The first day of the rest of the month: Happy April Fool's Day, or as we knew it in my family, The Father of Lies. I came from Christian snake handlers, and to them, pretty much everything was either "Satan" or "Sodom and Gomorrah." That was the simple binary through which we lensed the whole world. I eventually lost my faith in both God and snake handling (for spiritual purposes), although I still have kind of a warm, fuzzy spot in my heart for rattlesnakes. But what's bred in the bone is --
KMBCMissed the notice that last night was steal a PT Cruiser and go on a crime spree night. The Kansas City Star lists off three armed robberies from the early morning hours. There was the good old fashioned gas station robbery by three guys in bandannas at 945 South 55th Street. That was followed by the theft of a rental car and the robbery of a business at 900 North Fifth Street. Then three cool cats in a PT Cruiser robbed a couple in the 1800 block of North 76th Drive. No word on whether they
Irvan L. NunnallyCedric J. DentA botched robbery led to the death of Cedric J. Dent and murder charges against 21-year-old Irvan L. Nunnally. Jackson County prosecutors charged Nunnally today with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action first-degree robbery in connection with Dent's death. Dent's lifeless body was found in the front passenger seat of a PT Cruiser at 305 Maple on March 2. Dent had been shot several times. Court records give this account: Cedric Dent picked
