http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Blue Springs 60 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:07 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715679.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715679.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT Blue Springs drivers who hate idling in traffic jams on Woods Chapel Road will have a chance to help themselves this election. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715727.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715727.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT Blue Springs shoppers can spend their money closer to home, but it will cost a little extra in sales tax. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715680.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715680.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT Improvements to Blue Springs' sewer-treatment plant wouldn't be as visible to most people as proposed street projects, but they are no less necessary, city officials said. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715682.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715682.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT Parkway Place, a development proposed on Adams Dairy Parkway, is moving forward. The City Council on Monday approved its concept plan on a vote of 4-2, agreeing with the endorsement of the Planning Commission. A couple of council members disagreed with plans for a “curb cut” for an entrance off Adams Dairy Parkway between R.D. Mize Road and Napoleon Drive, where the nearly 15-acre development would be built on the west side. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715184.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715184.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:39 CDT What's next? Honda-Davidson? Beretta & Wesson? DaimlerChrysler? Oh yeah, we already had that last one, but it didn't work out too well. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715194.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715194.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:39 CDT Name: James R. Murray Age: 22 Last known address: Unknown Charge: Murray is wanted on a Jackson County warrant for resisting arrest; three Jackson County probation violation warrants for possession and distribution of drugs; and a Jackson County probation violation warrant for stealing. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715401.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715401.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT In case you haven't gotten the message, bringing your own bags to the grocery store is the “green” thing to do. And in case you haven't noticed, you can tell a lot about a person by the bags they carry. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/710723.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/710723.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:44 CDT TOMORROWS ENTREPRENEURS AT MCC-BLUE RIVER DAY CAMP FOR YOUNG TEENS: Explore the world of business and entrepreneurship. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. July 23-25, Metropolitan Community College--Blue River, 20301 E. Missouri 78, Independence. $95. Register. Completed sixth-eigth grades. www.mcckc.edu/brcommed (816-220-6518 or 816-220-6585) http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715212.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715212.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23 CDT TOMORROW’S ENTREPRENEURS AT MCC-BLUE RIVER DAY CAMP FOR YOUNG TEENS: Explore the world of business and entrepreneurship. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. July 23-25, Metropolitan Community College—Blue River, 20301 E. Missouri 78, Independence. $95. Register. Completed sixth-eighth grades. www.mcckc.edu/brcommed (816-220-6518 or 816-220-6585) http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715562.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715562.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:23 CDT Reported by the Blue Springs Police Department: 2ND STREET NE, 700 block, July 6, 10:00 p.m., stealing. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715669.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715669.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51 CDT 1901 Broadway, Oak Grove, 816-690-8462 July 28-Aug. 1: No menus available 400 N.W. Vesper St., Blue Springs, 816-228-0181 http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715214.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715214.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:43 CDT (Animals from the Kansas City Zoo) Nickname: Ryan Lea. Scientific name: Equus burchelli bohmi. Age: About two months (born May 23 at the Kansas City Zoo). http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715575.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715575.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50 CDT Obtained from the Jackson County Courthouse: • Janie M. Abram and Dan Jo Evans. • Julie M. Albertston and Clarence Edward Jones III. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715289.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/715289.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50 CDT About 5 p.m. June 22, firefighters responded to a fire at the John K. Stark School at 18th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard in Blue Summit, an unincorporated area of Jackson County. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709783.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709783.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:13 CDT (Animals from the Kansas City Zoo)   Nickname: Linus. Scientific name: Cercocebus torquatas torquatas. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709756.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709756.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:39 CDT Name: Alejandro Barragan Age: 29 Last known address: Area of Eighth and Wheeling in Kansas City Charge: Possession of cocaine http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709769.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709769.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44 CDT In 1969 my hometown of 18,000 had a dozen grocery stores, seven liquor stores and one big box store — Gibson’s Discount. But in the universe occupied by three Keenan boys, our city had only one of the most important businesses: the bait shop. When you spent all day every day outdoors like we did, you defined your self-worth by what you could catch, clean and have mom deep fat fry. And nothing was more important than getting good bait. Minnows, frogs, crawdads, goldfish, salamanders... http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709787.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709787.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49 CDT To the person who dumped a car ashtray full of nasty cigarette butts and ashes into the parking lot: What a butthead you are. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709775.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709775.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49 CDT More retail and office development could be on its way to Adams Dairy Parkway in Blue Springs. The Planning Commission on Monday voted 6-4 to recommend approval of a 15-acre development, Parkway Place Center, that would sit at the southwest corner of Adams Dairy Parkway and R.D. Mize Road. The project, by developer Bill Wrisinger and partners, would bring about 46,000 square feet of retail space below 44,000 square feet of office space. There also would be 8,200 square feet of free-standing office/retail... http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709794.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/709794.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:13 CDT About 9 a.m. June 20, two men entered the American Sterling Bank in the 4600 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard in Kansas City and announced a holdup. No one was injured. Witnesses said the suspects fled with an undetermined amount of money in an older-looking, white, four-door car. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 816-474-TIPS (8477). A cash reward is available for information leading to an arrest. http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/706032.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/706032.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:54 CDT More retail and office development could be on its way to Adams Dairy Parkway in Blue Springs. The Planning Commission on Monday voted 6-4 to recommend approval of a 15-acre development, Parkway Place Center, that would sit at the southwest corner of Adams Dairy Parkway and R.D. Mize Road. The project, by developer Bill Wrisinger and partners, would bring about 46,000 square feet of retail space below 44,000 square feet of office space. There also would be 8,200 square feet of free-standing office/retail...