Brookside

Kansas City's Crossroads already is already a hub for craft beer. Brookside-based BKS Artisan Ales, which first launched in 2017 and expects to produce 1,400 barrels this year, is opening a second location to serve existing customers who work downtown.

Shaun Brady was killed in August 2024 while taking out the trash, just two years after opening the Brookside restaurant. The building's owner is looking to lease the space to another restaurant, saying that Brady & Fox could not be replicated.

Since it last closed in 2016, Southwest High in Brookside has sat mostly empty, occasionally rented out. But a draft of a Kansas City Public Schools building plans names the building as one of three options for a new middle school.

Jewish Family Services’ food pantry is seeing demand for its services going up — right along with prices for many of the food items and products it supplies.

Central United Methodist Church will become a satellite for the Leawood-based Church of the Resurrection. Its history says much about Kansas City's, and it's own, past ties to slavery.

A jury deliberated for fewer than two hours on Thursday before returning a guilty verdict of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of Tom Pickert in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood in 2017.

Lawyers for David Jungerman, 84, argue that Kansas City police were biased against him and used false evidence.

One lives in the front yard and the other lives in the back, but both tortoises have found a home in Brookside.

The Kansas City United Church of Christ in Brookside was visited by area politicians the Sunday after its LGBTQIA+ affirming artwork was vandalized. Members say they want people to know that the congregation will always stand up for the rights of others.

The incident at a Brookside church is the second act of anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism this week.

UMKC says there is no longer an active shooter threat after two people were shot in their car near the intersection of 51st Street and Oak Street in Kansas City, an area on the west side of campus with several restaurants and residence halls.

Hop on a bike for your next Kansas City adventure, from North Kansas City down through Brookside and into Overland Park.