Look for a warmup in temperatures beginning today and lasting through the weekend and next week.
Will cool temperatures return later or is this really the beginning of spring? Only time will tell, but the next seven days are in the 50s and 60s, even approaching 70, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Today’s high will be near 52, with a southwest wind of 10 mph, according to the weather service. Tonight’s low will be around 34.
Saturday, there will be sunny skies with a high near 59, and a west wind of 5 to 8 mph, the weather service said.
Sunday, expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 57. The south wind of 5 to 7 mph will change to east northeast in the afternoon.
Monday’s high will be near 56; Tuesday, near 63; Wednesday, near 68; and Thursday, near 68, according to the weather service.
Sheriff Don Ash and Dr. Michael Moncure said today that Deputy Scott Wood, who was shot during a convenience store robbery, is in critical condition and improving. (Photo by William Crum) by William Crum
Deputy Scott Wood, who was brutally attacked and shot multiple times Wednesday at a convenience store in Kansas City, Kan., is in critical condition, but very stable, and is expected to recover, according to authorities.
In a news conference today at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Wyandotte County Sheriff Don Ash said police had a number of people in custody as persons of interest in this case, and a number who were in custody for unrelated charges.
The convenience store was robbed by three persons about 1 a.m. Wednesday, police said. The investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., police is still continuing, and Sheriff Ash said he was not aware of anyone else that is being sought at this time.
Sheriff Ash said he had spoken with Wood, who is on a ventilator, and was able to communicate using hand signals. Wood wants to come back to work as soon as possible, the sheriff said. Wood has been with the Sheriff’s Department since December 2007, and currently works in operations.
According to Dr. Michael Moncure, Wood’s condition is critical and improving. Scott Wood is a strong man and has a strong spirit, Dr. Moncure said.
According to Staci Wood, Scott’s wife, Scott has a strong spirit, and she believes a guardian angel was deftly watching over him when this all happened.
“He is the type of person that would give the shirt off his back if he could. He is the rock in our family,” Staci Wood said.
After the incident happened the family’s pastors came to the hospital to pray with them, she said.
Scott Wood would drop by the Seven-Eleven on Shawnee Drive just to see if the people who work there were OK. That’s the type of person he was, a very caring and giving person, who showed a lot of concern for others, she said.
Blake Wood, Scott’s son, said, “He’s like my Superman.” His dad is the strongest man he knows, he said, Superman is his dad’s favorite hero, and Blake is proud of his dad. “I told him earlier today,” Blake said.
If anyone has any information regarding the case, they are encouraged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS or a local law enforcement agency. Staci Wood, the wife of Deputy Scott Wood, said, “He is the rock in our family.” (Photo by William Crum) Blake Wood, son of Deputy Scott Wood, said his dad was his Superman. (Photo by William Crum)
A standoff in the Piper area has ended peacefully, according to police.
The standoff lasted for hours until a person came out of a home without incident, a police spokesman said.
The man was taken into custody, the spokesman said.
The incident started at 11:15 a.m. March 5 when officers responded to an armed disturbance in the 2400 block of North 123rd Street, the spokesman said.
A man in his early 30s entered a residence where he did not live, and had an altercation with the homeowners, the police spokesman said. At some point there were shots fired, and some of the details concerning the gunfire are still unknown, according to police.
The suspect then barricaded himself inside another residence, according to police, and the standoff ensued.
Officers set up a perimeter around the residence and started negotiations, the spokesman said. The communication lasted for several hours, until the suspect came out of the residence.
The incident remains 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.
