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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…
Date : 2009-04-06
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
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…
Date : 1986-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Group portrait of newsboys and an adult posing behind stacks of newspapers and in front of a newspaper truck in Chillicothe, Missouri.
Date : 1922-04-28
Collection: Kansas City Star Collection
Head and shoulders portrait of Joe McGuff, Sports Editor for the Kansas City Star.
Date : 1965
Collection: South Central Business Association
Photo and bio of John Barrons, "[a]dvertising manager of the Kansas City Star."
Date : 1899-04-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a photo and article, continued on page 8, about "Dr. Schorer," a 54-year…
Date : 1935-04-19
Collection: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Article summarizes changes to the Kansas City Star's staffing and ownership since the McClatchy Company (Co.) purchased the newspaper in 2006. Former staff members are interviewed and describe…
Date : 2014-04-24
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Discusses a sizable contribution to the Nelson-Atkins Museum by Knight-Ridder, owner of the Kansas City Star, and how it might affect the newspaper's objectivity with regard to the museum.
Date : 1997-08-07
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Group of Kansas City Star newsboys and adults at work in Trenton, Missouri. The group is gathered around a cart loaded with newspapers and a train can be seen in the background.
Date : 1922-05-31
Collection: Kansas City Star Collection
One paragraph on the federal criminal charges on the Star for "monopolizing...the dissemination of news and advertising in the Kansas City area."
Date : 1955-03-07
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
News of the guilty verdict concerning the Kansas City Star's considered monopoly charges that force advertisers to buy space in both morning and afternoon papers (the Times and the Star).
Date : 1955-02-26
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
This series contains miscellaneous Kansas City Police Department mug shots from various dates showing individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.…
Date : 1934 (year approximate) to 1972 (year approximate)
Collection: Organized Crime Files
First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the…
Date : 1935-01-11
Collection: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Group of Kansas City Star newsboys at work in Lexington, Missouri. Cars can be seen.
Date : 1920 (year approximate)
Collection: Kansas City Star Collection
Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the effusive spending of city funds on the…
Date : 1935-06-14
Collection: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Article discussing the quality and content of the FYI section of the Kansas City Star.
Date : 1999-06-24
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Profile of Bill Vaughan, the editor and writer of the humorous "Starbeams" column.
Date : 1957-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Arthur Brisbane, currently a senior vice president at Knight Ridder Inc., owner of the Kansas City Star, will lose his job on the recent sale of the company to McClatchy Co. Brisbane was formerly…
Date : 2006-03-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Biographical article about John Chandley, a retiring journalist and editor for the Kansas City Star for 45 years, starting after his graduation in 1929 from Kansas State University. Photo and…
Date : 1974-08-31
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
A portion of Kansas City from E. 17th Street south to E. 19th Street and from Grand Avenue east to Locust, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page…
Date : 1909 to 1950
Collection: Sanborn Maps