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2 weeks ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
If all I knew about Trump supporters came from the blinking strings of expletives and insults that land in my inbox, then I, too, would think you quite the mean-spirited bunch, exulting in the unnecessary misery of all sorts of people you do not know, and of any who do not agree with you. That isn't all I know, since I grew up with you.
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2 weeks ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
Mimi Wood, Max Tolnai, Sola Owens and Sam Reintjes, members of the 18-member Nelson-Atkins Teen Council, at the Nelson on Thursday. Melinda Henneberger If you wanted to love Kansas City even more, then the place to be on Thursday was the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, for the announcement of the architectural firm chosen to design its expansion. Why?
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Melinda Henneberger
If you wanted to love Kansas City even more, then the place to be on Thursday was the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, for the announcement of the architectural firm chosen to design its expansion. Why? Because Kirkwood Hall was packed with folks who care passionately about the future of this amazing museum, where the admission is free and the art is astonishing, and not just for a city this size.
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2 weeks ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
Yes, as it turns out, Cecil Brooks, the self-described one-time "major figure in the Kansas City, Kansas, drug business" who is scheduled to go on trial on federal sex trafficking conspiracy charges in November, was a DEA informant.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Melinda Henneberger
Yes, as it turns out, Cecil Brooks, the self-described one-time “major figure in the Kansas City, Kansas, drug business” who is scheduled to go on trial on federal sex trafficking conspiracy charges in November, was a DEA informant.
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3 weeks ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
A good man died in Rome today, mourned by many around the world who never knew either him or his Jesus. "The Bishop of Rome, Francis, has returned to the house of the Father," Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in announcing the death of Pope Francis at age 88 early Monday, after a long respiratory illness.
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3 weeks ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
Archbishop-designate Shawn McKnight at last year's Hispanic Heritage Mass, an annual event McKnight started, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City in June of 2024. At the news conference announcing that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Shawn McKnight to succeed Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann in leading the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, a reporter essentially came right out and asked McKnight if he would be wearing a blue jersey or a red one.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Melinda Henneberger
At the news conference announcing that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Shawn McKnight to succeed Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann in leading the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, a reporter essentially came right out and asked McKnight if he would be wearing a blue jersey or a red one. “It’s no secret Francis has set the church on a very progressive path,” the reporter said.
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1 month ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
There are a couple of explosive new allegations - and right now, they are only that - in the most recent filings from defendants in the federal sex trafficking conspiracy case that would have also prosecuted former KCKPD detective Roger Golubski had he not killed himself on what was to have been the first day of his first federal trial in December.
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1 month ago | 
kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger
A few things to keep in mind, in case you've been too stressed to keep up lately: Our most steadfast allies, like our friends in Canada, are suddenly the bad guys, don't ask why, and tanking the global economy will somehow lead to a boom. "The operation is over! The patient lived, and is healing," Donald Trump wrote in defending his market-crashing tariffs, as if surgery for cancer you never had in the first place were widely recommended.
