Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

Hearne: Whatever Happened To The Hereford House Pyro?

Time flies when you’re having fun… That said, chances are, for  convicted Hereford House honcho Rod Anderson it’s been crawling…slowly. That’s because 10 years ago, Anderson was sentenced to 15 years slam time for setting the original Hereford House downtown … Continue reading

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Hearne: Life After Death In Mayfield, Kentucky

I had to see it first hand… More than a year after my old, home-away-from-home Mayfield, Kentucky was all but wiped off of the map I got around to going there last week to relive my earliest days in business. … Continue reading

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Hearne: All’s Foul In College Football

I interrupt this divorce to bring you a message about the sad demise of the Pac 12… Most local followers of the Big 12 Conference seem to be besides themselves with joy over having swiped on Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and … Continue reading

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Hearne: Tale of Two Cities Dying Newspapers

Thumbing through Wednesday’s Arizona Republic I found myself a bit stunned… For starters, the Republic is based in Phoenix which is five times the size of Tucson and more than double Greater Kansas City. And that kinda math matters. That … Continue reading

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Hearne: Out Dammed Desert, I’m Heading Home

This just in… Hold on to whatever you wish, I’m heading home. So get ready. After three years in Tucson (Oro Valley), I’ve had enough. I shoulda known better when I packed up my stakes, sold my house in Lawrence … Continue reading

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Hearne: Lord Of The Rings Redux

Guess what? A very special treat is about to arrive in the form of an early Christmas gift. One of your all-time favorite KCC columnists – Brandon Leftridge – is suiting up again. And believe it or don’t, he is … Continue reading

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Hearne: Buttering Martha’s 81 Year-Old Muffin W/ Gates BBQ

About Martha Stewart being on  Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue… Face it, she’s an octogenarian – yet there she is in the flesh – with plenty of cleavage, a carefully revealed amount of leg flesh and a soft focus covering … Continue reading

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Hearne: Hollywood Madame Loves Mahomes, Not Mizzou

  Once a Hollywood Madam, always a Hollywood Madam… Although Heidi Fleiss is years removed from her colorful past – including her turbulent romance with actor Tom Sizemore, who died recently at the age of 61 – the thought of her moving … Continue reading

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Hearne: Hollywood Madam to Mizzou As Ex Checks Out?

Would it surprise you to find I spent a day hanging with Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss? You remember her from 20 years ago when – as Wikipedia puts it – “She ran an upscale prostitution ring based in Los Angeles and … Continue reading

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Hearne: Should The Chiefs Change Team Name?

In the words of  Ronald Reagan, there they go again… And you thought the Kansas City Chiefs season was behind you. Not so fast, because the politically correct powers-that-be on Facebook are back. They dug up a two year-old story … Continue reading

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Hearne: Dobler Dogg Checks Out

There are movie villains, and there are real life ones… By the NFL’s measure former KCMO 810 AM sports talker Conrad Dobler was one of the best… as in, worst. That’s because his football career was peppered with things like … Continue reading

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Hearne: Woke Police Attack Chiefs – OP Injun Dude Fights Back

Remember the Good Ol Daze? More than 20 years ago – long before the dawning of today’s woke culture – writers at the Kansas City Star decided to take on Marty Schottenheimer‘s Chiefs. for their Indian themes. That was back … Continue reading

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Hearne: KC Homecoming, Tourism Scrum

Guess who’s coming to dinner,  for the first time in two years? You got it…moi! I’ll be driving my tricked-out 2020 Honda Civic Si there in a couple days. So save a little snow and ice for me, will ya? As I … Continue reading

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Hearne: In Search of the Lost News Chord

      Think Tale of Two Cities plus… Being holed up here in Tucson for two years, I’ve made some observations on how local journalism is evolving. While folks in Kansas City are still mostly trapped with the few … Continue reading

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Hearne: Johnny Dare Co Host Murphy Wells Bares All

Once upon a time, the Johnny Dare / Murphy Wells radio show was born… Hard to imagine, but 22 years ago Kansas City’s preeminent, high profile dirt ball – for all practical purposes – was essentially created. The year was 1994, and … Continue reading

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Hearne: Time For Folks to Woke Up?

It’s a brave new world out there, not to mention a woke one… That said,  you may want to pinch yourself – before reading an Associated Press story that ran in both the Kansas City Star and Arizona Daily Star over the … Continue reading

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Hearne: Big 12 Renaissance Vs Big 10/SEC Reality

Not only is the Big 12 back, it’s super bad and soon to get badder… The mini glut of perennial College Football Playoff teams aside – Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, Clemson – the vaunted Big 10 and SEC  conferences are mostly cash … Continue reading

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Hearne: ‘All That Glitters’ & Len Dawson

Everybody loves a local sports heroe… And deceased Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson is no exception. That said, most of that so-called “love” is based upon our reverence for athletes – as some call it “jock sniffing” – dating back to … Continue reading

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Hearne: About The Local Doc Who Claimed To Be Treating Elvis

Speaking of the hoopla re the new Elvis Presley movie… What better time to take a trip back in time than now- 21 years after the fact, to be specific – to when area physician Donald Hinton wrote a book claiming Elvis was … Continue reading

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Hearne: Elvis Has Left The Cutting Room Floor

About that new Elvis flick out of Australia… Star of the show Austin Butler plays a kick ass “young” Elvis – even though he turns 31 in August – nearly 10 years older than the young King he plays in … Continue reading

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