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Tenants of Independence Towers concerned about safety after boy falls to death
Following the fatal fall of a three-year-old boy from Independence Towers Apartments, tenants living in the building expressed their frustrations about poor maintenance and safety measures.
Republican candidates Bill Eigel, Will Scharf campaign for votes in Lee's Summit
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — One of the biggest races on the ballot is for Missouri Governor and Attorney General. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel and Republican candidate for Attorney General Will Scharf held a campaign stop in Lee's Summit on Monday. Eigel says that, as governor, he would crack...
Watch Northern Lights Barely Visible Even from Northern Missouri
Thanks to a major solar storm that is underway as of this writing, you can barely see the Northern Lights which are visible even from parts of northern Missouri and there's video to prove it. Dan Bush from the Missouri Skies YouTube channel is running a live camera Monday night...
Raytown invites community to ribbon-cutting for new gym
RAYTOWN, Mo. (KCTV) - The Raytown School District is welcoming the public to their ribbon-cutting event for their new auxiliary gymnasium. The event will be on Thursday, August 1, from 9 to 10 a.m. The new gym was made possible through the 2023 Bond Initiative. The event will be open house style and light refreshments will be served.
Strong to severe storms are possible on Tuesday
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) -We had a hot and humid start to the workweek across Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. However, because of the high humidity, heat indexes were in the 90s and low 100s. Overnight we will have a partly cloudy sky with lows cooling into the upper 60s and low 70s.
Vision of Future Missouri Lab: “To Support Collaboration Among State Agencies”
Missouri is building a new $183 million state laboratory that will be home to several state agencies. The multi-story 250,000 square-foot center will be housed next to the current State Public Health Laboratory in Jefferson City, which Mike Massman oversees. He told Missourinet that the vision is to support collaboration...
FDA recalls produce sold at Indiana Kroger stores over possible Listeria contamination
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced a recall on produce and other products due to a possible Listeria contamination. The recalled produce purchased from Weirs Farm was sold in Kroger stores in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. This includes all produce packaged at the Supreme Service Solution facility in […]
New supplement shop planned for prominent Merriam Grand Station development
A growing northeast Johnson County development has added its latest tenant, this one geared toward health and wellness. A new Supplement Superstore location appears to be on its way to the Merriam Grand Station development just off Shawnee Mission Parkway. It is one of the earliest tenants for the new...
‘Weight off your shoulders’: Scholarship honoring Ralph Yarl helps KC teen chase music dream
The award is named in honor of Ralph Yarl, the Missouri teen who was shot in April 2023 after ringing the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his younger brothers from a friend’s house.
I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know
Cities and towns across the United States have invested in the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, CC BY. Like many large cities in the U.S., Detroit’s gun violence rate has fluctuated since the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The city’s murder rate increased nearly 20% that year, meaning the city had the second-highest violent crime rate after Memphis, Tennessee, among cities with more than 100,000 residents.
Missouri Library Acquires 400-Year Old Book Written By Galileo
A Missouri library has acquired a rare 414-year old book written by Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei. “Sidereus Nuncius is one of the most famous books in the history of science,” according to a release from the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri. According to Jason Dean,...
Patrick Mahomes Speaks His Truth About Contract Situation After Jordan Love Deal
There's no doubt that Patrick Mahomes deserves to be the NFL's highest-paid player. As lavish new deals for objectively inferior quarterbacks continue re-setting the market, though, the Kansas City Chiefs superstar isn't worried about how his earnings stack up. After both the Miami Dolphins' Tua ...
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