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Inches-a-Weigh Out?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Did “Inches-a-Weigh” really weigh out? Earlier this week three “Inches-A-Weigh” businesses/gyms had their doors locked and weren’t letting anyone in. Was there a reason behind it?

Seems the note on the door just said they were working hard to reopen. Reopen, why? Why did they close in the first place? Weren’t they making enough with all those memberships?

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Body Missing Parts Shows Up In Missouri

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Lafayette County Missouri has turned up a badly burned headless and handless body. They believe it to be a man, but currently have no way of identifying him/her. The body turned up near a road northeast of Concordia in a grassy area near trees about 10 feet from Davis Road.

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Trash Bin Baby in St. Louis

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The newborn baby boy that was found in the trash bin earlier this week is doing well and actually has no issues. For those that don’t know, a man went to take out his trash only to discover a newborn baby boy, with his umbilical cord still attached was inside the trash and alive.

The baby was found in a dumpster near 5700 of Waterman, so if you know of anyone that was pregnant and is no longer this could be her baby. Police are looking for the mother of this infant. Had she simply given the baby over to the police or hospital there would’ve been no questions asked, she’d be fine, but by trying to kill him now she has some questions to answer.

The little infant is in state custody at the Children’s Hospital. I do wish him the best of luck in life.

KC’s GM Fairfax Plant Strike

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

oh bWondering how bad the Kansas City’s GM Strike will be for the plant itself? Well normally they have 2,700 workers an hour and now that they’ve went on strike they’ve got no one doing anything.

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Will that hurt Chevrolet Malibu sales? I’m sure it will and as of right now there are actually 1000+ on strike. While this may not be all of the employees, it is definitely over half of them and I don’t see the other half working double shifts to make up for the loss.

I guess we’ll just wait and see who breaks first, the

 

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Kansas City Hit by Storms

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

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Early in the morning hours Kansas City was hit by a group of thunderstorms, one at 2 a.m. will be one that is remembered for a long time. While everyone stated it wasn’t a tornado that struck but high straight winds, either way the damage was big. Homes were lost and actually one is still lost and they haven’t been able to find it. These “strong winds” that struck, hit like a tornado, only hitting certain ones and le aving over 500 without power. This afternoon however the National Weather Service announced that two tornadoes did touch down, one in Gladstone. They registered it at an “EF2″ and it coursed through two blocks. The strange part about where this “tornado” struck was they never heard sirens, yet where we live in Lees Summit they were going off for about 15 minutes.

Damage that was done and recorded so far:

KC- 45 homes, 10 of which were severely damaged and 1 that still can’t be found

Northland-  120 homes, 3 destroyed and 1 that can’t be found.

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Aircraft Plant Tax Deal Gets Stalled

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Even after the huge deal about the aircraft plant and everything the tax deal seems to have stalled out at the Senate as some oppose it. Without the tax deal the Aeropsace Plant factory will go somewhere else, taking the possible 1000+ jobs with it. This is something many need here in Kansas with all the recent job cuts.
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Earthquakes Shakes Kansas City

Friday, April 18th, 2008

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While most people were sleeping around 4:37 a.m., there were a few that felt the Midwest Earthquake. The quake was only registered at a 5.4 and centered just off West Salem, Illinois it did some damage but not much. But people in Kansas City and as far away as Michigan actually heard or felt it, animals seem to wake and bark to it while others had pictures fall off the wall. Currently there have been no reports of injuries due to the quake. Course this wasn’t the only one, about an hour ago there was another at 10:14a.m. at just about the same location that was a 4.6 magnitude.

Did you feel either one? If so what did it feel like? I thought I felt one the night before, but not this one. Kind of strange.

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Smoking Ban Approved in Kansas City

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

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On April 8th they put it to a vote and Kansas City became Smoke-free. What does this mean exactly? Basically it is just what you’d imagine, all places, including restaraunts and bars will become smoke-free within two months of the vote. By June 30th (my anniversary) there will be no smoking, not even after 9 p.m. or in places without children. This was a very close vote with the end result being 52 for the ban and 48 against.
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NEWS: Raytown SUV was that of Victim

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Early this morning the police got a tip on a burned-out SUV hidden behind 5100 block of Muncie Drive. The police were not sure at the time if it was the SUV of the murdered Raytown man, Brandon Fauntleroy-McDowel, who was shot to death when he struggled with carjackers.

If you have any information call: TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS. Currently there is an $11,000 reward leading up to an arrest.

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Blair Found Guilty of Murder

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Earlier today, Judge John R. O’Malley announced that he found Terry Blair of Jackson County guilty of the 6 counts of 1st degree murder. It was discovered recently that Blair had been the murderer of the 6 women, two of which had been strangled.

Murdered Victime:
Sheliah McKinzie, 38
Anna Ewing, 42
Patricia Wilson Butler, 45
Darci I. Williams, 25
Carmen Hunt, 40
Claudette Juniel, 31

During the trial proof was also given that Blair had actually called 9-1-1 to report the crime and where the body would be found. Blair of course is still claiming his innocense, even when they discovered his semen in one of the victims, his response was he had sex with her but didn’t mean he killed her. One thing is for sure, he’ll be away for a very long time.

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Family Fights off Robbers

Friday, March 21st, 2008

police tapeEarly this morning in Kansas City, the Lopez Family, a father and son looked out their window when they saw two robbers trying to take their car radio. Instead of just hiding behind a closed door and calling police they decided to take things into their own hands. Woo hoo! I’m sorry, I know police would want things handled differently but people are getting sick and tired of all the crime happening around them.
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KC Most Wanted

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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KMBC-TV has been doing a daily Crime Stoppers on tv and while it has been working out great, I thought this would be the perfect time to let online folks know about it. Who knows maybe with the faces on television and the internet they’ll all be caught. Who’s with me on this?

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Update on Man Shot to Death

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Christopher Haislip, age 32, was the victim that was found shot to death in the parking lot yesterday afternoon. The police still have no clue who shot Christopher and are asking if you know anything to call Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

Lee Summit Car Crash

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Earlier this morning, right before the bell would ring at the Lee Summit High School, there was a car accident. A Honda carrying three teens was going a bit too fast and slammed into the front of a pick up truck turning. The accident took place on 1700 block of Northeast Independence Avenue at Pollard Street.

Three teens were injured in the accident, the 16 year old driver and the two 17-year old passengers. The 18 year old driver of the pick up truck was also rushed to the hospital, all of which had serious injuries. I’ll keep ya updated as I learn more.

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Killing in Kansas City

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

gunMan was shot to death beside an apartment complex. Police were called to the scene around 3 p.m. this afternoon (Tuesday) but the victim was dead on the parking lot of 5600 block of Norton Avenue. Police have placed crime scene all around the area, no news on who did it or why.

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About Kansas City, MO

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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