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8-year-old raises money for hurricane relief on his birthday [Video]
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8-year-old raises money for hurricane relief on his birthday [Video]

WANTED TO TAKE HIS SPECIAL DAY AND MAKE IT ABOUT OTHERS WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE HELENE. RASHAD WILLIAMS HAS THE STORY OF A SMALL IDEA TURNING INTO A LARGE CONTRIBUTION. YOULL ONLY SEE IT HERE ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. ITS A FUN. THIS IS WHAT YOUD EXPECT OUT OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD. SWINGS, TRAMPOLINE. TOYS. WERE GOING TO GO UP THE LADDER. YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE FOR GRANT ACEVEDO. HES CELEBRATING HIS EIGHTH TRIP AROUND THE SUN AND THE GIFT HE ASKED HIS PARENTS FOR. WAS ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL FOR SOMEONE. HIS AGE. WERE WATCHING THE NEWS AND REALIZED WHAT DEVASTATION HAD HAPPENED AROUND OUR AREA AND IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. TONIGHT, RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS AND GRANT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO, INSTEAD OF GET BIRTHDAY PRESENTS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. THIS YEAR TO DONATE FUNDS TO THE RED CROSS TO HELP PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON. IN HIS MIND AND IN HIS HEART. AND THATS THATS KIND OF PRICELESS THAT SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE NEEDED WATER, FOOD, BUT THEY DIDNT HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THE HELP OF HIS MOM, BLAKELY GRANT STARTED A GO FUND ME. I TOLD MY FRIENDS AND MY NEIGHBORS, TURNING AN IDEA INTO REALITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DONATED. APPARENTLY, GRANT HAS COME UP WITH ANOTHER GOOD IDEA. HE WANTS TO GIVE THE AMERICAN RED CROSS THE MONEY HIMSELF IN PERSON WITH ONE OF THOSE BIG CHECKS THAT REALLY CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW, IVE MADE A PHONE CALL. WERE ABOUT TO MAKE THAT SURPRISE HAPPEN, RIGHT NOW. WE GOT HERE BEFORE THE ACEVEDO FAMILY. A LITTLE PHILANTHROPIST IN THE MAKING. SO IM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AS APRIL DILLON WITH THE RED CROSS PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THIS BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. GREAT. COME ON IN. I HEAR ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY. EITHER A NICE POKER FACE OR A BIT OF SHOCK. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WHAT YOU COLLECTED FOR US. $2,130 ALL ON YOUR OWN. A MOMENT IN TIME. ONE. TWO. THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. CAPTURING A

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.