Kansas City Loud: Local Spring Hope & Midterm Fear Hits MAGA

This morning hottie Sabrina and her latest track inspires our weekend peek at pop culture, community reporting and top headlines.

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Street Life Respite

Small businesses hope for safer future after recent burglary arrests

The River Market area is no stranger to property crime, with local businesses like Enzo and Bule Nile Cafe experiencing the impact firsthand.

The Dotte Fears MAGA?!?

As Trump administration's deportation policies sow fear, Hispanic businesses suffer

Businesses along Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, are taking a hit as customers stay home and cut back on spending.

Burnout In The Burbs

Multiple cars damaged in fire on Aspiria campus in Overland Park

Multiple cars were damaged June 6 in a fire inside a parking garage on the Aspiria campus in Overland Park, Kansas. An investigation is ongoing.

Golden Ghetto Remembers

Old Shawnee Town Museum keeps the city's 1929 roots alive

Long before Shawnee was one of Johnson County's fastest growing suburbs, it was a quiet farming town. Nearly a century later, the Old Shawnee Town Museum is helping the city remember.

Home Team Stays Losing 2025

Complete eighth inning meltdown leads to 7-2 loss to White Sox

Blunders, bad pitching, mishaps all lead to a five-run outburst for the White Sox that was hard to watch.

Pop Star End Game Earns Praise

Sabrina Carpenter reveals bum in cheeky jean shorts for new video

SABRINA Carpenter showed off her peachy bum in a new video while donning ultra cropped jean shorts. The hitmaker, 26, showed off her toned bottom in some shorts as she thumbed a car with little suc...

White House Divided

Could Musk-Trump feud stoke GOP divisions ahead of midterms? ANALYSIS

Even by the standards of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's relationship, it's been an unusual week.

Progressives Can't Capitalize

"He's a lunatic": Democrats shut down idea of Musk alliance after break with Trump

"We'll agree with him on some of the things he's saying, but embracing him is pretty out of the question."

Chicago Style Clap Back

Rahm Emanuel warns Dems have become party of 'punks' who 'talk down to people' and fret over identity politics

Former mayor Rahm Emanuel slammed his party for losing touch with voters, stating they've "run this car straight into a wall" by prioritizing issues like pronouns.

War In Europe Rages On

Ukraine says it shot down Russian Su-35 fighter jet

Ukraine's air forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian military said.

Holy Land Tragedy Cont'd

Israeli military retrieves body of Thai hostage from Gaza, defence minister says

The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday.

Vlad Hammers Away

Kharkiv hit by 'most powerful attack' of entire war, mayor says, as Russia pounds Ukraine again | CNN

Russia bombarded Ukraine's second-largest city with massive strikes in the early hours of Saturday, its mayor said, one night after Moscow carried out one of the war's largest aerial assaults on Ukraine.

Urban Farming & Blogger Advice

Weekly Update - Planting Guide, Gardening with Kids, & Roof and Basement Leaks from Spring Rains

Sarahs planting guide for early June,

Weekend Forecast Arrives . . . 

Soggy start to Saturday, drier by the evening

Showers and storms will linger into the afternoon hours and then we slowly dry out into the evening.

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