CSW BREAKING: Thunderstorms Create Damaging Wind- Needed Rains in Parts of Metro Kansas City

There have been more than a dozen reports of tree limbs and power lines down in the cities of Leavenworth and Bonner Springs KS...


There is at least one report of structural roof damage as well in Leavenworth...


This damage is being caused by severe thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 70 m.p.h....


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CSW BREAKING: Four Injured in South Kansas City MO Explosion

The incident was reported around 12:45 p.m. at "Cook's Ham Company at 13825 Wyandotte" in the Martin City neighborhood in far southwestern KC-MO..




Fire officials on-scene say it was "a natural gas or methane explosion" inside the building- formerly the Armour meat packing plant.




Reportedly- four persons were injured.

Just before 1 pm- the KC-MO Fire department on-scene reports one person is refusing EMS transport- but another person has "blast injuries."




KC-MO FD-EMS transported "a 52-year-old male who was thrown about 15 feet" by a blast "from a furnace or oven" to Research Medical Center.


This patient's condition was not life-threatening.




Two other patients from the scene were being transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.


One of those was "a 26-year-old" male who had minor injuries.




The exact cause of the blast was under investigation.

CSW BREAKING: Fatality Traffic Crash in Leavenworth County KS

According to sheriff- fire and EMS reports- a male is dead at the scene where he rolled his pickup truck in northern Leavenworth county around 11 p.m. Saturday night.

The crash was reported on Millwood Road- just east of 243rd Street.








No public identity of the victim available until next-of-kin are notified- and the circumstances of the crash are under Leavenworth County Sheriff department investigation. 

CSW BREAKING: Five Shot in KC-MO Crossroads Area

It happened around 3:10 a.m. in the 2000 block of Broadway- in the parking lot of the Town Topic hamburger stand...




Police reported "two" victims found in the parking lot there.




Over the next 20 minutes- KC-MO Police report four other victims would arrive at two area hospitals.




One of them was "shot in the chest" and had gone into surgery.




The only victim heard transported by EMS from the Broadway location was "a 23-year-old female" who was "shot in the lower abdomen."


She was in serious to critical condition and was taken to a third hospital.




No suspect information was heard- the investigation includes a "shot-up car" that transported 2 of the victims to a hospital.

CSW BREAKING: Fatality Crash Reported in Kansas City MO Northland

Parts of I-29 at I-635 was closed early Saturday after a "2 vehicle" crash on the northbound I-29 ramp to southbound I-635.


Police report one of the drivers was going the wrong way.

Riverside emergency services responded on the 12:38 a.m. call as well- reporting "a vehicle on fire" with people "trapped" inside the fiery wreckage.




By 12:50 a.m.- it was reported that there were possibly "2" fatalities there- with two injured.




However- only one medical transport heard- "a 30's-something female" who was "ejected" during the crash and "found lying on the highway" by citizens who stopped to help.

Her condition was critical as reported by KC-MO FD-EMS.




Further details are pending as the crash is under joint investigation by Riverside and KC-MO law.

At Least 12 Shot Dead in Suburban Denver Movie Theater

Early Friday morning- a male dressed in military clothing and brandishing chemical cannisters and guns- broke into an Aurora Colorado movie theater during a special late showing of the new Batman movie- 'The Dark Knight Rises.'




It happened at the Century 16 theater complex near I-225 and Arvada in Aurora.




The man threw a cannister that produced a cloud of acrid  smoke then opened fire using three guns on the stunned patrons- striking more than 70 people.


Ten died in the theater- "Number 9" of 16 in the complex.




Two others died at Denver hospitals- 58 others either admitted or treated and released from eight Denver medical facilities that received the injured.




Eleven people were still reported in critical condition early Saturday morning.




Among the injured were patrons next door in theater No. 8 where the Batman film was further along.


Bullets from No. 9 came through the wall- ironically during a shooting scene in No. 8's film.





The DENVER POST reports that the gunshot victims ranged in age from 3-months-old to 45-years-old.



The suspect- a 24-year-old Aurora man named James Holmes- was taken into custody.




Holmes' north Aurora apartment was booby-trapped- and police had to work slowly to gain entry.





Link to story containing contributed and unedited cell phone recording after shooting.

Two-Alarm Fire is Out at Blue Valley-Northwest High School

Ten companies of Overland Park- Leawood and Olathe firefighters fought a fire at Blue Valley Northwest High school at 13260 Switzer late Thursday evening.

The fire- reported around 9:30 p.m. and said to have been restricted to one room and controlled by the school's sprinkler system- was reported "out" at 10:26 p.m.




Fire crews are still evacuating smoke from the building and cleaning up what water damage they can.




More specifics as they become available- but no injuries reported.

CSW BREAKING: Injuries Reported at High-Rise Apartments for Elderly in KC-MO

The address is 1800 East Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard- a 12-story building housing the elderly and infirm in Midtown Kansas City MO..




It's a 3-alarm-plus fire that began just before 9:30 p.m. this hot Wednesday night.

At least 15 KC-MO fire companies- and twelve ambulances (FD-EMS) units responded to the scene of a fire that was reportedly caused by "an exploding oxygen tank" in an upper-story apartment.




At least one seriously-injured person has been transported to Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill (TMC/West) with airway burns and smoke inhalation.




Two less seriously-injured patients- both males- were transported to Research Medical Center.




At least two others were being treated at the scene by FD-EMS.




Thus far- no reports of any fatalities at the scene..




The fire appears to be out as of 9:55 p.m.- but smoke remained in the building as a few evacuations of residents in the at-least 11-story building continued.

CSW Weather: Some Thunderstorms in Metro Kansas City!

Corporate Welfare For The Plaza? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!

The latest Kansas City MO City Clowncil corporate giveaway is a proposed TIF (tax excretement- er- increment financing) for a new hotel on The Plaza!

When will this fleecing of the city's property tax base stop?

Corporate Greed #6823: KMBC-9-Hearst and Time-Warner-Looney Tunes Cable Punish Their Customers

Early Tuesday morning- KMBC and KCWE's signals were dropped off the Time-Warner-Looney Tunes cable system that serves tens of thousands of Metro Kansas City residents.

Reportedly- Hearst Corporation- owner of KCMB and KCWE- was asking an up to 300% increase in their carriage charges to TWLT.

You wouldn't have known that by reading the so-called 'news' story that KMBC-9 ran about this affair on their Web site.

Rather than pay the exorbitant increase- TWLT dropped both stations from the cable lineup around midnight Tuesday- and no indication at all on when both stations MIGHT return to TWLT customers.

Here's another case of corporate greed- and another case where the American consumer gets the shaft....