KC-area breakfast and lunch chain suddenly closes two locations

Two Kansas City area locations of The Big Biscuit closed abruptly over the weekend, leaving an estimated 60 employees out of a job before the Thanksgiving holiday. The restaurants are at 16506 E. U.S. Highway 40 in Independence and 530 N.W. Highway 7 in Blue Springs. Those were the first two locations of the local … Read more

‘After prayerful consideration,’ KC-area Catholic faculty kicks boy out to punish his mother

Will Muller, a rising sixth grader at St. John LaLande Catholic College in Blue Springs, has been kicked out — “disenrolled” after a lot prayer, in line with a July 19 letter from the principal, Susan Martin. This isn’t as a result of Will, who’s 11, was struggling academically or did something incorrect. Quite the … Read more