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Job fair brings employers together with job seekers

by William Crum

A job fair today at the Reardon Convention Center in Kansas City, Kan., was well attended.

The sponsors of the job fair included Workforce Partnership, the Hilton Garden Inn, Kansas City Kansas Community College and Technical Education Center, Unified Government of Wyandotte County, and KansasWorks.

Dozens of companies were represented at the fair, all seeking possible new employees.

Companies and organizations that were represented included the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Target department stores and Jack-in-the-Box restaurants. All were there to talk about future opportunities that they might have.

Workforce Partnership was there to help the applicants write resumes. The mobile Workforce Partnership had a mobile unit where an applicant could come there and write a resume with the help of a trained professional.

A lot of employers prefer to come to Wyandotte County because of the employees’ strong work ethic.

Tribes in Kansas receive more than $1.3 million in public safety grants

Native American tribes in Kansas are being awarded more than $1.3 million in public safety grants from the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

“Protecting public safety in Indian Country is a critical part of our goal to strengthen and sustain native communities in Kansas,” said U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.

The grants, awarded through the Justice Department’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance program, include:

• Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas: $449,824 from the Violence Against Women Tribal Governments Program through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).
• Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: $365,386 from the Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance Program through the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
• Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska: $547,482 from the Violence Against Women Tribal Governments Program through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).

Nationally, the Justice Department has announced 169 grants in FY 2014 to American Indian tribes totaling more than $87 million to enhance law enforcement practices and sustain crime prevention and intervention efforts. The grants are awarded in purpose areas including public safety and community policing, justice systems planning, alcohol and substance abuse, corrections and correctional alternatives, violence against women, juvenile justice and tribal youth programs.

Kansas City, Kan., police reports

Sept. 3
Burglary, criminal damage, 3800 block of Metropolitan, door frame, $100 value.
Burglary, 100 block of South Tremont, camera, tripod, tennis shoe, Sawzall, $2,750 value.
Theft, 7700 block of State Avenue, gas-powered air compressor, hammer drill, $1,429 value.
Possession of a controlled substance, possession of stolen property, 2400 block of South 50th, methamphetamines, eight clonazepam pills seized.
Criminal damage, 6600 block of Wood, knife or cut instrument, four tires, windows, headlights, $2,600 value.
Criminal use of a financial card, 7600 block of Leavenworth Road.
Theft, 3700 block of Walker, Nissan Maxima, $2,000 value.
Theft, 2800 block of South 65th, truck, $1,500 value.

Sept. 2
Attempted burglary, criminal damage, 2200 block of North 56th, screens, $50 value.

Sept. 1
Theft, 3100 block of Merriam Lane, trailer stolen and recovered, $2,500 value.
Theft, criminal damage, 2400 block of Merriam Lane, business, Chevy pickup, window, $8,100 value.

Aug. 29
Theft, 1600 block of Washington Boulevard, Mitsubishi Mirage, $5,000 value.
Theft, 5700 block of Georgia, Buick Lucerne, $12,000 value.

Aug. 24
Criminal use of a financial card, 1600 block of Village West Parkway, business, laptop computer, dresser, headboard, $1,329.01 value.