BREAKING NEWS: Fatality Motorcycle Crash In Shawnee-KS

Not too many details but around 5 pm two motorcycles crashed into each other on K-7 near 75th Street.


It was reported 2 riders involved and that one of them was killed in the crash with the other receiving serious injuries.

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Wall Street Yankee Fans Find Alternative Paper Shredder

What to do when one runs out of confetti during a ticker-tape parade?

Just throw out entire files- according to this Associated Press story.


After the Yankees World Series victory parade- clean-up crews found "pay stubs, banking data, law firm memos and even some court files" in the mounds of ticker-tape- according to the AP story.

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Way To Show THEM - Snoop Dogg Fans

In case you missed out- Snoop Dogg brought his hip-hop revue to the Voodoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino in North KC-MO last night.

Heh- I know for a FACT that there were news media concerns a riot might break out.


I knew better.
Snoop is what I call first-generation hip-hop and with that- Snoop AND his fans are just a little older than the snot-nosed cap-poppers in this burg.

In other words: Snoops people were out to have FUN.
Nothing else.

Rapper Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri) a.k.a. Tech N9ne will be coming to the Independence Arena soon.

Maybe the news media will get their wish....

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Tropical Storm IDA - Saturday - November 7

The National Weather Service's (NWS) National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching re-formed Tropical Storm (TS) Ida in the southwest Carribean Sea.

Ida- as a hurricane- struck Nicaragua earlier this week- weakened- and re-entered to Carribean and is moving generally northward.


The NHC says Ida- remaining a tropical storm- could make American landfall next week.

The (no) hurricane season had virtually ended so stay tuned....

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WEATHER: Great Day- Weekend Ahead

A look at the weather maps this Saturday morning shows a weak cool front that has slowly sagged southward over about the northwestern one-third of the Central States (Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma-Arkansas).


This front will continue south into the Kansas City MetroRegion before washing out.

This will calm winds from yesterday's gustiness- and provide a very pleasant "Indian Summer" day for many locations.

High temperatures in the MetroRegion today will range from the middle 60's north to the mid to upper 70's south- the latter including Metro Kansas City. In fact- the record high temperature of 78 degrees- set in the 1930's- could be tied or broken today.



The national forecast temperature map shows most of the really cold autumn air remains north of the U.S..

The closer look at the Central States shows the cooler air will reside in northern through western Nebraska- 60's and 70's south and eastward with highs in the 80's- possibly reaching the 90's in parts of western Oklahoma.



Sunday looks good locally as well- with highs in the 60's.



Next chance of rain looks to be later Monday into Tuesday. No really cold air in sight for the coming week though....

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Firefighter Injured At KC-KS Vacant House Fire

Six companies of the Kansas City-KS Fire department responded to a vacant house fire in the 2200 block of South Mill Street just before 2 am Saturday morning.

The "2-story" structure was fully-engulfed in flames when the first fire company arrived at 2:03 am and the firefight was on.

An additional fire company was ordered when it appeared neighboring structures were in danger. Later- yet another company brought an air supply apparatus.

The fire was declared "out" by 3:15 am and did not spread to surrounding structures.

At 3:49 am- a firefighter was reported to have suffered a "not serious" injury while doing overhaul at the scene and was taken to a hospital.

An arson investigator was determining a cause.

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Man Shot In South-Midtown KC-MO Home Robbery

KC-MO Metro zone police officers were called to the 1800 block of East 55th Street around 3:12 am on a reported shooting as a result of an armed residential robbery.


At the address- police found a male with a "non life-threatening" gunshot wound to his chest.

The victim was taken to the hospital while police sought the "black male" suspect who fled the scene.

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Teen Stabbed In Blue Springs-MO

Police in Blue Springs are investigating a stabbing that occurred around 12:45 am in the 1300 block of Southwest U.S. 40 Highway.



The victim was reported by Central Jackson County Fire Protection District (CJC) EMS as "a 15-year-old male with a single stab wound" to his "lower back."

CJC-EMS transported the victim to a KC-MO pediatric medical trauma center in serious condition.


Blue Springs and area police departments were seeking the suspect: "a white male about 6-foot 1-inch tall and weighing around 200 pounds- with brown hair and eyes" and a clothing description- seen leaving the scene in a vehicle.

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BREAKING NEWS: "Several Shot" In Orlando-FL Office Building

Television station WFTV in Orlando is reporting a multiple-victim shooting at an office building in downtown Orlando-FL..

The station reports "one" suspect being sought by police- with no other details yet.

Other news media outlets are reporting "8" people have been shot there.

As of 12:20 CST- media outlets in Orlando are reporting "2 dead and 6 injured" in the incident with the gunman still at large.


Check the WFTV link for further updates....

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Kansas City-MO Citizens Need A City Hall-Council "Consultant"

Cindy Circo- chairwoman for the committee to force a 1000-room convention hotel down a recession/depression-battered citizenry's throats- has used taxpayer money to give a consultant job to the same firm that help HER get elected city councilwoman- says The Pitch.


This is how politicians work- a business helps them get elected with contributions- then that elected official beholden to that business funnels business their way.


The consultants Circo got hired are "to educate and inform constituents regarding the potential development" of a new convention hotel.

Educate and inform us? Most of us ARE educated and informed on this white-elephant plan.

Check around- the CSW poll down on the right side of this blog if you don't believe that Kansas Citians DON'T WANT TAX MONEY GIVEN AWAY TO DEVELOPERS or in any way shape or form for ANOTHER hotel which taxpayers will HAVE to subsidize building and operating.


* We need new and replaced sidewalks- bridges- roadways- decrepit empty structures demolished or repaired- we need reliable- speedy public transit.

* We need the sewer and water lines replaced or repaired. We need to pay-off the debt on Kemper Arena- the Power & Light District and the Jazz District.

* We need something done to the abandoned Bannister Mall site on Chuck Eddy (Hillcrest) Road and quit building/subsidizing silly shit like luxury convention hotels 95% of the city's citizens will never use.

! We just need to replace Circo and the rest of the uneducated and uninformed on that committee- for that matter the entire council and mayor too- next election!

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Near 200K American Jobs Lost In October 2009

Oh- but HEY- "the recession (depression) is over" you hear these noodniks on the financial channels say.

Regardless- America's CITIZENS keep biting the big one with a reported 190000 jobs lost nationwide in October.

We can all go to Dow Jones' house and let THEM feed us....

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