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Traffic signal is coming to Mission intersection

May 24, 3:57 PM

Ralph Hile of Merriam has a bone to pick with the city of Mission. He remembers city officials saying they would install traffic signals at the Broadmoor Street intersections with Martway and 61st streets when the old Herff Jones property was redeveloped.

Sharp turn makes driver watch his back

May 16, 4:44 PM

Kansas City resident Maynard Small thinks the city went too far in modifying Penn Valley Drive, which many drivers think of as Broadway. He worries about getting rear-ended when he slows down for a sharp turn.

Hit-and-run victim is left wondering

Having been the victim of a hit-and-run driver who ran a stop sign, Patrick McGarry thinks safety can be improved at Nall Avenue and West 148th Street, which becomes Edgewater Drive in the Lionsgate subdivision.

A judge decides when it’s one bark too many

When Richard Stevens of Kansas City got fed up with what he calls “continual barking” from his neighbor’s dog, he took his neighbor to municipal court. But the court found the neighbor not guilty of allowing excessive animal noise. Stevens was frustrated with the decision because he thinks the dog was violating the city ordinance and doesn’t know how he could have made his case better.

Street suddenly becomes way too tricky

When Charles Chappelle turned east down 32nd Street in Kansas City as he drove his church’s bus, he was surprised to find that partway between Main and McGee, 32nd became a one-way street in the middle of the long block.


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