The Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City doesn’t make a big impression when you stroll through it on a weekday morning. There are a few converted warehouse buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass in place of the loading dock doors, coffee shops with mismatched furniture, and a brewery that serves as an event space. Older people with notebooks are seated next to younger people with laptops. In contrast to San Francisco, it doesn’t feel like a tech hub. And that may be the whole point, to be honest. Depending on who you ask, Kansas City’s years of development without much publicity is…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
Fans of Kansas City baseball most likely have a picture in the back of their minds of Kauffman Stadium on a hot summer’s evening with the scoreboard glowing and the fountains running behind the outfield wall. It’s a lovely spot to watch a game. However, the scene shifts when you drive past the nearby streets and head to the parking lot following the final out. Once you notice it, it’s difficult to ignore the desolation of the area surrounding the complex—wide, deserted roads with little else, no neighborhood to stroll into, no bar to visit, just an ocean of asphalt…
The fact that Rebel Wilson’s defamation trial began in a Sydney federal courtroom the week her directorial debut finally hit Australian theaters has an almost theatrical quality to it. The Deb, a musical comedy set in the outback that took years to develop and was mired in legal issues practically from the beginning, is currently playing in theaters while the woman who created it is being called a bully by opposing counsel while she sits in court. You really couldn’t write it. The case revolves around a number of Instagram posts Wilson made in 2024 and early 2025 that were…
One of the most identifiable sounds in professional wrestling is the guitar lick that announces Brock Lesnar’s arrival. On the evening of SummerSlam 2025, the crowd at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, responded as they always do: with a sound that was halfway between a roar and a gasp. And it was just a wrestling moment for a short while. Then, practically instantly, it developed into something more intricate.Since 2023, Lesnar had not appeared in any WWE programming. Not released, not forgotten—he is reportedly still paid and under contract, one of the team’s highest earners, and his name…
This story has a persistent quality that is difficult to overlook. Even though NewSat failed in 2015, more than ten years ago, in the spring of 2026, the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne is starting to hear a case that could hold some of the largest banks in the world accountable for what happened to a small Australian company with enormous aspirations. The day’s routine activities continue outside the court building. On the inside, however, the arguments are anything but commonplace. Building and launching what would have been Australia’s first independently owned satellite was NewSat’s truly ambitious goal. The…
In the restaurant industry, there’s an unwritten rule that says you can be inspired by someone else’s success, but there’s a limit. It’s not always obvious where that line is, but when CaliBurger arrived in China in 2012, practically everyone could see that it had been crossed. The red-and-yellow color scheme, the palm tree logo, and the burgers’ nearly identical appearance to In-N-Out’s Animal Style were all overt. Not even a tiny bit. Genuine loyalty is something that most fast food companies can only imagine, but In-N-Out has spent decades developing it. Not only do people eat there, but they…
The lights are still on somewhere on a server farm well outside the legal jurisdiction of California. The fact that TurtleWoW’s realms continued to operate after the court order was lifted in April 2026, at least temporarily, is either evidence of the geographical boundaries of American intellectual property enforcement or an indication of how difficult the last few days of an eight-year project truly appear when you’re living through them. May 15 is the shutdown date. The court has given the game servers that deadline. The deadline for the website, forums, and social media accounts is October 16. Following that,…
When the settlement was submitted in December 2019, ESPN issued a statement that, if you count the names, was precisely eight words long: “Adrienne Lawrence and ESPN have resolved their dispute and agreed to move on.” No monetary amount. The specific accusations are not acknowledged. There was no explanation of what, if anything, would change on the campus in Bristol, Connecticut, where Lawrence had reported an atmosphere that was, in her opinion, far more hostile than most corporate communications departments would want to be recorded in federal court documents. The case was closed. The anchor did not move. And very…
If you discovered a small deposit from “Lopez Voice Assistant” when checking your bank account in late January 2026, you are most likely not alone. Because the name is so unusual, many people initially thought it was a scam, a phishing attempt masquerading as a payment notification. It isn’t. The deposit is genuine, authentic, and directly related to one of the most significant privacy lawsuits ever brought against Apple.The case was filed in the Northern District of California in 2019 and is officially known as Lopez v. Apple Inc. Along with other customers, Fumiko Lopez, a resident of California, claimed…
The moment a tow truck finally shows up to remove something that ought to have left long ago has a certain quality. It was filmed by Kim Muratori. For the first time in twenty-five months, she watched as her 2018 Mercedes-Benz E-400 was loaded and driven away in Fort Lauderdale. She recorded the entire event. Not out of sentimentality. Out of something more akin to grim satisfaction following an encounter that would have rendered most people incapable of continuing to fight. The issues were not subtle and began early. An independent Mercedes-Benz technician found that the mileage displayed on the…