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Recalling ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, the Man Patsy Cline Came to KC to Honor Tribute Show for Country Music DJ Was Cline's Final Performance Share this story Published March 4th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Mildred Keith shot the famous "last photograph" of Patsy Cline. (Contributed | Keith family) Almost everybody knows the Patsy Cline-comes-to-Kansas City story. Fewer people know the “Cactus” Jack Call story. Cline died on March 5, 1963. She and three others, flying in a private plane, crashed in Tennessee on their way home to...

A view of Greenleaf Gardens by the author. Last November, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) selected a co-developer for its planned redevelopment of Southwest’s Greenleaf Gardens community and embarked upon a precedent-setting approach to engaging Greenleaf Gardens residents. Now, DCHA has brought that co-development team into its first meetings with residents and stakeholders to explain the proposal that so inspired confidence in DCHA’s selection committee. Here’s what that proposal entails and how it relates to what DCHA required in its request for proposals (RFP). The winning proposal...

But he was best known for helping the less fortunate. This week's History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on Cushinberry, who was born 100 years ago this year, on Oct. 24, 1921. Cushinberry grew up at Hoisington in central Kansas, then served as a combat medic in World War II before moving to Topeka. He became the driving force behind God's Little Half Acre, a garden and donations clearinghouse at 1835 S.W. Fillmore where countless people in need received food, clothing and other necessities for nearly 30 years until it closed in January 2000. Cushinberry also worked with sponsors to a...