Police help bar patrons know their limit

Friday, May 24th, 2013, 8:25pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Over the Limit – Under Arrest!”

“You Drink, You Drive, You Lose!”

Both are common slogans used by law enforcement to discourage drunk driving. This summer, police are hoping to show you what your ‘limit’ is, before it’s too late.

The Kansas City, Mo., Police Department’s DUI enforcement unit set up shop outside Tanner’s in Waldo Thursday night. As people passed by they were asked and encouraged to take a portable breath test to see what their blood alcohol level was.

With the current legal limit at .08, several bar goers were surprised to see how high and low their BAC’s really were.

The DUI Enforcement unit plans more stops in different entertainment districts throughout the summer.

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Boy Scouts decision leaves people split

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 6:22pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay members is stirring emotions: some outrage and some celebration. The vote allows openly gay members, but not leaders. Thursday Fox 4 Spoke to Eric Jones, a former Boy Scout leader from Kearney, Mo., who was removed from the scouts after revealing he was gay. He celebrates the vote as “moving in the right direction”

But some conservative religious organizations are calling this the downfall of the Boy Scouts. Immediately following Thursday’s vote to allow openly gay kids into the scouts, several religious groups lashed out. The Southern Baptist Convention and Assemblies of God church organizations said the vote wasn’t compatible with the principals central to the scout’s oath and they predict people will leave the scouts by the thousands.

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One type of surgery for skin cancer saves face

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 2:54pm

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — With the sun season getting underway — a reminder that one in five people will have skin cancer at some time in their lives.

“I’ve never worn a hat. I wore a bill cap, but that’s all,” says Howard Gillogly who’s had a lot of sun exposure as a farmer.

Howard has had two common basal cell cancers removed from his nose. He’s about to have another removed from his face.

Dr. Holly McCoppin of College Park Specialty Center will do Mohs micrographic surgery. It spares healthy tissue while almost always resulting in a cure.

“In Mohs surgery, we don’t take a margin of normal skin. When we do the cancer removal, we take out just that specimen,” says Dr. McCoppin.

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Officers team up to find sex offenders registered in Cass Co.

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 2:51pm

BELTON, Mo. — Out of 89 sex offenders registered in Northern Cass County, authorities discovered 28 were not compliant with the terms of their parole.

Thursday night at about 10:00 p.m. law enforcement officials from several departments wrapped up their operation to determine how many sex offenders were compliant.

About 40 law enforcement officers from various agencies participated in the operation, named “Operation Northern Cass.”

Participating agencies included:

Belton Police Dept.
KCMO Police Dept. Career Criminal Taskforce
Missouri Probation & Parole
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Raymore Police Dept.
U.S. Marshals Service
Western Missouri Cyber Crimes Taskforce

The officers divided into eight teams and together they verified that 40 of the 89 sexual offenders were compliant, 21 could not be verified, 28 were cited for being non-compliant.

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Joe’s Wx Blog: Weekend Storm Chances

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 2:27pm

A bright and beautiful day around the region today with clear blue skies and just a few clouds out there. Temperatures are now around 70° and we should go up another 5° this afternoon. Off to our west we’re starting to see the genesis of clouds and even a couple of T/showers across parts of KS/NE. Here is the satellite picture this afternoon showing the clouds to the west of the region.

From a radar standpoint there are a few showers developing. Here is the radar from Grand Island, NE showing the developing convection.

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No basement? See how a storm shelter is installed

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 12:35pm

Near HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Crews spent Thursday installing a safe room on the property of a home near Harrisonville.

The storm shelter/safe-room weighs about 15,000 pounds and will hold five to eight people.

As you can see in the pictures in the photo gallery below, it created a lot of excitement among the grandkids who watched the crew install it.

David Welzenbach, product manager for Si Precast Concrete, said right now the company has about a two-week waiting list before they can set it in the ground. He says the Moore, Okla. tornado has reminded people that tornadoes are a real possibility in our area.

“We try to carry quite a bit of inventory, knowing that when spring hits we have a high demand. We always seem to run out of storm shelters quickly when it does happen,” Welzenbach said.

For this one, it cost the homeowner approximately $3,000.

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Are Americans cheated out of vacation days?

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Friday, May 24th, 2013, 9:45am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A new report says the United States is the only advanced economy that does not require employers to provide paid vacation days.

Nearly one in four Americans (23%) has no paid vacation days, according to a report released by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C.

Employers in many European countries are required to grant at least 20 paid vacations days a year. Many U.S. employers offer paid vacation days and holidays, but no law sets a minimum. Canada and Japan require at least ten.

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