I swear Johnny Rowlands was helicopter stalking a white truck this morning. In the 1994 flashback (see Simpson, O.J.), Rowlands in NewsChopper 9 hovered above the truck as it made "unusual turns," and Rowlands wondered whether he should call the cops. Let's see, Johnny. You think the truck is stolen. You're in a helicopter chasing it. I don't know. Seriously, WTF? Guess Rowlands is no super sleuth. All I remember is him saying, "Thought we had a scoop," and KMBC's morning anchors cracking on him
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson wasn't alone in in his big cave-in to coal last week. After all, Kansas lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to approve the new governor's hastily announced deal with Sunflower Electric Power Corporation to build just one instead of two new coal-fired power plants in western Kansas, thus ending two years of legislative scrapping.David WysongThe Kansas House signed off on the deal 103-18; the Senate vote was 37-2.One of those two senators was Mission Hills Republican David Wy
Chris SteinegerKansas state Sen. Chris Steineger showed up at a committee meeting Monday with a black eye, sources tell The Pitch. Sources also confirm that on Friday night, Steineger got into an argument about health care at Breit's Stein and Deli, a bar in Kansas City, Kansas. Steineger, a Democrat who is considering a run for governor, didn't return a phone call from The Pitch. Instead, we got a call from a woman who works for a Wichita public relations firm. Kris Schindler of Start Thinki
Chris SteinegerEarlier this week, we told you about Kansas state Sen. Chris Steineger's black eye and bar fight. Steineger finally broke his silence about the bar fight, claiming in an interview with Prime Buzz that he got "sucker punched" while arguing about health-care reform. Sen. Steineger, who is considering a run for governor, must finally "see that it's an issue."
U.S. soldiers are committing suicide in record numbers, and the Army is struggling to fix the problem. This week's Pitch feature story, "Exit Strategy," looks at one solider who almost became a statistic. Also, Martin covers MoDOT's shoddy maintenance of inner-city bridges. Ferruzza reviews Café Trio. And Buckle Bunny talks tour managing. 1. Lynn Jenkins' "hope" for change is white. 2. Living next to a Rockhurst frat sucks. 3. Riverfront Heritage Trail is pretty cool. 4. 26 homicides in KCK.
Chris SteinegerEarlier this week, after hearing reports from the Kansas statehouse that Sen. Chris
Steineger had shown up to a committee meeting with a black eye, The Pitch broke the story about his bar fight.The Pitch confirmed that Steineger, a Wyandotte County Democrat who is considering a run for governor, had gotten into an argument at Breit's Stein and Grill last Friday. Steineger's side of the story -- claiming he got "sucker punched" in an argument over health-care reform -- appeared
Chris SteinegerLast week, a photographer in central Kansas e-mailed us, saying he had a photo of Kansas state Sen. Chris Steineger's black eye. In late August, we reported that Steineger, a Democrat who is considering a run for governor, got into a bar fight at Breit's Stein and Deli in Kansas City, Kansas, while arguing with another man about health-care reform. Steineger wouldn't talk to us, but his PR woman did. She confirmed that there was an argument and a punch was thrown, but denied th
