Month: October 2014

Wyandotte County has highest unemployment rate in Kansas

Wyandotte County has the highest unemployment rate of all the counties in Kansas at 7.1 percent, according to September statistics released today by the Kansas Department of Labor.

Kansas City, Kan., has the highest unemployment rate of all the largest cities in the state, at 7.2 percent, according to information from the Kansas Department of Labor.

Unemployment in Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., decreased by about four-tenths of one percent from the August rate, according to the report. The rate declined about six-tenths of one percent from one year ago.

In Wyandotte County, 4,921 persons were listed by today’s report as unemployed. There were 64,655 persons employed in Wyandotte County.

Kansas City, Kan., police reports

Sept. 23
Battery to a homeless person, 2000 block of North 1st, offender suspected of using drugs or narcotics.
Burglary, criminal damage, 4800 block of Swartz Road, motorcycle, two motorcycle helmets, leather vest, $25,500 value.
Criminal damage, 3000 block of South 46th, AT&T, copper telephone wire, $1,100 value.
Burglary, 600 block of Ohio Avenue, television, stereo system, currency, cowboy boots, $1,460 value.
Burglary, 300 block of Richmond Avenue, television, $200 value.
Burglary, auto, 2100 block of North 73rd Terrace, business, gas card, drill kits, $800 value.
Burglary, 4200 block of Booth Street, three tablets, iPod, $1,400 value.

Sept. 20
Burglary, 4300 block of State Avenue, wallet, driver’s license, $26 value.

Sept. 19
Burglary to vehicle, 1600 block of Washington Avenue, handicapped placard.

Sept. 18
Burglary, theft from motor vehicle, 1 Sporting Way, computer, iPad, iPod Nano, $950 value.

July 17
Theft, embezzlement, 2600 block of South 88th, business, currency, $6,442 value.

Museum plans Halloween History Howl on Saturday

The Wyandotte County Museum, 126th and State Avenue, Bonner Springs, is planning a Halloween History Howl from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.

The event is a family fall festival geared to children, said Jennifer Laughlin, museum curator. It will include pumpkin painting, a magic show, fire trucks and police cars, sheriff’s station children’s identification cards, Schlagle Library display, face painting and a balloon artist.

Refreshments of cider and popcorn are included with the admission price of $5 for children ages 2-15. Adults are admitted free with their children.

Also at the Wyandotte County Museum, the exhibit, “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Project,” will continue through Nov. 15. A Smithsonian traveling exhibit, it is the history of migrant workers.

The museum also plans a historical bus tour on past and present entertainment in Wyandotte County on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 18, she said.

To be included on the guided bus tour are such sites as Carnival Park, Big 11 Lake, and the old Granada Theater in downtown Kansas City, Kan.

For more information on the bus tour or other activities, call the museum, located inside Wyandotte County Park at Bonner Springs, at 913-573-5002.