CSW BREAKING: House Fire in Lee's Summit MO

Six companies of the Lee's Summit (LS) Fire department are battling a fire that has a house heavily-involved in flames in the south-central part of that southeastern Jackson county city.

The fire was first reported at 2:06 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the 200 block of Southeast 16th Terrace and when the first fire company arrived at 2:14 p.m.- they reported "heavy smoke showing " from a "single-story" house (shown on GOOGLE map image).

Additional fire companies were also then requested and sent- and for at least 25 minutes after arrival the flames were fought from the outside of the structure in south-central LS-MO.

The flames appeared to be knocked down as of 2:40 p.m. withthe fire declared under control at 2:54 p.m..

It's a lived-in house- but no one was at home at the time of the fire- the owner showed up around 3:04 p.m..

There were no reports of any injuries.

LS Police closed roads in the immediate area of the fire.

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Was Worlds of Fun "Electrocution" Patient A Blonde?

The call came into KC-MO Fire and (MAST) EMS at 8:54 p.m. Friday night: an "electrocution" victim was to be found at one of the emergency entrances to Worlds of Fun at 4545 North Worlds of Fun Drive in the eastern Northland.




 

According to a MAST-FIRE-EMS paramedic- the patient was "a 54-year-old female" who was shocked "by screwing in a light bulb."

Her injuries appeared to be very minor as she was taken to a Northland hospital. 

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Platte County MO Hog Farm "Leaks" Wastewater Into Creek

It is "potentially hundreds of thousands of gallons" of pig slop that has entered a tributary of "Dick's Creek" in northern Platte County- reports the ST. JOSEPH (MO) NEWS-PRESS.

Accused is "A&A Farms-" listed as being at "5410 Little Platte Road in Edgerton MO.."

So far- A&A Farms has NOT been fined as the Missouri Department of Conservation goes through the paperwork and investigation of the "leak."

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CSW BREAKING: Shooting in Northern KC-KS

At 9:38 a.m. this Friday morning- KC-KS emergency services responded to the 3300 block of North 59th Street on a reported shooting.

Suspects were reported by KC-KS Police as "2 black males- one wearing plaid shorts- the other wearing glasses and a jacket" who ran eastward from the scene.

 

 

The victim is said by a KC-KS Fire paramedic to be "a male" in his 20's "who was shot multiple times" and he was taken in serious but not immediately life-threatening condition to a Metro hospital.

Police are seeking the suspects and investigating the incident.

UPDATE- 1023 CDT- It's now believed that KC-KS Police have at least one if not both suspects in this shooting in custody.

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Aside From Bad Math- Dream-Plans For Old Bannister Mall Site Continue

The main street going through this abandoned wasteland is pocked with chuck-holes- appropriate since I have called Hillcrest Road 'Chuck Eddy Drive' since Bannister Mall died during that former KC-MO councilman's term.

I'm thinking of renaming that re-name to 'Eddy-Sharp Drive' to include the current ineffective councilman for this area John Sharp.

Jilted by the Wizards soccer team for another city and their corporate welfare give-outs- the former site of Bannister Mall and Walmart's 'Hypermart' gathers weeds- trash and four-legged creatures awaiting promised development by the site's owner Lane 4 Development company.

The JACKSON COUNTY ADVOCATE reports from what was no doubt a press release some bad math- as Lane 4 president Owen Buckley says that "The plan still has three legs to the stool...(the) retail and corporate office ‘legs’ still remain.”

Hmmm- that's only 2 legs on a stool.

Also-Buckley says "his development team is working on a new Master Plan for ‘The Trails’ which they will re-submit to the city for TIF purposes by the end of the summer. "

We'll dismiss that corporate hype to the old Missouri saying of "Show Me-" as well as eternally wonder why corporations can't build using their OWN money instead of putting tax burdens on residential and small-business property owners in the form of corporate welfare or TIFs.

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CSW Commentary: Issues With Tea Partiers Are Why NOW and Why THEM?

Demonstrations put on by the so-called "Tea Party" across the country yesterday netted total attendances that were probably around 10-percent of the Metro Kansas City population- maybe 200000.


Locally- news helicopter shots of the crowd at the T-Bones baseball stadium near the Kansas Speedway in KC-KS showed the 15000 or so seat stadium less than a quarter full.

Photos courtesy of The BONNER SPRINGS (KS) CHIEFTAIN show the crowd and you'd be hard-pressed to find a non-white- non-middle or greater-aged face in it.

Some of my major problems with this "Tea Party?"

Timing.

Where WERE these people when the PATRIOT Act was approved?  Lotta loss of freedoms there.

Where WAS this "party" when we got into a senseless- expensive war (invasion actually) with Iraq and then the last Administration started bailing out Wall Street?  Lotta taxpayer money spent there and there.

Funny too- this "Tea Party" rally for less government and taxes held in a city where- two days earlier- the residents approved MORE taxes upon themselves.

My wonderment of timing is more-or-less answered by the current occupant of The White House as well as the speakers I see showing up at these "Tea Party" rallies

Which leads to the Why Them?

The speakers are all upper-income white people- most of them associated with the Republicrat Party and/or FOX (Faux) News- and under the blah-blah-blah of their scripted speeches is a STRONG resentment of having their lily-White House occupied by a- a- a BLACK FAMILY!

It's too bad those same speakers had horrible poker faces when Mr. Obama was elected and tipped their hand to JUST SAY NO!


The Tea Party is at least 5 years late in arriving for me- and the bus they arrived on was filled with undesirables: a  governor who QUIT her office- a small- balding former Republicrat administraction hack and Faux news personalities that make six-figure incomes spewing lies and division.

The Tea Party seems to be a haven for the ultra right-wingers who- in reality- don't know WHO the Hell to be mad at- besides President Obama- the very man who DIDN"T start the mess we're in.


Vote Libertarian or some other VALID 3rd-party if you REALLY want to rock the boat..

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Two Dead Near Lake Lotawana Identified- Ruled "Murder-Suicide"

The Jackson County Sheriff's department has identified the 2 people found dead Wednesday evening at a residence between Lee's Summit and Lake Lotawana as "12-year-old Gabrielle Morejon and 58-year-old George Morejon."


From what investigators can piece together right now- it appears George Morejon- who was having marital issues and armed with a handgun- shot his daughter Gabrielle in the home's finished basement- then went out to his car in the driveway and shot himself dead.

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CSW Weather: Storms on Radar to Northwest of Kansas City MetroRegion

We've had a great stretch of weather since Easter- above-average temperatures and below-average temperatures.


That's about to change to a more-average regime this weekend and a slow-moving cool front is producing showers and thunderstorms as it advances southward from the northern Central States.

No widespread severe weather is expected in the Central States with this cooling surge of air.


The NWS Doppler radar image from the site west of Topeka KS shows that storm activity- the big circle is centered in Downtown KC-MO with each ring denoting 25 miles of distance from KC..

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Say "Fuck You-" Flip-Off Cops and Win $$$

The Olathe KS Police are $5000 poorer after having to pay that to a man ticketed for saying "fuck you" and giving an officer the finger after the man- Scott Schaper- was stopped by police for "failing to yield at a stop sign"- says the story in The KANSAS CITY (MO) STAR.




Schaper reportedly made $4000 off the deal- the ACLU getting the other 1k.

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CSW BREAKING: Apartment Building Fire With People Trapped in Parkville MO is Minor

All companies of the Southern Platte County Fire Protection District (SPFD) and 4 from the KC-MO Fire department responded to a reported fire in an apartment in the building at 11008 Northwest Lema.

The alarm was sounded at 1:28 p.m. Thursday afternoon and 2 minutes later- the SPFD dispatcher told responding units that there was "possibly 2 people trapped" in one of the apartments.

At 1:31 p.m.- KC-MO Fire sends a regular alarm response of 3 pumpers and a ladder truck to the Lema incident. 

The first SPFD engine to arrive at 1:32 p.m. reported "nothing showing" on the outside of the building- but "blackened windows" on some first-floor apartments.

The "trapped" person is led out and light to moderate smoke conditions are reported by fire interior crews on the 1st and 2nd floors and it's not until 1:39 p.m. that it's determined it's a "possible fire in the basement."


By 1:49 p.m.- whatever was burning is "out-" it appears IF anyone was injured that the injuries are very minor as is this seemingly 'why bother?' incident.

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Another view of Wednesday Night's Meteor Over Northern Central States

The following images were taken by a camera at the University of Wisconsin in Madison:

Here is a animated loop of those images from Madison: http://www.aos.wisc.edu/fireball/2010_04_14_fireball_loop_1024x768_long.gif


The meteor was also seen travelling west to east in northeastern Missouri skies in the Kirksville area- according to The KIRKSVILLE (MO) DAILY NEWS.

It has not been determined this Thursday morning where any of the meteor's fragments may have ended up.

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