The ''Kansas City Times'' was a morning newspaper in

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, published from 1867 to 1990. The morning ''Kansas City Times'', under ownership of the afternoon ''

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'', won two

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and was bigger than its parent when its name was changed to ''The Star''.

History

John C. Moore and

John Newman Edwards Major John Newman Edwards (January 4, 1839 – May 4, 1889) was famed General Joseph O. Shelby's adjutant during the American Civil War, an author, a pro- Confederate journalist and the founder of the Kansas City Times. He is perhaps best ...

founded ''The Times'' in 1867 to support the Democratic Party's anti-Reconstruction policies. Edwards had been adjutant of Confederate general

Joseph O. Shelby Joseph Orville "J.O." Shelby (December 12, 1830 – February 13, 1897) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Early life and education Joseph Orvil ...

's division during the

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. Moore was a colonel under Shelby, and before that chief of staff to General John S. Marmaduke, judge adjutant general, and second in the Marmaduke-Walker duel. William Rockhill Nelson bought ''The Times'' on October 19, 1901, mainly because he wanted ''The Times

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wire. Nelson applied a subheading to the newspaper ''The Morning Kansas City Star'' and declared that ''

The Kansas City Star ''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 ...

'' empire was a 24-hour-a-day newspaper. In accordance with Nelson's will, employees took over the newspaper in 1926 upon the death of Nelson's daughter. KC Times Last

The ''Star'' and ''Times'' were locally owned by employees until 1977, when they were sold to

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. Under corporate ownership, ''The Times'' had higher circulation than its evening sister paper. Capital Cities made attempts to make the newsrooms appear to compete (though Kansas City did not have competing dailies after ''The Kansas City Journal'' folded in 1942). ''The Times'' won its only

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s in 1982.

Rick Atkinson Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV (born November 15, 1952) is an American author, most recently of ''The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777'', the first volume in the Revolution Trilogy. He has won Pulit ...

won an award for "National Reporting", and ''The Times'' shared an award with ''The Star'' for "Local General or Spot New Reporting" for its coverage of the

Hyatt Regency walkway collapse On July 17, 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, suffered the structural collapse of two overhead walkways. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms cascaded down, crashing onto a tea dance in the lobby, killi ...

. On March 1, 1990, ''The Star'' (then under ownership of

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) applied its name to the morning paper and ''The Times'' name disappeared, meaning that Kansas City no longer had an afternoon daily.

References

External links

PBS American Experience Article on John Newman Edwards
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Kansas City Times The ''Kansas City Times'' was a morning newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri, published from 1867 to 1990. The morning ''Kansas City Times'', under ownership of the afternoon '' Kansas City Star'', won two Pulitzer Prizes and was bigger than its p ...

Defunct newspapers published in Missouri Newspapers established in 1867 1867 establishments in Missouri 1990 disestablishments in Missouri Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers