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  • Four-state tornado outbreak kills 1

    One tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, according to video from CNN affiliate KFOR. The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile ...

  • Braille boot camp helps families read succeed together

    Chuck McCartney said words on paper have never proven so challenging. "If I don't learn this, I don't have a clue what it says or anything," he said. He and a room full of other people were getting their first lessons in Braille. "Braille is based on six dots," McCartney said. "Three on each side." McCartney said he's taking steps to learn the ...

  • Oakland As complete sweep of Kansas City Royals

    OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes has been playing in the big leagues for less than a season and a half, but his eight years' worth of experience playing in Cuba helped engineer the A's 4-3 win Sunday over Kansas City, completing a three-game sweep of the Royals.Cespedes, who had a single earlier in the game and scored Oakland's first run, said he feels like it might be time for him to ...

  • High winds hail lash KC as storm moves through

    At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, said Sheriff Mike ...

  • No injuries reported as twisters hit Kansas homes

    EDMOND, Okla. -- A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high ...


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Last Updated on May 19, 8:40 PM CDT
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The Warriors: Director's Cut [DVD]

The Warriors: Director's Cut [DVD]

Walter Hill's cult classic The Warriors is a highly stylized gangland fantasy. Although it bore a great deal of criticism and accusation of causing real-life violence when it was first released in 1979, The Warriors has little or no connection to reality. The new direc ... ...

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  • KC power outages and damage reports

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Metro fire and law enforcement officials are responding to calls related to the storms passing through the area. There are several reports of trees and power lines down across the city. Crews are headed to 99th and Antioch in Overland Park on reports of trees down. Several area agencies are also responding to calls of lightning-related fires. The doors blew in at the Liberty ...

  • Share your storm pictures and videos on KMBCs u Local

    Share your pictures and videos of storm damage from Sunday night's wild weather on KMBC's u Local page. Simply click the log in or upload links on the slideshow below to get started. You can also head straight to ...

  • Two $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Missouri

    The possibility of winning a record Powerball jackpot was a big draw Saturday for area stores selling lottery tickets. Early Sunday, officials with the multistate lottery said that one winning ticket for the $590 million jackpot had been sold in ...

  • At least one reported dead as tornadoes hammer Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had ...

  • Kansas Oklahoma Hit By Tornadoes No Injuries Reported

    EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in the mobile home park near Shawnee about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City couldn't immediately be confirmed. A storm spotter has told the National Weather Service that the ...

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