Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: Jumper Closes I-435 At Missouri River in KC-MO

KC-MO police have closed northbound- and they just closed southbound I-435 as well at the I-435 bridge over the Missouri River after the driver a vehicle they were pursuing stopped- got out- and threatened to jump off the bridge.

Northbound is closed at Front Street and southbound is closed at M-210.

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UPDATE 0227 CDT: At 2:09 AM- KC-MO reported the jumper was in custody and officers were opening I-435 at the Missouri River bridge.

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Metro Kansas City BREAKING WEATHER: Severe T-stm Watch No. 340 Until 5 AM- KS-MO-IA

This Severe Thunderstorm Watch No. 340 includes Metro K.C. counties of Wyandotte- Leavenworth in Kansas and Missouri counties of Platte- Clay and Ray until 5 am Sunday morning.

Other Missouri cities included in the watch are St. Joseph- Chillicothe- Bethany and Kirksville.

Thunderstorms should begin to affect northwestern Leavenworth county Kansas in a little over an hour from this report.

Here's the latest NWS Doppler radar image:


CSW will be on all night long for your non-commercial- severe weather pleasure....

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K.C. MetroRegion WEATHER: Severe T-stm Watch No. 339 Until 3 AM- KS-NE

Severe Thunderstorm Watch No. 339 was issued just before 9pm this Saturday night and will be valid until 3 AM Sunday morning for Kansas City MetroRegion counties in Kansas of Brown and Jefferson.

The city of Topeka is included in the watch but not Lawrence (include yourselves 'Hawkers).

A complex of storms developed this evening in Central Kansas and is moving generally toward Metro Kansas City.

Here are the last visible satellite and latest NWS-Topeka Doppler radar images:


CSW will be open all night with a weather eye on....

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K.C. MetroRegion WEATHER UPDATE: Latest Doppler Radar Image

Strong to severe thunderstorms continue in southeastern Nebraska and extend west into south-central Nebraska and continue to develop in northeastern Kansas.

Current severe weather warnings are located in the box on the lower-right portion of the radar image.

The storms between Topeka and Manhattan will affect St. Joseph in a couple of hours if they maintain their current strength.

No severe weather WATCHES are in effect in the K.C. MetroRegion- but are in effect for southeastern Nebraska counties.

About the northern half of the MetroRegion IS in a forecasted "slight risk" of severe thunderstorms through Sunday morning.

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Kansas City MetroRegion WEATHER: "Slight Risk" Of Severe Thunderstorms Today- Tonight

The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has forecasted much of the northern half of the Kansas City MetroRegion to possibly receive severe thunderstorms (t-stms) today through early Sunday morning.

The NWS-SPC image shows the area included which also includes mostly northern portions of Metro kansas City as well.

Early this morning- strong to severe t-stms roll through south-central into southeastern Nebraska. These storms- while moving generally eastward- could foster some development on the southern flank into northeastern Kansas.

Latest radar image shows the additional development beginning.

At any rate- these existing storms should move into the extreme northwestern and northern MetroRegion counties in a few hours- and could produce at least local severe weather.

We've got an eye on the situation....

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Captain Spaulding's Plan For The Kansas City-MO School District

So the Kansas City-MO School board is planning on closing 13 schools- including the first school that I attended way back in 1957- Meservey.

(Photo Courtesy of JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star)

I don't know WHY state officials don't do what I first suggested years ago:

Dissolve the KC-MO School District!

Divy-up the schools in the KC(MO)SD to the surrounding Missouri school districts: Center- Grandview- Hickman Mills- Raytown- Independence- North Kansas City and/or Park Hill.

Work out what schools/districts go to whom- then figure out and carve-out the supporting tax base accordingly.

Kansas City would then be rid of it's continuing educational embarrassment and MAYBE people would quit the mass exodus from the KC(MO)SD.

My plan CAN'T be any more costly or inconvenient to KC-MO residents than the on-going monitary rathole that is the KC-Mo School district.

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KC-KS Officials Delay Vote On Shrinking Casino Plans

The plans were grandiose- several companies submitted plans costing more than three-quarters of a billion dollars- to build a destination hotel and gambling casino at or near the Kansas Raceway in western Kansas City- Kansas.


As the economy faltered- so did the plans. The company approved last year asked out of their commitment- so it was back to the drawing board.


Two companies submitted new plans on Thursday- including the consortium backing-out a year earlier that includes the infamous Cordish Company.


As midnight rolled around- Wyandotte County commissioners decided to "hold-off" voting for either one until they had time to further look over the proposals.


The new casino plans have been scaled down more than 50-percent and estimated county-city revenues have been scaled back that much at least.


So for AT LEAST another year- Missouri casinos will carry-on with no loss limits- and no competition from any new Kansas casinos while Kansas politicians run around in circles with yet another legislative issue.

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Phillllll (De) Kline Needs Your Cash

According to this story from The KANSAS CITY STAR- Kansas' PITA Philllllllll Kline recently sent a letter to Kansas right-wing faithful asking for financial help in his on-going fight against American "freedom of choice."



Actually- I'd really like to donate- but I don't think the U.S. Postal Service will ship bullshit (I wonder how Kline got to Virginia?).

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"D-Day" 65th Annivesary Honors More of "The Greatest Generation"

Fifty American- fifteen Canadian and ten British veterans of World War II will be honored Saturday by the French goverment in Paris for their participation in June 6- 1944's "D-Day" during that war versus the Axis trilateral of Germany- Japan and Italy.

Yours truly stands at rigid attention- and salutes those who gave their all in the name of honor and freedom.

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Actor David Carradine Dead At 72

He was TV's martial arts master as "Kung Fu."

Mr. Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok- Thailand hotel after reportedly hanging himself- says the Associated Press.

(Photo courtesy of the Associated Press)

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Four Examples of What KC-MO Can Do With $150000

KC-MO council persons Ford and Circo are simply giddy about getting a new convention hotel for Downtown.

To that end- they and the other council people approved spending $150000 for yet another "study" of this 30-year-old-plus issue.

I submit to you the reader- just FOUR examples of what that $150000 could be better spent on. Free free to submit your dozens of examples too.

My examples are 4 of more than a half-dozen overgrown and decrepit properties just in MY neighborhood that the City seemingly ignores.

The addresses of these properties are in the image file names.

Codes people can come through this neighborhood issuing tickets for really- really LAME issues- while the very appearance and livability of the neighborhood goes downhill with a jet engine.

I would STRONGLY suggest that the KC-MO city council people get their heads out of their convention-fancy asses and ACTUALLY TOUR SOME OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS and see where that $150000 could be better spent - TO IMPROVE APPEARANCES AND LIVABILITY of Kansas City-MO's older neighborhoods.

Maybe the recent election recall didn't include ENOUGH city politicians. Seems to me we are "governed" by myopic dolts anymore..

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