Kansas City Sunday Look: Plaza Comeback, Tribute, Twitter Files & Cashmere

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Cowtown Merchant Comeback?!?!

Kansas City's Country Club Plaza now offers more local flavor

Hide Transcript Show Transcript THAT IS DEFINITELY VERY KC PROUD. [CHANTING] DENNIS: FOR THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, THE PLAZA AND LIGHTS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HILIGHTS OF KANSAS CITY. IT'S JUST A LIVING, BREATHING MUSEUM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STANDING RIGHT HERE BY ONE OF OUR FOUNTAINS.


Soccer Commemoration

'It still really hasn't sunk in yet': Sporting KC colleague shares memories of sports journalist Grant Wahl

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Friday, the sports world suffered a . Grant Wahl - a native of Mission, Kansas, and a respected American sports journalist - died in Qatar while covering the World Cup. Reporters sitting in the media area with Wahl said he had a sudden, severe medical issue and could not be revived.


Catholic College Needs Cash

Budget deficit prompts Rockhurst to assign more classes to faculty

Rockhurst University is asking faculty to take on additional classes or accept pay cuts as the independent Kansas City university of fewer than 4,000 students deals with a budget shortfall.


For Newshounds . . . 

Massages, TVs, story time, ice cream: These Kansas City businesses pamper pooches

You need to book a room but there are so many choices. You see the "Standard Package" but then you notice the "Vacation Package," followed by the "Spa Package." Then again, the Presidential Suite has a certain appeal: "Double the space of a luxury suite, four-poster bed, chandelier in addition to all the Luxury suite amenities."


Artsy Guidance Gets Expensive

Nelson-Atkins Fees for Docent-Led Adult Tours Reflect Shifting Financial Landscape

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, responding to economic tremors that have shaken the art world, is now charging for docent-led adult tours that had been free since the program's earliest days. The fees, announced in August, kicked in as Nelson-Atkins on-site tours resumed following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Angels Show Mercy . . . 

Huge News: Victoria's Secret Confirms It's Cashmere-Free! | PETA

It's a huge day for goats! Following talks with PETA, Victoria's Secret has just confirmed that it's banning cashmere from its source materials. The brand, which has made many positive changes for animals over the past few years, is taking a stand by dropping cashmere, which is a product of violence against goats.


Prez Powers China?!?

Biden admin defends handing lucrative grant to energy firm with deep China ties

The Biden administration defended giving a $200 million grant to a battery component manufacturing company with ties to the Chinese government. In October, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the grant to Microvast, a Texas-based maker of technology for electric vehicle batteries, under the $1 trillion infrastructure package President Biden signed into law in November 2021.


Mean Tweets Target Hunter

Rep. Kevin McCarthy vows to subpoena 51 ex-intel chiefs after Hunter Biden 'Twitter Files' reveal

House minority leader Rep. ​Kevin McCarthy ​vowed to subpoena the 51 former intelligence officials who called The Post's Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation so they can be grilled before a committee in the wake of the "Twitter Files" revelations about how the social media giant censored the reports. ​


Bernie Boos Sinema

Sanders calls Sinema 'corporate Democrat' who 'sabotaged' legislation

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) on Sunday as a "corporate Democrat" who "sabotaged" party priorities following her announcement that she was becoming an independent. During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" with co-anchor Dana Bash, Sanders said Sinema didn't have the guts to take on special interests while attacking...


Would You Invest?!?

FTX ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says he wants to start a new business

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former boss of the failed crypto-exchange FTX, said this week he hopes to start a new business to recoup his investors' losses in the firm's collapse. The 30-year-old told the BBC in an interview published Saturday he would "give anything" to start a new venture.


Check Please!!!

Twitter relaunches blue tick service with higher price for iPhone users

Twitter is relaunching its subscription service on Monday, offering users verified status for $8 (£6.50) a month or $11 a month on their iPhone. The move follows a botched revamp of the service last month that resulted in a host of impersonator accounts appearing on the platform as some users took advantage of the chance to launch bogus "verified" accounts for major companies and public figures.


The Almighty Brand Deal

The Reinvention of the Catholic Church

Scandals have taken a toll, and faith is flagging in Europe and the U.S. But Catholicism isn't on the wane-it's changing in influential ways. In May 2021, a time when public gatherings in England were strictly limited because of the coronavirus pandemic, the British tabloids were caught off guard by a stealth celebrity wedding in London.


Suburban Cash Reconsidered

Walmart mistake leads to Lee's Summit woman paying extra $588

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - Walmart recently enlisted some of the stars of the 1999 movie "Office Space" for a holiday ad campaign called "Case of the Mondays." It appears the store's payment processors had a tough day Monday, leaving certain customers who were charged double feeling the blues.


Katie's Recap & Future Forecast

Dense fog is making Sunday difficult to navigate

Hide Transcript Show Transcript BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE'S A BIG IMPACT THIS MORNING. YEAH, UNCLEAR JUST ABOUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. IT IS SO FOGGY THIS MORNING. DENSE FOG ADVISORY FROM JUST ABOUT DES MOINES ALL THE WAY THROUGH KANSAS CITY DOWN TO WICHITA, VISIBLY D IN THIS AREA IS DOWN TO BEING MEASURED IN JUST FEET.

Def Leppard - Rock of Ages is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now.

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