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Getaway Driver Admits His Role in Bank Robberies
A man admitted Tuesday he drove the getaway car in two bank robberies. Michael Leak, 19, of Columbia, Mo., pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting another person in two armed bank robberies, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas City.
Five hurt in Johnson County crash
Five people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday in Johnson County. Melissa M. Mahnken, 30, of Holden, was taken by ambulance to Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence with minor injuries.
Two Holden residents hospitalized following crash
Two Holden residents were injured in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday in Johnson County.
Brake failure blamed for vehicle crash
A Holden man was injured in a vehicle accident Wednesday after the brakes of his vehicle failed to work.
Three hospitalized following two-vehicle wreck in Johnson County
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday in Johnson County. Wanda M. Mulkey, 69, of Holden, Helen M. Price, 57, of Republic, a passenger in Mulkey's vehicle, and Joseph M. Mango, 23, of Whiteman Air Force Base, were taken by ambulance to Research Medical Center in Kansas City.
KC Plan Commission turns down request to annex Platte County land for subdivision
A proposal to annex 319 acres of suburban Platte County into Kansas City got a thumbs down Tuesday, but the developer is vowing to fight on.The City Plan Commission voted 4-0 against the proposal to annex the unincorporated land for a development of 657 single-family homes called The Lake at Tomahawke Ridge.
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A Lee's Summit man will face an escape from confinement charge after an attempted escape from Brice Detention guards, according to the Lee's Summit Police Department.
Inmate escapes on hospital visit, recaptured hours later
Lee's Summit police arrested a 22-year-old jail inmate Sunday evening who escaped earlier in the day while being treated at St.
Prisoner Escapes from Hospital, Later Caught
LEEa TMS SUMMIT, Mo. a ' A prisoner escaped from custody while seeking medical attention at a Leea TMs Summit hospital.
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Veteran honored for WWII service
Cass County resident Sgt. Donald Hancock was recently recognized by the state of Missouri for his service during World War II.'The captain told me I was the youngest soldier on Omaha Beach,' Hancock recalled.
Two men hospitalized after Johnson County wreck
Two Holden men were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Johnson County on Saturday.
'Plane in a Box' Takes Metro Man to Silver Screen
From his runway in Holden, Missouri to the open air on the silver screen, one metro area man is happy to say his aviation creations helped make the film "Amelia" a reality.
Here's something movie buffs might not know. Before two of the airplanes flew in "Amelia," the Amelia Earhart biopic opening Oct.
Ghost with ax in forehead described on cemetery tour
When exiting a cemetery, always leave the same way you came in. 'You don't want to let the spirits know there are different ways to go in and out of a cemetery,' said Virginia Heslinga Saturday night as she led about 60 people through the oldest cemetery in town, at Reservoir and Main streets.
'Amelia' features Missouri man's World War I replica airplanes
Heres something local movie buffs might not know.Before two of the airplanes flew in Amelia, the Amelia Earhart biopic opening Oct.
Job Jump Start: Holden Police Department
Holden, Missouri, a town 33 miles East of Lee's Summit is in need of a police officer.
Along with Psycho and Peeping Tom , Georges Franju 's 1959 Face helped create the modern slasher-shocker. In the movie's sinister first scene, anxious-looking Alida Valli drives by night through the deserted suburbs of Paris , searching for a place to dump the inert humanoid passenger slumped in the backseat.
Holden hosts Civil War reenactment Sept. 19-20
HOLDEN, Mo.--Visitors can get an idea of Civil War combat, when the Holden Area Chamber of Commerce and the city host a free Civil War reenactment Saturday and Sunday, Sept.
Lukea s Lobster to Offer $14 Lobster Rolls
Late-summer downturn is a counterintuitive time to open a lobster joint. Lobster, we all know, is for the super-rich, and summer is the peak season.
HS Coach Accused of Sexual Misconduct Resigns
A high school girl's basketball coach accused of sexual misconduct with two students has agreed to resign in exchange for dismissal of criminal charges.