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Remembering Luke and Leslie

Posted on April 28, 2008
Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of the Ward Parkway Center shooting, which took the lives of Luke Andrew Nilges and Leslie Noble. Their families had a memorial this weekend, which Sara Shepherd writes about here. Memorial funds have been...

Alcohol might have been a factor ...

Posted on April 28, 2008
From Christine Vendel: A woman was shot in the abdomen late Saturday after she showed up intoxicated at a relative?s house near West 67th Terrace and Ward Parkway, opened the garage door and began rifling through a vehicle. Kansas City...

Open Thread ... Caturday

Posted on April 26, 2008
Thank you for joining us for a special Caturday edition of the Open Thread, wherein we enjoy off-topic discussions, links to interesting stories and pictures of adorable cats with hilariously awful grammar. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity,...

Independence chase ends in officer-involved shooting

Posted on April 26, 2008
From Mark Morris: An Independence police officer shot a woman early this morning after a car chase that ended in Kansas City. Independence police said the suspect, driving what appeared to be a stolen car, bolted from a traffic stop...

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8 DUI arrests during KCPD sobriety checkpoint

Posted on April 26, 2008
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on April 25, 2008 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 3719 Independence Avenue . Eastbound traffic was checked with total of 377 vehicles stopped. A total number...

You have to admit: This was a pretty good prank

Posted on April 26, 2008
Great story from Portland, where some cheeky fellow mailed fake letters to parents on school stationery, giving them advice on keeping students safe during prom season: The fake letter also suggested that parents open up their homes as safe places...

UPDATE: First wife confesses to killing bigamist husband

Posted on April 26, 2008
This is the case where a Pennsylvania man had a U.S. wife and a second, younger wife in Morocco. The first, older wife has now admitted to killing him shortly before a trip where he planned to visit No. 2.

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on April 25, 2008
Thanks for visiting the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Feel free to post links to any interesting stories you've seen elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually...

NY man heckled Laura Bush, punched girl in wheelchair, police say

Posted on April 25, 2008
Story via the New York Post. German Talis, 22, was allegedly cursing at Laura and Jenna Bush, who were leaving a New York YMCA after talking about their new book. A married couple told him to lay off, and in...

A look back in anger

Posted on April 25, 2008
This year is the 100th anniversary of the FBI, so their site is publishing a series of stories about their biggest cases. The latest? How they caught Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jim!

Why violent jerks shouldn't try to French kiss

Posted on April 25, 2008
If you rough up your girlfriend and THEN try to kiss her, don't be surprised if she decides to bite off a good chunk of your tongue. And don't be surprised if the 911 guys have a tough time understanding...

The Wolf Pack gets ready to hunt

Posted on April 25, 2008
Just so you know ... both Kansas City and Overland Park have mailed out press releases saying they plan to operate Wolf Packs or saturation patrols in the near future. OP's will be May 2. KC's will be May 5.

KCK woman ordered hit on husband -- but she was paralyzed in the attack, too, authorities say

Posted on April 25, 2008
Astonishing story from KCK, where police now accuse the widow of Jeremy Warrior, Alesia, of actually arranging her husband's death and driving him to meet the men who would kill him. Only the alleged killers opened fire on both Warriors,...

NM woman mistakes lovah for porn star ... and that is NOT a good thing

Posted on April 25, 2008
Great googly-moogly ... A New Mexico woman is accused of chasing her boyfriend with a knife because she believed he was an actor in the porno movie they were watching together. He took off down the street in his shorts,...

New Mexico man arrested for using the B-word

Posted on April 25, 2008
And he is now, yes, suing the arresting officers. Apparently, the guy used the B-word after a woman took his parking spot in a Target parking lot. The police officer heard it, so he warned the man that he could...

WI man banned from Target after urinating on women's underwear

Posted on April 25, 2008
The good news is that Target destroyed the underwear. I have a feeling that other discount stores would have cleaned them and tried to sell them anyway. (As "acid-washed," perhaps?) Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Who was Precious Joe?

Posted on April 25, 2008
On Saturday, it will have been four years since KCP&L workers found a newborn's body lying under a Wal-Mart bag near Tiffany Springs Road and North Hull. Authorities called the baby boy "Precious Joe" because his real name has never...

I don't know if this is your best representative ...

Posted on April 25, 2008
The gun dealer who sold one of the guns used in the VA Tech massacre went to the school to campaign for concealed-carry on campus.

Carjacker stops to ask for directions, police say

Posted on April 25, 2008
To a bank. From a TV news crew. While he held his victim at gunpoint. At this point, I need a diagram to outline everything that's gone wrong with this crime.

KCPD investigates Homicide No. 32 in Westport

Posted on April 25, 2008
From KCPD: This morning at approximately 1am, KCMO Police were called to 501 Westport Road in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officer's located a shooting victim (black male in his 30's) in the parking lot with no signs of...

Wesley Snipes starring in "HARD THREE!"

Posted on April 25, 2008
(In my best movie announcer voice ...) IN A WORLD ... WHERE PROSECUTORS ARE SICK OF TAX CHEATS ... ONE MOVIE STAR ... WILL BE SENTENCED TO ... THREE ... HARD ... YEARS ... HAT ... I mean, Hat Tip:...

The Fast and The Curious

Posted on April 25, 2008
Canadian accused of street racing in garbage truck. Via Fark!

MO mom let 13-year-old miss almost half of school year

Posted on April 25, 2008
So she could get seven days in jail. But, uh, she doesn't want to go. Mom says it's not her fault because he was a preemie and has a low IQ and throws tantrums when she tells him to go...

FBI wants Internet providers to save all user records for 2 years

Posted on April 25, 2008
And several members of Congress think it's a swell idea, too. As News.com notes, it's a little fuzzy what they mean by "keeping records." A complete list of every Web site you've visited? Every email or chat message you send?...

IA deputies save 2-year-old from submerged car

Posted on April 25, 2008
Amazing story. Way to go, Jones County Sheriff's Department!

Deluged by DNA?

Posted on April 25, 2008
The FBI and several states are starting to collect DNA not just from convicts, but suspects, too. Which means they're going to be facing a much bigger workload. Several states, including Kansas, are moving to bigger facilities. A few, like...

MO troopers might start carrying Tasers in casinos

Posted on April 25, 2008
It was something the patrol requested, and the legislature is ponying up enough money to buy two Tasers per casino. (The rest of the patrol don't carry Tasers because it's too expensive.) The gaming industry didn't fight the move, though...

Some headlines just write themselves

Posted on April 25, 2008
From the St. Pete Times: "SUV leaps pool -- almost" Also enjoyed this quote: "I said, 'ma'am, you can?t leave, your truck is in my pool,'" Haggerty, 39, said. "She said, 'I can get it out!'"

Sofia Salva

Posted on April 25, 2008
The AP has a story moving on the Sofia Salva case. Looks like it'll probably be picked up nationally over the weekend. Sofia Salva talks about losing her unborn baby during an interview at her lawyer's office Monday, April 7,...

Judge won't give Warren Jeffs a new trial

Posted on April 25, 2008
Snip from USA Today: Jeffs, 52, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was convicted last fall of two counts of rape by accomplice for coercing the 2001 religious and sexual union of a 14-year-old...

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