Category: Wyandotte County

Final Cut at the Hollywood Casino has new items on its menu

by William Crum

Recently, the Final Cut steakhouse at the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway announced several new items on its menu.

“We have a lot of new items such as oysters on the half shell and spicy frog legs for appetizers,” said Chris Harman, Final Cuts manager. “We brought back a wedge salad and a capricious salad. We have a shrimp and lobster bisque that is fantastic. We put in a veal scaloppini which is also fantastic.”

There are some new side items as well as adding broccoli and house-made creamed corn, he said.

The Final Cut steakhouse at the Hollywood Casino has been mentioned numerous times in Wine Spectator magazine. For more information, visit the website, www.hollywoodcasinokansas.com.

Supreme Court upholds Wyandotte County murder conviction

The Kansas Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Dominic Verser on first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm charges in a March 2009 shooting death.

The case involved the death of Olivia Anaekwe, the mother of Verser’s child.

The court unanimously affirmed Verser’s convictions, originally in Wyandotte County District Court.

Among other rulings, the court held that the district court committed both statutory and constitutional error when it failed to read an answer to a jury question in open court and in the presence of Verser. However, the error was harmless in light of substantial evidence against Verser.

The court also held that when the testimony of a state’s witness has been so successfully impeached that it is shown to be a fabrication, and the defense chooses to continue the trial in order to use the testimony to its advantage rather than argue for mistrial, any error in failing to grant the state’s motion for mistrial is, at most, invited error that cannot provide relief on appeal.

Storms possible Saturday

Friday storm risk. National Weather Service graphic

While there is a 30 percent of showers and storms this afternoon, storms are more likely tonight and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The chance of storms increases to 70 percent tonight, mainly after 1 a.m., and then to 90 percent on Saturday. However, the worst of the storms may be south of the Kansas City area.

Friday’s high is expected to be 83 degrees, with winds of around 7 mph.

The National Weather Service stated that the threat of severe thunderstorms looks to be very low at this time for far eastern Kansas and northern Missouri on Saturday, and is focused in areas to the west and south, particularly central Kansas into southern Missouri.

Storms are possible tonight through Tuesday, the weather service said. Some of this activity could produce torrential rain, which would lead to additional flooding across the area.

Rainfall could top 2 to 4 inches through the weekend in the region and could lead to flooding, the weather service said.

Tonight’s severe weather probabilities. National Weather Service graphic

Saturday and Sunday severe weather risk. National Weather Service graphic

Rain potential through next week. National Weather Service graphic