The Shawnee Dispatch / Archive for Monday, August 25, 2008

Deffenbaugh unveils new trucks: Dispatch Staff Report; August 20, 2008; Deffenbaugh Industries announced Aug. 13 that 63 new disposal trucks, which are significantly more environmentally-friendly than the company’s former trucks, would be placed into operation immediately in the Kansas City metro area.

Police investigating reports of gunshots: By Caroline Boyer; August 25, 2008; Reports of shots fired in a Shawnee neighborhood have police on alert.
7-month-old suffocates in bassinet: By Caroline Boyer; August 25, 2008; A 7-month-old girl suffocated to death Thursday at a home in the 14200 block of 67th Street when she became caught beneath a structural rod in her bassinet.
Apartment fire displaces a dozen residents: By Caroline Boyer; August 25, 2008; Twelve to 15 residents are without homes after a fire Saturday at the Fox Run Apartments in Shawnee.

I think it’s important. I do love and use the paths, but it would be nice to have lanes so we could use bikes to run errands - saving gas!

— Jill Chittum