CSW BREAKING: Another Stolen Car Pursuit in KC-MO

KC-MO police are involved in another pursuit of a stolen vehicle in the same area as yesterday's chase that resulted in a spectacular crash at 55th Street and U.S. 71.


The police helicopter-led pursuit has traversed an area from Prospect and Swope Parkway from 39th Street south to 63rd Street.

So far- no reports of any crashes as the result of today's chase- but the suspect did strike a police car earlier in the incident.

The chase is currently around 31st Street and Prospect heading east and south.



UPDATE - 1441 CDT- The pursuit of the stolen SUV has ended at 2:34 p.m. with the black male driver "in custody" at 28th Street and Brooklyn.

There were no reports of any crashes or any injuries as the result of this "pursuit-"  called that even though it appeared that ground police units weren't actually chasing the suspect.

Officers remained in the area based on reports from the police helicopter that followed the suspect from above- and occasionally deployed road spikes that flattened all but one of the suspect's tires- slowing him.

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CSW BREAKING: Flash Flooding Possible in NW Cass- SW Jackson Counties MO and SE JoCo KS

Tropical-type rainshowers with a few taller thunderstorms continue to rain down and re-develop from southern KC-MO and eastern JoCo KS south-southwestward across Cass and Bates counties in MO and Miami- NW Linn- SE Franklin and Anderson counties in KS..

We are particularily focusing on NW Cass county around Belton- where radar-indicated rainfalls of more than 1-inch have fallen during the past hour.

At the very least- local flash flooding is likely over the next several hours from southern and southwestern KC- Grandview- Lee's Summit- Raymore and Belton MO across the state line into Leawood and central through southern Overland Park.

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Central States WEATHER: "Slight Risk" of Excessive Rains Includes Metro K.C.

There's a forecasted "slight risk" of excessive rainfalls over about the next 12 hours that includes all of Metro Kansas City.

As you can see by the accompanying NWS-HPC image- the excessive rainfall forecast area stretches from Iowa into Oklahoma- with the Kansas City MetroRegion about in the middle.

Weather radar indicates that scattered small but torrential rainshowers have developed in and around Metro Kansas City.

This activity is moving slowly from south to north.

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Central States NEWS: Abducted Missouri Girl Found Alive

The Louisiana MO girl that was reportedly taken from her yard Monday while playing with her brother was found alive and apparently unharmed at a car wash in a St. Louis suburb.

Four-year-old Alisa Maier was found wandering around a Fenton MO car wash late Tuesday- and she has been returned to her grateful family.


Thank you Great Spirit!

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Commentary: Wishing Kansas' Political Races Would Stay There

Nothing so irritating as to be pummeled with the TV ads of these 2 Kansas Republicrat birds running for the U.S. Senate.

They are 50-times worse than infomercials.


These 2 guys must have a campaign reserve that would not only balance Kansas' budget- but Missouri's too!

And it's like which candidate is more backward- more obstructionist than the other- like they're actually proud of running America into the ground. 


It's too bad too that there aren't time restrictions on political ads- like how SOON before an election these career pollys can run their corporately-sponsored trash.



If you want REAL change in Washington D.C.- vote for independent- unbeholden political candidates- not the same 2-party liar system.

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BP's Unchecked Oil Gusher Reaches Galveston Island Texas

Now it's 5 states whose Gulf shores are being ruined by British Petroleum's continued deep-sea oil well gusher- reports the Assocated Press.

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CSW BREAKING: Ten Fire Companies Respond to Downtown High-Rise Fire

At 9:38 a.m.- ten KC-MO fire companies were sent to the old Federal building at 909 Walnut on a reported "fire on the 9th floor."

The structure has been renovated into condominiums- and as firefighters make their way to the fire floor- they're reporting only "a light haze- possible electrical" fire at a yet unknown location on the 9th-floor.


Since this incident appears to be very minor- no injuries have been reported- but if this changes I'll be right back here to report on it.

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Central States NEWS: Amber Alert- Child Kidnapped From Yard in Louisiana MO

Four-year-old Alisa Maier was playing in the yard with her 6-year-old brother late Monday evening when a car stopped and the driver snatched Alisa and drove away with her.


According to the ST. LOUIS (MO) POST-DISPATCH- the abductor was a "thin white male, possibly in his late teens or 20s with dark, curly hair. He was driving a black or dark-colored four-door sedan with possible front end damage."


The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in this case- should you spot this little girl and/or her abductor- please call 9-1-1 immediately.

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Central States NEWS: Tragedy During Iowa Town's July 4th Parade

Bellevue Iowa- a town of around 2300 people- sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River about 20 miles south-southeast of Dubuque.


On Sunday during Bellevue's annual Independence Day parade- two horses attached to and pulling a passenger carriage- somehow got spooked and went running wild along the parade route packed with children and adults.

(Photos courtesy of the CEDAR RAPIDS (IA) GAZETTE)

After several blocks the horses were finally stopped- but not before 25 children and adults were trampled- several critically- and a woman in the out-of-control carriage was killed- according to the CEDAR RAPIDS (IA) GAZETTE.

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CSW WEATHER: NWS Says "High Risk" For Excessive Rainfall in Kansas City MetroRegion

The Hydrological Prediction Center (HPC) of the National Weather Service (NWS) has the southern portions of Metro Kansas City and adjacent areas south through west in a "high risk" of excessive rainfalls later today into tonight.

Rainfall totals have varied widely throughout the MetroRegion with the heaviest rains generally west through north of the Metro.

However- even the lesser amounts have re-saturated the ground that had a chance to dry out some last week- and the NWS-HPC excessive rain forecast notes an "enhanced" or higher risk of flash flooding should any areas of heavy rain move over an area.

The current weather radar doesn't show any concentrated areas of heavy rain yet threatening the Metro- and- except during initial precipitation development- very little or no severe weather is expected with any activity.

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CSW BREAKING: Man Dies After Northland KC-MO Stabbing

The call was received by KC-MO Fire department EMS dispatch at 6:47 a.m.- the report of a male stabbed at an apartment complex in the 500 block of Northwest 55th Terrace.

When police arrived shortly before 7 a.m.- they found a fire department and EMS crew doing C.P.R. on the "approximately 25-year-old" victim.

The victim had gone to a neighbor's apartment for help after he had been stabbed and collapsed in the doorway when the neighbor answered the door- a paramedic said to CSW.

He was taken to a Northland medical trauma center in very critical condition and died a short time later.


Police disclosed suspect information by 7:03 a.m.: "a black female in her mid-20's about 5-foot-six-inches tall and seen walking with 2 children- possible ages 4 and 5."

Police caught up with the suspect with the children around 7:10 a.m. at a convenience store on N.W. Englewood near North Broadway and arrested her.

The children were taken into temporary protective custody.

(Updated at 9:10 a.m. 04Jul2010)

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One Dead- At Least 4 Injured in Metro K.C. Shootings Stabbing

A very newsy Fourth of July holiday weekend continued Sunday morning the 4th with 2 shooting incidents in KC-MO and a KC-KS stabbing...

 

A shooting that killed one male and inflicted injuries at least 2 others occurred just before 3 a.m. near 10th Street and The Paseo.




KC-MO emergency services got the call at 2:57 a.m. to a shooting in a fourth floor apartment in the 900 block of Paseo.


Police found a "20-something (year-old)" male outside in the 1400 block of East 10th Street- riddled with "multiple" gunshot wounds.

A male teenager- also with multiple gunshot wounds- was taken to a trauma hospital by Fire department EMS in very critical condition.


The possible 3rd victim had been driven by someone to another hospital and "dropped off-" their condition unknown.


Police had no suspect information available.






The second shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. in the 6400 block of Manchester.




Two males in their 20's had been shot- one critically-injured with a gunshot to the abdomen- in an apartment there- possibly as the result of a robbery.


The other man was shot in a thigh and ankle but was in good condition.


Police were investigating and issued no suspect information yet.






The KC-KS stabbing happened around 12:13 a.m. Sunday morning in a room of the regency Inn motel in the 4700 block of State Avenue.




A 45-year-old male was stabbed on an arm and in his back lower chest by an unknown assailant- and taken to a Metro hospital in serious to critical condition.


Police had nothing official released on this incident.

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Fireworks Injures At Least 2 Northland Metro Kansas City Children

At least 2 Metro children are at Children's Mercy Hospital in KC-MO after suffering fireworks injuries.

The most seriously-injured child was a 10 to 11-year-old female who reportedly had fireworks blow up in her face at a Platte City MO home.

The call started at 12:25 a.m. to an address in the 1100 block of Fox Run Trail near I-29 and M-92 highways.

A medical helicopter based in St. Joseph flew the child with burns to her face- hands and chest as well as breathing problems and a possible eye injury to Children's in critical condition.



While the Platte City child was being treated- an Excelsior Springs MO EMS unit was transfering another child from their medical center's E-R to Children's Mercy.

That child was "a 5-year-old male who had fireworks explode in his face."

His injuries were less extensive than the girl's- and his condition was non life-threatening.

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CSW Weather: NWS Flood Watch Covers Central- Northern K.C. MetroRegion

After nearly a week of dry summer weather- the monsoons return to the Central States and the Kansas City MetroRegion.

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Pleasant Hill has a large portion of the MetroRegion in a Flood Watch from Sunday morning July 4 until Monday afternoon- July 5.

The NWS statement has the following areas-counties included in the Flood Watch:

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING (Counties):
 
IN KANSAS- ATCHISON... DONIPHAN... JOHNSON... LEAVENWORTH AND WYANDOTTE.

IN MISSOURI- ADAIR...  ANDREW... ATCHISON... BUCHANAN... CALDWELL...CLAY... CLINTON... DAVIESS... DE KALB... GENTRY... GRUNDY... HARRISON... HOLT... JACKSON... LINN... LIVINGSTON... MERCER... NODAWAY... PLATTE... PUTNAM... RAY... SCHUYLER... SULLIVAN AND WORTH.


The remains of Hurricane Alex has pushed tropical moisture into the Central States- and could produce more rounds of flooding rains from Nebraska and Iowa southward across Kansas and Missouri.

One graphic from the NWS shown here- indicates as much as 9 to 10-inches of rain could fall in the northern K.C. MetroRegion through the next 5 days!


Rivers and groundwater tables are still high from June's excessive rains- so it wouldn't take more than a couple of inches to re-saturate the ground in most areas.

The one plus note with all the incoming rain is that there should be little if any severe weather like high winds- large hail or tornadoes.


Of course- commercial and ad-free CSW will bring you the latest text and pictures if flooding does occur and we'll be up through the overnight Sunday morning with the latest.

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Fireworks Device Causes Concern in Blue Springs MO

Blue Springs police and Central Jackson County (CJC) Fire Protection District units were called to Northwest 11th Street and Hearns Avenue on the report of a suspicious device found by a citizen.

The device was determined by CJC Fire crews to be "an unexploded sparkler bomb."


We didn't hear what was done with the bomb- but there were no reports of evacuations in the surrounding residential area or of any injuries caused by the device.

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CSW BREAKING: "Huge Water Main Break" in KC-MO Northland

That's an exact quote from a KCFD-EMS crew at 7:17 a.m.- the location of this in the latest of main breaks is on North Antioch just south of Interstate 35.


No doubt there will be lane/road closures and water outages/pressure reductions for those in that area of the KC-MO Northland.

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Two Men Injured- One Critically in Eastside KC-MO Shooting

Gunfire interrupted the numerous illegal fireworks on Kansas City's Eastside Saturday morning.


At 1:18 a.m.- the city's emergency services were sent to a reported shooting in the 4700 block of East 40th Place.

Before police arrive- the 2 victims reportedly leave the 40th Place scene in "a black (Chevy) Tahoe" and- at 1;24 a.m.- have pulled up to the Veteran's Administration hospital in the 4800 block of East Linwood.


A "25-year-old male" was shot in his right thigh and he was taken to the V.A.'s non-trauma-rated emergency room- then transferred by Fire dept. EMS to a Metro medical trauma center in serious to critical condition. 

The 2nd victim was "27-years-old" and shot in his right ankle- otherwise in good condition.


Police say "3 black males" said to be the suspects- left the scene in "a white 2-door Chevy Impala."

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CSW BREAKING: Fatality Crash in Far Eastern KC-MO

This crash was between 2 vehicles on hazardous Noland Road at Little Blue Road.


Reported to emergency services at 3:12 a.m.- the crash involved at least 2 males in one vehicle and a female driver with an unknown number of passengers in the other vehicle.

The male driver of the first vehicle died at the scene- trapped in the wreckage. The male passenger was taken to an area hospital in serious to critical condition.

The female driver of the 2nd vehicle was believed not seriously injured and also required extrication- but the passengers refused EMS transport to a medical facility.


No word if intoxication played a role.


The crash is still under investigation- so yet no word who did what.

More on KSHB-41 NBC Action News at 7 a.m.- 5 and 10 p.m..

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CSW BREAKING: Train Fire With Tankers of Hazardous Materials Involved in Sugar Creek MO

KC-MO Fire department Haz-Mat along with units from Independence are assisting Sugar Creek Fire with a train fire.

The incident is on railroad mainline tracks near Vermont and Cement City Road and was reported to Sugar Creek emergency dispatch at 1:47 a.m. Saturday morning.

It has been reported the fire resulted when a malfunction on a car of the moving train derailed.

At least one rail tanker car comtaining the chemical Toluene has "exploded-" and at least one other tanker car is heavily-involved in fire.

That tanker and a third car that became involved in fire contained  liquid animal fat and recycled oil.



As of 4 a.m. fire commanders still didn't know the extent of the fire- which was about 1/4-mile west of the Vermont Avenue crossing off Kentucky Road.

No report of any widespread evacuations as the fire was in a fairly unpopulated area with south-southeasterly winds generally blowing any toxic smoke away from close-by heavily-populated areas.

At 4:05 a.m. it was reported that "the Birmingham Wastewater Plant" in KC-MO north of the Missouri river "has been evacuated."

There was yet no report of any evacuation of the unincorporated community of Birmingham itself or the nearby Ameristar Casino,

By 6:30 a.m.- 2 locomotives also became involved in the fire,  Those engines contained about 8000 gallons of diesel and were destroyed.

It wasn't until about 11:15 a.m.- or more than 9 hours after the initial alarm- when Sugar Creek firefighters- overseen by railroad officials- attempted to extinguish what fire remained.


On a positive note- there have been no reports of injuries .

A full report on this fire on KSHB-41 NBC Action News at  5 and 10 p.m..

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KC-MO Clowncilman Russs Johnson: Playing Children's Games With Taxpayer's Money

I couldn't at first- grasp what I was seeing on the TV news Thursday night.

Coming across like an immature 10-year-old was Clowncilman Russs Johnson- telling the TV news cameras that if Mayor Funkhouser's lawsuits could cost the city nearly a million dollars- the Clowncil had every right to re-institute those annual millions of dollars in subsidies to the corporate sports teams at the Truman Sports Complex.

So Clowncilman Johnson- let's see if I got what you were saying correctly:  YOU justify the Clowncil frittering away millions of taxpayer dollars BECAUSE some cluck sued Mayor Funkhouser over things the Mayor's wife said or did?


So the KC-MO City Clowncil- with the Mayor's lawsuits being their justification- will continue to shovel more taxpayer money to corporate interests (stadiums- convention hotels- etc.- etc.- etc.).

Meanwhile- sewer and water lines in the city continue to rupture- public transit gets cut- streets remain in deplorable condition- etc.- etc.- etc..


KC-MO voters- it's time we got the children out of City Hall.

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BP: Save your TV Commercial Budget and PAY THOSE YOU HAVE HARMED

British Petroleum's latest TV commercials have fallen on mostly deaf- and certainly more than a few angry ears.

I switch them off completely when they come on.

The company responsible for the CONTINUED mile-deep underwater oil gusher seems to have the money to run bogus "feel-good about BP cleaning up the mess we caused" commercials.

All those commercials are serving to do is make America's Gulf of Mexico residents and many who do NOT live along the Gulf even angrier.

Why doesn't BP pay the FULL SALARIES of all the employees who have been made jobless by BP and their friends' incompetence?

Wouldn't the MILLIONS BP is spending on these TV commercials be better spent in sealing the oil gusher- cleaning up the spewed oil and the areas it's devastated and making COMPLETE restitution to those financially damaged/destoyed by BP's incompetence?

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KC-MO's City 'Clowncil' Approves Subsidy For Pro Sports Corporations

The Kansas City City 'Clowncil' gives ONLY lip service to the resident's needs in this town- proven today during the City Clowncil meeting.


In spite of ALL the cuts to city services that KC residents use and need every day- this Clowncil finds the dollars to support professional sports teams whose employees make MILLIONS of dollar a year.

Mayor Funkhouser had wisely- in view of the city's terrible revenue deficts- yanked the city's non-binding share of money for the Truman Sports Complex- where Royals and Arrowhead stadiums are located.

The Mayor wisely stated that the money could be better spent elsewhere.

Well- the City Clowncil today said FU to the residents of Kansas City MO and restored that several million dollar annual and non-binding payment to Jackson County who ALSO has no business being in the pro sport stadium business.

So the conclusion is that Kansas City MO's City Clowncil cares more about keeping millionaires happy than trying to satisfy the many needs of Kansas City MO's residents.

My conclusion is that these career pollys-  the likes of Deb Hermannn and Cindy Circo- need to be FAR removed from KC-MO taxpayer's money (see also a 1000-room convention hotel that this Clowncil has invested nearly a million bucks into already).


We can't AFFORD the present Kansas City City Clowncil!!!

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Some Area Lakes Have Closed or Restricted Beaches Due to High Water

The heavy rains of the past couple of months have caused the US Army Corps of Engineers to restrict or totally close beaches on some of their reservoirs due to high water levels.

Those lakes according to the TOPEKA (KS) Capital Journal are- "Tuttle Creek, Lake Perry and Lake Milford in Kansas, and at Harry S Truman Lake in Missouri, Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Rathburn Lake in Iowa."

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DC Republicrats Say FU To 1.3 Million Unemployed Americans

President Obama- make the House and Senate work THROUGH the Fourth of July holiday UNTIL both bodies PASS extended unemployment benefits for up to 1.5 million Americans.

Come on Republicrats- you gave Corporate America BILLIONS to bail their sorry-asses out- so you can fork over the funds to HELP OUT THE AMERICAN CITIZENS DIRECTLY!


Are you unemployed VOTERS paying attention?

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Single-Engine Planes Crash Kills 2 in Jefferson County KS

The Jefferson County (JfCo) KS Sheriff's department reports that a light plane with 2 occupants on-board crashed just before 8 a.m..

The crash site was reported to be east of Lake Perry and north of U.S. 24 in southeastern JfCo.

Photo screen capture courtesy of the LAWRENCE (KS) JOURNAL-WORLD.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the plane arrived in Kansas City on Wednesday evening from "Hamilton Municipal Airport in New York" and that the plane had departed K.C. this morning for a destination in Arizona.

The plane had almost reached Salina KS- when the pilot turned around- apparently experincing engine trouble.

The LJW says the plane's engine quit shortly before the crash as the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing at the Lawrence Municipal airport.

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