California franchise owners and consumers are feeling the brunt of higher costs. After 30 years in business, McDonald’s franchisee and Rodrick Foods CEO Scott Rodrick had to make the difficult decision to not renew his lease at one of his McDonald’s (MCD) locations at a mall in San Francisco. “The unprecedented changes to the economic […]
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Kansas City police investigating deadly shooting near I-70, Van Brunt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police detectives are investigating a shooting Friday night that left one person dead. Just before 6:30 p.m. KCPD police officers were on patrol in the area of E. 31st Street and Van Brunt Boulevard when they heard the sound of gunshots. KC mayor, police discuss homicide trends, safety ahead […]
Kellogg takes the brunt of floods in Jasper County
May 23—Trigg Dhondt may not want to help his dad with chores around the house, but the 7-year-old wasted no time hauling sandbags to help his hometown of Kellogg. With soaked Crocs, muddied jeans and a spare Gatorade bottle crammed in a side pocket, he joined several volunteers in stacking the bags onto pallets. He […]
Strong thunderstorms return mid-week. Will Kansas City miss brunt of severe weather?
The Kansas City area will have much quieter weather on Tuesday after violent overnight storms swept through the metro, downing tree limbs and power lines in parts of the metro, prompting tornado sirens to sound in the Northland. “We are aware of damage from last night/this morning’s storms across the area,” the National Weather Service […]
Region spared brunt of storm
Feb. 13—Of the almost 800 state Department of Transportation (DOT) plow trucks fanned out across the state Tuesday, about 210 of them were plowing snow east of the Connecticut River. With schools, state agencies and some town halls closed, DOT Spokesman Josh Morgan said people stayed off the roads during the height of the storm […]
Her car was stolen 3 times in the past year. She says consumers shouldn’t bear the brunt of the problem
A Toronto woman whose car was stolen three times in the past year — and who had a rental car stolen too — says nobody is taking the problem seriously enough. Kristin Shensel, a real estate broker, said her car, a 2019 Range Rover, was stolen three times since January 2023 from the street in front of her house. […]
Majority of Pa. counties projected to lose population by 2050. Rural areas bear the brunt.
The number of Pennsylvanians old enough to retire will outnumber those who are 20 and under in the next five years. By 2035, the retirement-age population will reach its peak. A report by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania projects that the continued graying of the Baby Boomer generation, paired with declining birth rates, will create […]