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KC Week in Review
October 5th 2012

Did anything happen in Overland Park this week as its open gun ordinance went into effect? Plus, Akin back in the headlines. Marking the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Baby Lisa. Plus, six years after the death of KC baseball legend Buck O'Neil, what to do with his former home...

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 5th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

OP GUN UPDATE: Did anything happen in Overland Park this week as its open gun ordinance went into effect? Why did neighboring Prairie Village vote to uphold its ban on “open carry” firearms this week?

AKIN IN THE HEADLINES: Republican Congressman Todd Akin who is trying to unseat Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill (D) faced a new round of questions this week. First about four-year old comments about abortion providers and their “common practice” of giving “abortions to women who are not actually pregnant.” Then, why he failed to report 10 years of his state pension payments on his congressional financial disclosure statements.

MO 5TH DISTRICT RACE: The U-S Senate race in Missouri is sucking the oxygen out of coverage of many of the many of the region’s political races. Before Election Day we will be spotlighting some of the region’s other races. Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver is up for re-election. He’s taking on Republican Jacob Turk who has run against Cleaver twice before. Are his prospects any better this time around?

YODER: If you live in Johnson County you may think Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder was in a hot political race. He has huge gigantic yard signs at dozens of major thoroughfares in high traffic areas. Yet, he doesn’t even have a Democratic opponent this November. Why is he working so hard with only a third party opponent?

BABY LISA: We don’t talk much about crime on this program. But as this was a massive national and international story when it broke, we would be remiss in reviewing this week’s news if we did not mention that this week marks the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Kansas City infant Lisa Irwin. Her parents say the baby was kidnapped from her Northland home. Police have worked 1,667 tips, including 500 baby sightings around the world. Yet exactly one year later, authorities are still no closer to establishing how she disappeared.

BUCK: Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Kansas City baseball icon Buck O’Neil. The Royals still honor him today with the Buck O Neil seat at Kauffman Stadium and now there are efforts to turn Buck’s former home into a museum. The Kansas City Star reports that Buck bequeathed his home on 32nd street in Kansas City’s historic Sante Fe neighborhood to his church after his death and they now want to turn it into a museum honoring his life and legacy. But the house needs about $100,000 worth of repairs, even before adding exhibits.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Eric Wesson
The Call

Stacey Cameron
KCTV 5

Bill Grady
NEWSRADIO KMBZ 98.1 FM

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
October 7, 2011

1,600 new jobs coming to the metro...Changing the name of Prospect Ave... Picking a new KCMO Police Chief...The BIG 12 saga: Why should you care? Plus, we dissect the rest of the week's top local and regional news...

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 7th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am

MASSIVE JOBS ANNOUNCEMENT: Ford adds 1,600 new jobs and promises $1.1 billion investment in KC assembly plant

PROSPECT AVE NAME CHANGE: More on the City Council member effort to erase Prospect Ave and rename it Martin Luther King Avenue. But is that the best way to de-stigmatize its connection with a rash of homicides?

PICKING KC’S NEXT TOP COP: Darryl Forté is selected to become the next KCMO Police Chief. What strengths does he bring to the job? Why not a candidate from outside KC?

ABDUCTION: A KCMO Police spokesman says he’s never seen so much national media attention centered on Kansas City for a single crime story. The disappearance of 10 month-old Northland infant Lisa Irwin is leading to wall-to-wall local and national TV news coverage.

POLITICAL POTPOURRI: The first political ad of the 2012 campaign has begun running in Kansas City. Which local candidate is running the ad? Who’s got the money to be running commercials 13 months before the election? Plus, why a soccer ball may be changing the political ambitions of Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders.

BIG 12: What’s the big deal about the Big 12, MU and all sorts of sports conference wheeling-and-dealing this week? And if you don’t follow sports, why should you care?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS

Eric Wesson
The Call
Fred Logan
The Business Journal, Columnist
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
September 16, 2011

The Greater KC Chamber rolls out the "Big 5" ideas to move the region forward. Host Nick Haines dissects the picks with "Big 5" leaders. Plus, we take you inside the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. And delve into AMC's decision to ditch downtown for Leawood.

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce rolls out the “Big 5″ ideas to move the region forward. On Kansas City Week in Review we dissect their top picks for the metro. Host Nick Haines pushes aside his regular reporter roundtable to bring you “Big 5″ leaders: Greater KC Chamber head Jim Heeter, Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves, Chamber V-P Kristi Wyatt, and Frank Ellis, President of Swope Community Enterprises.

Also, after years of planning, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts finally opens its doors. We take you inside. Plus, AMC announces its leaving downtown and moving to Leawood. What happened to all that talk of a cross border tax incentive ceasefire?

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KC Week in Review
September 2, 2011

Picking up the pieces in the KCMO School District after a week of exits & resignations.Is Joplin's pain no longer fresh enough for FEMA money? More trouble for KC Mayor's son. The Plaza building teardown. And the lessons learned from the KC Catholic Diocese abuse inquiry.

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 2, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

KCMO SCHOOL DISTRICT: Airick Leonard West steps down as school board president, the superintendent exits for Michigan and an interim leader steps in…we make sense of a tumultous week in the Kansas City, MO school district.

JOPLIN: Is Joplin’s pain no longer fresh enough for federal money? FEMA announces this week it’s diverting resources from the tornado ravaged Missouri city to help hurricane damaged east coast states.

MAYOR’S SON: More trouble for 23 year old Kyle James. One month after causing a disturbance in the Power and Light District, James is arrested for punching a woman in the face at a Westport area bar.

WEST EDGE: Why tearing down a brand new building by an internationally renowned architect may remarkably make everyone happy on the Country Club Plaza.

CATHOLIC ABUSE INQUIRY: Its more than a 140 pages long…the much anticipated inquiry report on the Kansas City Catholic Diocese and its handling of abuse cases is finally released. What did we learn?



THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Eric Wesson
The Call

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
September 21, 2012

Akin ahead. Plus, national attention on Kansas as a state panel weighs up whether the President's name can be listed on the ballot in the Sunflower state. The Kauffman Center marks its one year anniversary. And AEG up for sale: What does it mean for Sprint Center?

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 21st 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

AKIN AHEAD: With a little more than six weeks before Election Day, a new poll out this week shows Missouri Republican U-S Senate candidate Todd Akin with a 4-point lead over Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill. We get the latest on the most competitive race in our region.

OBAMA & THE KANSAS BALLOT: Kansas attracts national attention as a state panel weighs up whether the President’s name can even be listed on the November election ballot in the Sunflower state.


AEG UP FOR SALE: The Los Angeles based entertainment corporation owns the Staples Center, but also Sprint Center right here in Kansas City. The news brought up questions this week about what that breaking business story would mean for our city-owned downtown arena which opened in October 2007 and is currently listed as the 4th busiest entertainment venue in the United States in overall ticket sales. Does the sale of AEG have a ripple effect here in Kansas City?


KAUFFMAN CENTER @ ONE YEAR: It’s been exactly a year now since the curtain opened on the much anticipated $415 million Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The downtown venue designed by Moshie Safdie has quickly garnered both national and international attention. Many of the center’s shows have earned rave reviews and there have been countless sold out performances. But one year on, is it meeting expectations? And what about the future?

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:


Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Scott Parks
Newsradio 98.1 KMBZ

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
April 26, 2013

From the Plaza to the airport. From Topeka to Jefferson City. The most important local stories you need to know about over the last 7 days dissected in 30 minutes or less...

THIS WEEK: Friday, April 26, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

YEAR-ROUND CURFEW: Is one solution to the problem of teens causing disturbances on the Country Club Plaza to extend a 9pm summer curfew ordinance year-round? A proposal at City Hall to do just that, led to a blunt discussion about race this week. One city councilman points out that all 34 curfew violation tickets have been served on black teenagers.

A TERMINAL PETITION: This week, a group of Kansas City residents filed paperwork with the city clerk’s office in Kansas City to start a formal challenge to the planning for a new terminal at KCI Airport. The group of five petitioners is seeking a referendum on what they say is an unnecessary and wasteful $1.2 billion expenditure. The city insists the effort is totally invalid.

BROWNBACK: Why is the Kansas Governor on a campaign to preserve what some see as an unpopular tax? This week, Governor Brownback goes on a tour of university campuses trying to prevent them from losing millions of dollars in cuts from the state legislature. Lawmakers are refusing to renew a one-percent state sales tax imposed during the administration of Governor Brownback’s predecessor, Democrat Mark Parkinson. But Brownback says if the tax is not renewed, it would mean a 4 percent cut to universities and that would be a “momentum killer” for the state.

GUNS: The Jackson County Sheriff’s office is extending its administrative office hours to keep up with the number of people coming in seeking a concealed weapons permit. Sheriff Mike Sharp says concealed firearm permits are already up 53% on last year. In Clay County, they’re up 50 percent. Why?

MEDICAID EXPANSION: Republican Senators made it clear this week there will be no Medicaid expansion in Missouri this session. The Republican-led Senate voted down a Democratic attempt to insert $890 million of federal funds into Missouri’s budget to expand Medicaid eligibility to an estimated 260,000 lower-income adults.

HOLLAND SWORN IN: New Wyandotte County Mayor Mark Holland was finally sworn into office this week. But there was a noticeable absence at the standing room only affair in the commission chambers.

DRIVERS LICENSES: If you trying to get a new drivers license in Missouri, you might have a hard time. As punishment for the Department of Revenue’s decision to share private concealed weapon permit information to federal authorities, the Missouri Senate this week voted to defund the entire budget of the Missouri Drivers License Bureau. What does it mean to you?

This week’s news reviewers:

Eric Wesson
The Call

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
April 5, 2013

Thumbs up to plans for a new KCI airport. Election Dissection: You voted, now we look at what it all means. Plus, why your local YMCA is about to be shuttered. And sweeping changes in Kansas.

THIS WEEK: Friday, April 5, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

Thumbs up to plans for a new KCI airport. Election Dissection: You voted, now we look at what it all means. Plus, why your local YMCA is about to be shuttered. And sweeping changes in Kansas.

This week’s news reviewers:

Scott Parks
Newsradio KMBZ

Lynn Horsley
Kansas City Star

Sam Zeff
KCPT Special Correspondent

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
April 6, 2012

Sea Life Aquarium opens, TEVA moves to Kansas, Independence voters reject police tax. Voters select KCMO School Board candidates. Occupy KC protesters are evicted. Plus, a year out of office, why are there still no plans to honor former Mayor Funkhouser with a building, park or bridge?

THIS WEEK: Friday, April 6th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

FROM INTERIM TO PERMANENT: Dr. Stephen Green this week loses the word “interim” from his title. He is officially named the new permanent superintendent of the Kansas City, MO School District

ELECTION DAY: Area voters go to the polls. We dissect the Kansas City School Board elections and why voters in Independence overwhelmingly reject a tax to support more police officers.

SEA LIFE AQUARIUM OPENS: 5,000 sea creatures find a new home in Kansas City including sharks and stingrays, as the new $15 million Sea Life Aquarium finally opens its doors today at Crown Center.

TEVA MOVES TO KANSAS: The business border battle continues as TEVA Pharmaceuticals announces its moving its headquarters and 400 employees from I-435 and Holmes Road to a brand new facility in Overland Park.

OCCUPY KC: Kansas City police and city workers evict members of the Occupy Kansas City movement from Penn Valley Park over the weekend. Occupy KC claims to be the longest continuous public occupation in the country.

HONORING FUNK: It’s been almost a year since Mark Funkhouser left his job as Kansas City’s Mayor. So why are there still no plans by members of the city council to honor his service when every other former Mayor has something named after them?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Dana Wright
Newsradio 98.1 FM KMBZ

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

Eric Wesson
The Call

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
December 16, 2011

Brownback’s "Extreme Makeover" for Kansas schools. Plus, whatever happened to the Mayor running the KCMO School District? We have the latest. The Hyatt Memorial Donation flap. And change in the air at KCI...

THIS WEEK: Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

Whatever happened to the Mayor running the KCMO School District? Did the state lose interest? We have the latest. Plus, Brownback’s “Extreme Makeover” for Kansas schools. Also this week will Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver run again? The Hyatt Memorial Donation flap. And change in the air at KCI…

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:
Steve Kraske
KC Star/ KCUR
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star
Eric Wesson
The Call
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
December 21, 2012

YEAR IN REVIEW EDITION: It's our annual look back at the most important issues, newsmakers and moments from this fast disappearing year called 2012. In quiz show style we look back at the highs and lows of the past twelve months in our metro.

THIS WEEK: Friday, December 21st 2012 @ 8:00 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

YEAR IN REVIEW EDITION: It’s our annual look back at the most important issues, newsmakers and moments from this fast disappearing year called 2012.

Time Magazine names President Obama its 2012 person of the year. If you were picking Kansas City’s person of the year, who would you choose? Join us to hear how our media panelists responded in this special holiday edition of the program.

In quiz show style we look back at the highs and lows of the past twelve months in our metro. Plus, we prognosticate over whats in store in 2013 for this place we call home.

REVIEWING THE YEAR:

Steve Kraske
The Star/KCUR

Dana Wright
KMBZ 98.1 FM

Eric Wesson
The Call

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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