Month: November 2015

Wyandotte County under freezing rain advisory tonight

Wyandotte County is under a freezing rain advisory from 3 a.m. Friday, Nov. 27, until 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, according to the National Weather Service.

Light to moderate rain will continue across the region tonight as cold air moves into the area, the weather service said.

The temperature at 4 p.m. was 40 degrees in Kansas City, Kan.

Temperatures will continue to fall rapidly behind the cold front, dropping below freezing between 6 p.m. and midnight in far northwest Missouri and far northeast Kansas and between midnight and 6 a.m. near the Kansas City metro area, according to the weather service.

Up to a quarter-inch of ice accumulation is possible across extreme northwest Missouri, and several hundredths of an inch of ice are possible as far southeast as a line from Paola, Kan., to Lamoni, Iowa, the weather service said.

Freezing rain will lighten in intensity early Friday morning, but could last off and on through the day on Friday, the weather service said.

For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov.

Police conducting death investigation near 99th and Hutton Road

Kansas City, Kan., police are conducting a death investigation in the 5200 block of North 99th Street.

A police spokesman said officers were called to 99th and Hutton Road on an armed disturbance at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25.

While conducting the investigation, it was alleged that a 7-year-old boy had been missing for an extended time and was possibly dead at a nearby location.

Police obtained a search warrant and discovered human remains on Thursday, Nov. 26, the spokesman said. The remains have not been identified and both incidents are still under investigation, according to the spokesman.

The incident is 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.