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Cops & Crime
9:42 am
Wed February 20, 2013

Explosion At JJ's Thundered Through Plaza

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Fire fighters, police, and ambulances outside of JJ's restaurant.
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At least one explosion thundered through the west edge of the County Club Plaza district  just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals. Some are critically injured. There was ample evidence pointing to natural gas as cause.

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Fire
7:05 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Fire Hits Plaza Business

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TV-9 cameras capture a Kansas City fire truck silhouetted by the intense flames that destroyed a building near the Country Club Plaza
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The location of JJ's Restaurant.
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Smoke plume from the corner of 47th and Mission. Taken at 6:12 pm.
KCPD advises that motorists and onlookers alike avoid the area shown in red above.
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A fire caused by an apparent gas explosion near JJ's Restaurant on the Country Club Plaza has sent at least 14 people to area hospitals with injuries, some of them critical. The fire started around 6:00 Tuesday evening.  

Update 7:07 PM.  Residents from a nearby apartment building were evacuated.  Some are reporting that there was a strong smell of gas earlier in the afternoon. One resident of the nearby building also told reporters someone was operating a backhoe in the area earlier in the afternoon. 

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Central Standard
4:16 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

Corner To Corner Pt. I - The Plaza

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Getting to know Kansas City, one neighborhood at a time.

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KC Currents
3:47 pm
Mon July 16, 2012

Local Father-Daughter Duo Shines On A National Stage

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Kansas City based father daughter duo Maurice and Shanice Hayes.
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Kansas City’s own father-daughter singing duo, Maurice and Shanice Hayes, are competing in NBC’s national talent competition, America’s Got Talent, for a $1 million prize. 

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Business & Tech
3:45 pm
Mon January 30, 2012

Plaza Lease Cements Long Term Ties

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There is no guarantee of additional jobs, but owners of the Country Club Plaza District are assured the largest tenant of the Valencia Place Office Tower will be in the picture until February 2030.

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Government
12:13 am
Thu January 26, 2012

Committee Endorses West Edge Tax Credit

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A requested tax break for the reborn effort to develop the Plaza West Edge project breezed through a joint city council committee Wednesday.

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Food & Drink
8:37 am
Wed October 19, 2011

John McClure, Executive Chef/Owner of Starker's, Dies at 35

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Starker's Restaurant Executive Chef/Owner John McClure
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John McClure, the owner and executive chef at Starker's Restaurant on the Country Club Plaza, has died. McClure was 35.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, Mo. – John McClure, the owner and executive chef at Starker's Restaurant on the Country Club Plaza, has died. McClure was 35.

According to The Pitch's Fat City blog, McClure was found dead in his home Wednesday morning.

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