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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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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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  • Tornado Warnings Ahead Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa

    AccuWeather.com reports as many as 15 tornadoes have been reported by the National Weather Service this evening as severe thunderstorms continue across the Plains. Wichita and Oklahoma City areas have been among the reports. Hail, some as large as baseballs, have also been causing damaging across the region. Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were reported in association with intense ...

  • Commissioner opening shows vibrancy of Wyandotte politics

    Behold the plethora of names that stepped forward to replace new Mayor Mark Holland on the Unified Government’s Board of Commissioners.A field of 17 people had filed by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline. So many candidates vying for one position is unheard of in local politics.Too bad these folks won’t be campaigning in the traditional sense, putting their views out to voters in forums ...

  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma damage homes

    Several homes were heavily damaged near the Oklahoma towns of Carney and Wellston, where tornadoes reportedly ripped off roofs and walls in the rural center of the state, according to local media footage. Earlier Sunday, a tornado touched down southwest of Wichita in southern Kansas. That storm system knocked out power lines, dumped golf-ball-sized hail and caused some flash ...

  • High School State Swimming Championships Kansas Girls 5-1A

    TOPEKA, Kansas, May 19. HANNAH Angell, a senior at Blue Valley Southwest, was named Athlete of the Year at the Kansas Girls 5-1A Swimming and Diving Championships May 16-18 in Topeka. Her coach, Arvel McElroy, received Coach of the Year honors.Angell set the only state record this year with her 55.58 in the 100 back, taking out Emily Dicus' 2008 mark of 55.84. Hannah, who will be swimming ...

  • Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

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