Even fans of last year’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” had to admit there were problems. There was still much to admire about Peter Jackson’s return to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, but it wasn’t up to the standards he had set for himself with his “Lord of the Rings” adaptations. Apparently, he was saving all his energy for “The Desolation of Smaug.”
A bar near the Truman Sports Complex has gotten a reality TV makeover, thanks to Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue” show. The series stars “renowned bar and nightlife expert” Jon Taffer, who with his crew swoops into a struggling bar, fixes its problems and gives it a new name and concept.
With two weeks remaining in the balloting, Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles continues to rank among the top five vote-getters for the 2014 Pro Bowl, and outside linebacker Tamba Hali, offensive tackle Branden Albert, and punter Dustin Colquitt are the top vote-getters at their positions.
Missouri executed Allen Nicklasson on Wednesday night for killing a Good Samaritan who stopped to help him and his friends after their car stalled on Interstate 70 in 1994. It was the state's second execution in three weeks. Nicklasson, 41, was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
Acoustic Christmas concertgoers
Roller Warriors Girls Flat Track Derby
Pipefitters union Local 533 Christmas Party
Ugly Sweater Run
Merriam’s Santa Arrival and Christmas Dinner
Red Stocking Breakfast
Mission’s Holiday Lights and Festive Sights
Prairie Village Tree Lighting 2013
Red X Wine Tasting
Kanye West concertgoers at the Sprint Center
Chiefs vs. Broncos tailgaters
Toys and crafts shows at KCI Expo
Soccer, volleyball and football national championships are coming to the Kansas City area from 2014 to 2018, including the Division I men’s College Cup, soccer’s final four, at Sporting Park in the fall of 2015, and the Division II football championship beginning next December through 2017 at Sporting Park.
It’s easy to get caught up in the buzz of the holiday shopping season even as the baseball industry begins dispersing Thursday from its annual Winter Meetings. That includes the Royals, of course, even with their limited payroll flexibility. They remained linked to several free agents, including infielder Omar Infante and right-handed pitcher Jason Hammel.
House Republicans are rallying behind a modest budget pact that promises to bring a temporary halt to budget brinkmanship in Washington and ease automatic budget cuts that would otherwise slam the Pentagon and domestic agencies for a second straight year.
Coach Frank Haith’s team is further along at this stage than last season’s talented-but-erratic group, which was less than the sum of its parts. And it has the apparent mesh, versatility and defensive mind-set to give it a chance to become a team to watch instead of one to fret over if the attitude is as good as Haith thinks it is.
Chartwell Hospitality plans to break ground in March on a hotel and garage that will occupy much of the block northeast of 16th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The 10-story building will jointly house a 104-room Residence Inn and a 153-room Courtyard Marriott.
Eighteen thousand arena seats. Sixteen thousand first-class hotel rooms. Three hundred fifty air-conditioned buses. Five thousand volunteers. Those requirements — and scores of others — are included in a document recently sent to Kansas City and more than a dozen other cities. Kansas City convention officials say the to-do list is long but not impossible to meet.
The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he hallucinated that angels were entering the stadium, has schizophrenia and has been violent in the past.
Dec. 31 will be here before you know it, and almost every nightclub, bar, tavern or restaurant will have something going on. Here are some of the biggest celebrations and select others so you can make plans — and reservations — for New Year’s Eve.
Citing a potential threat to public health, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps toward phasing out the use of some antibiotics in animals processed for meat. If the drug companies sign on, using those antibiotics to promote growth in animals would be illegal.
We’re fairly certain that supermodel Gisele Bundchen, wife of NFL quarterback Tom Brady, didn’t expect this kind of backlash to her Instagram photo. On Tuesday, she posted a photo of herself breastfeeding her 1-year-old daughter, Vivian, while having three people work on her hair, makeup and nails before a photo shoot.
So, is Taylor Swift leggy enough, busty enough, tall enough and pretty enought to be a Victoria’s Secret underwear model? You should know by now if you caught the lingerie company’s annual fashion show Tuesday night.
Keeping the status quo at Kansas City International Airport isn’t a viable option. The mayor’s task force needs to recommend the best ways to make KCI more attractive to airlines so more flights will come in and leave this region. And voters eventually should get to say whether they like any final plan.
By the end of November, about 365,000 Americans had selected a health insurance plan through HealthCare.gov, the government reported. Health and Human Services had estimated that by now 1.2 million users would have registered. But HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House subcommittee in a hearing that she was encouraged.
