Month: February 2020
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Family of slain UMKC students asks for help to identify shooter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post The family of a murdered UMKC student are asking for help. They need to identify the man who police say killed 25-year-old Sharath Koppu on July 7. Koppu was shot to death inside J’s Chicken & Fish Market near 54th and Prospect in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s the American dream for…
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Employees get rude awakening after overnight burglary at Merriam car dealership
MERRIAM, Kan. — Original Post Employees at Hendrick Toyota in Merriam spent Saturday sweeping up glass and checking out their security video. The Merriam Police Department said the business was burglarized overnight after 1 a.m. The police couldn’t say exactly what was taken, but it was plain to see inside the dealership there was serious…
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16-year-old ‘hero’ saves her family after 3 metro homes go up in flames overnight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post A 16-year-old girl is credited with saving her family from a fire that likely spread from a neighboring home. It first started around 2:10 a.m. Friday near a vacant home on E. 68th Street and Monroe. It spread to the homes on each side where the teen woke up…
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Man with two ‘samurai swords’ dies after officer-involved shooting at Grandview home
GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Original Post A man has died after shot by officers during a confrontation at a home in Grandview. The shooting took place at a home near 148th Terrace and Bellaire Avenue around 3 p.m. Sunday. Larry San Nicolas Sgt. Bill Lowe with Missouri State Highway Patrol said police were called to the…
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KCMO barber faced with disability hopes to cut hair again
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post A Kansas City barber faced with a debilitating disease says he won’t give up. Darrin Lynch lost the ability to walk, but says he’ll fight until he’s back behind his barber chair. “I just knew I had to keep going. That was it,” Lynch said. Lynch says he loves…
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Hundreds talk Supreme Court seat at National Right to Life Convention in Overland Park
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Original Post The 48th annual Right to Life Convention was held in Overland Park over June 28-30. It’s the third time in the history of the event it was held in the metro. The gathering is the largest pro-life meeting in the nation. However, this year there was big news to…
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Who killed Tawnya Knight? New investigation brings life to murdered teen’s 21-year-old cold case
SPRING HILL, Kan. — Original Post A small Kansas town may hold some big secrets to an unsolved murder, even decades later. Back on Dec. 7 in 1996, 15-year-old Tawnya Knight disappeared without a trace. Six months later her body was found not far from home. Most people in town suspected she ran away, but…
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Family, friends and fans gather to mourn Kate Spade, the KC woman who dared to live colorfully
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rain dropped down on a patchwork quilt of umbrellas outside Redemptorist Church. Green wreaths hung on the door as a sign of welcome to all who entered. Ladies in their Sunday best matched with pearls and the perfect handbag. On each one read the name “Kate Spade.” Inside there was a…
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Metro mom and daughter experience ‘Amazon Effect’ stacking up boxes for good cause
OLATHE, Kan. — Original Post Online shopping can be convenient, but once those boxes start piling up it might seem like a chore. It sure is for one Olathe mom who is buried under what experts are calling “The Amazon Effect.” From the fulfillment center to the garage floor, cardboard boxes come to the Jarvis…
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Royals consider signing top pitching prospect convicted of child molestation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post Royals General Manager Dayton Moore is thinking about signing a college pitcher some say is one of the best. However, Luke Heimlich’s controversial past has thrown interested MLB teams a curveball. Heimlich is poised to help Oregon State University as it opens championship play at the College World Series…
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