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The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri.Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes.. The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. [2]
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.
He applied a subheading to the newspaper The Morning Kansas City Star and declared that The Kansas City Star was a 24-hour-a-day newspaper. In accordance with his will, employees took over the newspaper in 1926 upon the death of his daughter. The Star and Times were locally owned by employees until 1977, when they were sold to Capital Cities.
This week, The Kansas City Star will endorse a selection of candidates and ballot initiatives in Tuesday’s election. The Star has a long history of endorsing candidates and issues. In the local ...
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 ...
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.
Today, The Star’s editorial board publishes the first in a series of voter recommendations in Kansas and Missouri in the November election. We’ve long encouraged readers to vote, and voting ...