A Legacy of Royalty: The modern day Monarchs fight to keep its baseball legacy alive

Photography by Ian Simmons.

Monarchs baseball player outfielder Travis Swaggerty’s day has begun like any other in the relentless dog days of summer, which in Kansas City can be devastatingly hot. The weather doesn’t care if you have a doubleheader and a night on the road ahead. The sun keeps shining, the humidity thick in the air—it’s baseball season.

A young cancer survivor stuns the local soccer world with her artistic talent

Photography by Anna Petrow.

Olive Mitchell, a self-made artist at just 14 years old, has already had a lifetime of scary medical emergencies in her battle against blood cancer, but she refuses to let her ailment define her. It was Christmas 2021 when her mother, Lauren, noticed some odd bruising on her daughter. Follow-up testing showed Mitcell had low… Continue reading A young cancer survivor stuns the local soccer world with her artistic talent