KCPT won a 2010 Regional Emmy for Part 4 of Weathering the Financial Storm “Foreclosed, Evicted, Homeless…”
In the award-winning program, KCPT took an intimate look at the lives of local families made homeless by the economic downturn. KCPT went beyond traditional storytelling techniques by providing parents and children with flip video cameras to chronicle their own experiences.
Our members and corporate partners joined KCPT for the April 10, 2012 Night on The Town. The festivities began at the Webster House with an introduction from Doug Frost and the Webster “House” made buttermilk & chive biscuit, white cheddar and jalapeno crostini, shrimp and grits “spoon” and ’09 Parducci “Small Lot Blend” Pinot Noir were served. Next stop was Snow & Co where “moonshine” was the topic and beverage of the night. Snow & Co served Scimeca’s meatball sliders on Farm to Market ciabatta with housemade vodka tomato cream sauce, portabella & sundried tomato pizza on lavosh and the drink was Purple Rain Frozen Cocktails.
The group marched down the street and around the corner to Nica’s 320 where Flamenco dancers and guitarists entertained the group. The menu at Nica’s was Sesame Encrusted Tilapia, Broccoli & Roasted Pepper Mac-n-cheese, Octopus Ceviche and featured beverages included Shanghai Lemonade and Velvet Rooster Tripel Belgian Ale. Our final stop was at the Croosroads Coffehouse. The evening ended with Raspberry Cream Cheese Turnovers and freshly brewed coffee. The weather was perfect, the food was great, beverages were outstanding and new friends were made.
SATAN SANDWICH: Why is Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Congressman Emanuel Cleaver getting indigestion over a sandwich?
IS NIXON A DEMOCRAT?: Why are some questioning the Missouri governor’s party credentials?
CRUMBLING PIPES: More than 170 water main breaks in a month. Is it just the heat? Or a symptom of larger problems ahead?
FOOT PATROLS: For the first time in more than 30 years, police officers are again walking the streets on regular foot patrols of Kansas City neighborhoods. But what effect will they have on crime in some of the city’s toughest blocks?
THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:
Eric Wesson
KC Call Newspaper
Lynn Horsley
Kansas City Star
Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
THIS WEEK: Friday, April 15 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)
BORDER CEASEFIRE: Why the head of Sprint and the head of Hallmark are calling for a moratorium on cross border tax incentives. An elite group of corporate CEO’s send a letter to the governor’s of Kansas and Missouri demanding a truce. But how do they respond?
PROP B: Missouri lawmakers overturn the new puppy mill law. Does your vote not count?
TRAVEL SAGA CONTINUES: How the area plane saga has now turned into a hotel saga
ABORTION: Kansas makes national news as it becomes the second state in the country to adopt a fetal pain law
NUCLEAR: Devastation in Japan has brought heightened concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants. So why is Missouri so gung-ho about building a second nuclear power plant?
KANSAS BIOSCIENCE AUTHORITY: A criminal probe is launched into the Olathe based agency set-up by the state to bring bioscience jobs to the area. Now its CEO has resigned amid accusations of mismanagement and wasteful spending
THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:
Micheal Mahoney
KMBC 9 News
Jack Cashill
Ingrams Magazine
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
Fred Logan
Business Journal Columnist
MAYORAL PRIMARY: Kansas City, MO Mayor Mark Funkhouser loses his bid for re-election. On this week’s program we’re joined by his Chief of Staff, Kendrick Blackwood. Plus, what did we learn from this week’s trip to the ballot box and the two men left in the hunt to be the city’s new leader?
WHAT NEXT FOR FUNK? Mark Funkhouser will still be Mayor for some time yet. His replacement won’t be sworn in until May 2nd. Will he now push through some things that he’s always wanted to do, but felt he couldn’t?
UNION UNREST: Is the massive wave of labor unrest at state capitols in Wisconsin and Indiana now heading here?
PLAZA: Are plans for a controversial office tower on the Country Club Plaza now being scrapped?
JUDGES PAY: Why are Kansas City judges, according to a recent Kansas City Star editorial, “laughing all the way to the bank?”
SCIENCE CITY: More positive news for Union Station as local engineering firm Burns and McDonnell provides a $1 million gift to revamp Science City. It’s the largest investment in Science City since its opening in 1999.
DISSECTING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
Kendrick Blackwood
Chief of Staff, Mayor Funkhouser
Lynn Horsley,
Kansas City Star
Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
THIS WEEK: Friday, June 17th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am)
Fingerpointing over flooding on the Missouri river. But is anyone really to blame? Experience Kansas City’s latest thrill ride. Plus, the latest people, trends and happenings on both sides of state line.
THE NEWS REVIEWERS
Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR
Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News
Fred Logan
Business Journal Columnist
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
June 24th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am)
A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP OF KCMO GOVT
In Kansas City, MO politics everyone focuses on the Mayor. But Sly James can do very little without the 12 people who serve with him on the city council. This week, we cast aside our reporters to bring you as many of those council members as we can fit around our “Week In Review” table. From life without Funkhouser, to the hot button issues facing the city.
GUESTS:
Cindy Circo
KCMO City Councilwoman
Michael Brooks
KCMO Councilman
Jan Marcason
KCMO Councilwoman
Ed Ford
KCMO Councilman
WHO SHOULD BE MAYOR?
A KC Week in Review Election Special
Friday, March 18th @ 7:30 pm on KCPT
See the candidates in a whole new way as they accept KCPT’s invitation to tour a neglected Kansas City neighborhood with two frustrated citizens. Plus, are Sly James and Mike Burke really as similar as some of the pundits have made out. This half hour you get to decide as the two Mayoral hopefuls join us in the studio…
GUESTS
Mike Burke
KCMO Mayoral Candidate
Sly James
KCMO Mayoral Candidate
Kansas City picks a new leader. We dissect the election and examine what’s in store for Mayor-elect Sly James. Plus, how a tactless joke about shooting illegal immigrants put Kansas in the national spotlight. And why is Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill simply “plane” embarrassed this week?
NEWS REVIEWERS
Micheal Mahoney
KMBC 9 News
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
Steve Kraske
Kansas City Star/KCUR
Fred Logan
The Business Journal
NEXT WEEK: Debating the Earnings Tax…
WHAT HAS YOUR CONGRESSMAN BEEN DOING FOR YOU LATELY?
On Kansas City Week in Review Friday Nick Haines is joined by Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, freshman Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder and new Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler.
KANSAS CITY WEEK IN REVIEW, Friday @ 7:30 pm on KCPT. Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am.
