KANSAS CITY, Mo. — From its world-renowned barbecue to being the heart of Chiefs Kingdom, you probably already know what makes Kansas City a special place. But, what you may not be familiar with is ...

Claude “Fiddler” Williams is remembered as a very special part of Kansas City history and on this Black History Month his contributions to our city should be celebrated. File The Kansas City Star A ...

Kansas City, Kansas, witnessed an historic moment Monday as Christal Watson was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve as ...

December 16, 1931.Prominent Kansas City fashion entrepreneur Nell Donnelly was kidnapped and held for $75,000 ransom. Two ...

A Conestoga-type wagon that hauled settlers westward has marked the Old Westport Shopping Center since 1963. Now deteriorating, the wagon believed to be from the 1860s was removed and replaced with a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – June 17 is the anniversary of one of the most tragic events in Kansas City’s storied history: the Kansas City Massacre at Union Station in 1933. The event changed both Kansas City ...

Blacksmithing, one of the crafts demonstrated at Missouri Town Living History Museum, is one of the many heritage crafts practiced by interpreters and artisans around Kansas City. At the Kansas City ...

Walking tours are a great way to explore the art, history, and architecture in different areas of Kansas City. Kansas City has more fountains than Rome, hundreds of murals, countless taco and barbecue ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Calling all history buffs, Kansas City lovers and home buyers! A historic home once belonging to a famous local family has just landed on the market for the first time in 50 years.