Monty Davis

2 days ago | kentucky.com | Monty Davis

More details have been released about the arrest of a St. Joseph man who allegedly threatened students and staff at William Jewell College. Jacob A. Raczkowski, 25, faces a first-degree terroristic threat charge, according to a news release from Liberty Police Department Capt. Matt Kellogg. At 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Liberty communications officers received a call from a man claiming to go by the name “Paul Sanchez,” according to a Clay County probable cause statement for Raczkowski’s arrest.

1 week ago | kansascity.com | Randy Mason |Monty Davis

Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at [email protected]. You may not know much about Harlem. Or even how to get there. (More about that later.)But without it, Kansas City might have been a very different place. Harlem, Missouri, like the legendary one in New York, took its name from a town in Holland.

3 weeks ago | kansascity.com | Monty Davis

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Kansas City's Pridefest. The event, hosted by the nonprofit Kansas City Pride Community Alliance, typically draws thousands to Theis Park each June to celebrate and support LGBTQ rights in Kansas City. But it was not always that way. The first Pride marches in the U.S. were held in June 1970 on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York. The movement quickly began to spread across the country.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Monty Davis

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Kansas City’s Pridefest. The event, hosted by the nonprofit Kansas City Pride Community Alliance, typically draws thousands to Theis Park each June to celebrate and support LGBTQ rights in Kansas City. But it was not always that way. The first Pride marches in the U.S. were held in June 1970 on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York. The movement quickly began to spread across the country.

3 weeks ago | kansascity.com | Randy Mason |Monty Davis

Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at [email protected]. This view of the Truman Home at 215 N. Delaware Street in Independence carries the Kodachrome glow of the 1950s. In fact, postcards like this called "chromes" became the industry standard after WWII.