Homicide in Grain Valley MO

The Jackson County Sheriff's department has a possible suspect in custody- and are investigating the circumstances that led to the stabbing death of a male in that eastern Metro Kansas City suburb.

The incident happened after 2 a.m. Saturday morning near the intersection of AA Highway and Minter Road- where the victim was found by police & EMS crews about 2:15 a.m..

A male suspect was identified- and sought in an area search in eastern Blue Springs involving the KC-MO Police helicopter just before sunrise.


That suspect was taken into custody near Adams Dairy Parkway and Ryan Road around 6:45 a.m..

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CSW BREAKING: Tornado in Metro Little Rock AR

A tornado has struck the southern and eastern parts of Little Rock AR. tonight.

The tornado first touched down around 8:15 p.m. about 15 miles south of downtown Little Rock and has moved to near the Arkansas River near I-440-I-40.

Damage was reported on 145th Street northwest of Wrightsville and another location on Sardis Road and people were trapped in tornado-wrecked mobile homes near the community of East End- south of Little Rock- according to live coverage on KARK4 TV.

Around 10:30 p.m.- another tornado was reported on the ground in East End..

Other tornadoes have been reported in counties and communities west and northwest of Little Rock as the tornado outbreak continued late Friday night.

"Three fatalities" were reported by KARK4 just after 9 p.m. in the "community of Scotland" northwest of Little Rock- with at least "25" serious and general other injuries and damage confirmed.

That was the same tornado that struck near the town of Cleveland AR.

Damage from tornadoes has also been reported in southeastern Missouri- but as of yet- no reports of injuries.

Tornadoes have also been reported today in Wisconsin and Illinois.

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CSW BREAKING: Two Kids Hurt After Being Struck by a Vehicle in Olathe KS

The accident occurred after school hours at around 5:45 p.m.- but nonetheless it happened in front of Heatherstone Elementary school in the 13700 block of West 123rd Street in northeastern Olathe.

Two kids were struck by a vehicle- and one was in critical condition- the other had reported minor injuries.

It's reported by Olathe Police that one of the children's "mother witnessed the accident."

A medical helicopter was ordered and is flying to the scene for the critically-injured child.

Updates here as received....

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BREAKING NEWS: Kansas City TV Networks Taken Hostage By Lawrence-KU Dorm Gun Report

Although no shots were fired so nobody's hurt- Kansas City network television has been taken hostage by a report of a man having a gun in or near a dorm on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence.

Helicopters are flying- live units speeding and students are reporting from the campus to KC TV stations about the precautionary hub-bub going on at McCollum residence hall at KU..

As this situation has been going down for nearly 2 hours- nothing or nobody is in police custody- not even your regular TV programming (NOTE- KSHB just resumed regular TV).

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CSW BREAKING: Bicyclist Struck By Car in Lawrence KS

Lawrence emergency services are on the scene of a reported bicyclist struck by a car at 29th Street and Iowa/U.S. 59 in south Lawrence.

The call came in at 11:18 a.m. Friday morning- and the first emergency responder arriving a few minutes later said the bicyclist's injuries were serious but not critical.

According to Douglas County/Lawrence EMS- the "26-year-old male" cyclist "was found underneath" the car that struck him- but the cyclist "was not run-over by the car."

The patient was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital with his non life-threatening injuries.

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CSW Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Watch No. 11 Until 3 P.M.- MO-IA

Severe Thunderstorm Watch No. 111 does NOT include Metro Kansas City- but DOES include counties in Missouri close such as Johnson and Lafayette counties.

There is additional shower and thunderstorm activity southwest of Kansas City moving this way but at this time- none of that activity is severe.

There have been no reports of damage or injury in Metro K.C. this morning.

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CSW BREAKING: Severe ThunderStorm Warning- Lawrence- Garnett- Ottawa KS

A Severe Storm Warning is in effect for western and southwestern counties of the Kansas City MetroRegion: including Douglas- Franklin- Anderson- Coffey and Osage counties Kansas until 9 a.m..

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CSW WEATHER: Tornado Watch No. 108 Until Midnight- KS-MO-NE-IA

Tornado Watch No. 108 does NOT include the Kansas City- St. Joseph- Topeka or Lawrence areas.

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Severe Storms in Kansas- Watch Likely for Northern MetroRegion

Thunderstorms are beginning to boil-up over north-central Kansas and they have rapidly become severe.

The NWS' SPC is said to soon be issuing a severe weather watch for northeast Kansas- southeastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.

The current storms are moving northeastward- and will avoid the K.C.-St. Joseph and Lawrence areas through the evening.

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CSW BREAKING: Wrecks on I-435 in MO- I-35 in KS Slow- Stop Traffic

The wrecks are:

In KC-MO on northbound I-435 near I-70-

In JoCoKS- on I-35 near Antioch.

There are 3 injured reported in the KC-MO crash- and as you can see by KC SCOUT images- northbound I-435 is coming to a stop near Eastwood Trafficway.

In Merriam-JoCoKS- this crash reportedly involves at least 3 vehicles- one rolled over and caught fire.


So far- heard of only one injury there and all are believed non life-threatening.

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High Winds Knock Out Power To Hundreds in Kansas City MetroRegion

Winds have gusted into the 40-50 mph range at times today- and that has caused tree limbs and utility lines to fall.

According to the latest KCP&L map- more than 300 people across the Metro are without electrical service.

An unknown number of people are affected by a whole tree falling across lines and a street in Lawrence KS at this time.


The winds will continue through at least Friday morning- as well as a chance of strong thunderstorms by then.

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