KANSAS CITY'S BIGGEST HALLOWEEN PARTY TAKES OVER THE KC LIVE! BLOCK

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so KC Live! is making a whole weekend of it.

🎧 Friday, Oct. 30: MEDUZA, the Grammy-nominated Italian house trio, at 7 PM

🧟 Saturday, Oct. 31: End of Days, Kansas City's biggest Halloween party, at 6 PM (21+)

On Saturday, the whole Power & Light block goes post-apocalyptic. One ticket gets you free cover at 10+ bars and nightclubs.

Pick your ticket:

• General Admission: free cover from 7 to 10 PM
• VIP: free cover until midnight, plus all-inclusive drinks from 7 to 11 PM
• Premium VIP: free cover until close, premium drinks, and a private lounge at No Other Pub with an appetizer buffet and reserved costume contest viewing

💰 The costume contest pays out $10,000 in cash and prizes. This is the year to go all out.

🎶 DJ Travisty spins all night.

Use code KCLIVE for the lowest price.

This Week in KC

JASON KELCE IS HOSTING A FREE TAILGATE IN ARROWHEAD'S LOT M ON OCT. 18

Jason and Travis Kelce are bringing a New Heights tailgate to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Lot M. It's free, hosted with Nike, and comes with free food, merch, games, challenges and a DJ. Jason will be there in person. Travis will be in the building but skipping the party to get ready for the 3:25 p.m. kickoff against the Chargers.

Sources: KCTV5 (9/30) | FOX4​

216 AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE COMING TO BANNISTER ROAD IN A $78.7 MILLION PROJECT

Trails at Bannister, developed by Pedcor, is planned to bring 216 affordable homes to 6400 E. Bannister Road in south Kansas City. Investor Monarch Private Capital announced Sept. 30 that it closed its tax credit investment in the project in August. Projected development costs are about $78.7 million, and the deal is expected to generate $5 million in Missouri low-income housing tax credits. It is the largest of four affordable housing deals Monarch closed in August, which together cover 418 homes across three states. No construction timeline was announced.

Source: Monarch Private Capital via GlobeNewswire (9/30)​

A DOWNTOWN MARKER NOW REMEMBERS SOAKIE'S, ONE OF THE ONLY BLACK GAY BARS IN THE COUNTRY

Soakie's started as an Italian sandwich shop and, from 1993 to 2004, ran as a nightclub that became a home for Kansas City's Black LGBTQ+ community. It closed in 2004 as development began on what became the Power & Light District. A new permanent historical marker downtown now recognizes it. KCUR's Kansas City Today revisited its legacy Oct. 1 with Nasir Montalvo, founder of the Black/queer Kansas City archive, and drag performer Craig Lovingood, known as Tisha Taylor, a former Soakie's employee.

Sources: KCUR (10/1) | Art in the Loop​

OLATHE'S SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 7-0 TO CLOSE SIX SCHOOLS

The Olathe Public Schools board voted unanimously Thursday, Oct. 1 to close Black Bob, Heritage, Scarborough, Tomahawk and Walnut Grove elementaries and Indian Trail Middle School at the end of the 2026-27 school year, the largest round of closures in district history. The district points to declining enrollment, rising home prices and state funding, and projects enrollment falling to just under 26,000 over the next 15 years, about 4,000 below its 2019 peak. Five parents spoke against the plan, and parent group Olathe Families United is collecting 6,100 signatures to ask the Kansas State Board of Education to review it. A boundary committee reports in December, with a final boundary vote in January 2027.

Sources: Olathe Public Schools | Board meeting video | Johnson County Post (10/2) | KSHB​

GOODWILL BROKE GROUND ON A FREE HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADULTS AT THE OLD WESTPORT HIGH CAMPUS

MERS Goodwill kicked off construction Wednesday, Sept. 30 on a permanent home for its Excel Center, a free high school for adults, at Park 39, the former Westport High School site. The 3.9 million dollar, 21,500 square foot building is set to open by March 2027 with room for up to 350 students, free on-site childcare and an outdoor playground, a short walk from bus routes and the KC Streetcar, Startland News reports. The Excel Center has been running in leased space at Metropolitan Community College since fall 2025. It will be MERS Goodwill's seventh Excel Center.

Sources: The Excel Center Kansas City | Startland News (10/1)​

KANSAS CITY RECYCLING IS NOW PART OF A KANSAS CITY SIDEWALK

Bridging the Gap poured a sidewalk slab Wednesday, Sept. 30 using concrete made with plastic from Kansas City's own waste stream, KSHB reports. The plastic is shredded and melted into a sand-like material, then mixed into the concrete, so local trash stays local. Olivia English of Live Green USA, who has pushed cities to test plastic-modified roads and sidewalks, says the effort has already paved two pilot roads. Bridging the Gap director Scott Wagner says the goal is to bring the idea to scale. No city has committed to using it yet.

Sources: KSHB 41 (10/1) | Bridging the Gap recycling​

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KANSAS CITY VOTERS WILL DECIDE IN APRIL WHETHER FUTURE STADIUM DEALS NEED THEIR APPROVAL

The Kansas City Council voted 11-1 Thursday, Oct. 1 to put a citizen petition on the April 6, 2027 ballot. If voters pass it, the city would need voter approval before giving "material support" to stadiums, arenas or similar venues with at least 2,500 seats used by for-profit businesses. That covers city money, bonds, tax breaks and incentives, and can reach nearby streets and parking garages. Missouri Workers Power gathered more than 4,500 signatures, starting the drive in opposition to the city's $600 million commitment to the Royals' Crown Center stadium. Mayor Quinton Lucas says projects already underway, including the Royals stadium, would not be affected. The petitioners say a yes vote would force the ballpark in front of voters. The Royals' own financing ordinances are still in a council committee, which next meets Oct. 6.

Sources: KCTV5 (10/1) | KCUR (10/1)​

A MONORAIL FROM KCI TO DOWNTOWN IS HEADED TO THE SAME BALLOT

At the same meeting, the council placed Clay Chastain's transit petition on the April 6, 2027 ballot, a week after holding it over typos in the petition language. The plan calls for a monorail linking KCI to downtown, the Plaza and the Kansas City Zoo, plus electric shuttles, a transit hub at Union Station and a streetcar extension to 18th & Vine. It would be paid for with a new quarter-cent sales tax for 40 years and changes to the existing three-eighths-cent transit tax, also extended 40 years. Mayor Lucas has questioned whether a monorail is the right investment and raised concerns about bus funding. The city said Thursday that passage would not stop it from funding regional bus service.

Sources: KSHB | KCTV5 (10/1)​

OVERLAND PARK SAID YES, UNANIMOUSLY, TO THE FINANCING BEHIND BLACK & VEATCH'S $1.3 BILLION HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT

Overland Park's city council voted unanimously Monday, Sept. 28 on the financing package for Black & Veatch's planned $1.3 billion headquarters district near 115th and Lamar. The council adopted a tax increment financing plan for the project's first phase, approved a redevelopment agreement with the company, and created a community improvement district centered at Lamar Avenue and College Boulevard. KSHB reports the CID adds a 1.5% sales tax starting July 1, 2034, rising to 2% on July 1, 2049. The council also declared its intent to issue up to $800 million in revenue bonds, $550 million for the wider district and $250 million for the headquarters' first phase. Those bonds let the project skip sales tax on construction materials and equipment. They are not city cash. Black & Veatch says it expects to break ground this fall and move in by 2029.

Sources: Overland Park council agenda (9/28) | KCTV5 (9/29) | KSHB​

OVERLAND PARK'S NEW 10-YEAR PARKS PLAN MOVES AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS, AND A TAX DECISION IS NEXT

Overland Park adopted Playbook OP on Monday, Sept. 28, a 10-year plan with about $356.9 million in parks, trails and pool projects. The city says it has about $108.8 million at current funding, leaving a gap of roughly $248.1 million. Pools were the sticking point. In the city's own survey, 62% of residents preferred more neighborhood pools and 31% favored larger regional ones, but the plan goes regional: Young's Pool and Tomahawk Ridge get renovated or replaced, and Stonegate Pool will run out its useful life. The city told KSHB the regional model costs about $24 million less. Council members Drew Mitrisin, Melissa Cheatham and Richard Borlaza voted no. A one-eighth, one-quarter or three-eighths-cent sales tax to pay for it goes to a council committee Monday, Oct. 5.

Sources: Playbook OP plan | KCTV5 (9/28) | KSHB​

THE 20-STORY QUALITY HILL DATA CENTER IS ON HOLD UNTIL AT LEAST OCT. 13

A Kansas City Council committee held the plan for a 384-foot building with ground-floor retail and a data center at 10th and Central until Oct. 13. It would replace the Western Newspaper Union building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The City Plan Commission voted unanimously Aug. 5 to recommend denial, and the Kansas City Business Journal reports city staff received more than 450 letters against it and none in support. The council has not voted on the plan itself.

Sources: KCMO Legistar, Ord. 260870 | KCTV5 (8/5)​

TOWN CENTER PLAZA'S OWNER WANTS A 22-YEAR SALES TAX FOR A $59.8 MILLION MAKEOVER

Federal Realty, which bought Leawood's Town Center Plaza and Park Place in July 2025, is asking the city for a 1% community improvement district sales tax for 22 years to help pay for a $59.8 million renovation, the Johnson County Post reports. Some council members were skeptical. The plan could reach the Leawood City Council as early as Oct. 6, and it is the same project that would bring Flower Child to the former Houlihan's site.

Source: Johnson County Post (9/25)​

BUSINESS SCENE

COMING SOON

A FRENCH CAFE CHAIN SIGNED UP FOR EIGHT KANSAS CITY LOCATIONS

la Madeleine signed an eight-café franchise deal with the Musallet Group, led by Eddie Musallet of Express Stop, for its first Midwest market. The first café is targeted for late fall 2027. No sites have been announced.

Sources: RestaurantNews (9/29) | FOX4 | FastCasual​
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FLOWER CHILD WANTS A SECOND KC STORE WHERE THE LEAWOOD HOULIHAN'S STANDS

The healthy fast-casual chain, which opened its first Kansas location in Prairie Village in August, is part of a plan at Town Center Plaza, 119th and Roe. The plan would tear down the former Houlihan's and replace it with two new buildings totaling about 16,500 square feet. Flower Child would lease space in one of them. The plan still needs Leawood's approval.

Sources: Johnson County Post (9/28) | Johnson County Post (9/30)​
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MEDDYS IS BRINGING ITS MEDITERRANEAN BOWLS TO OLATHE, AND ITS OVERLAND PARK SPOT OPENS FIRST

The Mediterranean fast-casual chain plans an Olathe restaurant at 17901 W. 119th St., near 119th and Ridgeview, targeting January or February 2027, the Johnson County Post reports. Before that, its Overland Park location at 115th and Nall, near Aspiria, is set to open in mid-November.

Source: Johnson County Post (9/29)​
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A BOOKSTORE JUST FOR KIDS AND TEENS IS COMING TO JOHNSON DRIVE

Mission Bookworm is turning a former medical office at 5407 Johnson Dr. in Mission, in the Mission Mart center near Johnson Drive and Nall, into a bookstore for kids and teens. Owner Jennifer Schmidt is aiming to open by the end of November, the Johnson County Post reports.

Source: Johnson County Post (9/29)​

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📅 THIS WEEKEND

⚾ THE ROYALS' OFFSEASON STARTED WITH A COACHING CHANGE

The Royals finished 69-93, last in the AL Central, after a 3-2 finale over Cleveland in which Vinnie Pasquantino homered twice. Two days later the team moved hitting coach Alec Zumwalt back to working with minor league hitters. He keeps his title as senior director of hitting performance, and GM J.J. Picollo said that was the plan all along. Rookie catcher Carter Jensen went out on a high, sweeping AL Player and Rookie of the Month for September.

Sources: MLB.com (9/30) | FOX4​

⚽ HAT TRICK, THEN HOME AGAIN

Haley Hopkins scored three times in 18 minutes as the KC Current beat Denver Summit 4-1 on Sept. 26, the match last week's issue said could knock them out of a playoff spot. They host Bay FC Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on ION, sitting seventh with 41 points, two ahead of ninth-place North Carolina with four matches left. Michelle Cooper got a USWNT call-up for Spain (Oct 10 and 13), and Temwa Chawinga is headed to Malawi for Olympic qualifiers (Oct 9 and 13).

Sources: KC Current | KC Soccer Journal (9/30) | KC Current schedule | KC Soccer Journal (10/1)​

🏁 ALSO: Kyle Larson won at Kansas Speedway Sept 27, leading 235 of 267 laps. Sporting KC won 2-0 at Houston and played at Seattle Thursday night. Add the result.

⏳ THE COUNTDOWN

• Oct 3: Current vs. Bay FC, 5:30 p.m.
• Oct 4: Chiefs at Raiders, 3:25 p.m., CBS
• Oct 10 & 13: Cooper with the USWNT vs. Spain
• Oct 16: KC Mavericks open vs. Rapid City, 7:05 p.m.
• Oct 18: New Heights tailgate, then Chiefs vs. Chargers

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Lakefront A-Frame Retreat on Weatherby Lake

7616 NW Eastside Dr is a charming lakefront A-frame Tudor in Weatherby Lake, offering 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and 3,360 square feet of living space. The home features soaring ceilings, warm wood interiors, and a cozy wood-burning fireplace that gives the space a classic lodge-like feel. Set on a 0.36-acre lot, the property offers more than 125 feet of shoreline on deep, desirable water.

Outside, enjoy a private cove setting with boating, swimming, and fishing right in your backyard, plus a dedicated access area next door that provides added privacy. Residents of Weatherby Lake also have access to community trails, tennis and pickleball courts, and a community center. Located in the Park Hill School District, the home combines a peaceful lakefront lifestyle with convenient access to shopping, schools, and the airport.

🏡 Property Overview

Price: $745,000 (Price Decreased)

Address: 7616 NW Eastside Dr, Weatherby Lake, MO 64152

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 4

Square Footage: 3,360 sq ft

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