Sam Hartle

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Digital Director at KSHB-TV (Kansas City, MO)

Professional: Digital Director, KSHB-TV. My passions are news/podcasting/cooking/golf/running/Boulevard/KC/most things Minnesotan. 507.770.913.785.816.913

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It’s official: Fintech company Fiserv to establish regional HQ in Overland Park

3 days ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fiserv, a Milwaukee-based financial services company, officially announced plans for a 2,000-employee regional headquarters in Overland Park’s Aspiria campus. Officials in Overland Park, along with local economic development leaders and Kansas officials, had dropped hints about the development — dubbed Project Turtle — for several days. Those hints led to reports Friday that Fiserv was the company. The company made the news official Monday morning.
Feds charge teen, 19, in connection to fire caused by Molotov cocktail at Kansas City Tesla dealership

5 days ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal prosecutors Friday announced charges against a 19-year-old Parkville, Missouri, teen in connection to a fire that destroyed two Tesla CyberTrucks at a Kansas City, Missouri, Tesla dealership. Owen McIntire was charged with one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device, described in court documents as a Molotov cocktail, and one count of malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce.
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey files lawsuit, alleges Kansas City, Missouri, slow to respond to records request

5 days ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's office said Friday it has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Missouri, alleging the city has been slow to respond to a Sunshine Record request. Earlier this year, Bailey’s office became interested in how much the city had spent in litigating two specific lawsuits (Gwendolyn Grant v Kansas City Board of Police et al, and Lucas v.
KDHE investigating potential measles exposure at Clarion Inn hotel in Garden City, Kansas

5 days ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is investigating a possible measles exposure earlier this month at a Garden City, Kansas, hotel. Health officials say members of the public who stayed at the Clarion Inn hotel between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April, 8, and Wednesday, April 9, and between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, may have been exposed.
Father, son, charged in deadly dog attack last November in Kansas City

5 days ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County prosecutors announced Friday they’ve charged a father and son in connection to a deadly dog attack last November in Kansas City, Missouri. On Saturday, Nov. 2, police responded to the 3200 block of East 80th Street on reports of an animal attack. Police were told multiple dogs were attacking the victim, whose family identified to KSHB 41 News as Chris Culbertson. A second victim contacted police and told them she was also attacked. John R. Thibeaux II and John R.
Lenexa police say thieves used stolen checks from USPS mailboxes in $500K fraud

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police agencies across the Kansas City area say they are continuing to investigate thefts from USPS mailboxes. As part of a scheme, suspects steal mail from USPS mailboxes — including those at USPS branches — looking for checks they can “wash” and then change the amount and the payee. Last week, police in Lenexa estimated thieves have used washed checks to generate $500,000 worth of fraudulent checks.
Prosecutors charge owner of Metro Tow with stealing, forgery, harrassment

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The owner of Metro Tow and his mother were charged Thursday with 18 felony charges in connection to a scheme of illegally towing cars across the Kansas City area. Donald Adamson, owner of Metro Tow, and his mother, Lannette Adamson, each face four counts of stealing, four counts of forgery and one count of first-degree harassment following a multi-month investigation by the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department.
1587 Prime steakhouse by Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce to open summer 2025

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

1587 Prime, a steakhouse concept from Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce, could debut as early as this summer. Mahomes and Kelce are working with hospitality group Noble 33 to open the “modern American steakhouse” at the Loews Kansas City Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The group is working with Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry on the design of the restaurant.
Prosecutors, attorneys agree to delay preliminary hearing in man charged with killing Kansas priest

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prosecutors and attorneys representing an Oklahoma man charged with killing a Kansas priest earlier this month have agreed to a delay in his preliminary hearing. Gary Hermesch was charged April 4 with the first-degree murder of Father Arul Carasala at the rectory of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, Kansas, about 120 miles northwest of Kansas City. Hermesch was arraigned before a Nemaha County District Court judge on Friday, April 4.
NTSB aims to complete on-scene investigation of Lexington explosion

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sam Hartle |Fernanda Silva

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal investigators remained in Lexington, Missouri, early this week as they continue reviewing a gas pipeline explosion last week that killed a 5-year-old boy and injured two others. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson told KSHB 41 News Tuesday that investigators aimed to complete the on-scene phase of their investigation within the next couple of days.