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The administrative offices and customer service lobby of the Kansas City, Kan., Board of Public Utilities will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. The BPU offices will also be closed on Thursday, Jan. 1, in observance of New Year’s Day.
Although BPU’s business offices are closed on holidays, emergency service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. For power emergencies, customers should call 913-573-9522. The water emergency number is 913-573-9622.
A Community Blood Center blood drive is planned today from 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 15 in the classroom area of Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway.
Other blood drives coming up this month include one from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 24 at Providence Medical Center, classrooms ABC, 8929 Parallel Parkway; from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Haley Bernard Honorary Blood Drive Training Room, 13001 Metropolitan Ave.; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 30 at the University of Kansas Hospital Francisco Lounge, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kan.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 816-753-4040 or visit www.savealifenow.org.
The victim of a homicide on Dec. 13 in the 1900 block of North 24th Street has been identified.
According to police, the victim was Tracy L. Williams, 43, a man who lived in Kansas City, Kan.
The victim was found inside a residence, dead from a gunshot wound.
The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.