Michael Bushnell

For 26 years, Michael has been the Publisher of Kansas City’s Northeast News. His journey at Northeast News began when he became the President of the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood, serving two terms totaling ten years. In 1996, Michael left his corporate communications job to become the Executive Director of the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. During this time, he discovered the local community newspaper was for sale. In 1998, Michael and his wife Christine bought The Northeast News, turning…

The Northeast News is committed to serving our community in the best way we can. We welcome feedback from our neighbors and community members. Our team is here to report on the often untold stories, advocate for your community and tackle all the complex issues here.

For 26 years, Michael has been the Publisher of Kansas City’s Northeast News. His journey at Northeast News began when he became the President of the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood, serving two terms totaling ten years. In 1996, Michael left his corporate communications job to become the Executive Director of the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. During this time, he discovered the local community newspaper was for sale. In 1998, Michael and his wife Christine bought The Northeast News, turning…

For 26 years, Michael has been the Publisher of Kansas City’s Northeast News. His journey at Northeast News began when he became the President of the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood, serving two terms totaling ten years. In 1996, Michael left his corporate communications job to become the Executive Director of the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. During this time, he discovered the local community newspaper was for sale. In 1998, Michael and his wife Christine bought The Northeast News, turning…

The Northeast News is committed to serving our community in the best way we can. We welcome feedback from our neighbors and community members. Our team is here to report on the often untold stories, advocate for your community and tackle all the complex issues here.

The Northeast News is committed to serving our community in the best way we can. We welcome feedback from our neighbors and community members. Our team is here to report on the often untold stories, advocate for your community and tackle all the complex issues here.

For 26 years, Michael has been the Publisher of Kansas City’s Northeast News. His journey at Northeast News began when he became the President of the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood, serving two terms totaling ten years. In 1996, Michael left his corporate communications job to become the Executive Director of the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. During this time, he discovered the local community newspaper was for sale. In 1998, Michael and his wife Christine bought The Northeast News, turning…

Michael BushnellPublisher Officials with the Kansas City Disc Golf Association presented a check on June 7 for $10,140 to the Bishop Sullivan Center, 6435 Truman Rd., for its food pantry fund. This year’s donation marks 20 years of support between area disc golfers and Bishop Sullivan. Through Ice Bowl tournament entry fees — traditionally held

Michael BushnellPublisher On a sunny Wednesday morning near Ninth St., and Topping Ave.in the Sheffield neighborhood, Kansas City Public Works crews installed three new street signs. This designated Ninth St., between Topping and Winner Rd., as Honorary Jerry and Virginia Morales Drive — recognizing Morales’s service to the Historic Northeast community, which spans over seventy

Michael Bushnell Contributor In his 2019 thesis entitled, A Historical Analysis of the Northeast Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, Lykins Neighborhood resident Sam Crowley describes Independence Avenue as “definitive of the entire neighborhood. With rich people located along the west end and hard-core, smokestack-type industry on the east end, the Avenue was a simple place.”