A teenager has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in the death of 18-year-old Giovanni Martinez-Carino. Soe Palomino, 17, entered the plea Thursday for his role in the strangling death of Martinez-Carino. His trial had been scheduled for the week of February 14. Last week, 22-year-old Admira Hamidovic also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for her role in the killing…
More than a year after Dr. George Tiller was killed, a doctor finally stepped up to announce that Wichita would get abortion services again. In December, Aid for Women announced that Dr. Mila Means was training in Kansas City, Kansas, for the job and would begin practicing in Wichita sometime this year. Where assassination attempts have now failed to keep…
You may not recognize the name Willie Waldman, but to popular artists who have the pleasure of listing Waldman in their liner notes, the trumpet player from California is a bit of a legend. Waldman has worked with Perry Farrell, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur and appeared on soundtracks for Tombstone and 101 Dalmations. Categories: Music Tags: brandon draper, Eric…
Devotion Baker is coming up for parole on his 36-year sentence for burglary. But he may have a hard time getting out of prison after rape charges were filed against him this week. Jackson County prosecutors charged the 51-year-old with four rape cold cases from 1987 and one from 1994 — and this only underscores the need for the Kansas…
The dust settles on yet another battle in the ongoing war over nudity in Missouri this week. A Cole County Circuit Court judge has sided with the state attorney general’s office in a motion for summary judgment, meaning that the adult industry’s claims that a bill barring nudity in strip clubs violated the U.S. Constitution were rejected. The decision hardly…
Sally and David Calvin — the entrepreneurial couple from Widgeonwood Farm outside of Jefferson City — are best-known for selling their homemade candies, jams, salsas and such every Saturday during the summer months at the Prairie Village Shopping Center. The couple have also made it a tradition to haul their culinary creations to Kansas City a couple of weeks before…
A convicted murderer and member of the Ku Klux Klan is coming up for parole in March, and you have a say in whether he gets out. Michael Dean Wilkins, 39, was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting and killing 25-year-old David Shipley in 1993. Wilkins’ story is definitely one of intrigue. Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier wrote in…
UPDATE: Olathe police say Green Springs Elementary School was burglarized prior to Thursday morning’s fire, which they believe was intentionally set. Police say they are still looking for suspects and no arrests have been made. If you have info, call the Olathe PD at 913-971-7455 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. Original Story: Good thing classes were canceled at Green…
Image via Flickr: sloanpix Valentine’s Day is still one of the busiest restaurant nights of the year. Hey, you don’t have to go out to a restaurant on February 14. That’s right, just stay home and heat up a can of beans or boil up a bunch of frankfurters for the love of your life. Don’t be surprised if…
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins is chasing the mythical dragon of taxpayer-funded abortions. The Kansas congresswoman is one of 173 co-sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” If the resolution’s name isn’t clear enough, the act would prohibit federal money from paying for abortions with a few exceptions (rape, incest and or the life of the mother is threatened)….
%{}% Oh, no, they d’int! The New York Times reported this week that Claire McCaskill, everybody’s favorite tough-as-nails, ball-bustin’, iPad-wielding senator, fought to keep the Democratic National Convention from coming to St. Louis in 2012. The Times’ Caucus blog reported Monday about Charlotte, North Carolina, landing the DNC, which commuters and downtown workers will soon learn to hate. The piece…
UPDATE: The 14-year-old boy who claimed that he was sexually assaulted by a man Monday night made up the story. The Lawrence Journal-World reported today that the story was a hoax. Read the update after the jump … Original Story (February 2): This is the most disturbing story I’ve read so far during the last couple of days of winter-storm…
Maybe Todd Haley won’t be calling the offense after all. The Kansas City Chiefs have named Bill Muir as the team’s new offensive coordinator, according to the team’s website. Muir, “the most tenured member of the Chiefs coaching staff,” had coached KC’s offensive line since 2009. The promotion followed an “extensive coaching search,” according to the Chiefs’ website. But Haley…
Yesterday, Starker’s John McClure talked to Fat City about great street tacos, Southern cuisine and which menu in town is like a personal love letter. Today we discover why he needed to travel thousands of miles to go from a small town in Kansas to owning an institution on the Plaza. It’s hard to imagine John Mclure as a little…
Emergency workers are at Liberty Memorial after a worker fell 15 feet down a hole at the Kansas City landmark, according to KCTV5. Kansas City fire spokesman Joe Vitale told KCTV5 that the worker was trapped inside a confined space, but he was talking with the rescue workers who are trying to pull him out. Fox 4 says no one…
Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” a tribute to his hometown and Super Bowl-bound Pittsburgh Steelers, has been remixed to death. (“Red and Yellow” by Irv the Phenom has more than 300,000 hits on YouTube, but the Chiefs needed more than a hot remix to get past the Ravens.) Can we stand one more? Uh-huh, if it’s B Double E’s version,…
In this week’s Pitch, Charles Ferruzza gets down on some ’70s throwback dishes and serious nostalgia at 77 South in Leawood. Don’t stop till you get enough of Angela C. Bond’s photos, and then boogie on over to Charles’ review. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Not all texters are created equal. In Missouri, if you’re 21 or younger, it’s illegal to text while driving. Not that banning texting for a younger generation makes much sense since the youngins probably have better hand-eye coordination and can text faster than a bunch of olds, but that’s not the point. Earlier this week, the Missouri Senate passed the…
District Restaurant Week kicked off Monday in the Power & Light District, but Mother Nature forgot to cooperate. As a result, the week of specials has been extended through next Wednesday, February 9. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
The Athens, Georgia, post-rock band Maserati is coming to the Jackpot on April 23, touring behind its new album, Pyramid of the Sun, out on Temporary Residence Limited. The band’s sixth full-length effort promises to be the most melodic. It will also feature some tracks with Jerry Fuchs on drums that were recorded before his untimely death in 2009. Categories:…
