Crash in Jefferson County KS Injures 4

A single-vehicle wreck early Saturday morning in northwest Jefferson County KS injured 4- two critically.


The incident was reported at 12:20 a.m. on Kansas (K-) 16- west of North Cedar Road between Valley Falls and Denison.

Four occupants were reportedly in the vehicle- and 2 of them had to be flown from the scene by medical helicopter.

All the injured were taken to Topeka hospitals.

Update on Missing Baby Lisa Irwin - October 22 2011

1) There are NO new reported leads in this case.

A body-sniffing dog brought in by the FBI on Thursday "detected a hit-" but law enforcement officials haven't elaborated on that term or information...




2) There have been NO arrests regarding this case...


 3) Baby Lisa Irwin has NOT been located.

CSW BREAKING: Shooting- Possible Homicide in South-Central KC-MO

At 12:58 a.m.- KC-MO's emergency services responded to a reported shooting in the 7600 block of Monroe.


It was reported the victim was lying in the parking lot there.

At 1:16 a.m.- the victim is confirmed dead on the scene by EMS- and homicide detectives are enroute.

Man's Cash Arrested in Geary County KS Traffic Stop

It's a late October Wednesday morning- clear skies- dry roads.

You're driving from Columbia MO to Colorado- and your carrying nearly 180000 dollars in cash in a duffel bag.

Real estate deal?   Equipment purchase?   Drug deal?

No matter- if you're doing nothing illegal.

Oops!

Driving through a construction zone on I-70 in Geary county KS- a county mountie catches you going too fast.


He runs your plates- pulls you over- cautiously approaching you from left behind and asks for your license- all in current law enforcement tactics pretty much nationwide.

After your license clears no warrants outstanding- Mr. Deputy is suspicious- wants to search your vehicle.

He finds the cash in the duffel bag and a drug-sniffing dog is brought in.

No drugs or anything else illegal is found- as you may or may not be trying to convince the cop that the money is not stolen nor are you doing anything unlawful a) carrying it and/or b) with it.


The Geary County KS Sheriff's Department takes your cash- guilt by suspicion of the money being used for an unproven future drug deal.


The money is yours again- only by your costly legal actions proving your innocence.



The cash-bust actually happened (not the first time in this UCSA)- according to a story on KMBC.com.

CSW BREAKING: Multiple-Vehicle Crash on I-435 North of 87th Street in KC-MO

The crash was reported at 3:15 p.m. and it is located on northbound I-435 near the end of the on ramp from 87th Street to northbound.

The have been "5" vehicles reportedly involved says a fire department pumper crew on the scene- and at least 4 EMS ambulances have been ordered.

Drivers on northbound I-435 north of Bannister Road- the Grandview Triangle area- will face slowed or stopped traffic on the freeway.



There were fortunately no serious to critical injuries reported- and the wrecked vehicles were being clear from the roadway as of 4:05 p.m..

At 3:35 p.m.- a car that was being pursued by KC-MO Police has stopped on southbound I-435 just south of Gregory Boulevard- about a mile north of the above crash scene.

At least 4 people- 2 white males and 2 white females bailed-out of the chased-now-wrecked car and ran into a wooded area west of I-435 and south of Gregory.


By 4:06 p.m.- it's reported all the suspects that ran from the pursued vehicle were in police custody.

One of the males who ran into the woods was reportedly bitten by a police dog during the search- and was taken to a hospital.

Southbound traffic was being slowed in this area.

MetroRegion Kansas City News: Residence Fire Kills 2 in Emporia KS

A fire in an Emporia duplex has killed the 2 occupants...


The EMPORIA (KS) GAZETTE reports that a man was found dead inside the burning structure at 12 East 11th Avenue shortly after firefighters arrived after midnight.

Another person- a woman- had been injured- but reportedly died of those injuries at a Wichita hospital early Thursday afternoon.


No identities of the deceased have been officially released- but sources say the two victims were international students at Emporia State University.

On Friday- the 2 victims were identified.

They were Mr. Fan Yawei and Ms. Lin Zhen of Liaoning Provence in northeast China.


They were boyfriend and girlfriend- both meeting as students attending Emporia State University- according to the story in The EMPORIA (KS) GAZETTE.

Update on Missing Baby Lisa Irwin- October 20 2011

Rather than lead off every day with a post about no new tangible leads or developments in the case of Lisa Irwin- the 10-month-old taken from her bed in a KC-MO Northland home back on October 3rd (she's 17 days gone as of today)- here is an every 2-3 days or so update:

1) There are NO new reported leads in this case...

2) There have been NO arrests regarding this case and

3) Baby Lisa Irwin has NOT been located.

A number of people- like myself- are now wondering aloud at what point that the local TV news stations quit leading off EVERY newscast with this story considering there is no new information (just new players) regarding this case.

One month? Two months? Next year?

CSW BREAKING: Construction Mishap Injures 3 in KC-MO

A scaffold collapsed at a building undergoing renovations in Midtown KC-MO- injuring 3 people.


The incident occurred about 11:35 a.m. Thursday morning at 6301 Rockhill Road.

KC-MO FD-EMS reports that a scaffolding collapsed- with at least one worker plunging "from a 3rd-story to a 1st-floor roof" of the building.

The most serious injury was said to be a Hispanic male- "46-year-s-old" who was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition from his injuries.

Two others injured at the site were said to have mostly minor injuries.

The fire department (and no doubt OSHA) were investigating the incident.

CSW Commentary: Kansas City Catholic Bishop Finn MUST Step Down

Recently- CSW reported the indictment of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese and it's leader Bishop Robert Finn on a cover-up of child abuse and pornography by one of the diocese's priests.


You would think that- at the very least- Bishop Finn would take a leave of absence from his Holy position while this very serious criminal matter is resolved.

You would also think- at the very least- there would be SOME sort of statement from the Vatican on this matter.


Instead- there has been no action from anyone associated with the Catholic church regarding these serious charges.


These people represent God on this Earth and for ALL of those connected to remain quiet on this very- very serious matter is an absolute abomination.

This is not a sin like theft of money or absconding material objects but a crime against another Human Being- MINOR Human Beings at that.

A person of the clergy SHOULD be held to a higher standard since they are in a position of responsibility- like a thieving cop- and arsonist firefighter or a corrupt politician.

It sends a message to the masses that crimes committed by those in high positions of power and/or responsibility somehow rate special treatment of their alleged crimes- rather than swift and sure criminal justice.

This tends to make ordinary citizens that would SURELY be incarcerated for such acts more cynical of the very laws that are on the books to allegedly protect us- and makes us look at the justice system as some sort of privileged joke.


I am not a Catholic- but I would totally support those of that faith who re-examine their support of a church who simply seems to act above the laws of decency- respect and of America.

CSW BREAKING: Haz-Mat Incident at Sewage Treatment Plant in Northeastern Jackson County MO

At 12:50 p.m. crews from Fort Osage- Sni Valley and the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District were called to a reported "haz-mat" incident at the Little Blue Interceptor sewage treatment plant near Atherton.

It was reported that "250 gallons" of an unknown substance was spilled at the facility located at 21208 East Old Atherton Road in the Missouri River bottomland east of M-291 and north of U.S. 24 highways.


Thus far- no injuries have been reported as the incident is working as of this post.

Central States NEWS: Nebraska Politicians Pretty Much Ignore Citizens' Concerns Over Canadian Oil Pipeline

Nebraska's most-powerful state politician is against any special session of that state's Legislature to attempt to relocate a proposed oil pipeline through that Central state.


TransCanada (TC) wants to build an oil pipeline from it's Alberta oil-sands to the Gulf of Mexico- passing through the American Central States- and Nebraska Republicrat Speaker of The (NE) House Mike Flood is against a special legislative session to order TC to change their proposed (done-deal) pipeline route- according to this story from The LINCOLN (NE) JOURNAL-STAR.

Many in Nebraska are against the route that pipeline would take- above and near the Ogallala Aquafier- an underground source of irrigation water for Nebraska's vast farmlands.


However- politicians and labor union officials tout the money the new pipeline would bring (them) the state (mainly in campaign contributions from TC and out-of-state laborers for the construction jobs).

 Landowners along the proposed route can take the money TransCanada offers- or have the pipelines' easement ("eminent domain") taken by the American government.

Stay tuned....