Camp Guide

How to Choose a Summer Camp Your Kids Will Love and That You Approve—Even Amid a Pandemic Whether you’re looking for enrichment for your child, a way to keep your kids occupied and supervised while you work, or need a short reprieve from parenting, there’s sure to be a summer camp that’s the right fit… Continue reading Camp Guide

The seven biggest outdoor living trends we’ll see in 2022

Backyard Birding Birding is booming. According to Garden Media Group, sales of bird feeders and feed reached $2.2 billion in 2021, and Audubon’s Bird Guide app grew eighty-one percent from 2019 to 2020. In a matter of weeks, birds will make their way back up to our neck of the woods. To optimize bird activity… Continue reading The seven biggest outdoor living trends we’ll see in 2022

Interview: Jim Cosgrove talks about his new KC true crime book ‘Ripple’

Kansas City author Jim Cosgrove/Courtesy

Just south of the blinkering neon of Myrtle Beach, there’s an old clamming town called Murrells Inlet. It’s a place where locals pull their living from the salt marshes and where you’ll find a street lined with biker bars named Suck Bang Blow and The Big Beaver. In a little clearing in the woods outside… Continue reading Interview: Jim Cosgrove talks about his new KC true crime book ‘Ripple’

7 Things To Do This Weekend in KC: February 24-27

Photo by Jaymie Collins

KC Night Market V3 Crossroads Hotel is hosting another curated nightlife shopping experience and cultural showcase. This time, the event will spotlight several of the city’s Black-owned brands as we continue to celebrate Black History Month. You’ll be able to shop local artisans and vendors while listening to local DJs. Thursday, February 24. 7-11 pm.… Continue reading 7 Things To Do This Weekend in KC: February 24-27

Excerpt: Frank McGonigle’s disappearance and death investigated in ‘Ripple’

Frank McGonigle (1955-1982) Excerpt: Frank McGonigle’s disappearance and death investigated in ‘Ripple’ The disappearance of Frank McGonigle, free-spirited son of a prominent Brookside family, haunted south Kansas City for nine years. When a small town police department in a gritty Carolina town finally identified McGonigle as a body they knew as ‘the boy in the… Continue reading Excerpt: Frank McGonigle’s disappearance and death investigated in ‘Ripple’