for COVID-19 despite having received the vaccine over six months ago. In a statement, Davids confirmed what others who have contracted it after getting ...
Read More »Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” steam locomotive will stop in Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City
Big Boy No. 4014, the famed Union Pacific steam locomotive built in the 1940s to conquer mountains while carrying equipment during World War II, is on a 10-state tour, providing amazing photo ...
Read More »Kansas City sued by state to halt new mask mandate
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed a lawsuit challenging mask mandate in Kansas City. He filed the suit in Jackson County, arguing the mandate is “unreasonable, unconstitutional and arbitrary and capricious” ...
Read More »Jackson County reinstates mask mandate through August
Beginning Monday, Jackson Country residents will be required to wear masks, at least for the next 30 days. The county is reinstating its indoor mask mandate, following other communities. Many are questioning ...
Read More »Empires at War: National WWI Museum adds powerful new exhibit
The newest exhibition from the National WWI Museum and Memorial opens Friday, Aug. 27. Empires at War: Austria and Russia explores aspects of the war often less surveyed: the Eastern Front and ...
Read More »SYSCO halts food deliveries in Kansas citing labor shortage
Restaurants across Kansas are finding their pantries empty after food distributor Sysco halted deliveries. The food giant said labor shortages in the industry. Business across the country have complained about the shortage ...
Read More »Kansas City announces mask mandate as St. Louis County Council rescinds its order
The mask mandate in Kansas City, Mo., is back, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced on Tuesday. The mandate will require masks in public indoor spaces where social distancing cannot be maintained,. It goes ...
Read More »Attendance at Auschwitz exhibit at Union Station breaks record
A record 150,000+ tickets have been sold to the Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. exhibition at Union Station in Kansas City. “When we started planning this exhibition nearly six years ago, ...
Read More »Kansas City will celebrate Missouri bicentennial Saturday
Kansas City will celebrate the Missouri Bicentennial this Saturday at the François Chouteau & Native American Heritage Fountain in the Northland. The free event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 ...
Read More »Missions leader Floyd McClung will be remembered at local service Saturday
Floyd McClung, an author and international missions leader, will be remembered at a local service this Saturday. It will be held at 10 a.m. at Shoal Creek Community Church in Pleasant Valley, ...
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