Feb

20

Channel 62 adding TV news

February 20, 2004 | 3 Comments

Local WB affiliate KSMO-TV Channel 62 will be adding nightly newscast in 2004. The hour-long program will be a hybrid of stories from a local news team and the station’s parent company. Channel 62 will become the fifth local newscast in Kansas City.

KC Star: news is coming to WB KSMO 62

Feb

19

Combatting COMBAT

February 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Jackson County Executive Kathryn Shields and County Prosecutor Mike Sanders seem to have gotten themselves into a political brawl over control of money from COMBAT, the county’s unique anti-drug tax. Accusations are flying around the county court house, and Sanders is calling for an audit of the millions of dollars raised by the tax […]

Feb

17

Tigers may open football season in KC

February 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Looks like Missouri may open its 2005 football season at Arrowhead Stadium. Another game in 2006 is also possible. This would be first time the Tigers have played football in KC since 1945.

KC Star: Tigers to play in KC? (free registration required)

Feb

15

Channel 5 begins MetroSports partnership

February 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment

This month KCTV Channel 5 begin it’s arrangement to outsource sports programming to MetroSports, Time Warner Cable’s local all-sports channel. Channel 5 fired their entire sports department and turned the entire operation over to MetroSports, including nightly sportscasts, Chiefs games, and other programming. Leaf Lisec was the only Channel 5 reporter retained by […]

Feb

14

City Council opposes Patriot Act

February 14, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Kansas City, Missouri’s City Council has quietly joined 250 other cities around the country that have gone on record expressing concern over privacy and civil rights violations in the Patriot Act. The vote was nearly unanimous, only Bonnie Sue Cooper disagreed.

KC Star’s Barbara Shelly (free registration required)

Feb

13

KC Noise

February 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment

kcnoise.com is a new site covering the local rock scene with band, venue, and gig info. Perhaps these new guys will fill some of the void left when the venerable thezone.org scaled back. Also check out KC Evolution Radio at www.kcevoradio.org to listen to some local bands online.

Feb

11

Potholes

February 11, 2004 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to several winter freeze/thaw cycles, pothole season is hitting earlier and harder than usual. Here are some ways to report potholes… In KCMO call 816-513-2777 or report online. In KCK/WyCo call 913-371-5115. For other cities, check their web site. Don’t forget that many local routes are maintained by […]

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