The Kansas City Chiefs are crossing over to Kansas, lured by a massive STAR bond package to build a new stadium, which will be funded by redirecting new sales tax money from Johnson and Wyandotte counties for 30 years. In late December, state officials unveiled plans for Kansas to publicly finance $1.8 billion of construction costs for a $3 billion domed stadium in Wyandotte County and up to $975 million for a new training facility and headquarters in Johnson County using a controversial funding

You can now access a free, public archive of over 500,000 photographs originally published in The Kansas City Star on a newly launched site dating back over 100 years, thanks to a project with the KC Library. While the images document Kansas City and the surrounding region in detail, they also reflect the newspaper’s broader editorial scope, including national and international subjects, politics, sports, and entertainment. The news articles and clippings saved in The Star’s envelopes date back