Mike Donegan, the owner of Kansas City's famous Stroud's Restaurant & Bar, has died at the age of 72. Connor Duncan, Donegan's cousin, posted on Facebook Monday morning that he passed away Sunday. "If I could sum him up in one word, it's 'giving,'" Duncan said in the social media post. According to the company's website, Stroud's was started in 1933 as a barbecue restaurant by Guy and Helen Stroud. During World War II, Helen Stroud started serving pan-fried chicken instead. In 1977, Donegan and…

Eight Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries, including three in the Kansas City area, will be selling vape pens and cartridges for the first time Friday. Customers have clamored for them for some time, despite varying opinions on just how safe they are. The potential dangers of vaping nicotine and black market THC have been studied. The CDC hasn’t updated reports on lung injury associated with vaping products since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in February 2020 it reported 2,800 hospitalized…

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback wants to jump in the new world of non-fungible tokens, a new way of collecting backed by blockchain authentication.

The Kansas City Symphony has planted new roots in an old building in the Crossroads Arts District, bringing life back into the walls that were silenced amid the coronavirus pandemic. The symphony’s new headquarters will be in the Webster School building at 1644 Wyandotte St., according to a statement from the symphony. The organization’s administrative offices are currently across the street, and this move will centralize more of its operations. Webster House restaurant previously operated…

Power companies that oversee electricity use in the Kansas City metro have announced they will begin rolling, temporary blackouts as a way to conserve energy during record cold temperatures. Evergy Inc. and Independence Power & Light, a city-owned utility, both announced they would begin to shut off sections of power Monday afternoon. The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, which serves Kansas City, Kansas, announced the same steps later Monday afternoon. Kansas City-based utility company Evergy…

Broadway is coming back to KC with shows starting as soon as September 2021. Broadway In KC returns with “Hamilton” on Sept. 28 at Music Hall in the Kansas City Convention Center. “Hamilton,” the hit musical about the founding of America, runs for two weeks. After that begins the “Broadway Is Back In Kansas City Series.” It’s a collection of shows running throughout the rest of 2021 and half of 2022. Shows will play at Music Hall and the Kauffman Center for the Perfoming Arts. A…