Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
September 14, 2017
U.S. News and World Report ranked Rockhurst University as the 11th-best college on its annual regional rankings list for the Midwest. Last year, Rockhurst was slotted at No. 15 on the same list. Rockhurst is the highest-ranked h...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
September 5, 2017
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Rockhurst University president, the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J., commented on President Donald Trump's and his administration's decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program within...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
August 29, 2017
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Truman Library Institue will officially open its new location at Rockhurst University Thursday morning. The Institute fills a space located inside the university's parking garage at 5151 Troost Ave., Ste....
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
August 20, 2017
In an email sent to students, faculty and staff Friday, Rockhurst president Thomas B. Curran, S.J. responded to "the tragic and fresh memory of what took place in Charlottesville, Virginia last week" as the university officially...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
August 18, 2017
Story updated at 9:56 a.m. Monday with the latest weather information from weather.com.
As classes begin Monday, some have wondered if Rockhurst University would cancel classes Monday afternoon during the widely anticipated sola...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
August 6, 2017
Rockhurst students are all-too-familiar with flooding in Kansas City.
Luckily, it didn't appear that Rockhurst's campus was affected by the heavy rain that fell Saturday across the Kansas City metro area. Per the National We...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
June 27, 2017
The internet can be a cruel, cruel place sometimes. But it can also be the place to see how people are reacting to the news of the closing of Mike's Tavern.
In the original report of Mike's closing on The Pitch, there is a bev...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
June 26, 2017
After the Rockhurst class of 2017 graduated in mid-May, the doors to the dignified Mike's Tavern at 5424 Troost Ave. were no longer open for business. Some said it was for renovations, others feared they were closed for good.
On...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
June 19, 2017
Story updated at approximately 7:15 p.m. Monday with number of power outages north of campus.
Severe storms ravaged their way through the Kansas City area this weekend, leaving as much as 93,000 Kansas City Power & Light cu...
Ryan Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
May 31, 2017
The Rockhurst president's signature topped a list of concerned higher education leaders.
Staff Reports
May 30, 2017
Three air-conditioning units were stolen from three different Rockhurst-owned houses in the 5100 block of Forest Ave., according to an email from university security chief Randy Hopkins.
"The security department has implemented...
Ryan Crawford, Staff Writer
March 23, 2017
Story updated Friday at 10:30 a.m. with information from Rockhurst security notice.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A hit-and-run incident Wednesday evening at 55th and Troost Avenue near the campus of Rockhurst University had KCPD and...
