Actor Patrick Swayze Dead At Age 57

T he actor- best known for his performances in 1980's motion pictures such as "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost"- died peacefully around family in his Los Angeles area home of pancreatic cancer.

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Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: Infant Injured in KC-MO House Fire

At 6:23 pm- a "regular alarm" of 6 KC-MO fire companies was sent to a reported house fire at 4133 Chestnut in Midtown.

There was also the report of "an infant trapped on the 2nd-floor" in the house.



The first fire company arriving at 6:25 pm reported "smoke showing" from the 2-1/2-story structure with "fire showing" from the back of the house.

A minute later- a firefighter is heard among some agitated-sounding people asking for police "for crowd control." Shortly- another report that the infant had been taken outside- where medical care was administered.

That infant has been taken by MAST-EMS to a children's medical trauma center in critical condition.

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Sedalia-MO Walmart - Grocery Store- Chase Away Teen "Complimenters"

The SEDALIA DEMOCRAT has a story of 3 teens who just tried to give out "free compliments" to people on Sunday at a Walmart and a grocery store.

The Walmart manager told the young men to leave- the grocery store manager told the three that they'd have to get approval from the day manager who wasn't there.

No CSW compliments for either Walmart OR the grocery store!

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Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: Police Tactical Operation In East KC-MO

KC-MO police have had an Operation-100 going in the area of 57th Terrace and Booth since about 12:30 pm this afternoon..

A reported robbery suspect is holed-up in a house near there- refusing to leave.

That suspect is said to be wanted in connection with a robbery at a nearby convenience store.

A 2nd suspect at the scene of the Operation-100 already surrendered to police.

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Kanye West Shows Utter Lack of Class At Music Awards Ceremony

Nineteen-year-old Taylor Swift had just received an award when Kanye West grabbed the microphone from her and went on a rant.

West joins Rep. Joe Wilson for best lack-of-class nominee for 2009....

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Have You Seen This Missing Atchison-KS Couple?

Mr. Billie "Bob" and his wife Mary Lou Black have been missing since last Friday.


It's believed they left their Atchison home in the couple's 1990 blue Honda Civic.


Call the Atchison police at (913) 367-5525 or the Kansas Highway Patrol if you have ANY information on this couple!

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Sunday Fire Burns 3 Buildings In Scottsbluff-NE

The story and the photos courtesy of The Scottsbluff STAR-HERALD newspaper.

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Union Station In Dire Straits

Perhaps a free concert by that band could help the refurbished Union Station's financial difficulties- but prolly not.


Sunday- The KANSAS CITY STAR reported how America's 2nd-largest train station is suffering a severe budget crunch.

Union Station was refurbished in 1999 after bi-state approval of a tax- now the station has run through their $40-million endowment in 10 years.

Unbelievably- the Union Station people have been drinking the politician's Kool-Aid: these people want to ask Metro Kansas City residents for yet ANOTHER tax to keep the place open.


Kind of like subsidizing a drug addict who refuses to get their problem properly treated I say....

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EDITORIAL: Why Have Kansas City-MO News Sources Missed Reporting Real Story Behind Wizards Stadium Moving to Kansas?

Many of us are upset- some are up in arms- over the loss of the proposed K.C. Wizards stadium from the Bannister Mall area to KC-KS..

What is much MORE irritating was one BIG INFLUENCE of this move that the Kansas City news media is either overlooking or ignoring:

Nebraska Furniture Mart.


The KANSAS CITY KANSAN reported that not ONLY did NFM officials initiate the dialouge between KC-KS government officials and the Wizards- but also happens to OWN THE LAND the Wizards new stadium would be built on.

No wonder NFM started that discussion- that company which- at last report- had withheld millions of dollars of disputed property tax money from Wyandotte county coffers:
NFM stands to make a nice wad of cash selling the land it owns to the Wizards unfaithful ownership group for the new stadium!

A Sunday morning unsigned editiorial in The KANSAS CITY STAR talks extensively about the stadium fiasco- but doesn't once (notes NFM BEING at Village West) mention the Nebraska Furniture Mart's role in the deal.

Could it be the Kansas City-MO news media doesn't want to upset Nebraska Furniture Mart for all the advertising dollars they bring in?

Heh- LOTS of advertising dollars!

I'd sure hate to even THINK that facets of Kansas City news goes unreported just because the news organization is worried about offending and or losing big ad accounts.

Regardless- there are many "unbeholden" news bloggers out here- including ad-free CSW.

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MetroRegion Kansas City Overnight News- Sunday- September 13- 2009

A busy Saturday night led to an active Sunday morning.

During the 11 pm hour Saturday night- a male who had been shot was found sitting in his BMW at 22nd St. & The Paseo.

The man reportedly had been shot somewhere in the Jazz District around 18th Street and Vine and was trying to drive himself to a hospital..

Police didn't get any viable suspect information from the victim as the man's injuries left him in critical condition.

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Of course- the train-pedestrian fatality accident in southwestern Cass county-MO led off the headline events during the midnight hour.

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At 1:31 am- Lee's Summit-MO fire crews were called to Lake Jacomo- where a boat had become stranded in the middle of the lake.

That situation was resolved without incident more than an hour and a half later.

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At 1:39 am- someone in a "red minivan" drove up on a sidewalk in the 1400 block of Kansas Avenue in KC-KS and struck a 24-year-old female.

The woman's injuries were faily minor and she was transported to a KC-MO medical trauma center.

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KC-KS' lone medical trauma center- K.U. Med Center- remained "closed to trauma" patients for another hour as KC-KS emergency services ran a reported motorcycle crash on eastbound I-70 at about 10th Street at 1:34 am..

The 41-year-old male fortuately had a helmet on- and that device took a lot of damage as the man catapulted from his bike onto an embankment- suffering road rash and various non life-threating injuries as he was transported by EMS to a KC-MO trauma center.

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Also in KC-KS was a shooting reported at 1:58 am at 13th Street and Yecker. Police report it was a "drive-by" from a vehicle that didn't have it's lights on- and the 23-year-old male victim was shot in both of his legs.

He was also taken to a KC-MO medical trauma center in serious condition and police had very little suspect information to investigate.

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Just after 2 am- 2 Franklin county-KS teens suffered non life-threatening injuries in a single-vehicle rollover on Old U.S. 50 highway near Ottawa.

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Around 2:45 am- a male in his 20's was injured in a single-vehicle crash in the 14600 block of West 311th Street in Miami county-KS..

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At about the same time- "4 teenagers" suffered non life-threatening injuries when their car crashed at N Highway and Farley-Hampton Road northwest of Parkville in rural Platte county-MO..

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There were at least 5 calls for EMS in KC-MO's Power & Light District early Sunday morning- mostly alcohol overdoses and other medical issues with people over-indulging.

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The last notable but barely newsworthy incident occurred around 5:15 am on Number 1 International Circle at K.C.I. airport.

A woman lost control of her vehicle on the airport access road and ended up in one of those ponds along the road.

The woman was assisted from her vehicle by an airport police officer who said it appeared the driver had suffered a medical episode prior to driving into the pond.

She wasn't hurt badly at all and her vehicle was recoved from the 4-foot deep water.

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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Cass County Pedestrian Killed By Train Indentified

Reported here exclusively at CSW this morning: a person walking on the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks in southwestern Cass county-MO was struck and killed by a train about 12:45 am Sunday morning.

That person has been identified by the Missouri Highway Patrol as Zachary D. Messmer- age 19 from nearby Louisburg-KS..

The MHP said this incident was investigated as an accident.

CSW offers our condolences to Mr. Messmer's family and friends.

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