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New community closet honoring woman’s memory set to open in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post A metro woman’s volunteer spirit is now a legacy of love as a community closet will honor her memory. Anne Klein once said, “clothes aren’t gong to change the world, but women who wear them will.” “Keisha was full of life, full of energy,” her mom Carla Smocks said.…
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Man about to go fishing finds man’s body in Hillsdale Lake in Miami County
MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. — Original Post A fishing outing ended with an unusual find: a body and more in a Miami County lake. The discovery came this morning in Hillsdale Lake. Authorities got a report of the body floating in the water near the Marysville Boat Ramp. Now investigators are trying to make sense of…
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One year later, California mom begs for someone to come forward in son’s KC homicide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post More than a year later, a California mother is waiting for answers. Her son was killed in August 2018 while passing through Kansas City. Now, Toni Priore is hoping someone will come forward to get his killer off the streets. Dante Wachtler’s mother said dealing with his murder is…
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KC mom grateful her 7-year-old son’s still alive after his head was grazed by a bullet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post A Kansas City mother drove into a shooting in progress, and her young son was caught in the crossfire. Police are looking for two men who were involved in a shootout Sunday night that injured a 7-year-old boy. It happened around 10 p.m. at 54th and Brooklyn. Sasha Lowe…
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Spring Hill family heartbroken after dog dies from attack at Johnson County dog park
JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. — Original Post A Spring Hill family is mourning the loss of their dog after police said it was attacked at a Johnson County dog park. The Wiles family miss their 6-year-old cavamalt named Ranger, who took up a big space in their hearts. Every day, he went to the Heritage Dog…
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Teen charged in Johnson County murder remains on house arrest months after giving birth
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Original Post There are new charges in the murder of an Overland Park teenager. Plus two months after giving birth, a third suspect remains on house arrest awaiting her fate. “There’s no reason at all why she should be out,” Amy Workman, mother of victim Ben Workman, told FOX4. Workman’s mother…
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Pregnant murder suspect given house arrest, angering mom of Overland Park teen victim
OLATHE, Kan. — Original Post A 17-year-old Johnson County girl, accused of first-degree murder, is out of jail and on house arrest. The teen is set to give birth while she is awaiting trial. However, the victim’s mother said, pregnant or not, the accused shouldn’t be experiencing the comforts of home. Her son, Ben Workman,…
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Mysterious ashes found in moving van returned to family after weeks of searching
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Original Post It’s not anything employees at a Kansas City U-Haul expected to find. Ashes in the back of one of their moving vans. Kathleen Blum died in 2014, but no one imagined that after she passed away she would go on an adventure that took her across the state, if…
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First-of-its-kind trifocal lens implant surgery takes place in the KC metro
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Original Post It’s a step towards seeing clearly. On Tuesday, doctors performed a first-of-its-kind eye procedure in the metro, and just a heads up there’s video of eye surgery in the clip above. It’s a trifocal lens implant that allows patients to see close, middle and far distances without glasses or…
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‘Heaven’s smiling angel’: Truman High cheerleaders remember teammate killed in I-70 crash
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Original Post The Truman High School varsity cheer team says they’ll never be the same. For Truman High School this season’s first Friday night lights will be missing a lot of spirit. One of their cheerleaders was killed early Sunday in a crash on I-70. “She never got to go to a…
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