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Police: 2 in custody for double murder at Kansas City Park
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a double-homicide at a park in the Kansas City area have captured two suspects identified as 19-year-old Marquis Earl Lee Savannah and a 17-year-old. Just after 10:30p.m. April 13, police were dispatched to a shooting at Wilbur Young Park, 1100 SE Adams Dairy...
AI-enhanced camera technology helps solve Blue Springs murder
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - A shooting that killed two people at a Blue Springs Park earlier this month led to a first-degree murder charge and then an arrest on Wednesday. Charging documents point to an AI-equipped camera system helping police find the getaway driver, a girl under the age of 18. The camera network comes from an Atlanta-based company called Flock Safety. You could think of it as a smarter version of a license plate reader.
How Independence’s new speakeasy vibes tie into the ‘goats and rabbits’ of Kansas City’s past
Revitalization efforts needn’t overwrite history, said Bree and Travis Gensler, whose new venture in downtown Independence aims to infuse spirits of 2024 into the historic square without losing memories of the area’s storied past. Their latest pour: The Sentinel Room. Four years ago, the couple purchased a building on Lexington Avenue that contains three commercial The post How Independence’s new speakeasy vibes tie into the ‘goats and rabbits’ of Kansas City’s past appeared first on Startland News.
Independence couple celebrates 60th anniversary in hospital with staff’s help
A husband and wife celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary are both in the hospital, and staff at Centerpoint Medical Center made sure they spent the moment together with a special lunch.
Missouri gun theft suspect arrested during attempt to recross southern border
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The suspect in a Missouri gun store theft was arrested after an attempt to cross back into the U.S. from the southern border. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Teresa Moore announced on Friday, April 26, that Frank Guereca, 22, was arrested on Thursday during an attempt to cross the southern border back into the U.S.
College campus home to Resurrection Church’s first Northland campus
LIBERTY — Resurrection, a United Methodist Church, has selected William Jewell College as the home of its first Northland campus. Resurrection Liberty will lease space on Jewell’s campus to continue the growth of its congregation and will begin holding Sunday morning services in Gano Chapel in December.
Independence voters would weigh in on 4-day school week under new Missouri bill
The Independence School District, which this school year became the largest district in Missouri to hold classes only four days a week, would need approval from voters to continue that structure under a bill headed to the governor’s desk. The provision is part ofa wide-ranging bill that, among other...
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