The Kansas City, Kan., fire department says the gusty winds and dry conditions have caused a high fire risk, so all open burning is banned on Sunday.

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Everyone who works in Kansas City, Mo., pays a 1% tax on their income. That even includes the players on the 16 Major League baseball clubs that will visit the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium this year.

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A Kansas man who ran over and killed two people in Leavenworth last fall is sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

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A cousin takes the stand on Thursday in Gevante Anderson’s murder trial, hinting at a possible motive in the slayings of four people at a Raytown apartment in March 2009.

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Consultants are people or companies who stand outside an organization and look at it from the perspective of experts who can provide advice and help to steer it in the right direction. They come from all walks of life and can help almost any business, depending on what that business is looking for. This is especially true of local consultants, who know the history, lore, legend and focus of a given area. A good local consultant will have knowledge that can only come with experience and understanding of the driving forces behind life in a given are and this will be exceptionally useful to any company, large or small wanting to succeed, or to deal with challenges that come up.

Local consultants can be experts in both large and small fields. A marketing consultant will need to know the overall basics of selling a company or product, but a local consultant will be able to help that product stand out by tying it to some significant aspect of the community.

It is equally important for environmental consultants to have local knowledge. Being able to meet the rules and regulations as they are set out on paper is not always enough for an organization to thrive if the area has a history of bad experiences with similar industry.

It can be tempting for a national company to open a sales branch in a market where no similar product is obvious. The advantage of hiring a local consultant before making this move can be that they will be informed about why no similar product has gained a foothold there and enable the company to retool to take advantage of this opportunity.

Investors also hire consultants. Finding the best place to put one’s money is a tricky proposition, regardless of whether the goal is financial gain or the greater good. A local consultant will have on the ground information that can help an investor to make the best possible decision. Knowing the reputation or history of an organization can make all the difference in the long run.

All consulting firms use some sort of model to determine the best place to build, invest, or way to market, but what that system is often differs. One of the best tools any consultant can have is local knowledge. While this has long been known when moving into international fields, it is often forgotten that even within the same country – and sometimes even the same city – that those little differences have a huge impact.

You don’t have to spend hours on the Web looking for information about local internet marketing.

Jurors were shown pictures of a Raytown apartment where a man and woman and two boys were slain in March 2009.

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A security guard shot a man at a Kansas City convenience store early Saturday morning, police say.

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Grantham University was evacuated as a precaution after a threat was made on Thursday morning.

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Independence police said a man robbed the Metcalf Bank at Northern Boulevard and 23rd Street on Tuesday afternoon.

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A tractor-trailer and car collided on Interstate 435 near Holmes Road on Monday afternoon.

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