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Independence, Missouri, drive-in ends 60-year run on Nov. 17 [Video]

LASTS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPECT COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, WELL, AFTER NEARLY 60 YEARS, THE TWIN DRIVE-IN WILL CLOSE LATER THIS MONTH. ITS BEEN A STAPLE FOR MOVIEGOERS FOR JUST YEARS AND YEARS. KMBC NINES KRISTA HASKELL SHOWS US THE HISTORY AND THE HEART OF A BELOVED MOVIE SPOT. THE TWIN DRIVE-IN WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD ON NOVEMBER 17TH, LEAVING A HISTORY OF FILM AND FAMILY FUN. WE MAY BE LOSING A LOCATION, BUT WERE NOT LOSING EACH OTHER. GENERAL MANAGER CANDY COMBS SAYS SHELL MISS EVERY MOMENT. NOT BEING AT THE PLACE SHE CALLS HER BABY. SHES BEEN WATCHING MOVIES HERE SINCE SHE WAS THREE. THE TWINS STILL HAVE SOME ORIGINAL PROJECTORS LACED WITH THE MOVIE ALIEN. THE TWIN DRIVE-IN OPENED IN 1964 WITH A HIP SHAKE AND ELVIS MOVIE, AND THOUSANDS OF TITLES HAVE BEEN FED THROUGH THE PROJECTOR SINCE. THE MEMORIES ARE ENDLESS FOR MANY IN THE METRO, AND UNDERNEATH THE SEATS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOUR OWN POPCORN. AND THATS WHATS COOL ABOUT THE DRIVE-IN. COMBS SAYS HER STAFF IS FAMILY, AND THE CLOSING IS A HUGE BLOW, BUT THEYVE TAKEN TIME TO PROCESS THE LOSS. AS A TEAM, WE STAND IN THE MIDDLE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING SLOWED DOWN AND CONCESSIONS GET SLOWED DOWN, AND WE JUST KIND OF STAND THERE AND WE LOOK AT THE FIELDS AND AND WE JUST SMILE. AND THE LAST SHOWING ON ONE OF THE SCREENS IS GOONIES AND JURASSIC PARK. BUT GET YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SELLOUT FROM THE MARQUEE. KRISTA TATCHELL, KMBC NINE NEWS KRISTA. SHE GOT DOWN OKAY. SHES JUST FINE. WELL, THE TWIN IS CLOSING DUE TO A RENT HIKE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, WOODMAN INSURANCE OF OMAHA. THEY HAD NO COMMENT ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF T

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Follett Announces Partnership with Mirada Capital to Enhance Custom Merchandise Offerings on Campuses Nationwide | PR Newswire [Video]

WESTCHESTER, Ill. and SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Follett Higher Education, North America’s largest campus retailer, today announced a strategic partnership with Texas-based Mirada Capital Group to assume