Passage on history of Paseo High School states that the school, located on the northeast corner of Houston and Flora avenues, was originally called Highlands High. The name was changed to Paseo High…

After ten years in operation, the Don Bosco Charter High School announced that it will close at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Declining enrollment and poor attendance were cited as the…

On Saturday, Kansas City school officials released their plan to improve the area schools. Among the proposed steps, "the five year initiative calls for longer days and measuring progress by…

Editor, Mike Fannin, explains how the printed newspaper, The Kansas City Star, will be reorganized to adapt to the difficult economic time. The main news section will be combined with the local and…

Before her death in 2004, Lucille Douglass worked to restore the Benjamin Banneker School in Parkville, one of the first schools built for black students in Platte County. The project languished, but…

Article reports the beginning of demolition on the TWA Flight Training Center Building, located in the southwest quadrant of Interstate 29 and Cookingham Drive near the Kansas City International…

Early history of the public school system, starting with the problems in initial organization because of the Civil War up to 1882.

Lists of historic places on the National Register, located in Clay, Jackson, and Platte Counties in Missouri.

Full frontal and side view; located on northwest corner of 10th and Main. Also shows streetcar in foreground on 10th Street.

Construction view, looking north along Baltimore.

Postcard of the Shukert Building that once stood at 1113-19 Grand Avenue.

Partial frontal and full side view.

A portion of Kansas City from E. 24th Street south to E. 25th Street and from Park Avenue east to Prospect Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to…

File contains information about the Fairbanks, Morse & Company building at 1217-1219 Union Avenue.

Article about the history of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers and their unique perspectives offered about Kansas City, with photos and biographical descriptions of several of its prominent…

Some history and design description of the courthouse as it pertains to Art Deco architecture, the last great period of decorative art.

Partial side view.

Partial frontal view looking northwest; located at intersection of 11th (Petticoat Lane) and Main.

Group portrait of newsboys and an adult posing behind stacks of newspapers and in front of a newspaper truck in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Topographical map of Kansas City, Missouri, overlaid by street grid. Major streets identified, as well as schools, railways and hospitals.

Full frontal and side view; located at northwest corner of 9th and Walnut.

Full frontal and side view; also shows Grand Avenue Temple.

Frontal and side view of the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company.