%{}%Saeed Aquil “has had satisfactory behavior” while at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri, according to Jacqueline LaPine, the spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Corrections. Aquil pleaded guilty to shooting Patrick Brown and Larry Schoen, two Kansas City, Missouri, police officers, on New Year’s Eve in 1994. Fortunately, the officers survived the attack. Now, Aquil is scheduled for…
Soda drinkers might be the biggest beneficiaries of the move back to “natural” ingredients. Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback is again on shelves and Mexican Coca-Cola is being sold by the case at Costco. All of these use sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup. And although it’s been fun to point to Mexicoke enthusiasts as snobs since the product…
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) has a ridiculous name. That much is evident. I have no idea from where the band drew its moniker, but it certainly has all the hallmarks necessary to make the Onion’s worst band name list next year. The four-piece hails from Michigan and have a sound that falls nicely within the confines of…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s office has released a few details on the search warrant issued at 1612 N. Jennings in Independence and involving the New Covenant Faith Church. View Larger Map Here’s what we know: One person was arrested for violating the Federal Firearms Act. Three people were detained and released at the scene. Authorities seized “numerous files, computers, firearms…
If you’ve pledged to become a better cook or drinker in 2010, you have lots of options over the next month. It’s time you upped your brunch game at the Culinary Center of Kansas City’s “hands on” homemade cinnamon rolls class. If you have an eight or nine-inch pan and $50, the secret to weekend nirvana is yours. The class…
Bad news for Plaza party people. The owners of nightclub Blonde are being sued for $78,000 in unpaid rent, according to The Kansas City Star’s Joyce Smith. Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership is suing Blonde’s parent company, Stephanie Entertainment Inc. for unpaid rent — more than $8,000 a month — through December 17. They also want interest and late fees. Not…
I screwed up badly in a post that went live on this space earlier today. I criticized Mayor Mark Funkhouser for describing the 1-percent earnings tax as something it’s not. But the error was mine. I wrote the post under the mistaken idea that the earnings tax is only applied to people who work in Kansas City. In fact, people…
A man fell 80 feet to his death after a car accident on the Interstate 635 bridge during Tuesday’s morning commute. KSHB channel 41 described the man as 35-years-old, Hispanic and from Merriam. They say the man exited his truck after a wreck on the bridge and fell to his death after trying to avoid being hit by sliding vehicles….
Cheap food — particularly fast food — has become a political issue. Critics argue that dollar menus are contributing to obesity rates, while some would argue that cheap food is the the only way many people can afford to eat and should be seen as a triumph of modern agrarian practices. In an opinion piece for the Cattle Network, Kansas…
Forget carbs — the newest diet movement is centered on cash. While the corporate sector has pushed weight loss goals with gift card incentives in an effort to drive down health care costs, Web sites like HealthyWage.com have sprung up in an effort to bring that idea to all Americans. The premise is straightforward: You register and agree to a…
%{}% Former Kansas City Chief Kyle Turley testified before the House Judiciary Committee Monday about the NFL’s lack of care for players who have suffered concussions. Definitely worth reading the stories in the Washington Post and Detroit Free Press. Turley shared with the committee the same stories that he told The Pitch last October, saying he suffered concussions, did not receive…
%{}% A round-up of international markets across the metro area that have everything from Indian to Brazilian staples. The first night out in a New Year is a good thing — and here’s what to expect at The Well and 75th Street Brewery. Swagger — where the grilled cheese meets the hamburger in the appropriately named “Dead Texan.” A guide…
Most new releases today are all live albums — Kanye West’s VH1 Storytellers, Bualadh Bos from the Cranberries — or movie soundtracks, like those for Daybreakers or The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. The only big release today is Ke$ha’s Animal, an electro-pop party girl record. She gained fame appearing on Flo Rida’s “Right Round” last year, as well as on…
It’s been bubbling under for a year or two, but in the past few weeks, the rumors surrounding Andrew W.K. and who/what he is have really begun to gain steam. Let me try and explain: 1) Ever since Andrew W.K. first appeared on the scene, there’ve been rumors that he was just a guy paid to perform, and that the…
The state of Missouri was set to kill Reginald Clemons on Monday, according to a report on KSHB channel 41’s site, but the Missouri Supreme Court delayed Clemons’ date with the needle while the high court decides the legality of lethal injection. Back in June, the state of Missouri pushed the “pause” button on executing prisoners, staying Clemons execution. The…
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies searched the House of Prayer (1706 N. Jennings Road) in Independence Monday night and, according to KMBC channel 9, arrested the church’s pastor on “suspicion of federal firearms violations.” View Larger Map The pastor’s name has not yet been released, and there’s not a lot of info out there. KMBC did report that this raid is…
The first trial in the alleged child sexual abuse case in Lafayette County is scheduled for March. Darrel W. Mohler’s trial is scheduled for March 24, according to KSHB channel 41. Darrel Mohler, 72, is charged with two counts of felony rape for allegedly having sex with minor girls in his family. Mohler has denied the accusations. The next court…
Former children’s show host and 77-year-old registered sex offender “Uncle” Ed Muscare is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, January 6, for violating his probation by using the Internet and moving to South Carolina without notifying the sheriff’s department, according to an Orlando television station. Here’s video from an Orlando TV station WKMG of Muscare arguing that sex offenders deserve second…
Surveillance cameras captured footage of Mark McAvinew allegedly robbing a bank, leading McAvinew’s wife to turn him in to police. Kansas City man Mark McAvinew, 52, has been charged in a criminal complaint with stealing $3,170 from Metcalf Bank on December 29, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri. Court records allege that McAvinew entered…
Weirdness: Author Stephen King and musician John Mellencamp are working together on a musical theater collaboration titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, set to debut in Atlanta this September. Sound bizarre? Not as much as you’d think—King, a surprisingly music-savvy dude, actually runs his own group of radio stations out of Bangor, Maine, including an adult alternative rock station. As for…
Infamous Pastor Fred Phelps and his tribe of rabid evangelicals at the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church have set their sights on pop siren Lady Gaga. Nationally known for their “God Hates Fags” placards (much to Kansas residents’ horror), the WBC are publicly condemning the ultra-modern electro-glam star – and parodying her, to our intense delight. The Westboro Baptist Church sermonizes: “However…
