NAACP to meet Jan. 6

The Kansas City, Kan., Branch NAACP will meet Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Bethany Medical Office Building, 21 N. 12th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The meeting will start at 5 p.m. with the installation of officers followed by a presentation from newly elected president, Richard Mabion.

The Executive Committee meeting will start at 6 p.m., followed by the general membership meeting at 7 p.m.

Year-end reports of committee activities for January through December 2014 will be required. For more information, call 913-281-7900 or fax 913-281-7847.

I-70 closed at Goodland

Westbound lanes of I-70 at Goodland have been closed as of 8:35 a.m. Tuesday, because of winter weather conditions in Colorado, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

The interstate is closed in both directions between the Kansas-Colorado border and Limon, Colo.

For up-to-date information on road closures and road conditions, call 511 in Kansas or 866-511-5358 outside Kansas, or check travel information online at: www.kandrive.org or http://511mm.ksdot.org on your mobile device.

Slight possibility of snow in tonight’s forecast

While today’s high is in the 40s, tonight’s forecast contains the slight possibility of light snow.

Wyandotte County may see a 20 percent chance of rain after 4 p.m., according to the forecast from the National Weather Service.

Tonight, there is a 40 percent chance of rain and snow showers between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., then a chance of snow showers after 10 p.m., the weather service stated.

Chances of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday will be slight, and any accumulation probably would be very small, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, there will be a 40 percent chance of snow showers before noon, according to the weather service. The high will be near 36 and it will be windy, with gusts up to 23 mph possible.

For Wednesday night, Christmas Eve, the forecast is mostly cloudy, then clearing, with a low near 26.

On Christmas Day, Thursday, temperatures will warm up and the high will be near 49. The wind will be from the south at 8 to 16 mph, gusting to 23 mph.

Thursday night, there will be partly cloudy skies with a low of 36.

Friday’s high will be 44. A cold front will move into the area late Friday or early Saturday, when the low will be around 23.

Saturday’s high will be 32 and Saturday night’s low will be 22.