JJ’s owner files suit against Missouri Gas Energy and three other companies
The other defendants are Heartland Midwest, Time Warner Cable Midwest and USIC Locating Services Inc. The lawsuit is the third filed since the Feb. 19 explosion.
Couple await confirmation that victim in JJ’s was their daughter
Megan Cramer, 46, grew up in Springfield and came to Kansas City to attend UMKC, where she earned a law degree.
After body found, focus at JJ’s turns to investigation
Authorities pulled a body out of the rubble of JJ’s restaurant today. Meanwhile, five victims of the explosion remain at KU Hospital, and one at St. Luke’s.
Spa next to JJ’s also had its West Edge challenges
House of Elan suffered disruptions, its owner says, and now it might be beyond repair.
JJ’s owner reflects on the past and the future
JJ’s restuarant is gone and one of his staff is still missing. Jimmy Frantze is focused, just as he has been since hearing the news that the restaurant has exploded while he was in Oklahoma on other business.
Plaza surveillance video shows JJ's explosion
A surveillance video shows the explosion at JJ's restaurant after a massive explosion rocked the area just west of the Country Club Plaza Tuesday night. (Feb. 19, 2013 Video courtesy of Shelton Travel Service)
Server who died in JJ's blast had sweet smile, desire to serve
After Megan Cramer died in the Tuesday explosion, friends went inside her Kansas City apartment. With her belongings and her stacks and stacks of books was a birthday card all filled out for a friend. It was like Megan, friends and family say, to remember someone else. And to be early. Her friend's birthday isn’t until June.
Blast that destroyed JJ’s also leaves a hole in KC’s culture
To some people, JJ’s, the edge-of-the-Plaza restaurant leveled by a gas explosion Tuesday night, had the best and deepest wine list in town. To others, JJ’s was a white-tablecloth dining room for special events, power lunches, tender steaks and sumptuous seafood. JJ’s was a down-to-earth place that felt like a hideaway.
Friends of JJ’s Benefit tonight will include food, music
The Kansas City arts, entertainment, music and food worlds will gather tonight and contribute to the Friends of JJ’s Benefit at the Uptown Theater. Proceeds will go to employees of JJ’s, the restaurant on the Country Club Plaza that was destroyed by an explosion and fire on Feb. 19.
Fire Department’s report on JJ’s explosion is expected next week
A more extensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the blast near the Plaza will be conducted by the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Seeking answers in explosion at JJ’s restaurant
Why did the Kansas City Fire Department fail to evacuate the popular Country Club Plaza area restaurant during a large natural gas leak, even though firefighters arrived on the scene about an hour before the blast?
