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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 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.
Ernest Hemingway briefly worked as a reporter for The Star from 1917 to 1918. Hemingway credited a Star editor, C.G. 'Pete' Wellington, with changing his verbose high school writing style into clear, provocative English. The author referred to this admonition from The Star's style sheet: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative."
The paper launched its web site, TheStar.com, in 1991, which was rechristened KansasCity.com in 2004.
==References==
<ref>http://www.kansascity.com/about_the_star/ About the Kansas City Star</ref>
<ref>http://www.kansascity.com/614/ History of the Kansas City Star</ref>