Shootings on Both Sides of The State Line

Three people- 2 in Kansas City KS and 1 in Kansas City MO- have been injured by gunfire late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.


The first shooting was reported around 11:15 p.m. Saturday night in the 1200 block of North 28th Street in KC-KS..

Shortly after that report- another victim from the same incident is reported in "a SUV at the gas station" at the corner of 29th Street and State Avenue.

Both victims were males: a "21-year-old" was shot 4 times and was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

The other victim in the SUV was reported by EMS as "a 22-year-old."

Both had non life-threatening injuries and there wasn't any suspect information available from police.


The 2nd shooting was in KC-MO- reported as "a drive-by" in the Old Northeast area.

That was in the 5100 block of East Thompson Avenue around 12:53 a.m. Sunday morning.

According to EMS reports- a "39-year-old (Hispanic) female" was shot in her left elbow- and was taken to a Metro hospital in good condition.

There wasn't any suspect information immediately available on this incident either.



At 1:45 a.m.- I'm working a possible double-shooting in Johnson County MO near Knob Noster.

More on that incident in another post....

CSW BREAKING: 2-Alarm House Fire in Lawrence KS

At least 6 companies of the Lawrence KS Fire department are battling a wind-driven fire in a large house in western Lawrence.


The initial fire alarm sounded at 11:55 p.m. Saturday night for the address in the 2200 block of Rodeo Drive.

Police arrived on the scene minutes later- and reported a back deck fire was spreading to the roof of the residence.


A fire officer ordered a 2nd-alarm at 12:04 a.m. Sunday morning.


Thus far- no injuries have been reported- with ground and aerial water streams being used on the fire.

More information on this story here as received....

Dead- Injured and Possible Missing in Atchison KS Grain Elevator Explosion

At least 1 person is dead- 2 others injured and an unknown number of "others unaccounted for" after a grain elevator exploded in a fireball early in the 7 o'clock hour Saturday night.


Atchison is on the Missouri River about 40 miles northwest of Downtown KC-MO.

KSHB-41 NBC ACTION NEWS reports that the explosion at the Bartlett Grain Company elevator at 320 Riverfront in Atchison was witnessed and felt by people up to 3 miles away.

One woman told KSHB that she saw a red glow- then a "mushroom cloud" followed by "a loud explosion.

Fire department mutual-aid was sent to Atchison from as far away as Johnson County KS..

A KC-KS fire department specialized fire team was also sent to the explosion scene.

As of 9 p.m. Saturday night- KSHB says an Atchison County sheriff's deputy has confirmed one fatality.


Two others with serious to critical injuries were flown by medical helicopters to the University of Kansas Medical Center in KC-KS..




In addition- KSHB reports that officials "believe everyone is out of the structure but not everyone has been accounted for."




An area within at least one-half mile of the elevator has been closed for fear of a 2nd explosion.


UPDATE:   As of 3 a.m. Sunday morning- Atchison officials were reporting "3 dead and 3 missing" in the grain elevator blast.

It wasn't known if the 2 other fatalities were the injured that had been flown to K.U. Med Center.


Also- fire units from the cities of Leavenworth and KC-KS had returned to their home stations as of 3:30 a.m..

CSW BREAKING: Child Hurt By Hit and Run Driver in KC-MO

KC-MO fire department EMS reports "a 9-year-old male" was hurt when he was struck by a hit & run driver in the 500 block of Park Saturday afternoon.


The incident was dispatched by KC-MO emergency services at 4:22 p.m..


There was no suspect vehicle information immediately forthcoming from police on the scene.


The boy suffered a fractured ankle and some of his teeth were knocked out by the impact- his condition was not life-threatening.

Sobriety- Other Illegal Acts Checkpoints This Weekend in KC-MO and Mission KS

Going out to drink this weekend?  You'd better get a designated driver...


The KC-MO and Mission KS police departments have announced sobriety- and examination of other possible crimes- checkpoints in those 2 Metro cities this weekend- October 28-30th.


The exact locations were NOT publicized- but your fellow citizens regularily report the DUI checkpoint locations on Twitter by subscribing to @kccheckpoint .


Be safe- be considerate of your fellow citizens- and ask for a search warrant before letting police search your vehicle! 

Update on Missing Baby Lisa Irwin - October 28 2011

It has been 24 days since 10-month-old Lisa Irwin disappeared from her KC-MO Northland home- and there have been no significant developments.





As of this post- there have been no arrests and the child has not been found.

Police wanted to interview Lisa Irwin's 2 adolescent brothers- but that was postponed by a family attorney.




Speaking of the attorney sideshow- the local lawyer was said to "be fired" by the family's other attorney from New York.

Whirlpool Appliance Corporation Cuts 5000 Jobs

If you believe that America's "recession (depression)" ended in 2009- then I guess you await the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus like a small child...

It has been announced- in this story from The ASSOCIATED PRESS via The WICHITA (KS) EAGLE- that the Whirlpool Corporation- maker of kitchen appliances also sold under the names of Maytag and KitchenAid- will be cutting 5000 jobs in North America and Europe.

It's said the cuts are due to "soft demand" for Whirlpool's products as well as "higher cost for materials" to build those products.


Just yesterday (Thursday)- it was announced here at CSW and other news media outlets that the Whirlpool plant in Fort Smith Arkansas was closing in mid-2012.

About 1000 jobs were reportedly lost in the Fort Smith closing.

CSW Salutes Retiring Shawnee KS Fire Chief Jeff Hudson

The fire chief for the City of Shawnee- Jeff Hudson- recently announced his retirement from the Shawnee Fire department.


Chief Hudson started as a Shawnee volunteer firefighter in 1975- then became the 4th paid firefighter on that force in 1980.

Mr. Hudson was named fire chief in 2001.

The SHAWNEE (KS) DISPATCH has a good story on Fire Chief Hudson- who will be replaced by an interim chief John Mattox.

CSW wishes all the best to Chief Hudson and his wife Maggie!

MetroRegion Kansas City NEWS: Ex-Firefighter Sues The City of Topeka for $1.3-Million

A former deputy fire chief- Kathy Petty- is suing the City of Topeka KS for $1.3-million.


Ms. Petty alleges "sexual discrimination and retaliatory conduct" in her dismissal as deputy chief- done under the guise of city budget cutting in February 2010- according to the story from The TOPEKA (KS) CAPITAL-JOURNAL.

CSW BREAKING: Shooting- Possible Police Stand-off With Suspect East of Downtown KC-MO

At 8:40 a.m. Friday morning- KC-MO emergency services responded to a reported shooting in the 1600 block of East Ella Fitzgerald Lane- in the area of the now-gone Wayne Minor housing project.


About 5 minutes later- police on the scene reported a man had been shot- and that the possibly armed male suspect- reportedly "naked-" was last seen inside an apartment at or near the shooting's location.

EMS transported "a 55-year-old male" who had been shot 4 times in serious to critical condition to a KC-MO hospital.


As of this post- tactical officers with the KC-MO Police department are surrounding the location where that suspect is believed to be holed-up- this incident known as an "Operation-100."


As of 11:45 a.m.- the Operation-100 was still being conducted by KC-MO police.

CSW BREAKING: Armed Robbery of Cleaners in KC-MO Plaza Area

At 8:29 a.m. Friday morning- officers assigned to the Metro Zone police patrol division responded to a reported "armed robbery of the Pride Cleaners at 300 East 51st Street-" just east of the intersection with Brookside Boulevard.

Witnesses told police the "suspect was a black male- about 30-years-of-age" who left on foot in an unknown direction.


It was not stated what the suspect took from the business- but no one was hurt.