Month: March 2015

Coach Factory Store to stay at Legends Outlets permanently

The Coach Factory Store, a temporary popup store at The Legends Outlets, has announced it will stay there.

According to an announcement today, the Coach store will stay at The Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kan., permanently, and will nearly double its space.

Later this year, the store will move into the 8,337-square-foot space formerly occupied by Backfire BBQ at The Legends Outlets, according to the announcement.

While construction is underway, Coach Factory will remain in its temporary space at The Legends Outlets, a spokesman said.

The new location will be a larger space, with room for more products. The store offers high-end leather goods, handbags, footwear, apparel and accessories for women at up to 70 percent off full retail prices, a spokesman said.

“Shoppers have wanted a Coach store for years. RED Legacy and KKR anticipated the pop-up location at Legends Outlets would perform well, but the reality of its success is beyond anything we predicted,” said Dan Lowe, founder and senior managing partner at RED Legacy. “The permanent location will make an excellent addition to the more than 100 designer outlets, dining, entertainment and other retail options at the center,” Lowe said.

Other Legends stores that have been added recently include a new Eddie Bauer Outlet and Express Factory Outlet opening this month.

Man barricaded in Piper standoff

A standoff was going on throughout the day in the Piper area, according to authorities.

At about 11:15 a.m. March 5, a man in his early 30s broke into a residence in the 2400 block of 123rd Street, a police spokesman said.

There was an altercation between people inside the house and the person, and it is possible that shots were fired, the spokesman stated.

The man who broke into the residence then went inside another residence and barricaded himself, the spokesman said.

Police have been in contact with the man, who was refusing to come out, according to the latest information from authorities.

It is unknown if the man is injured, and there are no other injuries, the spokesman stated.

Primary election recount requests to have a Tuesday deadline

Candidates in the spring primary election will have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, to submit requests for a recount, according to Wyandotte County Election Commissioner Bruce Newby.

The requests for a recount are not permitted until after the meeting of the county Board of Canvassers at 9 a.m. Monday, March 9, and the posting of the final official election results, Newby stated.

On Wednesday, former Unified Government commissioner Nathan Barnes was asked if he was going to ask for a recount, and he replied that he would wait until Monday and see what the final count is before making a decision. On election night, Barnes was 10 votes short of second place for the UG Commissioner, at large, 1st District position. Mark Gilstrap trailed Melissa Bynum, the first-place candidate, by 23 votes.

There often are uncounted provisional ballots that will be considered by the Board of Canvassers, which meets Monday.

Newby stated that a candidate who wants to request a recount must submit the request to the county election officer in writing, accompanied by a bond in the amount of the expected direct costs for the recount. The cost will vary depending on the number of ballots to be recounted, the number of precincts involved in the race and the time it will take to complete the recount in one to three days.

“With the general election on April 7th, the maximum time allotted to a recount of any race in the primary must be one day,” Newby stated.