Kansas City News Blog

​The deer kill could start today in Shawnee Mission Park, and this weeks' cover story -- "There Will Be Blood" -- profiles animal rights activist Jason Miller's quest to keep sharpshooters from killing Bambi, which includes him toting around a blood-dripping deer head. The deer cull isn't over with Miller promising more surprises. We'll keep you updated.

Also inside this week's issue, the Crap Archivist thumbed through Tom Leathers' Kansas City Town Squire and finds the late publisher with an obsession for panty pirate Tom Jones. Scherstuhl also tells you whether Arts or Crafts and Curtain Up are worth seeing.

Janovy tells us about the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art's latest shows: Archie Scott Gobber, Christopher Leitch and Jim Sjovic's Word and Hank Willis Thomas' Light Text.

Ferruzza's fork is at Parkville's The Iron Horse: An American Bistro. And the Buckle Bunny interviews Spencer Brown about joining the Kinsey Sicks.

On the Plog, we learned that ...

You guys like reading Jason Whitlock's columns about "stuffed onions," "oozing pumpkins" and "strange tang."

Business reporter Dan Margolies is leaving the Star.

Clay Chastian returns next week.

These guys allegedly killed Keighley Ann Alyea.

You guys have given up on the Chiefs.