As Judy Ancel interviewed Edgardo Napoleon Valeriano on August 14 the welts on his back were still bright red and patches of shaved hair exposed angry crimson gashes on the top of his head. The day before, the 55-year-old doctor had attended a rally in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, demonstrating against the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya. “I was chased…
From the UMKC police blotter: Aug. 19 10:13 a.m. Information – An unknown party defecated in the HSC Parking Structure. It’s a mystery! Categories: News Tags: Poop, turds, umkc, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jackson County prosecutors charged four men in connection with the death of Steven Bertling, the Independence man killed while playing basketball in a church parking lot with friends. Prosecutors charged 20-year-old Joseph P. Delgado and 21-year-old Justin M. Trotter with second-degree murder and first-degree assault. They also charged 18-year-olds Michael W. Russi and Jacob W. Shaffer with first-degree attempted assault….
Earlier today, a judge in St. Charles, Mo., sentenced Cristal Taylor, 38, former fiancee of Dallas basket-baller Dirk Nowitzki and St.Louis-area native, to five years in prison for three felonies and a misdemeanor related to theft and forgery. Hat tip to the St. Louis-Dispatch for this one, and brace yourself for the close-up mugshot. You can almost feel Nowitzki’s relief…
Girl Talk plays Abe & Jake’s Landing in Lawrence on October 1. It’s a cavernous pit of a room, with terrible acoustics, but the place is like a goddamn airplane hanger, so you should really go to see hundreds of people lose their shit to Gregg Gillis’ jams. Tickets went on sale today, and pricing is as follows: $10 for…
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele referred to Congressman Roy Blunt as crap in his crapper? At least, that’s the impression after listening to conservative talker Vincent David Jericho’s interview with Steele in which Jericho rips Blunt and then Steele agrees with him. Jericho: “His daddy screwed around with a tobacco lobbyist. Then slips language into the homeland security bill…
Kansas City police say 16-year-old Xavier Ferguson was shot and killed in the 8600 block of 93rd Place around 11 p.m. Sunday. View Larger Map Ferguson died at a local hospital. Call 816-474-8477 if you have a tip. Update (Friday, August 28): The Kansas City Star reports that someone cut through a screen at Ferguson’s home and shot him in…
The fun part of stocking any bar is buying the liquor. That won’t change. But even a home bar needs items other than ice and a bottle of soda water if your drinks are going to transcend from a fancier version of a college drink to one that reflects the (mostly) sensible adult you are today. Simple syrup is one…
To raise money for the Rehabilitation Institute, a charity that funds medical rehabilitation services for newly disabled children and adults, there’s a Bacon Fest this Saturday, August 29, at the The Foundation for Reclamation, 1221 Union Avenue in the West Bottoms. The event runs from 11am-2pm, and runs $30 per person. That money — in addition to helping individuals who…
By all accounts, this past weekend’s Sixth Annual North Vs. South Music Festival at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club was a crackin’ good time. That’s what everyone I’ve talked to has reported, at least. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend for a portion of the last night, Saturday evening, so I missed a lot — but everything I saw, I…
Former Kansas State basketball player Michael Beasley has reportedly checked into a Houston rehabilitation facility “to address possible substance and psychological issues.” The No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft appeared in a photograph on Twitter showing off his new back tattoo — and the photo inadvertently showed a small plastic baggie on a nearby table (with many speculating…
This past Friday through Sunday, the streets of Jayhawkland came alive as the 2009 Lawrence Busker Festival brought performances musical, acrobatic and all things between. Click the flying femme fatale below for a slide show of the curbside shenanigans. See also: video of a pistol-twirlin’ busker. Categories: Music Tags: buskers, Lawrence Busker Fest, street performance
For a landlocked city, seafood is a surprising big deal in Kansas City. Everyone has opinions on where to get the best lobster bisque or clam chowder, but a regular point of debate among seafood lovers is where to get the best — and freshest — sushi in town. Any discussion of sushi and seafood restaurants might actually be missing…
Sometimes, a secret can be kept in this town. Case in point: there’ve been fliers for Drakkar Sauna’s Saturday night 20009 release party up for several weeks now, with the “With Special Guests” prominently featured on the bottom. I found out a couple days ago who those “special guests” were — Split Lip Rayfield. Now, I know the secret was…
Best to avoid the Wal-Mart at 8301 North Church near Highway 152 and Interstate 35. Depending on who you ask, there’s either a) a standoff with a man with a gun or b) just police surrounding the store because a man threatened to shoot people at the store. Just talked to Sgt. Stacey Graves and she says we should know…
Every fourth Sunday of the month at Prospero’s Books on 39th Street, local poets gather in the store lobby to drink beer, spout poems and alternately encourage and heckle each other. Twenty-five-year-old Iris Applequist, of star tattoos and voluminous, rust-colored hair, welcomed me into the circle last night. That is, she invited me to take a seat and a PBR….
I want you to let all the anger out. Preferably before you go to U.S. Sen. Claire “Bear” McCaskill’s town hall meeting in the Swinney Recreation Center on the campus of University of Missouri-Kansas City later today. Do some yoga. Smoke a cigarette. Punch a wall. OK, maybe not the last one. And no ripping up posters of civil rights…
Seems that Starlight officials are anticipating trouble at tonight’s Lil Wayne concert. According to a report filed by NBC Action News reporter Victoria Swoboda, the Starlight is upping security, planning to use “different procedures.” Says the report: The new procedures are targeted to control the crowds. Officials are concerned about cruising and they also fear that some crowd members that…
Highlights from this year’s Lawrence Busker Festival in downtown Lawrence, KS, August 21 through 23.
