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Day: July 23, 2021

‘It was the right time’: Why a veteran reporter finally agreed to talk about the Hyatt skywalk for a new KMBC documentary

KMBC Reporter Haley Harrison in KMBC 9 Chronicle: The Skywalk Tapes/Screenshot

It’s been forty years since two suspended walkways collapsed in the Hyatt Regency Kansas City hotel during an evening dance. One-hundred-fourteen people were killed and over two hundred were injured. It remains one of the deadliest structural collapses in the nation’s history. Veteran KMBC reporter Michael Mahoney was at the disaster, covering what was supposed… Continue reading ‘It was the right time’: Why a veteran reporter finally agreed to talk about the Hyatt skywalk for a new KMBC documentary

OP Farmers Market pop-up Buck Tui is bringing Thai-inspired barbecue to the masses

There’s a tongue-in-cheek element to Buck Tui BBQ. It starts with the name: In Thai, “buck tui” translates roughly to “fat boy”—chef Ted Liberda’s lifelong nickname. It was an endearment he heard at backyard family cookouts, which intertwined grilled barbecue classics with Thai ingredients and side dishes. “It’s a phrase that a lot of people… Continue reading OP Farmers Market pop-up Buck Tui is bringing Thai-inspired barbecue to the masses