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Firefighter injured in KCK fire

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:49 CST

A Kansas City, Kan., firefighter suffered burns to his wrist today while fighting a fire in the 2800 block of South 28th Street. He was treated at the scene, then transported to a hospital. Firefighters were hampered by an accumulation of household goods and other items in the structure, officials said.

Leawood mortgage broker pleads guilty to fraud

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38 CST

Wildor Washington Jr., 39, of Leawood pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, seven counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.

FBI says it received a warning about Scott Roeder a month before George Tiller's killing

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:49 CST

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that more than a month before Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed, it received a letter warning them about the man now charged in the case.

Can one man steal two vehicles at the same time? Not today

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:31 CST

Things went badly this morning for an overachieving thief, police said. The man, driving a stolen pickup truck and towing a stolen car, was captured after the two vehicles collided, Shawnee police said.

Northbound I-35 in Olathe reopens after wreck

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46 CST

Northbound Interstate 35 in Olathe has been reopened after three vehicles collided near College Boulevard about noon. The interstate was closed for more than an hour while crews worked to clear the scene. Kansas Highway Patrol dispatchers confirmed that two cars and one semi-tractor trailer were involved in the crash. Traffic was detoured off the road at 119th Street during the closure.

KC man sentenced to 18 years for unprovoked attack

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:06 CST

A Kansas City man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for a home invasion attack on a woman last year. Demetrius C. Nelson, 23, was convicted in Jackson County Circuit Court of punching, choking and attempting to sodomize the woman in September 2008 after kicking in the door of her residence in the 6700 block of Holmes Road.

Two charged with KCK murder

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29 CST

Wyandotte County prosecutors have charged two men with first degree-murder and other crimes related to a fatal shooting. Lavert Braswell, 20 and Artis Johnson, 18, also face charges of attempted robbery, burglary and aggravated battery in the Oct. 19 killing. The victim, Dennis Moore, was shot dead at a home in Kansas City, Kan.

Faulty thermostat ruins 1,800 swine flu vaccines

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:57 CST

BALLWIN, Mo. — A faulty thermostat in a refrigerator is being blamed for the loss of 1,800 doses of swine flu vaccinations in the Rockwood School District in suburban St. Louis. School officials told KSDK the doses were lost last month. About 2,500 new doses of the flu mist were expected to arrive today.

Inmate from KC admits 2003 killing

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:51 CST

A Kansas City man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for fatally shooting a man in 2003, when the killer was just 14. Terry L. Hutton, 21, already is serving a 30-year prison sentence for shooting two girls, ages 15 and 2, also in 2003. Both of those victims survived, but the toddler suffered permanent brain injury.

Ground broken for KC Ballet's new home

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:49 CST

“Future Home of the Kansas City Ballet” proclaimed the sign posted just above a window with several broken panes. Friday marked the groundbreaking to remake a red-brick building at 500 W. Pershing Road, west of Union Station, into the new 60,000-square-foot home of Kansas City’s professional ballet company.

Another Mohler family member charged in child-abuse case

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

On Thursday, the brother of the alleged ringleader of a bizarre child sex ring said he found the alleged acts of his relatives — if true — unspeakable and repulsive. On Friday, he found himself charged in the same case.

Ceiling fire forces brief evacuation at Summit Technology Campus

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:34 CST

A building at Summit Technology Campus was evacuated after fire broke out in the ceiling of the cafeteria Thursday night. Lee’s Summit firefighters responded to the building shortly before 7 p.m., after a building employee noticed an odor, heard a popping sound then saw fire coming from the ceiling, according to a Lee’s Summit Fire Department statement.

Suspect caught, charged in Thursday hold up in KC

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:06 CST

A teenager was charged today with holding up a man at gunpoint Thursday at a south-central Kansas City apartment complex. Jackson County prosecutors charged Donnell J. Mondaine, 18, with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. A $250,000 bond was requested.

Downtown street to close Saturday

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29 CST

A Downtown street – Locust from 11th and 12th streets – will be closed beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday. City officials announced today that the street should reopen Monday at 6 a.m. City water crews are repairing and replacing 30 feet of an 18-inch clay sewer line, which has been obstructed.

I-29 ramp will be closed on Saturday

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:49 CST

The ramp from southbound Interstate 29 to northbound U.S. 169 in the Northland will be closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday as highway crews work to widen the ramp at the top.

Man drowns at Truman Lake

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:46 CST

A 67-year-old Warsaw, Mo., man drowned at Harry S. Truman Lake, according to the Missouri Water Patrol. Leslie Hansen’s body was found about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday in 27 foot deep water about 60 feet from shore at the Long Shoal Park swim beach at the lake.

Charges filed in case of john robbed by prostitute in KC

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:21 CST

Kansas City police have arrested a prostitute accused of robbing a customer over the weekend and stealing his car, which contained up to $50,000 in sports memorabilia. Jackson County prosecutors today charged Carolyn A. Williams, 45, of Kansas City, with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action for the holdup Sunday.

Former Jackson County deputy headed to prison for sexually abusing teen

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:26 CST

A former Jackson County deputy sheriff pleaded guilty this afternoon to violating the civil rights of a teenage girl he sexually abused. Steven W. Burgess previously had received probation after pleading guilty to sodomy and sexual assault charges in Jackson County Circuit Court. But under terms of Thursday's plea agreement on the federal civil rights charge, he will have to serve 14 years in prison.

Sixth person arrested in Mohler sex case

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:17 CST

LEXINGTON, Mo. | Hours after a father and his four middle-aged sons shuffled into court today to face sex charges, a sixth man was arrested in connection with the expanding child-rape-and-sodomy investigation.

Two businesses named in Blue Springs liquor investigation

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:15 CST

Blue Springs police tonight announced the results of an undercover investigation in which they commissioned an 18-year-old to try to buy alcohol at 15 businesses last week. Two businesses sold him alcohol: the Gas Mart at 111 S.E. Route AA, and the Hy-Vee at 601 S.W. 40 Highway. Two clerks will be summoned to appear in municipal court.