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Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

(TNS) - Torrential rains fell overnight causing historic flooding in south Kansas City , Mo., and leading to water rescues and evacuations. As many as 9 inches of rain fell since Monday. Early Tuesday firefighters rescued a woman stranded in a tree at 103rd Street and Wornall Road when Indian Creek flooded the area. That creek, which saw record flooding last month, set a new record of 28. 22 feet overnight . A family of seven were trapped on top of their roof after rushing floodwaters surrounded their home at 155th Street and Kenneth Road. The Overland Park Fire Department have been in contact via phone with the family of three adults and four children and their pets. Because they are not in immediate danger and the water levels around them are receding, crews will allow those water levels to drop to safer levels before evacuating the family. Firefighters said the family is calm. Floodwaters were out of the banks of Indian Creek and over bridges as businesses, apartments and home...

Cedar Rapids residents continue fight against affordable housing project as City Council prepares to make decision May 18, 2017 at 5:40 pm | Print View CEDAR RAPIDS — Neighbors to a proposed affordable housing complex in the northwest quadrant say they are frustrated with unresponsive elected officials as the project that months ago appeared dead now appears primed to pass. CommonBond Communities, a St. Paul, Minnesota- based nonprofit affordable housing developer , wants to build the $9 million, 45- unit Crestwood Ridge Apartments at 1200 Edgewood Road NW . Neighbors have fought back but been painted as biased, city leaders won ’t give them a fair chance and an east-west divide is fueling opinions, said Boyd Severson, 65, who has been part of a core group of opposition. “People are aligning as east side versus west side , at least that is the appearance,” said Severson, who is among 769 people who have signed a petition against rezoning to allow the development. “People say our...

Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, TSHarveyPrep / Houston Chronicle" class="landscape" /> Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall ." src="src" /> Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, TSHarveyPrep Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Authorities are searching for the person who stabbed a dog nearly 20 times, found wandering in a southwest city apartment complex . "It was blood. He was covered in blood everywhere," said Yolanda, the woman who found him outside her door. "He came over, he just looked at me like 'I need your help' and I just cried." The sight broke Yolanda 's heart, and she immediately coaxed him into the shade, gave him water and called police. "I thought someone had taken an ax to his head, because the wounds were really open," she said. The city's animal welfare superintendent , Jon Gary, said the dog had to have emergency surgery the night it was found. "Did a lot of internal injuries to the spleen area, and abdomen area, as well as around the face and in the hindquarters of the dog," Gary said. Now, his office is working with police investigators to find the owner and the person who did this. "At this point in time, we d...