4+ day, 31+ min ago   (479+ words) Given today’s affordability challenges, it is understandable that homeowners are looking for ways to reduce their property tax burden. But lower property taxes do not come without trade-offs. When property taxes are reduced, so is funding for the local services…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (356+ words) Late last year, Hardee’s began closing its Kansas City-area locations amid a multimillion dollar lawsuit with franchisee ARC Burger. Now, a new franchise operator is reopening one of Hardee’s locations, allowing the metro to once again taste the chain’s charbroiled…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (330+ words) Roughly $117 million in property tax dollars will help pay for day-to-day services and general operations within the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, county commissioners recently decided. Under newly adopted budgets for the 2027 fiscal year, the Unified…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (768+ words) North America and Europe account for over 80% of global private aviation flight hours. In the U.S. and Europe, the late August to early September (aka back-to-school season) marks a transition period. The end of summer vacation, the start of the school…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (175+ words) A new discount grocery store is coming to Johnson County, less than a mile away from the area’s new Trader Joe’s. An Aldi at 5830 Antioch Rd., is currently under construction, according to signage posted in the parking lot. It was…...

1+ week, 40+ min ago   (712+ words) Each year, a number of Wyandotte County residents who have long struggled to pay their residential property tax bills are at risk of having their homes taken from them. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, annually…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (150+ words) A Northland-based ice cream shop is opening its third location, marking its first one in downtown Kansas City. Alice Scooper’s Ice Cream Co., is opening at 906 W 39th St, near Q39‘s Midtown location and Missie B’s, according to a city permit…...

2+ week, 40+ min ago   (386+ words) Two years after its purchase by the Dallas-based Gillon Property Group (formerly HP Village Partners), a map of the Country Club Plaza’s 151 storefronts shows the historic shopping district not only holding steady, but also making progress. A year ago, The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (60+ words) The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, in partnership with Jackson County and neighborhood leaders, on Friday launched Operation Rebuild, an initiative that combines minor home repairs, job training, neighborhood revitalization and economic opportunity to strengthen one of Kansas City's…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (279+ words) Ambitious, billion-plus-dollar plans to redevelop and revitalize the Country Club Plaza while bringing in new residents are moving forward with expected incentives from Port KC as officials and documents shed light on what could be built first. That could include…...