New Bridge and Roadway To K.C.I. Cheaper Than New Leavenworth County KS Airport

Citizens of Leavenworth are closer to K.C.I. airport than residents in south KC-MO and Johnson County- yet county officials are pursuing funds to BUILD a new airport in Leavenworth County- according to The LEAVENWORTH TIMES.


When all that silliness is said & done- a new bridge and roadway to K.C.I. would probably be cheaper....

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Richmond MO Native Gets Her Own Welcome Sign

Ms. Lacey Fitzgerald is just one of thousands of MetroRegion Kansas City lovelies- but the ONLY one to get her own sign- according to The RICHMOND (MO) DAILY NEWS.

Ms. Fitzgerald was "Miss Missouri" last year- and Richmond residents celebrated by presenting their native daughter with a sign at Richmond's city limits proclaiming her honor.

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Home Invasions Not Just An Urban Crime

Home invasions can occur anywhere- as reported by the NEVADA (MO) DAILY MAIL & HERALD-TRIBUNE.





The story told of a home invasion Monday night in northwest Vernon County MO south of Metz- and a homeowner was injured in the process.





According the newspaper's story- the 3 suspects were "white; one is described as very tall, 6 foot 2 inches, medium build around 250 pounds with a sandy colored mustache, a second is described as5 foot 10 inches, very skinny, and the third is described as 5 foot 5 inches, heavy set and "kind of husky." All three were wearing dark ski masks, dark jackets, blue jeans and gloves. It is unknown what type of vehicle they were driving."

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Saline County MO Paramedic Was One Charged With Child Molestation

Pretty big news today around these parts are 5 Kansas City MetroRegion residents that were arrested & charged with "14 felonies, including forcible sodomy and forcible rape with a child less than 12 years old and use of a child in a sexual performance."



Sad AND sick!


According to the MARSHALL (MO) DEMOCRAT-NEWS- one of those suspects- Roland Neil Mohler- age 47 of Bates City - was arrested while on duty at his job as paramedic at Saline County Ambulance District 3 on Tuesday.

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News Stories From Last Weekend You DIDN'T See On Local News Media

Two teens suffered serious to critical- criminally-inflicted traumatic injuries last weekend and to my knowledge- none of the 4 TV news stations- The STAR or KANSAN covered them.

The first- a 15-year-old male stabbed in Blue Springs-MO and the other a 17-year-old female who had been shot and driven to a fire station in KC-KS..

Also- if you find CSW's coverage of overnight weekend news helpful and/or informative as well as our coverage of breaking news at other times- please leave a comment indicating that below.


We're thinking of curtailing local breaking news coverage on this blog unless the people demand it.

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WEATHER: Autumnal Pleasantness Continues

As depicted by Sir Edward- grazing in his pasture in Raytown.



We've been repaid those cool- cloudy days past with some nice weather recently.

The trend of highs 57 to 63-degrees with lows in the 37 to 44-degree range will continue through at least Sunday with little if any precipitation (am washing Harry here)....

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Jeff City "Possible Hostage Situation" Probably Bogus

If you even HEARD about this possiblity of a "possible" hostage situation of the 5th floor of Jefferson City-MO's Governors Office Building (GOB)- it's now reported to be a bogus call.



The Jeff City NEWS-TRIBUNE says an "automatic hostage alarm" was received from the GOB just after 10 am- but calls to offices on the floors thought involved revealed no problems.

SWAT officers were checking each floor of the building and report finding nothing as of 12 noon.

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BREAKING NEWS: Working Apartment Building Fire In Gladstone-MO

At 9:28 am- all Gladstone fire companies responded to an apartment building fire in the 2700 block of Northeast Kendelwood.

Gladstone fire crews found themselves with a working fire in the basement storage area of a "3-story" building there- and called out to KC-MO Fire for help.

At 9:35 am- KC-MO Fire sent "a 1st-alarm" assignment of 7 fire companies to assist Gladstone.

I have not heard any people found in any of the fire apartments- nor of any injuries yet as Gladstone radio is locked in here along with KC-MO Fire traffic.

More here if needed- as received....

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Hurricane Ida - November 08 2009

Unexpectedly- Ida grew to hurricane strength since our last report Saturday morning.

One of the (late) season's only hurricanes to threaten the U.S. Gulf coast- Ida with Cat-1 sustained winds of 90 mph lies nearly between Mexico's Yucatan and Cuba this Sunday morning.

An area of the U.S. Gulf coast from near New Orleans- Louisiana east to Florida are on the heightened alert as Ida slowly churns that way.

The hurricane could approach a Florida panhandle landfall- but curve rightward and stay over the Gulf waters by Wednesday.

Locally- one nice really warm day today- before a frontal system that's been hanging to the northwest of the Kansas City MetroRegion begins moving- bringing a chance of showers- possibly a thunderstorm on Monday.

No severe weather here though.

Metro highs today into the 72-77 degree range before some clouds move in- with highs Monday outside the rain areas reaching the middle-60's.

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Johnson County MO House Burns

Equipment and people from 3 Johnson County MO fire departments responded to a fire in a lived-in split-level home in the 1000 block of Southwest 180 Road at five minutes after midnight Sunday morning.
When the first emergency service (EMS) unit arrived at 12:17 am- "heavy smoke" was visible issuing from the roof of the "1-story" structure.

Three minutes later- that unit observes flames bursting through the roof in the rear of the house.

Water tanker trucks were the water supply- and another engine company was sent from Holden to help Western District- Centerview and Pittsville companies on the scene.

Didn't hear of any injuries at this location and the Red Cross was sent to the fire scene with the last fire units not clearing the scene until around 5 am.

A Missouri State fire marshal was requested for the investigation.


More information pending....

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Teen Shot In KC-KS Early Sunday

A 17-year-old female at last report was still in critical condition at a Metro K.C. medical trauma center after getting shot in northeastern KC-KS around 12:45 am Sunday morning.

The victim- shot once in the abdomen- was inside "a white Camry" when they pulled up to Fire Station No. 5 at 9th Street and Quindaro.

Police were trying to ascertain where exactly the shooting occurred- and had processed the Camry as a "crime scene."

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