The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star
The May 2, 2011, front page of The Kansas City Star, with headline reporting the killing of Osama bin Laden
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)McClatchy
PublisherTony Berg
EditorMike Fannin
Founded1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Headquarters1601 McGee
Kansas City, MO 64108
USA
39°5′34″N 94°34′51″W / 39.09278°N 94.58083°W / 39.09278; -94.58083
Circulation89,175 Daily
109,438 Sunday (as of 2020).[1]
ISSN0745-1067
OCLC number3555868
Websitekansascity.com

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 the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style.[2] The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and has widespread circulation in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

  1. ^ "McClatchy | Markets". February 16, 2022. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ernest Hemingway". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2012.