Month: May 2015

First stop on the listening tour

Unified Government Mayor Mark Holland kicked off his listening tour of the county on May 26 in the 1st District, at Northwest Middle School, 2400 N. 18th, Kansas City, Kan. The event was well-attended, Commissioners Gayle Townsend, 1st District, and Melissa Bynum, 1st District at-large, also attended. Residents are being asked for their comments on how to spend an estimated $12 million in new revenues to come in to the Unified Government from the payoff of the sales tax revenue bonds at Village West in 2017. The next stop on the listening tour is District 2, McKinley Elementary, on June 23. Commissioners Brian McKiernan and Bynum are expected to attend. (Photos by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)
Unified Government Mayor Mark Holland kicked off his listening tour of the county on May 26 in the 1st District, at Northwest Middle School, 2400 N. 18th, Kansas City, Kan. The event was well-attended, Commissioners Gayle Townsend, 1st District, and Melissa Bynum, 1st District at-large, also attended. Residents are being asked for their comments on how to spend an estimated $12 million in new revenues to come in to the Unified Government from the payoff of the sales tax revenue bonds at Village West in 2017. The next stop on the listening tour is District 2, McKinley Elementary, on June 23. Commissioners Brian McKiernan and Bynum are expected to attend. (Photos by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)

(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)
(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)

(Photos by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)
(Photos by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)

(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)
(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)

(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)
(Photo by Bill Hurrelbrink, director of communications for the mayor’s office)

Public meeting scheduled June 4 on K-7 corridor project

A public informational meeting is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, on the K-7 corridor project in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties.

The meeting will be held at the Lansing Community Center, basement of Lansing City Hall, off K-7 in Lansing.

The Kansas Department of Transportation is holding the meeting to present and discuss interim intersection improvement strategies along a portion of K-7 from Parallel Parkway in Wyandotte County to Gilman Road in Leavenworth County.

At the evening meeting, KDOT and the consulting team will provide information on this study effort and discuss recommended intersection improvements during two formal identical presentations at 5:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.

Recommended intersection interim improvement strategies will be on display. KDOT and consultant staff members will be present to discuss the study and answer questions.

The Kansas Department of Transportation, the cities of Basehor, Lansing, Leavenworth and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kan., are working together to develop interim intersection improvement strategies for the K-7 corridor.

Persons who will require special assistance at the open house are asked to contact Kimberly Qualls, KDOT public affairs manager at 785-296-0192 at least five days in advance of the public open house.

T-Bones drop fifth in a row

The T-Bones’ slide continued on Thursday night with a 3-1 loss to the Sioux City Explorers at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City, Kan.

The T-Bones’ Joe Rapp hit the first home run of the season for the T-Bones, a solo shot to left center in the second inning.

Sioux City jumped to an early lead, scoring a run each in the first and second inning. The Explorers scored again in the fifth inning.

New pitcher Bobby Doran took the loss for the T-Bones, allowing two runs and only three hits, with four strikeouts, in four innings.

The T-Bones play tonight in Gary, Ind., against the RailCats. The game begins at 7:10 p.m.

Back home on June 4, the T-Bones will play a six-game series. For tickets, visit www.tbonesbaseball.com or call 913-328-5618.