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Small business owners increasingly frustrated with break-ins, burglary
“I'm a small business owner. Every single dollar matters to me, and to just have that clean taken out of my restaurant with the week's deposits in that safe, it's heartbreaking,” Riggins explained.
Travis Kelce drops huge retirement hint with Kansas City Chiefs star ‘curious over different field’ in telling interview
NFL superstar Travis Kelce has dropped another hint about his life after football. The 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs star previously claimed he would keep playing “until the wheels fell off.” Kelce is targeting a fourth career Super Bowl ring as the new NFL season gets underway on September 5. He penned a two-year contract extension […]
Sheriff: Kansas man caught transporting cocaine
JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating suspect on drug allegaions. Just before 9a.m. August 25, a Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a Mercury Milan for a traffic infraction on U.S. Highway 75 near 174th Road in rural Jackson County, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. Deputies conducted a probable cause search of...
Volunteers do their part to keep the Kansas River clean
A group of volunteers on Tuesday afternoon collected litter into trash bags along Linear Trail and the Kansas River. Friends of the Kaw, a nonprofit organization, organizes monthly cleanups during spring, summer and fall in communities between Kansas City and Junction City where the river flows. Tuesday’s event targeted the Manhattan area, where Friends of the Kaw is trying to grow its community cleanup efforts.
Saints, Blue Devils end in 0-0 draw
Seward County made its 2024 debut this past Sunday and once again stepped on the home field for a tough match-up against Kansas City Kansas, where the Saints held strong with the Blue Devils through all 90 minutes of action and had a chance late in the final minute to put themselves on the board, but could not connect as they finished with a 0-0 result in their KJCCC opener.
‘Bug Feast’ to raise funds for Kansas Children’s Discovery Center
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A fundraiser for two area children’s attractions in which four people will be selected to eat bugs is set for next week in Topeka. Organizers said Green Pest Solutions, along with its sister company Schendel Lawn & Landscape, will have a “Bug Feast” fundraiser where four employees will each eat a bug.
24 more arrested after pharmacies across the country burglarized for drugs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Two dozen more individuals have been arrested for their roles in a drug trafficking ring that has burglarized hundreds of pharmacies across the nation, including in rural Kansas and Missouri. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Thursday, Aug. 29, that agents have seen an...
West Nile Virus Strikes Missouri – St. Louis Teen Now Paralyzed
You fortunately do not see this very often, but the West Nile virus has struck Missouri hard leaving one St. Louis area teen paralyzed and on a ventilator. Yahoo News is reporting that a St. Louis County teenager is now receiving support from a ventilator after he became paralyzed in a rare complication of the West Nile virus. 18-year-old John Procter VI knew something was wrong when his speech became slurred and he had impaired body movements.
GM Signs Landmark Solar Power Deal for Three Assembly Plants
As part of an ongoing push around renewable energy, General Motors announced a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy for three GM assembly plants. NorthStar’s Newport Solar project in Newport, Ark., will support the electricity needs of GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly...
New Missouri law expands state auditor’s powers to dig into local governments
The auditor will no longer need consent from governing boards or a petition drive to launch an audit when an investigation shows improper activity by officials. On July 23, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released an audit detailing how a former mayor of Excelsior Estates improperly paid himself more than $37,000 and funneled more than $200,000 to a business he owned.
Kansas Man Exonerated After Saying He Was Framed for Murder By Woman Who Took Care of His Elderly Dad
In the final moments of her life, 45-year-old Kathleen Schroll placed a haunting phone call. Schroll called her mother in the early morning hours of April 7, 2008 and reported that Pete Coones — the son of an elderly man she had taken care of for years before his death — had broken in and was killing her husband, Carl Schroll, 64.
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