Collien Fernandes & The TKC Midday Links!!!

Collien Ulmen-Fernandes is a German hottie who is also multifaceted and works as a TV host and actress . . . Also, here are some Kansas City midday news links inspired by a few sprinkles of rain . . .

• KCTV5 features probably the most disgusting case in the metro: Six years for KCK man who possessed child porn of infants
  
  
• Suburban eco-devo: Gladstone moves forward with work on village center
  
  
• More reporting on MAP Tests: KCSD Improves, Hickman Mills Slips in Latest State School Report
  
  
• Whooping Cough cases continue to rise in and around this cowtown: Greater Kansas City Ongoing Pertussis Outbreak
  
  
• Global Climate Change Locally: Kansas City Fed lays out ripple effects of drought
  
  
• Follow-up: Hearing continues in case of children found bound in Walmart parking lot
  
  
• Kansas City Spice Problems: KC issues warning about lead-contaminated paprika
  
  
• Local luxury foodie report: A truck crashed into Dolce yesterday, they're open today
  
  
• Show-Me GOP killer instinct: Talent: Akin is a strong campaigner
  
  
• City e-mail from a new KC Eastside blog: Residents invited to share input at citywide PIAC hearings