Nebraska and Cincinnati now have a name attached to their August game — the Kansas City Classic — as the Chiefs look to make a habit of hosting college matchups.

The party dissolved after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 thrust slavery further into the political fray, upending the political coalitions. Despite its short life, however, the Free Soil Party laid ...

Since a famous meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin, produced the Republican Party, all attempts at a major alternative political part have flopped miserably.

The prompt for the meeting up in Ripon was the passage of a contentious “big bill” – the “Kansas Nebraska Act,” which voided the Missouri Compromise and replaced it with an act that allowed the ...

Brewery and pizza joint Martin City Tavern opens in South Plaza, KC, replacing Spin Pizza with more beer and new food like smashburgers and cheese curds.

Check-it: "What's especially intriguing for readers from the Kansas City area is how often Missouri and Kansas pop up in this racial history -- from the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to the 1857 Dred ...

The party dissolved after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 thrust slavery further into the political fray, upending the political coalitions. ‘Know-Nothings’ ...

The Cincinnati-Nebraska football game is set to kick off the Kansas City Classic at Arrowhead Stadium in August.

This was followed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed the spread of slavery into new northern states if enslavers could get enough votes. This sparked a mini civil war in Kansas known as ...

Fraker said the "Lost Speech" was one of a number of speeches that Lincoln gave in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act. Fraker cited others such as one in Peoria in late 1854, the "House Divided" ...