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Belton, MO: Driver Makes Blind Left Turn from Wrong Lane on E North Ave – Quick-Thinking Driver Dodges and Honks Just in Time
“Not today, Satan,” this Redditor titled this dashcam video. Missourian and Redditor /u/thisisforskool posted up heart pumping dashcam footage from earlier in July (July 9, 2024) from Belton showing the hare-brained moment a driver in lane #1 decided to suddenly make a left turn, if it wasn’t obvious, from the wrong lane!
Amber Alert issued for toddler taken from Kansas City, Mo. home
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - At 5:49 pm, the Kansas City Police Department provided the following information to the KBI:On 07-17-2024 at approximately 1:30 pm, Jaxon Halley and his mother were forcibly taken at gunpoint by the suspect during a domestic incident at their home. The child and the mother were driven into Missouri where the mother escaped from the suspect at around 3:28 pm.
KCPD: Teens were playing with a gun when one was shot
KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating teenagers playing with a gun that led to a shooting. Just before noon Monday, police were dispatched to a home in the 10600 block of College Avenue in Kansas to investigate a reported shooting in which the victim was a juvenile, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.
2 killed, 5 hurt on I-70 head-on collision
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - On Sunday, July 14 at 8:30 p.m. the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to a head-on collision on I-70 in Jackson County at mile marker 23. Both drivers were killed and several passengers injured when a 2023 Hyundai Elantra ran off the left side of the road, crossed the median, hitting a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse going the opposite direction in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70.
Mexican national in Kansas City indicted after officers seize 119 pounds of meth, fentanyl
A Mexican national residing in Kansas City, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury after law enforcement officers seized more than 54 kilograms (119 pounds) of methamphetamine and a large amount of fentanyl from his residence. Jose Feliciano Cordova Rodriguez, 36, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by...
Raytown police investigating death of woman found with gunshot wounds
RAYTOWN, Mo. (KCTV) - An investigation is ongoing to determine the person responsible for a weekend homicide in Raytown. Around 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, the Raytown Police Department was dispatched to a home in the 8400 block of Greenwood Road on reports of a woman who had been shot.
Motorcyclist killed in high speed crash on I-435 overnight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says a motorcyclist was thrown from his vehicle and killed after an overnight high-speed crash. Officers were called to the southbound lanes of Interstate 435 near Bannister Road shortly before 11 p.m. Monday to investigate a crash involving three vehicles.
Man attacked KCPD officer with a metal chair
KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man has been charged with assaulting and causing serious physical injury to a Kansas City Police Department officer who was working in a Downtown store, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. Jorge I. Arroyo, 40, faces Assault in the 1st Degree and...
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