Down Home Friday Afternoon Links



The common theme in this group of Friday Afternoon links is that the Midwest is a mostly desolate place that provides some unintentional humor and/or painful memories. Check it:

  • Ouch . . . Mo. Girl Survives Pitchfork Through Leg

  • Looking for quick cash customer: FBI Searching for Northland Bank Robber

  • Run and hide in South KC for a variety of reasons: A gas-line rupture has forced evacuations near 93rd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard Friday afternoon.

  • Even more suburban fakery: Counterfeit $100 Bills Turn Up In Lee's Summit

  • Show Me the most important story about life in this state today: Debate Ends, Tractor Parades OK In Missouri

  • Life in the Golden Ghetto gets rougher for po'folk: Fares Going Up on the JO

  • Police Standoff Ends After 3 Hours

  • Upside down in JoCo: Driver Passes Out, Flips Car in Overland Park

  • Business people can't get a loan in Kansas City: Skittish market chills Kansas City-area loans

  • In good news . . . Scooter is switching to Wordpress and has a new site design.
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