EMS Fire Hazard

At 2:26 pm- KC-KS Fire Department EMS Unit-17 reported they were "spilling fuel all over the roadway" and their rig was "smoking" while transporting a patient to Shawnee-Mission Hospital at 75th Street and Frontage Road.

Merriam Fire and a MEDACt-EMS unit was called a few minutes later- and you can see (middle upper right of photo) they are still with the KC-KS EMS unit on the outside lane of 75th Street east of I-35 in this OP-KS traffic camera shot.

The ambulance did NOT catch fire- and MEDACT was finishing the patient transport to S-M/MC..

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WEATHER: Significant Rainfall Forecast For Next 5 Days

Our spell of very pleasant autumn weather is slowly coming to an end with several storm systems projected into our area by the first of next week.

Precip is indicated with a frontal system due into the MetroRegion late tomorrow-early Saturday.

Then the main show with a stronger storm system toward later in the weekend- and that storm system could hang around the area through mid-week- with a chance of some wintry precipitation late next Tuesday/early Wednesday.

Rainfalls of 1.5 to more than 3-inches are indicated in the Kansas City MetroRegion- with the heaviest rainfalls to the east.


On the horizon to Thanksgiving: it appears a winter storm will gather strength south of us ON Turkey Day- possibly spreading some greasy skid-stuff into the Metro/MetroRegion on the weekend after Thanksgiving.

We'll keep you informed on this weekend's AND the Thanksgiving possible storm here at CSW....

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What Was The Story On THIS KC-MO Shooting Victim?

The "32-year-old male" victim had reportedly "been shot once in the chest with a .357-magnum" and had a "gaping" exit wound out his back near his spine.

This was after a reported shooting Wednesday night at 7:27 pm in the 3500 block of Independence Avenue.

The victim's injuries were critical- police didn't initially issue any suspect information and- as far as I know- Kansas City's news media didn't report this story.

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Man Who Fell In Grain Elevator Was University of Central Missouri Student

R eported FIRST here at CSW was the fall of a man inside a Warrensburg MO grain elevator on Sunday morning- November 1.

Now- the WARRENSBURG DAILY STAR-JOURNAL has the story- reporting the man as a "20-year-old" and student at the "University of Central Missouri (formerly CMSU)."

Why did it take almost 10 days for an "official" report on this mishap?

The DAILY STAR-JOURNAL says "The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Nov. 1 (but) Police did not issue a report for public use until Nov. 9.

The man was in very critical condition when he was airlifted but no condition on the man has been made available since.

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Independence Cops "Exonerated" After Football Incident

I don't see- by reading the story- how a cop or cops were not blamed for ANY aspect of this incident- reported by The Independence-Blue Springs-Grain Valley EXAMINER.



Supposively a woman- "Kristi Powell"- and her family were enjoying a college football telecast at an Independence restaurant and were cheering their team's touchdown.



Another restaurant patron reportedly cussed at Powell's family and told them to "shut up."



That patron was reportedly a cop- and more Indy cops reportedly arrived-"slammed Powell against a wall and handcuffed her."



An "official" investigation by Independence says the cops did nothing wrong.



A read of The EXAMINER story indicates the Indy cops did little RIGHT however- but we're apparently not privvy to the whole story here.

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Man Found Drowned In Truman Lake

The Missouri Water Patrol reports pulling the body of a 67-year-old man identified as Leslie Hansen from Truman Lake on Wednesday.


The MWP report says the victim's personal effects were found on the shore of a Truman swimming beach- and Patrol officers later found the man's body about 60 feet from shore in 27 feet of water.

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Potential Burglar Gets Stuck In Topeka

The Topeka (KS) CAPITOL-JOURNAL reports a man who was attempting to break into a business early today was found stuck upside-down in a roof vent pipe.

The would-be thief apparently had called his daughter first.

She couldn't free hims so the daughter called police who- with the help of firefighters- got the suspect loose.

The man will be charged after he's out of the hospital.

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BREAKING NEWS: 2-Alarm Fire In Near Northeast KC-MO

Five companies of the KC-MO Fire department responded to a reported building fire at 9th Street and Prospect at 6:54 pm Wednesday night.


Heavy smoke with fire showing was reported when the first companies pulled up several minutes later and an additional ladder company was sent on the "working fire" response.

A 2nd-alarm was sounded at 6:59 pm with two additional pumpers- a rescue squad and aerial were dispatched.

The fire is in a building containing an automotive repair facilty and other businesses.

The fire is reported "under control" at 7:06 pm with no reports of injuries yet.

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Red Bridge Road Construction About To Begin

The VERY controversial widening of Red Bridge Road in south KC-MO is slated to get underway "possibly as early as (next month) December"- according to today's story in The KANSAS CITY STAR.

In addition to widening Red Bridge from 2 to 3 lanes from Holmes to Blue River Road- a new bridge over the railroad tracks and the Big Blue River in Minor Park is coming as well.

Bidders for this project came in more than $3-million less than the $15-million cost engineers originally attached to the project that was initially protested by hundreds of south KC-MO residents.

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BREAKING NEWS: Critical-Injury Shooting In KC-MO Midtown

KC-MO East Zone patrol officers have closed off streets around a shooting scene in the 4600 block of Chestnut- reported around 1:53 pm this Wednesday afternoon.


Early information from the scene indicates the victim's injuries are critical- and the suspect vehicle information was "a dark-colored SUV- possibly an Izuzu or Toyota" that contained the "4 black males" reported as suspects in the incident.


At 2:07 pm- the victim- "an approximately 20-year-old male who was shot numerous times in the chest- abdomen" and elsewhere was enroute emergency to a KC-MO hospital in very critical condition.

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Shawnee-Mission Students Protest Teacher Firing

As hard as it is these days to get good candidates into teaching- some school districts take little to let go those who are already in.


The Shawnee-Mission school board fired science teacher Ryan Haraughty over an off-hand remark he made to students during a geography lesson- according to the story from The KANSAS CITY STAR.

Many Mission Valley Middle school students skipped class to protest the move this morning.

The S-M school board apparently doesn't watch much TV- listen to music- teens talk- etc..

What Mr. Haraughty reportedly SAID to get him fired wouldn't even get him a PG rating anywhere else....

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