Aug

30

Plague of Plates

August 30, 2004 | Comments Off

A couple weeks ago BlogKC mentioned the audit faulting the city for sugar-coating the condition of city streets. This past Sunday the Star follows up on that audit with an examination of just how out of control the metal problem has become.

Plates are meant for short-term patches but are being used in [...]

Aug

30

D.I.Y. sex offender database

August 30, 2004 | 1 Comment

A Clay County man has created his own version of the Missouri sex offender registery, and it’s an improvement over the official version provided by the Missouri Highway Patrol. The do-it-yourself database is searchable by city, county, or zip code. Both are often unavailable due to heavy demand. Meanwhile, Kansas’ [...]

Aug

28

Rain and flash flooding overnight

August 28, 2004 | 1 Comment

Brush Creek flood guageLast night the region had one of it’s worst rainstorms in years, with widespread flash flooding in Midtown KCMO and eastern KCK. Up to 8 inches of rain was dumped on the Turner area of KCK and northeastern Johnson County, right onto the Turkey Creek and Brush Creek watersheds. There [...]

Aug

27

Record enrollment at UM System

August 27, 2004 | Comments Off

The University of Missouri System reports record enrollment at its campuses in Kansas City, Columbia, and Rolla. UMKC’s freshman class increased 17% from last year, in part due to continued emphasis on making the commuter campus more residential.

Aug

27

Burns & McDonnell expanding

August 27, 2004 | Comments Off

Here’s some good news… Instead of yet another Sprint layoff, today we have news of a local business planning for a big hiring spree. The Biz Journal and The Star’s Kevin Collison report that engineering firm Burns & McDonnell is hiring 350-400 people in the next three years. That’s probably second [...]

Aug

26

Audit finds charter school problems

August 26, 2004 | Comments Off

Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill’s new audit of charter schools in Kansas City and St. Louis finds several problems in complying with state law. Half of the 26 schools failed to meet requirments for teacher licensing, while 6 schools failed conduct independent financial audits. Lax oversight from the charter school sponsors was also [...]

Aug

26

Empire Theater in jeapordy again

August 26, 2004 | Comments Off

The historic Empire Theater may be in trouble again. DST wants to tear down the 1921 vaudeville theater to build a new headquarters for Kansas City Power & Light Company, which is currently located nearby in the 1201 Walnut building. At the moment, the Empire is slated to be include in the Power [...]

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