Jackson County prosecutors have charged the 28-year-old with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
In an interview with detectives, Charleatha Nevins said she shot her husband, whom she claimed was punching her in the head through the driver's-side window of her vehicle, during an argument over the use of a credit card. She claimed that she was in a struggle for the 9 mm weapon with her husband.
Court records say Charleatha Nevins didn't appear to be bruised during her interview with detectives. Also, court records say Eric Nevins' body was free of powder burns, gun-powder residue or other signs of a close-range firing.
When I was a baseball-obsessed youth, I felt endeared to Rex Hudler for only one reason: After the newly minted member of the Royals broadcast team played his last game, in 1998, he peeled off a scab and rubbed dirt from the diamond in it "so baseball would always be in [his] blood." In my book, that's the only way to end a fine but unremarkable career.
Though he doesn't have the local connections Frank White did (unless getting busted for pot possession at KCI counts) or White's statistical bona fides, Rex sure is colorful. (Google-suggested searches for Rex include "Rex Hudler June bug eater.")
If you need more proof, watch these clips from Tuesday's press conference at Kauffman Stadium. The user who uploaded it rightly calls it the "Best Will Ferrell Impersonation EVER!!!"
This season is going to be fun.
A man was found dead in the parking lot of the Blue Valley Market at 43rd and Cleveland around 10:30 p.m. Police are investigating the unnamed man's death as a homicide — KCMO's 12th of 2012. Police say the call was in response to a "shooting."
Police say there is no suspect information at this time. If you have information, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
For a look at this year's homicide stats, check out the latest homicide analysis after the jump.
February’s edition of Sweeps Bingo is brought to you with a heavy heart. Kansas City’s best TV investigator, Russ Ptacek, is leaving KSHB Channel 41 for Washington, D.C.’s CBS affiliate, WUSA 9. The reporter’s exit is cause for scuzzy politicians across the metro to clink glasses. (D.C. crooks right now are blissfully unaware of the tornado headed their way.) Watch this space for an exit interview with Ptacek. Meanwhile, sweeps month is under way with exploding appliances and nosy cadaver dogs. Grab your daubers and play along with The Pitch’s Kansas City Sweeps Bingo card. Fill in a line, call out the magic word, then wait for our prize patrol to show up.
Name: Aimee Patton
Occupation: Owner of Keynote Companion Inc. (a presentation design company) and an independent associate with HelmsBriscoe (a third-party hotel-site selection company)
Hometown: Leawood
Current neighborhood: Overland Park
Who or what is your sidekick? My daughter, Amelia, 5, and our kitten, Harry Gary
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Talk-show host. My show would be a combination of Fashion Police, Talk Soup and Meet the Press.
As The Daily Show expertly demonstrated two weeks ago, the growing trend among state lawmakers to require welfare recipients to submit to drug tests raises troubling questions. As correspondent Aasif Mandvi found, if poor mothers and fathers receiving tax-funded benefits have to pee in a cup, why shouldn't everyone receiving taxpayer money? Like state legislators.
But Mandvi's challenge to Florida lawmakers to submit to tests hasn't scared a group of Kansas lawmakers, including Merriam Republican Rep. Brett Hildabrand, from wanting to drug-test Kansas' poorest residents before getting their hands on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds. The Star reports that after two failed tests, a person would be cut off for a year. Three failures would mean a lifetime ban.
Meanwhile, in Missouri, The Daily Show prank seems to have struck a chord with Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville). The Star writes that Brattin is sponsoring legislation that will require all members of the General Assembly to submit to random drug testing. "Our salaries are paid by taxpayers, so we should assure them we aren’t using that money on drugs," he told the paper.
The Kara Kopetsky investigation by KSHB Channel 41's Russ Ptacek is out, and it includes a cadaver dog hitting on a spot in a home that's marked up with graffiti about "Kara" and "murder." It's an interesting story, and it doesn't reflect well on the Belton police, who are apparently investigating a secret group of investigators trying to solve the Kopetsky case.
Also, we're nearing the end of Ptacek's tenure in Kansas City. He's taking a job with WUSA 9 in Washington, D.C.
Russ Ptacek's farewell tour is on. The investigative journalist for KSHB Channel 41 is leaving for WUSA 9 in Washington, D.C. Before Ptacek goes bye-bye, he's leaving us a big story tonight at 10 about a group of people searching for Kara Kopetsky, who vanished in May 2007, and a cadaver dog that hit on a smell inside a home.
Watch the preview above — and Ptacek's story tonight.
Hope springs eternal: Kansas City Royals' pitchers and catchers report today
Once the driest state, Kansas could become a microdistillery mecca
KC is slightly less affluent than St. Louis, but more equitable
Jason Whitlock's decline isn't something to be celebrated
Charleatha Nevins accused of shooting and killing her husband, Eric Nevins
Robert Burnett found dead in the parking lot of Blue Valley Market on Valentine's Day; Kansas City police investigating death as homicide
Kansas City Royals announcer Rex Hudler channels Will Ferrell during press conference (video)
Russ Ptacek's Kara Kopetsky investigation reveals a cadaver dog hit and a rift between Belton police and a secret group of sleuths