| | | A KC cereal heir dies trying to revitalize a desolate part of the city BY DAVID MARTIN  Letters from the bank began arriving in late May. It was 2009. John Uhlmann, a man active in political and philanthropic circles, received notification from Bank Midwest that one of his companies was in default. The letter asked for $5.4 million, which represented only a portion of the outstanding debt. Uhlmann had guaranteed the loans. The demand letters made official what he must have known before he opened the mail: He was in over his head. Scion of a family that made its fortune in cereal, Uhlmann could trace his financial problems to the day he decided to get into the rock business. In 2002, he lent money to a company that was created to exploit a limestone overburden near Springfie... more >>
| | | | | | Dumptruck Butterlips spreads the bluegrass love BY ABBIE STUTZER  In a room full of Americana and bluegrass fans, Dumptruck Butterlips draws stares. At the Halfway to Winfield showcase on March 26, Ashley Zeigenbein, Sarah Dettmer and Megan Hartman wore sequined, striped bodices of red, black and white and striped tights. Singer Chad Smith's dark shirt exposed his tattoos; on his head was a dark newsboy cap. The audience in Crosstown Station looked skeptical a... more >> | | | | | | | | Coal Vines lures the Plaza's beautiful people BY CHARLES FERRUZZA  The Country Club Plaza and the neighborhood immediately to its south are now officially saturated with pizza. Spin, Minsky's and California Pizza Kitchen do strong business, and five of this small area's non-pizzeria restaurants Brio Tuscan Grille, Buca di Beppo, Figlio, Accurso's Italian Restaurant, and Osteria Il Centro serve pizza. Still, Highwoods Properties, having given Re:V... more >> | | | | | | Jane Eyre BY GRACE SUH  What is it about Jane Eyre that has spoken so forcefully to readers the world over for the past 160 years? Charlotte Brontë wrote her novel seven years before her death at age 38; it was an instant success and has never gone out of print. And there have been more than a dozen cinematic versions, including films made in India, H... more >> | | | | | | | | Wayward Blog UPDATE, Wednesday, April 6, at 10:09 a.m.: Tickets for Ke$ha go on sale on Saturday, April 9, at 10 a.m. They'll run you $35 to $49.50. Click here to grab them on Saturday morning. Whoa! It seem... Fat City My alma mater, Butler University, didn't fare so well in the NCAA championship game on Monday night, but Kansas City's Blanc Burgers + Bottles -- owned by chef Josh Eans and Ernesto Peralta... Plog What NBC Action News is calling an "Independence cow" wandered away from the farm on Wednesday. Four hours later, the bovine excursionist ended up in the drive-through lane at a Commerce Bank lo... | | | | |
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