Kansas City Turnaround: Plaza Comeback, Twitter Going Bankrupt & COVID Mockery Condemned

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Kansas City Retail Revival???

Country Club plaza welcomes new retailers as nationwide store vacancy rate continues to decline

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The iconic County Club Plaza is getting ready to celebrate a huge milestone, 100 years. "People love to come down to the plaza," said Kendra Goodman, manager of marketing and sponsorship for the Country Club Plaza, "it's a great place to shop and eat, walk around and enjoy the beautiful buildings."

Flying High & Lucky

$50,000 Powerball Prize won at KCI

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A ticket purchased at a vending machine at Kansas City International Airport led one lucky Missouri Lottery player to a Powerball prize. With the Powerball jackpot growing to an all-time high of $2.04 billion, a lucky player won $50,000 on a Quick Pick ticket bought at KCI.

Rolling Grievances Documented

'Target on my back': Ex-employee sues KCATA, alleges race, gender, religious discrimination

A former employee is suing the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, alleging her bosses there discriminated against her because of her race, religion and gender. Tiffini Davis, a Black woman, worked for KCATA for seven years starting in 2013, moving around the company in various roles.

Office Space Hype Cont'd

Office Summit speakers, program to imagine the future of Downtown KC - Downtown Council of Kansas City

The theme Place Matters will drive the conversation at the 6th annual Office Summit beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday at The Gallery event space in the Kansas City Power & Light District. The meeting will showcase how Downtown KC provides an unrivaled, attractive environment for businesses seeking a location that will help them build culture as well as recruit and retain talent.

Best Named Snack Shop In Joco

One Tank Trips: Popculture Gourmet Popcorn & Ice Cream

Popculture Gourmet Popcorn & Ice Cream offers a tasting wall of popcorn with over 45 popcorn flavors and award-winning ice cream featuring 16 different flavors. Popculture first opened in 2017 as a single Parkville, Missouri, storefront, before Justin and Melody Woo purchased the shop in 2019.

Actress Still Speaks To Gen-X

Jennifer Aniston Says 'There Are No More Movie Stars' and Hates Social Media: 'It's Torture for Me'

Jennifer Aniston briefly lamented on Hollywood's fading glamour during a recent Allure magazine cover story. The writer of the piece read a text aloud to Aniston in which a friend wrote the following about the "Friends" superstar: "No one's ever going to be famous the way she is.

Prez Owes Younger Voters

Young voters blocked the 'red wave'. Biden must deliver on student debt cancellation | Astra Taylor

or years, advocates like myself have been saying that canceling student debt should be a political no-brainer. In addition to being economically smart and ethically just, it would energize voters - especially younger ones. Tuesday proved us right. Voters under the age of 29 broke for Democrats in overwhelming numbers, helping turn the much-feared Red Wave into a Red Trickle.

Even MAGA Has Favorites

Tiffany Trump's wedding assembles a family divided over its patriarch's political future | CNN Politics

After three days on hurricane watch, Tiffany Trump breathed a sigh of relief.

BILLIONAIRE BUST!!!

Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy

As Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter entered its third week, and following mass layoffs, the billionaire laid bare a delicate financial future for the social media platform, amid an exodus of top privacy and security executives.

Trading Up War Games

US to buy South Korean howitzer rounds to send to Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, in a deal the two governments have been working on for some time.

Wise Cracks Plagued To Death

'SNL' slammed over 'incredibly offensive' sketch about COVID: 'People are still dying'

A recent "Saturday Night Live" sketch called "Thanks, COVID" - a satirical advertisement promoting getting infected with a virus that's killed over a million Americans - has prompted a swell of criticism, especially from people with immunodeficiencies and disabilities, long COVID sufferers and those who've lost loved ones to the pandemic.

A Word From Friends . . . 

Jennifer Aniston Has Nothing to Hide

Skip to main content If we're being literal, the hills above western Los Angeles are actually the only place where Jennifer Aniston is the girl next door. That's what people called her for a long time. The girl next door, which is a '90s euphemism that means she's unintimidating, approachable.

Kansas City Rock Out Weekend

Weekend Possibilities | THUNDERGONG!, GloWild and Monet

Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen and friends come to Kansas City in the name of hilarity and charity. 5 - 7 p.m. The holiday season centerpiece returns to Legends Outlets, 1843 Village West Pkwy., Saturday with the annual Legendary Tree Lighting Ceremony.

Cowtown Bundles Up

Grab your coat! Freezing cold is here for Friday

Hide Transcript Show Transcript WE HAD A NICE NIGHT FOR TRICK OR TREATING. CODY: NOW LOOK AT US. NICK: IF HE IS LIKE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, MORE THAN EARLY JANUARY. IT IS A WINTER COAT MORNING. 28 DEGREES. A STRONG NORTH WIND. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS.

Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.