Sunday, March 18, 2007

The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, March 18, 2007

**GRANDVIEW, MO. STABBING KILLS A MAN**

Grandview police, fire & EMS were called to the 3600 block of Blue Ridge at 12:10 am on a reported stabbing in the parking lot of an apartment complex there.

When police arrived they found an apparent altercation had taken place.
The victim was critically wounded and died several hours later at an area trauma center.
One person was taken into police custody from the scene.
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**CRITICAL-INJURY WRECK AFTER INDEPENDENCE, MO POLICE CHASE**
A 2-vehicle wreck at U.S. 24 and Noland Road after a "police chase" according to AMR-EMS paramedics just after 1 a.m. resulted in critical injuries to a young adult male.

Reportedly the car would not stop at a police checkpoint and - "at a speeds around 80 m.p.h. T-boned (side-collided) with another car" according to AMR.

The critically-injured male reportedly had no pulse at the scene. He was taken to a nearby trauma center.

The female driver of the vehicle being pursued - heard sobbing on radio transmissions- was not badly hurt and taken to another hospital.
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*FIRES DAMAGE BUILDINGS IN LAWRENCE, KS & BLUE SPRINGS, MO.*

The fire in Lawrence heavily-damaged offices in a 2-story building in the 1900 block of West 25th Street just after midnight.
Flames were showing when the first fire truck arrived - and a 2nd-alarm was sounded.
The fire was reported under control at 12:20 am and no injuries occurred.
The cause was under investigation.

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Flames broke out in the bedroom of a residential structure in the 500 block of N.E. 6th Street in Blue Springs around 5:20 am Sunday morning.
The occupants escaped unharmed - but extra fire department assistance was needed to bring the fire under control an hour later.
No one was hurt and the cause of this fire is being investigated.

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* OVERNIGHT WEATHER *

It became cloudy early Sunday morning with brisk easterly breezes that made temperatures around the freezing mark seem like as low as the lower-20's at dawn.

The coming week will be a wet one with several chances of showers and thunderstorms all week. There is some chance for severe thunderstorms by mid to late week. Temperatures will once again warm to near or as much as 15-degrees above normal by mid-week.

Spring officially begins Wednesday, March 21.

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First with Kansas City Metro Region Breaking News - KSHB NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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