Kansas City's NEWS: Two Suspects Free After South-Midtown Shooting

Just after 1 am- KC-MO emergency services responded to the 4900 block of Bellfountaine on a reported shooting.

A "30-something" male shot five times in the chest and abdomen was found by police in the front yard of the address.

The victim was rushed to an area medical trauma center in very critical condition while police sought "2 black male suspects" who left the scene in a black Pontiac Trans-Am.

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Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: "Stray" Bullet Leaves South KC-MO Male In Critical Condition

Just after 11 pm- KC-MO South Zone patrol officers- MAST-EMS and Fire responded to the 8600 block of East 93rd Place on a reported shooting.



A MAST-EMS report leads to speculation this may have been another "stray" bullet shooting or a drive-by.



The MAST paramedic described the male victim as "approximately 18-years-old"- but he was "unsure the exact age of the victim.



A "stray gunshot" was described to the victim's "head- just above the left eye"- and the male's condition was very critical as he was being transported to an area hospital.



The police don't have much other information to go on yet....

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Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: Water Main Break In South KC-MO

At 3:38 pm- a Fire department crew reported a water main break at "109th Street and Holmes."


The pumper captain said "water was coming up through the roadway" there.


Be alert if travelling on Holmes between I-435 & Red Bridge for the break and water department crews tending to the problem soon we hope....

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National Weather Service's USA 30-Day Weather Forecast Maps

Judging the contours on these maps- the Kansas City MetroRegion has "an equal chance" September weather could be average- above OR below (that's how they figure these things) average.





The month of September has climatologically had an increase in rainfall from the summer months- so I would expect to see the cooler and wet trend continue in September.





We can only hope this pattern reverses itself (at least temperature-wise) by November....

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Kansas City's NEWS: Motorcycle Crash Seriously Injures Rider- Closes Highway

A male in his 30's is in serious to critical condition at an area hospital Saturday morning after he crashed his motorcycle on U.S 71 highway near Missouri-150in far south KC-MO..

The wreck occurred around 1:30 am in the construction area of the northbound lanes just south of the M-150 overpass.

Grandview and Belton police helped KC-MO close northbound U.S. 71 at 155th Street for nearly an hour while the accident was investigated and cleaned up.

MAST-EMS said the cycle's driver was "a 37-year-old male" whose leg was amputated "below the ankle" and had a shattered thigh bone. The man also was reported to have "other" injuries.

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Metro Kansas City NEWS: No Injuries In Prairie Village Apartment Building Fire

Johnson County District 2 fire investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that damaged an apartment building in the 3500 block of West 83rd Street during the midnight hour of Saturday morning.

The call initially came in around 12:10 am- when 3 units from District 2 Fire was sent to "investigate fire alarms sounding" in the building.

When Truck-23 arrived at 12:27 am- they report "heavy smoke coming from the basement" and ask for a full response of 3 more fire companies.

The firefight is underway- until the fire's declared under control at 12:55 am..

No injuries are reported to either occupants or firefighters.

At least smoke damage occurred in the affected building and it was not reported if any occupants were displaced by the fire.

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Medical Helicopters- A $250-Billion Business

A story in The WASHINGTON POST tells of the increasing number of medical helicopters- and medical helicopter crashes- in the United States.



The story mentions that Kentucky has 6 more medical helicopters than the entire country of Canada- and Canada has about 30 million more people!





The following graphics- courtesy of The WASHINGTON POST- shows the numbers of medical helicopters by state.





As you can see- Missouri has 30 air ambulances while Kansas has 12.





Fortunately in our "neck of the woods"- there's only been one fatality medical helicopter crash since 1980- that of a LifeFlight chopper on the morning of May 27- 1993 (worked by yours truly) near Cameron-MO..



In that crash- the pilot and patient died- but 2 others on-board the helicopter survived.

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Latest Satellite Photo of Hurricane Bill

Hurricane Bill continues as a powerful hurricane near Bermuda.

Shown here also is a track map of Hurricane Bill- showing how the storm is forecasted to remain off America's East and Northeast coasts.

Southeastern and eastern Canadian provinces may feel the effects of Bill next week.

The weather in the Kansas City MetroRegion?

Stellar- a great weekend weather-wise is in store!

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Shawnee Police Apparently Give Wrong Crime-Time To Kansas City STAR

Here's a screen capture of how the Shawnee armed robbery of a Subway sandwich shop appears in the KANSAS CITY STAR on-line edition today:

HERE is how the story appeared on CSW last night- apparently before the armed robbery occurred (these scanners have psychic powers).

If The STAR is the local beacon of news reporting accuracy- we're ALL in BIG trouble...

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Metro Kansas City BREAKING NEWS: Armed Robbery of a Subway Sandwich Shop in Shawnee-KS

Shawnee police are reporting the armed robbery of the Subway at 10405 West 75th Street occurred just after 8 pm Wednesday evening.

No one was hurt. No report yet on how much was taken in the robbery.

Police are seeking a black male suspect- 5-foot 6-inches tall- wearing all black with a blue bandana over his face. The suspect also had a handgun- possibly a .9mm.

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MetroRegion K.C. WEATHER: Severe Tstm Watch No. 718- KS

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 718 is in effect until 3 am Thursday morning and includes that part of Kansas along and west of a Brown- Jackson- Jefferson- Douglas- Franklin- Anderson counties line- including towns and cities such as Hiawatha- Holton- Oskaloosa- Lawrence- Ottawa and Garnett.

Primary threats will be large hail- 1-inch in diameter or greater- and damaging winds- 58 mph or greater.

There is a slight chance for an isolated tornado too.

The severe tstm watch doesn't include Metro Kansas City- but we remain under a Flash Flood Watch until Thursday morning.

Rainfalls of one-half to near an inch have been reported this evening over Johnson county KS and Jackson county MO..

There have been no reports of flooding- but there have been at least 2 houses struck by lightning with minor damage.

Here are the latest visible satellite and NWS Doppler weather radar images:

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