The number one hope for a happy new year in Kansas City

It was our number one story in Kansas City this past year and it hopefully won't be next year.

That is, right now we stand at 110 homicides in Kansas City.

That is far too many killings, folks. It's got to stop. Hopefully that will be it for the year but we do have 24 hours to go so let's hope for the best.

We need to stop it.

I don't know how. No one seems to.

What we do know is that, to do it, people will have to work together.

Churches, politicians, the police department, community leaders, average people on the streets--everyone.

Here's to 2010.

And may we have far fewer murders, shootings and homicides in Kansas City in that new year.

Let's make it our number one goal and not our number one story.

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