Month: February 2015

Kansas City, Kan., police reports

Feb. 5
Theft, 6400 block of Webster, business, van, electrical supplies, power tools, ladders, $13,500 value.
Theft, 3300 block of North 7th, U.S. subsidiary of a Czech firearms manufacturer, four shotguns, $3,200 value.
Theft, shoplifting, 7800 block of State, store, hoop earrings, $1,230 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 600 block of Troup, video game systems, game, computer tower, monitor, $1,120 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 400 block of Haskell Avenue, door, television, computer tower, monitors, guns, rings, earrings, $8,050 value.

Feb. 4
Burglary to motor vehicle, 6700 block of Cleveland, coins, $3 value.

Jan. 26
Burglary, 6200 block of Kansas Avenue, ignition interlock device, two tazers, laptop and bag, Swiss army bag, tablet, cross, class ring, $5,570 value.

Kansas City, Kan., police reports
Feb. 2
Burglary, criminal damage, 3200 block of Fairfax Trafficway, business, equipment and tools, generators, $4,310 value.
Burglary, criminal damage, 1700 block of South 42nd, screen, door frame, handgun, $350 value.
Theft, 1200 block of Ruby, Honda CRV, $5,000 value.

Feb. 1
Burglary to vehicle, 2400 block of North 36th, change, checks, iPod, $132 value.
Jan. 30
Identity theft, 2700 block of West 40th Terrace..
Jan. 29
Burglary, 1500 block of South 52nd Terrace, handicapped sign.

Kansas City, Kan., police reports
Feb. 3
Battery, 1700 block of Birch.

Feb. 2
Battery,2500 block of West 47th Avenue.

Feb. 1
Assault, 2200 block of West 36th.

Jan. 31
Criminal discharge of firearm, shotgun, 1500 block of North 40th, window, siding, porch rail, $575 value.
Assault, 1100 block of Orville.

Jan. 29
Aggravated assault, handgun, 7th and I-70.

Jan. 10
Battery, 2700 block of North 58th.

Nov. 15, 2014
Battery, 9th and Oakland.

Dairy Farmers of America to construct new $30 million building in Wyandotte County

The Dairy Farmers of America have announced they will build a new $30 million office building east of I-435 between Parallel Parkway and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. (Architect's drawing)
The Dairy Farmers of America have announced they will build a new $30 million office building east of I-435 between Parallel Parkway and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. (Architect’s drawing)

A new $30 million office building will expand into the Village West area, according to an announcement by the Dairy Farmers of America.

DFA will make its new headquarters in Kansas City, Kan., according to the announcement, and more than 325 employees will relocate there from their current offices in Kansas City, Mo., where they have been since 1998.

The headquarters building, a three-story, 100,000-square-foot building, is expected to be completed by December 2016, according to Kristen Coady, senior director, corporate communications, with the Dairy Farmers of America.

She said the new office building development would be located in the area east of I-435, on 98th between State Avenue and Parallel Parkway. That is the location of the Schlitterbahn development project and near the planned U.S. Soccer facility.

As the largest milk marketing cooperative in the nation, DFA exports dairy products and is the sixth largest dairy company in the world, Coady said. The Dairy Farmers of America is a cooperative owned by 15,000 dairy farmers across the country. Those members have elected to invest in brands such as Borden Cheese, Kemps, Keller’s Creamery and Hiland Dairy, she said.

Last year the Dairy Farmers of America announced plans to build a $235 million dairy ingredients plant in western Kansas, that is expected to be in operation by 2017. It will manufacture milk powder for export, according to the announcement.

KCKCC event encouraging people to cut their hair for good cause

by Kelly Rogge

Have you been growing out your hair and are ready to get it cut? An event at Kansas City Kansas Community College this week might be your answer.

For the first time, KCKCC is holding a Locks for Love event to benefit children in need of wigs. Karlee Hronek, KCKCC student and coordinator for the Locks for Love Grow Your Hair Challenge, said she came up with the idea after volunteering at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and seeing there is a need.

“This is a way people can help without donating money. They can donate their hair,” she said. “Even if they cannot donate their hair, it is about coming out and showing that you care. We want to make people aware that there is a need.”

Locks for Love is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing hair pieces to financially disadvantaged children throughout the United States and Canada who have long-term medical hair loss. The donated hair is used to create these hair pieces, which in turn helps to boost children’s confidence and self-esteem.

Haircuts will be provided by the KCKCC Cosmetology program Wednesday, Feb. 11, during two sessions – 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Deli area on the KCKCC Main Campus, 7250 State Ave. and from 5 to 7 p.m. at the KCKCC Fieldhouse.

Guidelines for hair donation include:
• Hair must be at least 10 inches long tip to tip to be donated.
• Colored or permed hair is acceptable.
• Hair that was cut in the past and has been stored in a ponytail or braid is acceptable.
• Hair that has been bleached or highlighted, swept off the floor, shaved off or in dreadlocks is not usable.
• Layered hair is acceptable has long as the longest layer is at least 10 inches.
• Curly hair is acceptable and should be pulled straight to measure 10 inches.

For those who would like to help, but are unable to donate hair, there will also be a toy donation drive for Children’s Mercy Hospital at both the KCKCC women’s and men’s basketball games Wednesday night.

The KCKCC women, ranked No. 5 in the nation in the latest NJCAA poll, play at 5 p.m. and the men’s game follows at 7 p.m., both in the KCKCC Fieldhouse. For the health and safety of the children, all toys should be new and in the original packaging.

“I think awareness is the biggest thing,” said Andrica Wilcoxen, community prevention specialist at KCKCC. “It is important for people to see that it is not only the big things that make a difference, but the small things too.”

For more information, contact Wilcoxen at 913-288-7439 or email at awilcoxen@kckcc.edu. Information is also available by contacting Karlee Hronek at karleehronek123@hotmail.com.

Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.