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  • Tornado touches down near Denver airport

    DENVER, Colo. - A confirmed tornado touched down near Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon, sending travelers scrambling to get into tornado shelters and stunned passengers on airplanes and in vehicles taking pictures of the astounding ...

  • KC neighborhood gets grant to protect ash trees

    Emerald ash borers are invading ash trees across the Midwest. The insects migrated to the United States from Asia more than a decade ago. "When it was introduced here with no natural controls, it went rampant," said Nichola Goergen of Urban Tree Specialists. "All it feeds on is ash, every species." The Greenway Fields neighborhood did a census and counted 38 ash trees in the ...

  • Missouri orders Blue Springs day care to shut down

    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said it is moving to revoke the family child care home license of a Blue Springs day care after a child was injured last ...

  • Missouri files lawsuit against defunct KC day spa

    Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against the operator of a defunct Kansas City day spa, accusing her of failing to deliver on prepaid ...

  • Clay County jury finds Missouri man guilty in Cole Camp murders

    A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the operators of a party bus from which a young mother fell to her death in May. The suit was filed in Wyandotte County District Court against Midnight Express, a company recently ordered by federal regulators to cease operation because of alleged unsafe ...


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Orphan

Orphan

Arriving so close on the heels of George Ratliffs superb psychodrama Joshua (2007), there is a real danger that Orphan will be too easily dismissed as yet another generic retread of that particularly uneasy domain of horror populated by evil children. To be sure, Orphan is a m ... ...

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  • Doomsday shelter to open in Kansas

    ATCHISON, Kan. - What's being touted as the world's largest doomsday shelter is coming to Atchison, Kan. A California company called Vivos is opening an underground shelter that was formerly used by the government for storage. Three years ago, the government put the space on the market. The two million square foot space is in a limestone cave just south of Atchison. That's about ...

  • Severe thunderstorm warnings in Kansas

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 4:27PM CDT expiring June 18 at 5:00PM CDT in effect for: Franklin… Flood Warning issued June 18 at 9:52AM CDT expiring June 19 at 3:32PM CDT in effect for: Carroll; Chariton; Linn; ...

  • Coyote sightings increasing in JoCo

    OLATHE, Kan. - Johnson County residents are hearing -- and seeing -- more coyotes this year. The Kansas Department of Wildlife said Johnson County residents are reporting the uptick in coyote calls, and neighbors near 151st and Interstate 35 in Olathe have concerns about the influx of ...

  • Poll Congress approval rating just 16 percent

    According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ...

  • Lenexa eyes changes to gun-carrying policies

    A conceal-carry controversy is brewing in Johnson County as the Lenexa City Council plans to consider changing the laws allowing people to carry ...

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