Month: February 2020
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Father of woman found dead in Sheffield Park glad to see charges filed in daughter’s murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post The father of a murdered metro woman feels vindicated now that charges have been filed in his daughter’s death. Prosecutors say Jared Witthar fatally stabbed Theresa Christman last month. Her body was found in Sheffield Park. Witthar, Christman’s ex-boyfriend, now faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of the mother of…
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More than 1,000 metro women come together for heart health event
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post Heart disease is the number one killer for women. It steals one in every three. Women across the metro came together Friday to learn and support each other at the “Go Red” luncheon. More than 1,000 women donned red in solidarity. The keynote speaker for the event, Belinda Waggoner,…
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KCMO firefighters train for flight disasters after Southwest emergency landing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post Flying can be stressful enough when you travel, but passengers flying out of metro airports can rest a little safer knowing fire fighters are prepared. The Kansas City Fire Department Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit are training from April 16-26 for a number of aircraft disasters. They use…
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Ceiling of KC parking garage collapses into couple’s car, causing $10,000 in damage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post A Lee’s Summit couple is left with more than $10,000 worth of damage to their car after part of a ceiling in a downtown Kansas City parking garage crashed on its roof. “We’re paying to park. We’re not paying to get our car trashed,” said Brad Korn, whose fiancé…
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Metro families who lost children to homicide come together to fight for change
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post Family members of children killed in the metro came together hoping for change at a meeting on Saturday. They sat around a table next to people they would never have met if they didn’t lose someone incredibly important in their lives. “We’re forgetting about these kids, and we’re just…
Sherae Honeycutt 