WEEKLY/SEMANAL - KANSAS CITY, MO

In recent years, Hispanic Heritage Month in Kansas City has come to be synonymous with the support of small, Latino-owned businesses. Now, for the fourth year in a row, the annual Folklore event has once again brought Latino music, arts and crafts, and food to the forefront – all while lifting up local businesses with a monetary grant to help them grow.

Two weeks ago in a small town south of Kansas City with a population of nearly 9,000 a celebration of the 108th Chanute Kansas Mexican Fiesta was in full swing during Hispanic Heritage month. It’s one of the oldest fiestas in the state of Kansas and the organizers are keeping the Chanute fiesta alive for years to come.

On Tuesday, September 30, the voters of Jackson County express their dissatisfaction with Jackson County Executive Frank White and voted him out of office.

The Kansa City Chiefs faced the highly touted Baltimore Ravens on a warm Sunday afternoon at GEHA stadium. There was nothing on the line and everything on the line. The tone of the pundit conversation was basically this game was more important to the Chiefs than it was to the Ravens, due to the improved teams that make up the western division.