Happy 4th of July Everyone! Now that the 4th is here you are probably beginning to wonder exactly where you’ll hang out for the night to watch those awesome fireworks displays right? Not sure where any are, that’s okay I’ve got a list for you.
Kansas City:
Name: Independence Day Fireworks
Location: Worlds of Fun
Time: 10pm
Name: Red, white & blue
Location: Kansas City Zoo (free event)
Time: 9 a.m.- 5:30p.m.
Obama came down to Independence this past Monday, but it wasn’t until yesterday when he went to Ohio that he announced he wished for more “faith-based” initiatives. I must ask, when did politics become religious? Aren’t we suppose to keep church and state separate? Apparently Obama wants to spread out social funding to religious groups as well. But how does one determine which religious group money goes too? Isn’t this getting into an avenue that the state or states SHOULD NOT interfere with? I really think this is an area that all politics should stay out of since there are too many different religions, but that’s just my opinion.
An 82-year-old woman was hit on Tuesday while driving her car, which should’ve been perfectly fine. But a man with a felony on his record was trying to out-run the police and slammed into her vehicle. Thankfully his face hit the steering wheel and shattered several teeth, which of course he wanted to collect. This not only kept him on the scene but police helped search for them which ended him with another charge since they found a gun in his possession. By the way, the gun was against his probation since no one with a felony record should have. Hmm, looks like he’ll be getting some time. No clue on the condition of the woman.
“Sex and the City” comes to Kansas City and you can be part of it. If you missed the first few events you can still make it to the June 3, 4 or 11th. Tickets will go up in cost depending on which event you want to do. This is definitely the place to be, the premiere where everyone is going to show up.
June 3
Sex and the City KCWIFT at Independence Square
6 p.m. $5 martinis at Uptown Boutique
7 p.m. $10 Sex and the City at Pharaoh Theatre
June 4
Manicure & Cosmo Night (this is for you ladies)
8-11p.m. Boozefish Wine Bar
$20 Manicure, cosmos and episodes of “Sex and the City”
June 11
Houlihan’s
$5 martinis
As if driving around picking people up at all hours wasn’t bad enough, now a Kansas City cab driver got carjacked by gunpoint. The cab was later retrieved over at an ally between Wabash Street and Elma and the driver wasn’t hurt. Granted he lost any money he would’ve earned driving others around during the time he didn’t have his cab.
Tina Turner, age 68, has come out of retirement and will hit Kansas City Sprint Center on October 8. Tina has also announced her UK concert dates and she’ll even be coming back to the KC area.
This past Thursday Kansas City International Airport had to close down after they had a bomb scare. They quickly and safely took the 134 passengers and got them out of the plane and inspected it for a bomb. When all was clear passengers went on their way.
The airport was reopened Friday without incident.
The Lees Summit Blue Ridge Bank was robbed around 11 a.m. this morning by a man that has yet to be stopped. The man apparently came in and held up the tellers at gun point. On him was a black handgun and he left in a black Hyundai heading west on US 50.
If you see this suspect or hear of someone that stole money from the bank contact the TIPS hotline. Do not approach him as he is considered armed and dangerous. Thankfully no one was hurt during the robbery.
Todd Barkau and his roommate helped train her (roommate) daughter, which was only 12-years-old how to become a dominatrix and they sold her for rough sex for years. Finally after 8 years, this little girl, now 20-years-old may finally see justice to what her own mother and Todd did to her for all those years.
Someone dropped me an email asking who Debra Skodack of Kansas City is? I thought I knew the name and looked it up, sure enough it’s columnist for The Kansas City Star. It seems to be a daily column and not a weekly, so if you like her writing you can tune into KansasCity.com every day.
Her most recent article is “Extraordinary outpouring’ for baby with Rare Condition.” Which is a very sad story about a little baby that needs our help. 7-month-old Granton Bayless has a rare condition and needs a bone-marrow. So far 1,792 people came to see if their marrow would match up. If you’d like to take part the Bone Marrow Program is waiving the $52 fee to encourage more to do this.
Someone in Missouri has a winning ticket worth $2.2 Million and they haven’t yet realized it or cashed it in. The ticket dates back from April 26 and was bought at Deer Run Quick Mart in O’Fallon. If you ever buy your tickets there you might want to go back through them and look very carefully, after all you could be a millionaire without even knowing it.
Marco M. Lugo, age 29, was shot dead while he sat in the backseat of his friends vehicle after leaving a club. He was in a white, GMC Yukon, when the blue Ford Taurus came up shooting. The only lead they have is the blue Ford Taurus had a gray roof and the paint was peeling off. No one knows why this car was targeted or who had the rage that did such a horrific crime.
It has been almost a year since the killing and the police still have no leads. The parents of Marco have put up a $8500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. Help bring a parents worst nightmare a little justice. If you know something call 816 474 TIPS.
Besides the fact that this weekend is Mother’s Day and everyone will be taking out their Mother it’ll be busy with lots of local events. Check them out, oh and don’t forget, Speed Racer comes out too. Have a great weekend and try to stay dry. It’s only suppose to rain this morning and then once more this weekend. But it should be perfect weather for Mother’s Day, so no excuses.
May 9-11
John Brown Opera by Kirke Mechem
Lyric Opera Kansas City
ticket: 1 877 OPERAKA
www.kcopera.org
May 9-11
The Perfect Wedding
AHT Crown Center
Tickets: 816 842 9999
After 10 suspicious fires have popped up in St.Louis police have decided to investigate to find out whether or not they are linked. So far all the fires were started on empty/vacant buildings and no one was injured. Five of the fires were all on this past Saturday and all within 5 blocks of North St. Louis. No news yet on that.
Kansas City is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri encompassing parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is situated at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (Kaw Point), and it sits opposite Kansas City, Kansas. It is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the most populous city in Missouri, the seventh largest city in the Midwest, and the 39th most populous city in the United States. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 447,306. The city's municipal water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States, containing no detectable impurities. Kansas City has more fountains than any other city in the world except Rome. The city also features more miles of landscaped boulevards than any city except Paris.
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