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New documents uncovered in Slidell murder-suicide [Video]
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New documents uncovered in Slidell murder-suicide [Video]

DISINFORMATION. TONIGHT, WDSU UNCOVERS NEW DOCUMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE IN SLIDELL. RECORDS SHOW A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN TRYING TO LEAVE HER MARRIAGE DIDNT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. AND TONIGHT WERE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK INTO CYNTHIA KENTS ATTEMPTS TO SEEK PROTECTION. AND THE COURT RECORDS DETAILING DECADES OF ABUSE. WDSU NORTH SHORE BUREAU REPORTER SHAWANDA JONES IS LIVE IN SLIDELL TO WALK US THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF HOW ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED. SHAWANDA. THE LAST RESTRAINING ORDER CYNTHIA KENT MADE AGAINST HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND ENDED IN JUNE. FOUR MONTHS LATER, CYNTHIA IS NOW DEAD, ALLEGEDLY KILLED AT THE HANDS OF HER HUSBAND BEFORE THEIR DIVORCE WAS FINALIZED AND BEFORE POLICE SAY HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. WERE SEEING CYNTHIA KENTS PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME. HER MARRIAGE TO HER HUSBAND, DENNIS, CAME TO A HORRIFIC END IN THE PARKING LOT OF WALGREENS OFF MILITARY ROAD IN SLIDELL MONDAY. WDSU UNCOVERED CYNTHIA KING REX FIRST RESTRAINING ORDER FILED AGAINST HER HUSBAND, DENNIS, BACK IN 2003. IT ACCUSED HIM OF PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE, NOT JUST TOWARDS HER, BUT TOWARDS ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN. SHE DESCRIBED A TERRIFYING MOMENT DENNIS CHASED HER WITH A BAT AND, QUOTE, PUT A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. DESPITE THESE CHILLING DETAILS, DOCUMENTS SHOW CYNTHIA DROPPED THE RESTRAINING ORDER TWO DAYS BEFORE THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, SAYING SHE WANTED TO MAKE THEIR MARRIAGE WORK, HOPING COUNSELING AND ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR DENNIS WOULD CHANGE THINGS. FAST FORWARD TO 2007. WE FOUND CYNTHIA FILED FOR ANOTHER RESTRAINING ORDER, BUT AGAIN DISMISSED IT. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER 2023, RECORDS SHOW SAINT TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE RESPONDED TO CYNTHIAS HOME AFTER DENNIS ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO QUOTE, GET A GUN AND END IT FOR US ALL, END QUOTE. DENNIS WAS ARRESTED FOR RESISTING ARREST. BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER, AND SIMPLE ASSAULT. WHEN DEPUTIES RESPONDED, HE BONDED OUT THAT SAME DAY. CYNTHIA WAS GRANTED A SIX MONTH RESTRAINING ORDER, WHICH EXPIRED IN JUNE. WITH THAT ORDER GONE. DENNIS HAD NO LEGAL BEARINGS PROTECTING HIM FROM CONTACTING CYNTHIA OR POSSESSING WEAPONS. CYNTHIA FILED FOR DIVORCE JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE RESTRAINING ORDER EXPIRED, BUT BEFORE THE DIVORCE COULD BE FINALIZED. SOURCES SAY THE TWO MET AT WALGREENS TO EXCHANGE A DOG IN WHICH THEY SHARED CUSTODY. THATS WHEN POLICE SAY DENNIS SHOT CYNTHIA TWICE AND ENDED HIS OWN LIFE. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, KNOW THAT THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR RESOURCES ON HOW YOU CAN SEEK SAFETY. REPORTING LIVE IN SLIDELL.

Kansas City downtown businesses report more break-ins [Video]
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Kansas City downtown businesses report more break-ins [Video]

Kansas City, Missouri’s business break-in problems are continuing with at least four more downtown-area locations hit overnight into Thursday morning. Around 3:45 a.m. surveillance video shows two suspects breaking glass in the Freestyle Poke restaurant in the River Market and stealing a register with $300 inside. The suspects’ car then sped in the direction of Brown & Loe where the restaurant’s front door was shattered.One block away: A third property damaged. Bo’s Kitchen, which has been closed since May, was hit. Last to be hit was the double-paned glass door at Oak & Steel a craft beer and whiskey bar in the Crossroads. Their presence inside triggered a motion detector, which set off an alarm inside the business. When they couldn’t find anything of interest inside the business office, they snagged a cash drawer from under the register with about $350 inside and ran. Owners say the glass repair to the door alone will cost more than $1,000. But more concerning, they say, was the fact that it took Kansas City police four hours to respond to the call.The two officers who did come to take a report had just finished up at Freestyle Poke a restaurant in the nearby River Market that was also broken into overnight.Bon-die Fortner with Freestyle Poke says this is a frustrating scenario for the Kansas City business community.”The River Market businesses and neighborhood has been hit several times now and the criminal activity is wildly elevated in recent months,” Fortner said. Nearby neighbor Betty Rae’s ice cream shop just cleaned up after their second break-in in three weeks. The Donutology trolley next to Betty Rae’s has also been targeted in the past, along with a host of other businesses.”Our neighbors at Betty Rae’s, Donutology, Block 15 down, HUB, and residents are fed up,” Fortner said. Owners for Oak & Steel and Freestyle Poke both say they will be applying for the newly-created Back-to-Business fund created by the city to help small businesses after a break in. In addition, at least two other nearby businesses Brown & Low and Bo’s Kitchen Chinese were also broken into overnight.

Rickey Booker, Visionary Entrepreneur and Restaurateur, Announces Strategic Partnership for Next Level Growth Expansion of Breakfast Brothers | PR Newswire [Video]
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Rickey Booker, Visionary Entrepreneur and Restaurateur, Announces Strategic Partnership for Next Level Growth Expansion of Breakfast Brothers | PR Newswire [Video]

DALLAS, Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Rickey Booker, the visionary entrepreneur and co-owner of the popular restaurant concept Breakfast Brothers, has selected key strategic partners to help drive the expansion

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again [Video]
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Small Business Lifestyle

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again [Video]

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is not expecting the bloc to fall into recession as it cut borrowing costs once again after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than three years and economic growth waning.