Kansas Officials Withheld Information On Harmful Drinking Water

This story came from The TOPEKA CAPITOL-JOURNAL Monday morning.

If you live in one of the MetroRegion communities mentioned- Osawatomie in Miami county- pay attention.


According to the story- "Independent testing of water supplies in at least four Kansas communities revealed elevated levels of the herbicide atrazine commonly sprayed on corn fields and other crops to deter weed growth, according to a published report Monday. "


More troubling was this paragraph from the C-J story: "In the four Kansas communities (Osawatomie included), according to the report, water officials didn't reveal to customers the highest level of atrazine concentration in their water during the year. "

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Metro K.C. BREAKING NEWS: Liberty-MO WalMart Stand-off Over

Shortly before noon- Liberty-MO police announce they have a suspect in custody after a police stand-off with an armed person.


Reportedly- a man- said to be "a former Liberty police officer- threatened to come to the Walmart to shoot people after the store had some difficulties with the man over a check.

Police sealed off the store in the 8300 block of North Church near I-35 and Missouri-152- and parking areas before 10 am until the man was taken into custody at his Liberty apartment about 11:55am..

There were no shots fired or injuries reported as the man never did make it to the WalMart store.

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Mental Radio Talking Head Finds Fewer Advertisers On Show

Glennnnnzzz Beck- the FAR right-wing radio talker who called President Obama a racist- reportedly returns from a vacation to his radio show that will have far less advertisers than when he left.


Too bad Beck's vacation from his radio show wasn't a permanent one...

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Kansas City MetroRegion NEWS: Shooting in Lawrence-KS Leaves 2 in Critical Condition

Living wasn't so easy at the Easy Living mobile home park late Sunday night when 2 people were shot.


According to Lawrence police- the shooting occurred about 11:40 pm at the trailer park in the 3300 block of South Iowa.


Two medical helicopters responded and flew the 2 victims to a Metro Kansas City medical trauma center.




As yet- no other details on this incident....

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Lil' Wayne or Claire Mc Caskill Health Forum: Where Will The Trouble Be?

Lil' Wayne is playin' tonight at Swope Park's Starlight Theater.


Claire McCaskill is holding a public health care "forum" at Swinney Hall on the U.M.K.C. campus.


KC-MO police have announced that they ain't letting anyone IN Swope Park without a ticket to the Lil' Wayne bash.

McCaskill's people ain't letting anyone inside of Swinney who didn't sign up prior to attend the event.


So troublemakers- be you a gang-banger or right-winger/anti-Obaman --- STAY HOME THIS EVENING.

The rest of us? Stay safe since the police department will be spread thin this evening....

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Down In Lukenbach Texas- They're Celebrating A New World Record

Brother-man- guitar-picker extraordinaire Perry Wing tells CSW that 1859 guitar players broke a German-held record for the largest number of musicians playing the same 2 songs together.

Courtesy of a fellow Flickr photog- here are some photos from today's event:

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Kansas City's NEWS: Homicide Sunday Afternoon in K.C. Northland

A male is dead by gunshot after a disturbance in a Northland apartment complex.


The shooting occurred about 12:15 pm Sunday afternoon at an apartment in the Walnut Grove complex in the 3000 block of Northeast 37th Street.

The victim is said to be in his 20's.


The police didn't have any suspect or other information of this incident.

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Kansas City's NEWS: Burglars Take Cars At Title Loan Lot

KC-MO police report thugs broke into the Midwest Title Loan lot in the 7200 block of East 17th Street around 1:40 am Sunday.

The thieves broke into an office- took 5 sets of vehicle keys- then stole the 5 vehicles the keys belonged to.


Police say they did have a bit of evidence: whoever crashed down the chain-link gate to the title loan lot reportedly left a front license plate at the scene.

That too however- was probably stolen.

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Note From Mother Nature: Sending Bill To Canada

The former Hurricane Bill that is- now a tropical storm off the east coast of Maine.

Weather radars show the outer rainbands of Bill over eastern maine- moving into southeastern Canada.



Here in the Kansas City MetroRegion- a slow warm-up but dry until about mid-week- when another rainy weather system enters the picture.

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K.C. MetroRegion NEWS: Fatality Vehicle Into A Creek Crash In Platte County-MO

Around 4 am Sunday morning- a motorist driving on E Highway west of Camden Point left the roadway and plunged into Jowler Creek.

Camden Point Fire and EMS people responded and reported the motorist trapped in or under the vehicle in the creek.

They asked for another nearby department's (Dearborn) airbags for extrication as well as a medical helicopter (LifeNet).

The latter request was cancelled at 4:21 am when on-scene EMS declared the trapped motorist dead.

No further details...

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UPDATE: The driver that died in this crash was identified later Sunday as 18-year-old Kyle Barr.

Mr. Barr was also a volunteer with the Camden Point Fire department.


Our condolences to Kyle Barr's family and all the members of the Camden Point Fire department.

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Metro Kansas City NEWS: One Dead- 2 Injured In KC-KS Shooting

KC-KS Police got the call of shots fired in the area of 47th Terrace and Steele Road at 3:07 am Sunday morning.

When officers arrived a little over 5 minutes later- they found 2 males shot- 1 fatally in a car.

The live victim was shot in both legs- reportedly by "a high-powered weapon." He'll live.


Moments later- other officers in the 1600 block of South 49th Street report finding a "19-year-old male- shot in the left leg."

Police think this is related to the 47th Terrace call- where a large party had been going in that area.


No clear suspect information is yet available- as police were interviewing "many" persons at the party.

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