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The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri.Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes.. The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. [2]
He was a founding member of the Kansas City Community Foundation. He helped start the Kansas City Area Economic Development Council. [9] In 1972, he led the "Prime Time" campaign in Kansas City to market the city as "one of the few livable cities left". He was credited with locating the 1976 Republican National Convention to Kansas City.
He applied a subheading to the newspaper The Morning Kansas City Star and declared that The Kansas City Star was a 24-hour-a-day newspaper. In accordance with his will, employees took over the newspaper in 1926 upon the death of his daughter. The Star and Times were locally owned by employees until 1977, when they were sold to Capital Cities.
Former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Krystal “Krissy” Anderson died at the age of 40 from sepsis following the stillbirth of her daughter at 21 weeks. “We are deeply saddened by the recent ...
The front cover of the Kansas City Star newspaper, engraved on a copper plate, is displayed on stage during the unveiling ceremony of a 100-year-old time capsule at the National WWI Museum and ...
This week, The Kansas City Star will endorse a selection of candidates and ballot initiatives in Tuesday’s election. The Star has a long history of endorsing candidates and issues. In the local ...
The Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (Port KC) established a public cemetery within the Park for his internment. Mayor Berkley was on the City Council when the Port Authority was formed in 1977 and continued to be a great political and civic advocate for the clean up and eventual redevelopment of the Riverfront Development adjacent to ...
LaShan Gunnels, 52, killed in a car accident on June 7, 2024, was the subject of KC Star “Love Story” profile, along with her husband, Glenn, in the Star’s magazine in 2007.