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21

Bar room bandits caught?

January 21, 2004 | 2 Comments

The string of bar robberies in Midtown and Independence may be over after police catch three suspects who robbed a convenience store last night. One of them has already been charged with the robbery at Gilhouly’s on West 39th Street, and charges could come soon in the other robberies. The crime spree is [...]

Jan

20

Party poopers?

January 20, 2004 | 2 Comments

The First Friday open houses in the Crossroads arts district have become the uber-hip place to see and be seen in KC, and have provided some much-needed life on the sidewalks of Downtown. Unfortunately City Hall seems to be of two minds about this phenom, talking up the urban coolness it brings to Downtown [...]

Jan

16

New weblog resource

January 16, 2004 | 1 Comment

KCBloggers.com is a new site listing the various blogs in Kansas City. It looks to be a good replacement for the whithered kansascityblogs.com. Visit your neighbors in cyberspace.

Jan

16

KCMO School District improvements

January 16, 2004 | 3 Comments

The Kansas City, Missouri School District has come very close to regaining full accreditation during a recent evaluation by the state Department of Education. While the district will likely continue with provisional accreditation for at least another year, the evaluation marks another incremental improvement following on last October’s end of the desegregation case and [...]

Jan

15

Kansas Senate race

January 15, 2004 | 3 Comments

Kansas Democrats now have their first candidate looking to challenge ultra-conservative Republican Sam Brownback for his U.S. Senate seat. Joan Ruff is a moderate from Johnson County. No word on her chances in the solidly Republican state - 1932 was the last time a Democrat represented Kansas in the Senate.
WDAF-TV Channel 4 story

Jan

14

Matt Blunt enters governor race

January 14, 2004 | 1 Comment

Today Secretary of State Matt Blunt formally announced his candidacy for Governor of Missouri. So far there is no other identified challenger for the Republican nomination. This November Blunt will compete against the winner of the Democratic primary, where State Auditor Claire McCaskill is challenging the troubled incumbent governor, Bob Holden.

AP story [...]

Jan

10

Election Boards

January 10, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Most people should register to vote with their county election board. The Jackson County portion of Kansas City, MO has a separate election board.

Kansas City (Jackson County portion)
Jackson County (outside of KCMO)
Clay County
Platte County
Johnson County
Wyandotte County - 913-334-1414

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