Waldo

KCPS Agrees To Open Hale Cook School

Alex Smith — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:30:38 +0000

On Friday, February 15, Kansas City Public Schools agreed to a plan to reopen the shuttered Hale Cook elementary school in the Waldo neighborhood.

Proposed Waldo Walmart Sparks Community Response

Sylvia Maria Gross and Monica Sandreczki — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:35:09 +0000

The redevelopment of each closed school building in Kansas City, Mo. tends to draw a small group of concerned residents. And that was the case for the old Bingham Junior High School property, at 77^th and Wyandotte in Waldo. Until Walmart came knocking.

KC History: Waldo & The Westport Presbyterian Church

Andrea Silenzi — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:26:22 +0000

Next time on Central Standard Friday, join historian Monroe Dodd for the history of the Waldo neighborhood with LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story.

Mechanics Of Serial Crime Bust Surface Decades After

Dan Verbeck — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:46:16 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Modern DNA technology was unheard of in the 1970s as police in two Missouri cities struggled to find and stop a man who was attacking women. KCUR news has learned it was a mainstay of crime detection that led investigators in one town to help counterparts in the other. The common denominator is the man now charged in 1980s attacks around Kansas City's Waldo District.

History Detective Relates Long-Ago Cases With Tie Of Today

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:35:45 +0000

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St. Joseph, Mo. – A never-reported liaison between Kansas City and St Joseph police more than 30 years ago led to a conviction of a serial rapist, now charged with more rapes in Kansas City.

Waldo Attack Charges Set; Newest Unresolved

Dan Verbeck — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:06:19 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Fifteen criminal charges dealing with rapes in and around the Waldo area are filed against one man. They are not for crimes last year and this, but for attacks more than 25 years ago.