Country Club Plaza

The complaint claims the Starbucks stores at 75th Street & I-35 in Overland Park and on the Country Club Plaza illegally terminated pro-union employees.

Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza is turning a century old, a milestone that finds people examining the iconic shopping center’s past and wondering about its future. Plus, Kevin Strickland talks about how the media covers wrongful convictions.

Can Kansas City's venerable shopping district hold onto its mix of prestigious national chains and trendy local businesses as it moves into its second century?

Over the last century, the Country Club Plaza has survived floods, social unrest and challenging economic climates. How can Kansas City reconcile its affection for the district with the problematic vision of its creator, J.C. Nichols?

For years, Nordstrom has planned to leave Oak Park Mall and move to a 122,000-square-foot space on the Plaza. But lately, reports have circled that the national retailer is reconsidering.

Though they're not as ubiquitous today, you can still see a few historic clocks in the Kansas City metro, dating back to the late 1880s.

Starbucks employees at 41st and Main streets in Midtown cited sanitation and protection from the pandemic in their announcement to collectively unionize.

Employees at a Starbucks on West 75th Street went on strike Saturday morning to protest what they say are unfair working conditions and alleged retaliation against workers trying to unionize. The store was closed most of the day.

Nearly a dozen stores, both local shops and national chains, have closed their Plaza locations over the past year.

A rally for Starbucks employees was held at the Country Club Plaza location. Some workers are trying to organize for better pay and safety.

With cries of "stop the war," around 300 people gathered Saturday at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza to protest Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.

Employees at two Kansas City-area Starbucks stores announced on Monday plans to unionize. In a joint press release, organizers at Starbucks’ Country Club Plaza and 75th Street (Overland Park) locations said unsafe working conditions and stagnant wages prompted the decision.