Small Bites: Openings, Closings & Other Restaurant News

Openings The Parker Hollow (100 Main St., Parkville, MO) Downtown Parkville has a new spot to check out. The Parker Hollow opened earlier this month and is led by chef Jonathan Justus and his wife Camille Eklof, the duo behind the former Justus Drugstore in Smithville and Black Dirt in the South Plaza. The Parker… Continue reading Small Bites: Openings, Closings & Other Restaurant News

A KCK lavender farm grew from a desire to help sex trafficking victims

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Jenny Steineger was crafting lavender-filled eye pillows with sex trafficking victims when she had an epiphany. It was 2018, and she was volunteering at Veronica’s Voice, a nonprofit dedicated to ending prostitution by providing transitional housing and other programs. Jenny returned home that evening, sat down with her husband, Joe Steineger, and said, “I want… Continue reading A KCK lavender farm grew from a desire to help sex trafficking victims