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The '''Kansas City Star''' is a newspaper based out of Kansas City, Missouri. The paper has been the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes, four Polk Awards and Missouri Press Association Gold Cups in 12 of the last 13 years.
The Kansas City Star is part of the McClatchy newspaper group.
==History==
The Star was founded in 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel Morss. In its original form it was a daily paper published as an afternoon edition. A Sunday edition began publication in 1891. In 1901 Nelson purchased the Kansas City Times, a Democratic-leaning daily, and re-branded it as a morning edition of the Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City Star is part of the McClatchy newspaper group.
==History==
The Star was founded in 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel Morss. In its original form it was a daily paper published as an afternoon edition. A Sunday edition began publication in 1891. In 1901 Nelson purchased the Kansas City Times, a Democratic-leaning daily, and re-branded it as a morning edition of the Kansas City Star.