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William Rockhill Nelson. The paper, originally called The Kansas City Evening Star, was founded September 18, 1880, by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel E. Morss. [3] The two moved to Missouri after selling the newspaper that became the Fort Wayne News Sentinel (and earlier owned by Nelson's father) in Nelson's Indiana hometown, where Nelson was campaign manager in the unsuccessful ...
Roy A. Roberts (left), Amb. Mikhail A. Menshikov, and Milburn Akers on May 17, 1958 (Chicago Sun-Times). Roy Allison Roberts (1887 – February 23, 1967) was a managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
William Rockhill Nelson (March 7, 1841 – April 13, 1915) was an American real estate developer and co-founder of The Kansas City Star in Kansas City, Missouri. He donated his estate (and home) for the establishment of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He is buried at Mt. Washington Cemetery with his wife, daughter and son-in-law.
The Kansas City Star, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is our region’s largest newsroom and covers both Kansas and Missouri news and issues. Published since 1880, The Star is the recipient of ...
The Kansas City Star politics and investigations editor Glenn Rice. Glenn Rice, who grew up in Kansas City and is a 35-year Star veteran, has been promoted from investigative reporter to the role ...
The Beacon (Kansas City) - Kansas City metropolitan area; The Carthage Press - Carthage; The Daily Star-Journal - Warrensburg; The Kaleidoscope Weekly - St. James; The Kansas City Star - Kansas City; The Leader - Festus; The Lebanon Daily Record - Lebanon; The Mexico Ledger - Mexico; The New Evening Whirl - St. Louis; The Odessan - Odessa ...
Here’s what readers thought of “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” by Taylor Byas, the latest selection of The Star’s book club with the Kansas City Public Library.
After first working for the Tulsa World, he joined the staff of The Kansas City Star in 1948. He became sports editor in 1966 and was named editor of the Star in 1986. After the Kansas City Athletics departed for Oakland, California at the close of the 1967 season, McGuff played a major role in ensuring that Kansas City would gain a new ...