Month: March 2015

Business West, Community College to sponsor candidate forum

Business West, in cooperation with Kansas City Kansas, Community College, will sponsor a candidate forum starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in Upper Jewell at the college, 7250 State Ave.

Candidates from Wyandotte County will seek public office in the general election Tuesday, April 7.

Candidates in contested races for the Unified Government Commission, the Board of Public Utilities, the Kansas City, Kan., School Board and the Community College Board of Trustees have been invited.

Candidates will be given up to three minutes to make introductory remarks. Representatives from community organizations and the media will ask candidates questions; candidates will have up to two minutes to respond. Candidates will have up to two minutes for closing remarks.

The forum will be taped for playback on the college’s channel 17.

For more information, telephone Murrel Bland at 913-766-4300 or 913-406-6266.

– Information from Business West

Mild, beautiful weather in store for Thursday

National Weather Service graphic
National Weather Service graphic

Today’s forecast will be mostly sunny with a high near 72, according to the National Weather Service.

A south wind will be from 6 to 10 mph today.

The weather service said there are concerns about fires today as low relative humidity values remain in place. The area of concern is along, west and north of I-35.

Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies with a low around 47. An east southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph will become calm after midnight, the weather service said.

Friday, there is a 20 percent chance of rain. Skies will be partly sunny with a high near 70. The north wind will be 5 to 9 mph, the weather service said.

Friday night, the low will be around 42, with a north wind of 8 to 13 mph, according to the weather service.

Saturday, expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 63, according to the weather service, with a north wind of 9 to 11 mph. Saturday night, the low will be around 39.

Sunday’s forecast is sunny with a high near 74, the weather service said. Sunday night, the low will be around 46.

Monday’s high will be near 77, the weather service said.

The weather changes Tuesday, when the high will be near 58, the weather service said. Tuesday night, the skies will be partly cloudy with a low of 37.

Wednesday, the forecast is a high near 58, according to the weather service.

Vehicle overturns three times, driver ejected while fleeing authorities

A 42-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man was fleeing from a law enforcement officer on westbound I-70 and crashed on an exit ramp to eastbound State Avenue near I-435 about 5:57 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. His vehicle overturned three times and he was ejected, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

The man was thrown out of the passenger side window of the GMC Sierra, coming to rest in a lane of traffic, the trooper’s report stated. The driver was injured and taken to the hospital.

The driver’s GMC Sierra entered the ramp to eastbound State Avenue, and it was on the ramp that the driver lost control and drove off the roadway on the left side of the road, according to the report.

The driver then overcorrected, crossing the roadway and slid sideways on the outside shoulder before overturning, the trooper’s report stated.