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KCUR Evening News 12-24-09

KCUR
Published December 24, 2009 at 6:15 PM CST

By Steve Bell

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Kansas City, MO –

  • Snow, blizzard warning complicate Christmas Eve in Kansas and Western Missouri.
  • The storm hit first in Kansas, closing state offices and cancelling Christmas Eve events.
  • Kansas National Guard on call as winds increase, snow deepens.
  • Suicide by cyanide a new concern for area first responders.

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