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One injured Thursday when dump truck with bed raised hits sign in Wyandotte County
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A man was injured early Thursday when a dump truck with its bed raised struck an overhead sign on Interstate 435 in Wyandotte County, authorities said. The incident was reported at 12:36 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 435, just north of Leavenworth Road in Kansas City,...
Third free Naloxone vending machine available in northeast Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A third Naloxone vending machine has opened in Northeast Kansas. It’s part of a push to provide more access to the treatment in Kansas. Naloxone also known as Narcan is an emergency treatment when someone is experiencing an opioid overdose. Since last year, DCCCA...
One killed in shooting at hotel near KCI
One man was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting incident late Monday night at the Orangewood Inn & Suites hotel located in Platte County near KCI Airport. Exact address for the hotel is 11828 NW Plaza Circle Drive, Kansas City, not far from the new location of the Platte County Sheriff’s Department, which is at 11724 NW Plaza Circle Drive on the east side of I-29 near the airport exit.
Men incarcerated at Leavenworth say lockdown, rats inside make them feel ‘less than human’
Four men incarcerated at Leavenworth wrote to The Star describing conditions at the penitentiary. “The rats that scurry across the dining room are the size of small cats,” one man wrote.
Monthly car show returns to White Iron Ridge in Smithville
SMITHVILLE — The Wednesday Wheels Show & Shine car show, with free entry for the public, will return to White Iron Ridge event space in Smithville starting this spring. Located at 815 Missouri Highway 92, in addition to the car show, there will be vendors, a bounce house and food and drinks for purchase.
Bonner Springs OKs Country Stampede plans for 3-day summer music festival
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Fans started buying tickets for Country Stampede at Azura Amphitheater in March, but Bonner Springs leaders just recently signed off on final plans for the popular 3-day music festival. The music and camping festival is one of the largest in the Midwest and draws thousands...
Marmon wins state powerlifting championship in Kansas
BASEHOR, Kan. – Ellie Marmon, a junior at Basehor Linwood High School, recently won the 5A state champion in powerlifting in Kansas. The Cherokee Nation citizen has been competing with her high school for the past three years in the 105-pound division. “This is her third year making it...
Kansas offers $200 million in bonds for theme park, Wichita ‘car’ plant
TOPEKA — The budget bill forwarded to Gov. Laura Kelly by the Kansas Legislature includes about $200 million in economic development incentives that could be used to attract a Mattel amusement park in Bonner Springs and a yet-to-be-disclosed “car” manufacturing plant adjacent to Wichita State University’s innovation campus.
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