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Our Kansas City-based Small Business Saturday shopping picks
The 16th annual edition of Small Business Saturday falls on November 29 — the perfect time to help you add a local sparkle to your holiday shopping.
November 25, 2025 02:26 PM
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Staff
Business
Betty Rae’s Ice Cream bought by Matt Shatto of Shatto Milk Company
Betty Rae’s Ice Cream’s new owner has goals to add more stores and increase distribution, according to an announcement from the company.
May 18, 2023
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Travis Meier
Business
What’s the deal with The Roasterie’s rooftop airplane?
There’s a real-life cargo plane perched on top of The Roasterie’s factory cafe. Here’s when, how, and why it ended up there.
May 16, 2023
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Travis Meier
Business
KC Made: How The Roasterie in KC influenced specialty coffee worldwide
This is the story of how a poor roaster in a Brookside basement became The Roasterie, and ultimately a global influence in specialty coffee.
May 16, 2023
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Travis Meier
Business
KC Made: KC-based Russell Stover celebrating 100 years of chocolate
Here’s the story about how one couple started a company out of their kitchen and ended up taking the gourmet chocolate industry by storm.
April 30, 2023
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Travis Meier
Food
Q+A: Meet Q39 executive chef Philip Thompson
Philip Thompson took over as Q39’s head chef in the beginning of 2022, following the long, award-winning legacy of founding chef Rob Magee.
April 23, 2023
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Travis Meier
Small Business
Where to celebrate Record Store Day in Kansas City
Kansas Citians, put your records on.
April 19, 2023
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Bella Rainey
Airports and Transportation
Don’t board an airplane without this item
We’ve got a travel hack to make long flights more bearable — meet the Airfly wireless audio transmitter.
April 18, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
Food
Russell Stover breaks world record for largest box of chocolates
Was it real chocolate? Yes. Was it a functional box made out of cardboard? Yes. Did it smell scrumptious? Oh yeah.
April 18, 2023
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Travis Meier
Food
The Big Biscuit renovates the Prairie Village location next to its headquarters
New additions include a 40-seat patio and a few artistic choices we loved. We went to check out the ribbon cutting
over a cup of coffee
.
April 14, 2023
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Travis Meier
Retail
5 plant nurseries in Kansas City
Get your garden on at these local nurseries.
April 13, 2023
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Bella Rainey
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UFO sightings in KC
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Dayten Rose
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7 Kansas City Inventions
June 27, 2022
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Krithika Selvarajoo
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Recipe: Chef Alec Weaver’s matcha sponge cake
June 24, 2022
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Travis Meier
Culture
Berry picking farms and orchards around Kansas City
June 23, 2022
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KCtoday Intern
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Dayten Rose
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Dayten Rose
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125 years of Children’s Mercy Hospital: history + defining moments
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Travis Meier
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The Negro Leagues: a past and present Kansas City cultural icon
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