Shane Allan Childers pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to offering to pay $80 to have sex with an 11-year-old girl. Of course, this was part of a sting. But the way the 32-year-old Olathe man got busted was a thing of sheer stupidity. Childers was a naval recruiter at the time, and used a government computer at the Armed…
The 407 dogs seized in last week’s dog-fighting bust, the largest in U.S. history, caused the Humane Society of Missouri to open an emergency shelter. Now they’re trying to find organizations to take a few of the former fighters off their hands. “We need to hear from rescue groups right now if they’re in any way interested and willing to…
Let’s play Rhiannon Ally for a second. More red-light cameras go live today. The latest will be at the intersections of: U.S. Highway 71 and Red Bridge Road Bannister Road and Interstate 435 Skip Sleyster would be pissed. For more on red-light cameras, check out this site for a critical look at the cameras. Also, a stretch of Southwest Trafficway…
KCTV 5 interviewed Shon Pernice’s neighbor, the one accusing Pernice of stealing his gun. But the exclusive interview wasn’t all that interesting; at least, compared to the 911 tapes of calls made by Pernice on the the Fourth of July — the night he was arrested for disturbing the peace for crashing the same neighbor’s party. KCTV 5 reports that:…
Kansas City police are investigating a double homicide at 11th and Garfield. View Larger Map Cops say they responded to a call of loud music coming from a car parked near 10th and Garfield around 12:05 a.m. Friday, and discovered the bodies of two men in their 20s in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The men were in…
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Former Kansas Governor and current Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was talking health care reform on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Don’t tell Sebelius about that fried Snickers you scarfed down while playing PlayStation 3, or she’ll make you eat a lettuce sandwich and run around the block. I’ll pass on the dinner invite, Secretary…
Road trip, anyone? Farm Aid, the annual concert to raise awareness of the plight of the American farmer, Categories: Music Tags: dave matthews band, farm aid, incoming show, john mellencamp, Neil Young, road trips, willie nelson
Jackson County prosecutors charged Samuel S. Johnson with six counts of felony rape, two counts of felony attempted sodomy and one count of first-degree robbery Thursday. Court records allege that Johnson, 69, raped five women in between June 7 and August 26 of 1982. Johnson allegedly threatened to kill the women with a knife if they didn’t have sex with…
Why, it was just two days ago that Fat City mentioned the roster of Kansas City, Missouri, businesses temporarily closed for serving alcohol to minors. Turns out there’s a reason for the uptick in violations. Fresh off cracking the case of the rotten sushi, NBC Action News is at again. It followed the Kansas City, Missouri’s Regulated Industries Division (RDI)…
On Feb. 6, 1996 at about 10:30 a.m., George Bryant, 33, was shot to death outside his home at 7009 Monroe St. Inside, police found Oscar Bridges, bound with duct tape and shot in the head. Bryant’s 4-year-old daughter Kayla was home at the time. Ricky Kidd and Marcus Merrill were both convicted of the crime in 1997 and sentenced…
Some folks have mantras. And others have mantras. Baby, look what you get if you don’t clown. But if you clownin’, you don’t get a doggone thing. This, evidently, is the mantra — emphasis on the first syllable — of 89-year-old bluesman T-Model Ford. He uttered some variation of this maxim at the finish of the songs he played during…
The next couple of months will be busy ones for Girls. Leading up to the September 22 release of their debut full length, Album, they’ll be touring with Pains of Being Pure At Heart, then Los Campesinos! in the US and as headliners later in the year. In addition to the forthcoming record, True Panther is issuing Hellhole Ratrace as…
Lessie Rivon, 30, was charged this morning with one count of computer crime and one count of counterfeiting for allegedly selling counterfeit high-end merchandise. Rivon was arrested last night. Kristi Bergeron, assistant to Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe, says until Rivon is arraigned in court today or tomorrow, she can’t give out any details other than that Rivon allegedly…
Where does gyro meat come from? If you said Greece, try again. The world’s largest manufacturer of gyro cones — the ubiquitous cylinders of pressed meat in every Greek restaurant — is in Chicago. In fact, all the gyro producers are in Chicago. The New York Times had an article yesterday on the first gyro kings and how they made…
Tonight is Steak Night at Swagger, the bar-and-restaurant at 8431 Wornall Road. The owners of the place, brothers Derek Boone (left) and Dustin Craighead, serve up an 8-ounce hand-cut grilled ribeye, salad, roll and a loaded baked potato for $13 from 5 to 10 p.m. For the last 11 months, the siblings have been putting their own imprint on the saloon,…
Lawrence’s the Old Black has a new drummer. His name is Aaron Pando, and replaces Sam Owen, who replaced the original drummer, Jon Lane. “A huge thanks to Sam Owen for his time behind the kit with us. We love him like a brother and can’t wait to check out his next project. Also, he’s a damn good artist, so…
Remember alleged X-Box thief James S. Harris? Neither do I, but the 18-year-old allegedly got a little stabby while trying to swipe an X-Box from a party in Platte County back in February, which didn’t go well (see above). Now, Harris’ father, Stephen Harris, is in trouble for allegedly trying to pay a victim to “disappear,” inquiring about buying “an…
Tyrone V. Frye was the man shot to death at 36th and Wabash Tuesday night, according to a report in The Kansas City Star. View Larger Map Frye, 27, “may have been trying to rob people on a porch near” the intersection, which ended with Frye dead and another man wounded. Court records show Frye had a string of arrests…
Cellar Rat owner Ryan Sciara recently started offering customers the option of enjoying glasses and bottles of wine inside his store. While that might not seem like a big step, it took a year for Sciara to legalize the deal, which included getting a new ordinance passed by the Kansas City Council so he could sell wine by the glass….
