OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — After nearly 45 years of service, another Kansas City-area barbecue restaurant is closing its doors. Wyandot Barbecue announced Tuesday will be the last day for its Overland Park location, near 75th Street and Metcalf Avenue. It will be open until 9 p.m. Big Biscuit locations in Independence, Blue Springs locations set … Read more
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – A restaurant franchise with locations on both sides of the state line has been in hot water on social media after a letter to employees surfaced. It talks about tip money coming out of servers’ pockets when patrons use credit cards to tip due to processing fees. Employees with Twin Peaks sit … Read more
The new year will be consequential for several big Kansas City development projects — and it won’t take long to become apparent. Here are city projects that will make headlines one way or another in 2024. Country Club Plaza One of 2023’s most hotly watched stories came when the Country Club Plaza defaulted on $295.2 million in … Read more
TOPEKA, Kan. — A lot has changed in Kansas since 2009. The minimum wage, however, hasn’t. With inflation eroding purchasing power and the cost of living increasing, Kansans watch as Missouri bumps its minimum wage to $12.30. The last time Kansas raised its minimum wage was in 2008 from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, KSNT … Read more
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The popular breakfast restaurant, The Big Biscuit, announced that its locations in Independence and Blue Springs will reopen. President Chad Offerdahl announced that the growing restaurant has finalized the purchase of the Independence and Blue Springs locations. The restaurants were independently owned by the Gerson family but closed in November. Kansas City-area … Read more
The Kansas City area’s last remaining Cinemark Theatres complex is slated to undergo big changes in the new year. As theaters nationwide scrap to regain pre-pandemic attendance levels, Cinemark wants to remodel its Merriam cineplex, built in 1998 and situated at Johnson Drive and Interstate 35 in the Merriam Town Center shopping district. New nonstop … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 2024, you’ll be able to visit the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport without booking a flight. Airport officials said that’s one of several new opportunities coming to KCI this year. KCI Airport’s most-visited destinations without a nonstop flight It’s been almost one year since KCI’s new terminal opened. … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — SEA LIFE Kansas City is ringing in the New Year with a new arrival at one of its exhibits. SEA LIFE welcomed more than 20 rare Weedy Seadragon babies. Chiefs fans celebrating New Year’s Eve at Power & Light In a press release, the aquarium said that for the past eight … Read more