Ticket amnesty program falls short

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's first amnesty program for people who have violated municipal ordinances didn't bring in as much money as officials had hoped.

In the three-day effort that ended Saturday, only a few hundred people took advantage of the opportunity to pay tickets for parking offenses, minor traffic offenses and other minor offenses without late fees.

Officials expected to take in more than $30,000 toward the estimated $10 million in outstanding city fines. The city spent about $6,000 for staff overtime to conduct the program.

Exact final totals were not available over the weekend, but officials said more than 100 people paid fines Saturday at Municipal Court, twice as many as in either of the two other days.