KANSAS CITY AREA BUSINESSES IN TOWN TODAY.
COLDER WEATHER IS COMING.
BRYAN: AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS WHERE WE WILL SEE THE CHANGES.
CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF.
AND WITH THE FLOW OF THE WIND, IT WILL WARM UP HEADING IN ON WEDNESDAY.
BEHIND IT IS WHEN THE WIND WILL TURN JUST A STRONG FOR THE COLD WEATHER DIRECTION AGAIN AND DROP TEMPERATURES OFF.
AFTERNOON TO EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY, A 30% CHANCE OF CASEY METRO-NORTH.
A BETTER LIKELIHOOD.
YOU WILL SEE WHICH COUNTIES WILL GET TH HEAVIEST ON FOR SOLAR FUTURE SCAN.
KRIS PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO CAN BE SEEN NINE INVESTIGATES.
LARA PEOPLE IN BLUE SUMMIT STARTED TO WONDER WHY THEIR SEWER BILLS ARE SO HIGH.
REPORTER: THIS STARTED AS A TIP TODAY ABOUT HIGH SEWER BILLS BUT IT TURNED INTO A NEED FOR A LOT MORE CONVERSATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND UTILITIES IN A SMALL COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 300.
>> MY WATER BILL IS $63 AND MY SEWER BILL IS $237.
REPORTER SHE HAS USED A LOT OF WATER.
BUT WHEN SHE STARTED TALKING TO OTHERS, SHE FOUND OTHERS BELIEVE THEIR SEWER BILLS ARE HIGH.
IT LED THEM TO A CONFUSING SITUATION ON WHERE TO TURN FOR ANSWERS.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON?
REPORTER THESE ARE CASEY WATER SEWER LINES WERE CHARGED BY INDEPENDENT UTILITIES.
IT IS PART OF A DECADES-OLD AGREEMENT ALLOWIN INDEPENDENCE TO COLLECT ON BEHALF OF CASEY WATER.
>> THERE WOULD BE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SO THERE WOULD BE A DISCUSSION.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
REPORTER J LYNN ANDERSON WILL BE MEETING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> THIS IS THE PERFECT SITUATION WHERE THE THREE GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGING AND APPLYING MOBILE RATES.
I DO THINK IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION.
LARA: AND IF YOU HAVE A TIP, GO TO INVESTIGATES@KMBC.COM.
TONYA MANGE SAYS SHE WAS PAID BETWEEN 50% AND 70% LESS THAN MEN IN SIMILAR ROLES.
MANGELS FILED A DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT IN MAY.
SHE WAS FIRED IN SEPTEMBER.
AMC SAYS IT DOES NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.
KRIS: SOME PEOPLE ON EAST 83RD IN RAYTOWN SAY THIER MAIL IS BEING STOLEN EVERY WEEK.
KMBC 9’S KELEIGH GIBBS HAS MORE ON WHAT’S BEING DONE ABOUT I KELEIGH: ON EAST 83RD STREET IN RAYTOWN, NEIGHBORS ARE ON GUARD.
WE’RE ALL MAD, YOU KNOW WE ALL FEEL POWERLESS WE WANT IT DIFFERENT.
KELEIG LISA GERKE HAS LIVED IN THE AREA FOR 9 YEARS.
SHE SAYS RECENTLY HER MAILBOX HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF THIEVES TWICE.
>> I’M VIOLATED, I JUST FEEL HORRIBLE, I JUST FEEL POWERLESS, ANGRY.
KELEIGH: RESIDENTS BLOCKS AWAY LIKE CYNTHIA CORN HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR CRIMES.
>> MOST RECENTLY, LAST THURSDAY WAS THE LAST TIME WE WERE HIT.
JUST DAYS AGO A THIEF MAKING AWAY WITH HER MAIL ENDING UP COSTING HER FAMILY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
>> IT IS JUST SAD AND DISAPPOINTING THAT PEOPLE ARE RESORTING TO THIS TO GET THEIR NEEDS ME KELEIGH: NOW SHE AND OTHERS ARE RALLYING THE COMMUNITY TO REPORT
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WITH THE HOPES OF IDENTIFYING THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
>> IT IS JUST KIND OF DISHEARTENING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD DO THIS BECAUSE ESPECIALLY FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND I IF YOU NEEDED HELP AND ASKED I
WOULD HELP.
KELEIGH: IN RAYTOWN, KELEIGH GIBBS, KMBC 9 NEWS KRIS: RAYTOWN POLICE SAY THEY’RE AWARE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING.
THEY’RE TELLING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR MAIL DELIVERED TO A MO SECURE LOCATION.
MAYBE AT WORK OR TO A MAILBOX WITH A LOCK.
LARA: A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS THAT INCLUDES MISSOURI SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY WANTS TO HELP YOU LEAVE FACEBOOK.
THE ACCESS ACT WOULD FORCE LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO MA IT EASIER TO OPT OUT.
CRITICS SAY USERS OFTEN FEEL LOCKED INTO A PARTICULAR PLATFORM BECAUSE SWITCHING FROM ONE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET IS TIME-CONSUMING.
KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVE JOINED AN ANTI-TRUST PROBE INTO FACEBOOK THE PROBE NOW INCLUDES 4 ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM AROUN THE COUNTRY.
THEY’RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER FACEBOOK IS BREAKING ANTITRUST LAWS BY STIFLING COMPETITION AND PUTTING USER DATA AT RISK.
IN A STATEMENT, MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHMIDT SAID EVEN THE BIGGEST OF THE BIG TECH COMPANIES SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEKING TO DO.
KRIS: COMMITMENT 2020 COVERAGE NOW.
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI’S POTHOLE PROBLEM CAME UP DURING A HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON ELECTION SECURITY TODAY.
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE U.S.
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION COMPARED THEIR OPERATING BUDGE $7.95 MILLION TO THE $9 MILLION KANSAS CITY MISSOURI DEDICATES TO POTHOLE REPAIRS.
>> IT’S STARTING T -- STARTLING TO THINK THAT A CITY INVESTS MORE TO PROTECT CAR TIRES THAN OUR COUNTRY INVEST IN THE ONLY FEDERAL AGENCY DEDICATED COMPLETELY TO IMPROVING ELECTION
ADMINISTRATION A HELPING MORE THAN 200 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOT.
KRIS: BEN HOVLAND IS ASKING FOR MORE CONSISTENT FEDERAL FUNDING ADDING LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO STOP A SOPHISTICATED ATTACK.
LARA: FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS THROWIN HER SUPPORT BEHIND BARBARA BOLLIER FOR PAT ROBERTS’ SEAT IN THE U.S.
SENATE.
SEBELIUS SAYS THE STATE SENATOR WILL BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AMONG THE GRIDLOCK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
BOLLIER WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE FROM MISSION HILLS IN 2010 AS A REPUBLICAN.
SHE SWITCHED PARTIES LAST YEAR.
ADVANCE VOTING FOR THIS NOVEMBER’S GENERAL ELECTION IN KANSAS BEGINS SOON.
IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY, IT BEGINS SATURDAY.
IN JOHNSON COUNTY, IT’S MONDAY.
ALL REGISTERED KANSAS VOTERS CAN VOTE EARLY.
MISSOURI VOTERS CANNOT, UNLESS IT’S AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
A NUMBER OF ISSUES ARE UP FOR A VOTE, INCLUDING MAYORAL AN SCHOOL BOARD RACES.
ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 5.
ONE OF THE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, IS QUESTION 5.
VOTING YES WOULD SWITCH DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD BACK TO THE PASEO.
THE GROUP BEHIND THE PUSH IS HOLDING A FUNDRAISER TOMORROW NIGHT AT BREWERY EMPERIAL AT 19TH AND OAK.
KRIS OPERATION BARBECUE RELIEF IS HEADING TO THE NORTH DALLAS AREA AFTER LAST WEEKEND’S STORMS.
THEY PROVIDE HOT MEALS TO THOSE IN-NEED AFTER A DISASTER.
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH COOKING AND SERVING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO HELP ON MY KMBC FACEBOOK PAGE.
BRYA THAT WAS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM FOR SURE.
IT IS SO GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE PLANES STATES.
COOLER AIR TO START YOUR WEDNESDAY OFF.
BY THURSDAY, THEY WILL COME CRASHING DOWN.
58 IN OVERLAND PARK.
56 AND INDEPENDENTS.
-- IN INDEPENDENCE.
>> GOING BACK IN TIME WITH TECHNOLOGY.
>> YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE AGES AND DETERMINE THE HEALTH AND DISEASES OF PEOPLE.
LARA: WHAT ST. LUKE’S IS LEARNING ABOUT ONE OF EGYPT’S MOST FAMOUS QUEENS.
KRIS: OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND OUT OF SYNC.
>> IN OUR DISTRICT, IT’S A BIG ISSUE.
KRIS: THE PILOT PROGRAM USING CARE TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS SHOW UP TO SCHOOL.
>> THIS WILL BE THE SITE OF THE NEW WONDERSCOPE CHILDRENS MUSEUM IN KANSAS CITY.
IT WILL BE 3 TIMES AS LSARGE AS THE CURRENT FACILITY AND WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE INSIDE, COMING UP.
KRIS: DOCTORS THAT ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL ARE TAKING A LOOK BACK IN TIME USING TECHNOLOGY.
LARA: EVEN THOUGH ALL THAT IS LEFT IT -- IS PIECES OF HER LEGS, DOCTORS HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER LIFE.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY ARTERIAL DISEASE IN THE LEG.
IF THERE IS CALCIUM IN THE ARTERIES, IT LAYS DOWN.
YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS THE AGES AND DETERMINE HEALTH AND DISEASES.
LARA: SHE DIED AROUND 1255 BC AND THE REMAINS ARE IN KANSAS CITY FOR AN UPCOMING THAT IT.
THE WONDER SCOPE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM IS GETTING A NEW HOME AND CONSTRUCTION JUST GOT UNDERWAY.
KRIS: KELLY ACKERMAN IS HERE WITH WHAT IT IS LIKE WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE.
REPORTER: THE WHOLE IDEA IS LEARNING THROUGH PLAY.
THAT WON’T CHANGE.
BUT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM WILL TRIPLE IN SIZE.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL.
IT’S A LITTLE HARD TO PICTURE YET, BUT MOVING ALL THIS DIRT NEXT TO RED BRIDGE SHOPPING CENTER WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE WAY FOR THIS.
A YEAR FROM NOW IT WILL BE HOME TO A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT MUSEUM FILLED WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING EXHIBITS.
>> IT IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US AS WE HAVE WATCHED THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PLANS.
IT WILL BE FABULOUS AND IT WILL REALLY BE A WORLD-CLASS MUSEUM.
KELLY: THE EXHIBITS INVOLVE LEARNING THROUGH PLAY, FOCUSING ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH.
THIS DRAWING SHOWS ONE OF 10 EXHIBITS.
THERE IS A HALF ACRE OF LAND FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AS WELL INCLUDING A LARGE TREE HOUSE.
>> IT WILL BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL CHILDREN.
WHETHER THEY ARE WALKING OR IN WHEELCHAIRS OR STRLLERS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
KELLY THE CURRENT MUSEUM SEES : MORE THAN 80,000 VISITORS A YEAR, INCLUDING A LOT OF SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS.
THE NEW WONDERSCOPE EXPECTS TO ATTRACT A LOT MORE VISITORS WHEN IT OPENS NEXT FA