Kay Barnes was primed to be a historic Kansas City mayor the day she was elected. By defeating George ...  READ MORE

Listening to DeWayne Woodring tell it, the religious meeting market is actually the oldest in the world.

“Adam and Eve came together and wrought the first meeting in human history,” says Woodring, ...  READ MORE

Like many political and religious topics, a discussion of international trade is bound to make for lively conversation. Some lament how so many American jobs are going offshore. But don’t we all like to pay as little as we can for consumer goods? ...  READ MORE

Hanging along hallways, stacked in antique cabinets, and folded at the foot of beds, the dozens upon dozens of quilts at Cedar ...  READ MORE

Forget the notion of the old-fashioned library, with all its shushing and dusty stacks. Modern libraries are hotbeds of activity. You can still grab a book and find a nook, but you can also log on, rent a DVD, relax with your friends or get down to ...  READ MORE

“If you haven’t seen Springfield lately, you haven’t seen Springfield. ...  READ MORE

A generation or so ago, people desperately hoping something bad wouldn’t happen would say, “Lord willin’ and the crick don’t rise.”

Well, some people here are thankful the “crick” did rise.

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“There is nothing like laughing with someone,” says Angela Gregory, executive producer for Contemporary Productions. “You might be forced to sit at a table of 10 people [at a corporate event] and not know nine of the other people, but by the end of a ...  READ MORE