Clifford Leon Tweedy Sr.
SIBLEY - Clifford Leon Tweedy Sr. 83 of Sibley, MO passed away on December 28th, 2021.
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Michael Ridenour
BLUE SPRINGS - Michael Ridenour, 43, of Blue Springs, MO, formerly of Alma, MO, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m.
Federal sentence on gun, drug charges
An Independence man, who is awaiting trial on state murder and robbery charges, will spend 25 years in prison on federal weapons and drug charges after being sentenced Wednesday. A federal judge sentenced Brandon L.
JACKSON COUNTY RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS – BLUE SPRINGS
The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects sites where food is served outside independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results in Blue Springs are as follows: Minsky’s Pizza: 2201 N.
5-year-old might have started deadly Philly fire
PHILADELPHIA – Investigators are looking into the possibility that a 5- year-old child who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 people in a Philadelphia rowhome, officials revealed Thursday.
Fire escapes called ‘miraculous’
DENVER – A late-season wildfire pushed by hurricane-force winds tore through two densely populated Denver suburbs and seemed destined to leave a trail of deaths. Yet, as of Wednesday, only two people were unaccounted for out of some 35,000 forced from their homes.
Record-breaking snow blasts Buffalo
A swath of the East Coast was bracing for the second major winter storm in five days while blinding snow, high winds and below-zero temperatures rolled across much of the nation’s northern tier. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Joe Lundberg said a storm that was targeting much of the East should develop into the first “bomb cyclone” of 2022.
LOCAL COVID-19 TESTING SITES
University Health: Regular testing hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Testing is available at both sites – the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City.
To halt virus, Japan asks US forces to stay on base
TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday asked that the U.S. military in Japan stay inside its bases to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
STATE BRIEF
Parents sue Kansas City fire department after fatal crash KANSAS CITY – The parents of one of three people killed in a crash with a Kansas City firetruck are suing the city, the fire department and the firetruck’s driver. Michael Elwood, 25, was one of three people who died in the Dec.