Month: December 2015

Mayor’s Listening Tour to be Dec. 8 at Schlagle

The Mayor’s Listening Tour will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, Schlagle High School, 2214 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kan.

UG Mayor-CEO Mark Holland will ask residents in small groups to talk about how they would want to spend a sales tax windfall of about $12 million a year expected to occur when the STAR bonds are paid off at The Legends Outlets. Some Unified Government commissioners are expected to attend.

Car runs into SUV being towed on I-635

Three vehicles, including one that was being pulled by a tow chain, were involved in a multi-vehicle accident Sunday on I-635 in Kansas City, Kan.

The accident happened at 5:40 p.m. Dec. 6 on northbound I-635 near Metropolitan Avenue, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Ford Ranger truck was pulling a Chrysler Pacifica on I-635 with a log chain, according to the trooper’s report.

A Ford passenger car rear-ended the Pacifica, causing the Pacifica to hit the Ranger, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the truck, a 25-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was not injured, according to the trooper’s report. Two male passengers, a 4-year-old and 2-year-old, also were not injured, the report stated.

The driver of the Pacifica, a 24-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, had a possible injury, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the Ford passenger car, a 96-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was injured and taken to a hospital, the report said.