Category: Nation

Loved ones have grave concerns about upkeep at Grain Valley cemetery for veterans

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — A Grain Valley cemetery where hundreds of veterans are buried appears to have plenty of work to do before their annual Memorial Day ceremony this year. Plots and grave markers at Swan Lake Memorial Gardens are free to veterans. The retired Army colonel who runs the place works for free, but some people aren’t happy with

Window of Polished Nail Salon busted out overnight

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A downtown business is cleaning up the mess after a large window was smashed Tuesday. Police say around 5:30 a.m. someone driving by noticed a window at Polished Nail, near 12th and Main, had been smashed in. Shattered glass covered the sidewalk, and the window appeared to have been intentionally broke. Police have not yet said

Innocent mom shot at Kansas City park dies after getting caught in crossfire

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — FOX 4 has learned more about an innocent victim who died after getting shot at a city park. Kansas City police say Evette Clint got caught in the crossfire when bullets flew at Swope Park, which is just down the street from her home. Evette's mom says she still can't believe her daughter lost her life.

Working for You: A guide to know when and how to vote for proposed KC Streetcar expansion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Supporters of Kansas City’s year-old streetcar system want to expand the line from Union Station to UMKC. People living near the proposed line would help pay for it via what’s called a Transportation Development District, or TDD. That needs approval from voters, but the process is complicated and the burden is on the voters to figure

Oregon man, drenched in blood, reportedly carries human head into store, stabs employee

A man is behind bars after allegedly walking into an Estacada, Oregon, grocery store on Mother’s Day, covered in blood and carrying what appeared to be a human head. KATU 2 reports that the incident occurred at the Estacada Thriftway store off of North Broadway Street. The suspect, whose name is unknown at this time, was drenched in blood as

How to ruin Mother’s Day with trigger warnings

First of all, let’s get the obligatory feel-good declarations out of the way. Happy Mother’s Day (and yes, it’s “Mother’s” in the singular, not Mothers’ as will be explained below ) to all of you mothers out there. I hope your families make you feel as special as you are. With that sincere recognition out of the way it’s time

Impeachable? Trump gets TWO scoops of ice cream while the peasants all get one

Crank up the outrage machine, but perhaps not at the wanton gluttony of President Trump. Still, according to CNN that’s where the story begins. I caught wind of this story from Mike Lachance at Legal Insurrection and it’s really less about the President’s dietary habits than how the media reacts to any tidbit of potentially damning news they can lay

Coulter: You know, the “Trump haters” could have been right

Has Donald Trump’s most prominent conservative-commentator supporter abandoned ship? Not quite yet, but as the Daily Caller’s Alex Pfeiffer discovered in his interview with Ann Coulter, she’s got a flotation vest on and has begun searching for a lifeboat. A lack of progress on the border wall and the rise of nepotism has Coulter despairing of the Trump presidency she

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