City of Kansas City MO Does Crappy Job Informing Citizens of Bad Water

Tuesday morning- I went to do some dishes and noticed the water pressure was next to nothing.




Went looking on the Internet- nothing there- went looking around the neighborhood for any broken water main- nada.




Found out on the EVENING news (more than five hours later) there was a problem with powering a pumping station near 67th Street and Blue Parkway and that there was a boil water order in KC-MO very close to- but apparently not including our house/neighborhood.

And- as of this post- there's NO idea if the boil water order has been lifted! 

Not one thing on the KC-MO Time Warner-Looney Tunes government channel (Channel 2) nor the city's 'Water Services' Web page (as of early July 4) where one MIGHT think something affect the quality of the citizen's water supply WOULD be posted.






Hey City of Kansas City MO- why be wasting money on your TV channel and your Internet pages if you are not going to post IMPORTANT and NECESSARY information on same? 

Andy Griffith Dead at Age 86

The actor who played the iconic Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1968 and crafty attorney Ben Matlock on Matlock died at his North Carolina home early Tuesday.

CSW BREAKING: KC-MO Police Shot Man in Inner-City

A "27-year-old male" has "three gunshot wounds" according to a KC-MO FD-EMS paramedic crew after the man was shot by police within the past half hour.




There are yet no details of why police shot the man near 23rd Street and Benton.




The victim's three wounds- "right hip- left foot and left (shoulder)" were in themselves non life-threatening and the man was in stable condition as he was being transported to a hospital.

Sunday Morning Car Chases - July 1- 2012

Three police car chases were monitored early Sunday morning- two in Kansas City KS and one in Kansas City MO...

The KC-MO chase occurred about 1:30 p.m. when police tried to stop a car containing two armed black males leaving a nightclub in the area of 85th Street and Troost.


At 1:34 a.m.- the car police were chasing crashes into a building (the old King Louie bowling alley) at "79th Street and Troost.


The passenger jumps out and runs- he's captured by police within 10 minutes "at 80th Street and Paseo- but the driver is seriously hurt and can't escape.


Police are concerned the "car's about to catch fire" at 1:35 a.m.- and pull the injured driver from the car.


Another fire department dispatching gaffe (good thing the car WASN'T on fire) doesn't see the fire department arrive until 1:44 a.m.- and the EMS crew transports the "33-year-old" male driver with serious injuries to a Metro hospital. 






Just after 3:45 a.m.- a Kansas Highway Patrol Turnpike trooper was chasing a car due to "an unpaid toll" on the Turnpike- eastbound on I-70 from Bonner Springs.


Speeds during this chase were reported around "100" mph..


The pursuit went south on I-435- one officer managed to road-spike the suspect's tires as he raced south on I-435 near the Kansas River bridge.


The last word of this chase was at 3:53 a.m. when the suspect "passed Johnson Drive" in Shawnee- and I don't know if the suspect was ever caught.






Around 4:15 a.m.- a female KC-KS police officer chased a vehicle containing 3 males on Parallel Parkway in the area of I-435 north of the Kansas Speedway.


The suspects pulled into the Walmart parking lot at 109th Street and Parallel Parkway- and bolted from the vehicle with one male actually running into the store.


All three suspects were captured within 15 minutes- and police found a large cache of fireworks inside the suspect's vehicle.




At 4:25 a.m.- officer at Walmart reported "a rollover crash in front of Walmart-"  but unknown if this was related to the chase.

Stuck Elevator Makes For Long Visit

A reported "nine (9) people" were stuck on an elevator in a building in the KC-MO 'Crossroads District' late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.




The incident occurred at the 2000 Grand Building and the fire department was called to rescue the people at 11:51 p.m. Saturday night.




Finally- at 1:04 a.m. Sunday morning- the nine occupants of ther stuck elevator were finally freed.




No one needed EMS apparently- but perhaps a loo-call....

Another Motorcyle Crash Fatality in Kansas City KS Sunday Morning

After the tragic crash late Saturday night that killed a cyclist- another crash in Kansas City KS killed a motorcycle driver and seriously injured his passenger...




This crash occurred around 12:15 a.m. in the 1400 block of West 37th Avenue.




The cycle driver died at the scene.




The passenger- a "30-year-old female who was not wearing a helmet" and "thrown about 30 feet-" was transported to a Metro medical trauma center.

CSW BREAKING: 2-Alarm Apartment Building Fire in Overland Park KS

At 4:29 a.m. Sunday morning- five companies of the Overland Park Fire department were sent to an apartment building fire in the Waterford Place apartments in the 11400 block of West 107th Terrace.




One fire company could see smoke from the looming fire nearly 1/2-mile away- and upon their arrival at 4:38 a.m. the "two-story" building was at least one-third involved in flames.

A 2nd-alarm of five additional companies- including from Olathe and Lenexa fire departments- respond.




At 4:49 a.m.- it's determined all the building's occupants are safely out- and the fire-fight is conducted from the building's outside.




At 6:24 a.m.- the fire is finally declared under control.




No injuries have been reported- and only two people- "foreign exchange students-" needed Red Cross assistance for temporary housing and supplies out of the reported eight apartment units damaged or destroyed.




Later Sunday- the OPFD said the cause of the fire was thought to be "carelessly discarded smoking materials."

CSW BREAKING: Fatality Motorcycle Crash in Kansas City KS

Crime scene investigators are examining the scene of a deadly motorcycle crash in Kansas City KS late Saturday night.




The crash was reported at 11:15 p.m. at 47th Street and Parallel Parkway and the cycle's driver died at the scene.

Reportedly- a pickup truck rammed the rear of the motorcyclist and he was waiting at a traffic signal.

The pickup driver was not hurt.




There is- as of this post- no other information on this incident.

News Around Metro Kansas City- Morning of June 30- 2012

With the hot- humid summer weather comes LOTS of activity overnight on weekends...

Crimes Against People

• Around 1:36 a.m- a shooting was reported in the 1500 block of West 12th street in Kansas City MO's West Bottoms.

There- police found a male who had been shot by who he reported as "3-4 Hispanic males in a gold-colored Ford Explorer with a Kansas license."


The suspects were reportedly "armed with an assault rifle and a shotgun."


Police say the victim "wasn't going to prosecute" the perps- and the victim had serious to critical injuries as he was transported to a hospital...

• Another KC-MO shooting at 12:37 a.m. found a man shot in the back and in serious condition.

This one occurred at Linwood Boulevard and Cleveland- but no suspect information was available 

• Around that time- KC-MO Fire-EMS was dispatched to a medical call in the 3100 block of East 49th Street.

Police called at 12:52 a.m. to the address on the request of the EMS crew found a female in her 50's with "a hole in the back of her head" along with other injuries.


The ambulance rushed the critically-injured woman to a hospital- where police later report arresting a possible "male" suspect who had "gone to the hospital to check on the victim's condition" police said.

Vehicle Crashes

• A crash with suspicious circumstances occurred about 4:44 a.m. at Bannister and Fremont in south KC-MO..

Emergency crews arrived to find "a black- full-sized pickup truck" with "heavy damage" and the female driver "unresponsive."


Police had believed the wreck involved a 2nd hit & run vehicle- and were looking for "a light-skinned black male" seen walking in the area.


The word "rape" was also mentioned in regard to this incident.


The female driver"around 30-years-of-age" but "with no visible injuries" never regained consciousness as she was being taken to an area hospital in serious to critical condition.

• A 4:04 a.m. "traumatic injury" call to a nightclub in the 7400 block of East U.S. 40 highway and a 3:54 a.m. call to a "motorcycle" crash on eastbound I-70 near Sterling Avenue was reportedly related...

Emergency crews arriving at the I-70 wreck scene reported finding "a motorcycle down in the middle of the" freeway- but no one around.


It turns out the motorcycle's driver had somehow made it to the U.S. 40 address- where the ambulance crew was treating a male who had "a broken ankle" and other non life-threatening injuries.


He was taken to a hospital with curious police investigators not far behind... 

Fires

• Around 1:53 a.m.- five companies of the KC-MO Fire department responded to the East Bottoms- a reported "house fire" on Rochester and North Garland.

Arriving- the fire crew reported heavy fire coming from a vacant house that was spreading to other structures and requested additional help.


Dispatching a "1st-alarm-" five more fire companies would arrive to help quell the flames that ended up devouring a row of vacant structures on the north side of Rochester just west of North Garland.


That fire was reported "out" by 2:35 a.m.- and no one got hurt.


The cause of the fire was "suspicious-" probable arson.

• Fire did fairly minor damage to an Oak Grove MO house around sunrise...

Sni Valley firefighters were called to the 1400 block of Southeast 16th Place at 5:23 a.m. and when the first crew arrived at 5:29 a.m.- they had "smoke showing" from the "single-story" structure.


Although a "mutual-aid" fire company from Central Jackson County's department was sent at 5:31 a.m.- Sni Valley crews reported the fire "under control" three minutes later.


No one was injured.

Car Chase

• Around 5:10 a.m.- Kansas City KS police and a Kansas Highway patrolman chase a vehicle east of I-70 from the western portions of Wyandotte county.

Only "traffic charges" are pending on the chased vehicle's driver.


Speeds of the chase varied between "100" and "120" mph as the suspect vehicle managed to "swerve" and miss at least one set of road spikes that other officers threw across the highway.


Police "terminated" the chase around eastbound I-70 and I-635 at 5:16 a.m.- with the suspect vehicle last seen around "7th Street" still eastbound several minutes later

Kansas City MO Pollys Set to Give Away The Farm to Lure Kansas-side Firm

Once again- the KC-MO City Clowncil- along with the State of Missouri- are positioning themselves to give a large amount of corporate welfare to lure a firm on the Metro's KANSAS side to Missouri...




In fact- the Clowncil is set to issue "$65-million" of "Chapter 100 (whatever the HELL that  is) bonds to build a building for a company- "Freightquote-" currently headquartered in Lenexa KS- according to this story in the KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL.




The KCBJ story says that the City of KC-MO would be the virtual owner of the proposed "200000-square-foot" building that would be built very close to the St. Joseph Health (Medical) Center east of State Line and south of I-435.




That's only the tip of the corporate welfare iceberg...




KC-MO would alter the rules and provisions of those Chapter 100 bonds so Freightquote would get extended benefits (23 years!).




In addition- the building's site (hardly in a dilapidated area) would become a tax-increment financing (TIF) district- funneling more money that WOULD have been paid in taxes back to the company's coffers.


There's more...




According to KCBJ- the State of Missouri also would be involved- "the city’s economic development incentives are expected to be coupled with state-level incentives- including Missouri Quality Jobs- Missouri Build- state sales tax exemptions and recruitment assistance."




Except for the story in the KCBJ- I've seen absolutely nothing about this in or on any of the other of the Metro's "news" sources.




This lifelong Metro Kansas City resident can't wait to move the HELL away from this Corporate Christmasland....

CSW BREAKING: Two Shot- 1 Dead in Kansas City MO

At 4:35 p.m. Thursday afternoon- a "witness" drove "two gunshot victims" to the emergency room of Saint Joseph Health (Medical) Center.




According to KC-MO Police- one victim brought to that hospital has died- the other was being transported to a medical trauma center (which St. Joe's is not).




That 2nd victim had at least one gunshot wound to the abdomen according to a KC-MO FD-EMS paramedic- and that victim's condition was critical but "stable."




Police report there is "a 15-year-old" and a "17"-year-old involved in this incident- not known if one was the "witness" though.




The shooting reportedly occurred at the YMCA at Red Bridge and Holmes.




No other details yet in what appears to be Kansas City MO's latest homicide  (50 or 51?).