Recent Posts Tagged With 'reporter's notebook'

• Killa City: The KCPD\'s new tool in the fight against violent crime

  Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 14:32 in homicide, reporter's notebook, killa city, kcpd, rich lockhart, eric greenwell, violent crime sweep, warren watkins jr., wendell phillips neighborhood association

  In the early morning hours on Sept. 30, 2009, SWAT teams readied themselves to kick in the front doors of some of the city's worst drug houses.On their heels were a cadre of detectives from ......

• Killa City: The faces of Kansas City, Mo.\'s dead

  Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 12:00 in mug shot, reporter's notebook, killa city

  ​They say the eyes of the dead are fixed in a thousand-yard stare -- an unblinking, unremitting gaze into the abyss instead of their own futures. Captured in life, these faces tell small se......

• Slideshow: Crown Center\'s early years

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 00:01 in kansas city, martin, hallmark, donald hall, reporter's notebook, crown center, bob berkebile

  Cascading waterfalls. A classic marketplace reminiscent of the colorful bazaars of the Middle Ages. The world's largest privately owned underground garage.These were the words Crown Center, ......

• Promise of free health care draws thousands

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 14:30 in diabetes, homeless, health care, dentist, kansas city, jobless, std, cavity, reporter's notebook, laid off workers, craig dietz, donriel williams

  I expected to find the proverbial huddled masses at the free health care clinic that's been going on for the last two days at Bartle Hall. I was sure there'd be down-on-their luck homeless p......

• Reporter\'s Notebook: A walking tour of Rock territory

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 15:45 in Rock, cover story, reporter's notebook, jason fields, lykins neighborhood, ryan kubicina

  Jason Fields stands outside the old Holy Trinity Church at 9th and Norton. This is ground zero for the Rock, the subject of this week's cover story "Thank God for the Rock," and the epicente......

• Reporter\'s Notebook: From Dallas to the Rock

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 10:00 in northeast, mcdonalds, taco bell, the rock, hamburger helper, reporter's notebook, lykins neighborhood, ryan kubicina, eric patrick

  ​A little over a month ago, Eric Patrick left a comfortable home on five acres and a lucrative consulting job in the Dallas Metroplex to move his wife and kids into a rundown house in Lyki......

• Rep. Cleaver and Jacob Turk both worked at KC Plant

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 07:00 in congress, honeywell, department of energy, beryllium, reporter's notebook, bendix, emanuel cleaver ii, kc plant, berylliosis, jacob turk

  ​Neither Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II nor Jacob Turk, the Republican challenger who'd like to replace Cleaver in 2010, has taken part in the Department of Energy's Former Beryllium Worker......

• Investment opportunity headed for demolition

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 12:00 in kansas city, martin, land trust, reporter's notebook, john parks, dangerous buildings, go invest wisely

  ​Kansas City, Missouri, does not lack for sad-looking houses. So when the city orders one of them to be demolished, you can be certain it's a real dump.Go Invest Wisely, the subject of this ......

• KC Plant roundtable alleged scary safety lapses

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 09:00 in kansas city, honeywell, overland park, department of labor, department of energy, beryllium, blinky, reporter's notebook, kc plant

  ​Chemical spills. Buried drums of unknown substances. Teflon poisoning. PCB drippings. Mold. These are just some of the cringe-inducing details included in a Department of Labor summary of i......

• There\'s no normal response for some tragedies

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 12:30 in kansas city, 9 11, hurricane andrew, reporter's notebook, mid-america regional council, richard gist, erin lynch

  ​As last week's feature, "Stop Hugging Us," showed, people's responses to trauma are so personal and unique that it's impossible to tailor a one-size-fits-all treatment to help the......

• How a plane crash helped prove people should be left alone

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 06:00 in post-traumatic stress disorder, reporter's notebook, hyatt collapse, richard gist, united airlines flight 232

  ​This week's feature story, "Stop Hugging Us," looks at how research from the nearly 30-year-old Hyatt collapse is affecting treatment of post-traumatic stress treatment today. Turns out, i......

• The Paseo YMCA went from community hub to flophouse in 40 years

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 07:30 in buck o'neil, negro leagues baseball museum, reporter's notebook, greg baker, 18th and vine, this week's pitch, pellom mcdaniels, paseo ymca

  ​In the four decades since it closed, the Paseo YMCA has been a lot of things: historical emblem, graffiti sketchpad, and lately, a flophouse where the homeless around 18th and Vine crash. I......