Missouri
STAR Bonds package makes waves amidst Kansas, Missouri border war truce
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The economic truce between Kansas and Missouri could be over after Kansas legislators approved the STAR Bonds intended to lure the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals across the border.
In 2019, Governors Laura Kelly and Mike Parsons signed an agreement that prevented Kansas City metro communities from poaching each other’s businesses across state lines. Kelly claims the Chiefs were never discussed in the truce, but Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Quinton Lucas feels the Kansas lawmakers crossed the line.
”I do think that this ends what was a good compromise,” Lucas said, “I think that will long term be bad for the taxpayers and it’s something that frankly we all need to sit down and see if there’s a way we can rebuild.”
Kansas leadership insists this bill is meant to unite both sides and ensure the sports franchises are not swayed to relocate to a completely different part of the country.
“The fan base is on both sides of the line and we heard it in our debates that, ‘We have the benefit of the Chiefs over here,’” Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson explained. “Well, the same would be true in Kansas. It’s not really a war. We want to keep the Kansas City Chiefs in the Kansas City area because there would be a loss if we lost that franchise in this area.”
While the owners ultimately decide where the teams call home, Kansas now has a seat at the table.
“We don’t know if they’ll jump the state line but we have to do our part and now they can do their part,” Kansas Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins emphasized.
The ball now remains in Jackson Co., Missouri court, where voters rejected a sales tax to finance a new Royals stadium in downtown Kansas City, Missouri a few months ago.
“It was largely in part about leverage and the teams are in an exceptional leverage position,” Lucas said. “Now I think what they are able to say is, ‘What’s the best deal we can get over here and what’s the best deal we can get over here,’ and then at the end of the day, what’s the deal they’re going to take.”
The lease on the Chiefs and Royals’ current complex runs through 2031, but the clock is ticking with both teams recently emphasizing the need for renovations or relocation.
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JASPER COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) – An Olathe man was seriously injured in an early Friday morning crash in Jasper County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 24-year-old Jake Monaco was the driver of a 2009 Infiniti G37 that went off the left side of Interstate 44 and hit an embankment just after midnight Friday morning.
MSHP said Monaco’s vehicle overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seatbelt according to the crash report.
The 24-year-old from Olathe crashed 6.5 miles west of Sarcoxie, Missouri. He was taken by emergency medical staff to a hospital.
The crash happened at 12:15 a.m. Friday, MSHP said.
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Missouri
Kidnapped child from Missouri, subject of Amber Alert, rescued Thursday in Wabaunsee County
ALMA, Kan. (WIBW) – A woman was taken into custody Thursday after a kidnapped child from Missouri who was the subject of an Amber Alert was rescued in Wabaunsee County, authorities said.
The rescue was reported to have occurred at 8:17 p.m. Thursday at the E. Spring Creek Road on-ramp to westbound Interstate 70 near Paxico in Wabaunsee County.
Authorities said an Amber Alert had been issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after a 12-year-old child was reported to have been kidnapped from Warsaw, Mo.
The child was reported to have been taken without permission by the non-custodial biological mother, officials said.
Wabaunsee County sheriff’s units, were joined by Alma City Marshal Mike Baker as they located the suspect vehicle.
The child was located unharmed. Authorities then took the child into police protective custody.
A woman identified as Anna Savard, 36, of Boise, Idaho, was taken into custody by Wabaunsee County sheriff’s deputies without further incident. Officials on Friday said Savard was being held in the Wabaunsee County Jail in Alma pending extradition warrants from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri.
Also assisting were the Kansas Highway Patrol; Missouri Highway Patrol; Kansas Juvenile Intake; Warsaw, Mo., Police Department; and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri, officials said.
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WARSAW, Mo. (KY3) — The Missouri Highway Patrol located a 12-year-old Warsaw girl authorities believed was with her non-custodial mother.
Bridgette Annaleise Crane disappeared from the area around the 2800 block of Cedar Hills Loop in Warsaw around 4:30 p.m. Investigators believed she was with her mother, Anna Savard, 36.
Authorities announced the child was found around 8:45 p.m. Authorities have not updated the whereabouts of the non-custodial mother.
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