Month: March 2016

Mayor to hold final listening tour meeting

Business West will be the host for Mayor Mark Holland’s final meeting to listen to how business leaders would spend the extra $12 million that will be available in 2017 after the Village West sales tax bonds are paid off.

The session will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the auditorium at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St.

A similar session held earlier this month attracted more than 100 business leaders who met at the General Motors Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Industrial Association was the host at the luncheon. There will be no charge for the March 30 meeting; however, reservations are strongly suggested. Light refreshments will be served. Telephone 913-766-4300 or 913-406-6266 (cell phone) or email [email protected] to make reservations.

The other co-sponsoring organizations include the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce, the Kansas City, Kan., Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Leavenworth Road Association, the Argentine Betterment Corp., the Central Avenue Betterment Association, the Rosedale Development Association, the Argentine Neighborhood Development Association, the Fairfax Industrial Association, the Wyandotte Economic Development Council and the Downtown Shareholders.

Three-vehicle crash reported in KCK

Three vehicles were involved in a traffic crash this morning near 75th and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan.

According to a police spokesman, no one was injured in the crash.

A vehicle struck a storage facility at 75th and State Avenue, the spokesman said.

Police are investigating whether intoxication was a factor in the crash.

Overland Park business owner pleads guilty to federal tax charge

An Overland Park business owner has pleaded guilty to a federal tax charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. She agreed to pay $28,037 in restitution.

Becky L. Harper, 48, Overland Park, Kan., who owned and operated the Double Take Salon and Spa in Overland Park, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of making a false statement to the Internal Revenue Service. The company was an S Corporation and she was the sole shareholder.

In her plea, Harper admitted her business had gross receipts in 2007 of approximately $973,219, including more than $24,000 in cash. She did not deposit the cash receipts into the bank account for the business. Instead she spent a portion of the cash for business expenses and the remainder for personal expenses. She did not report any wages or salary in 2007.

Sentencing is set for June 13. Both parties have agreed to recommend she serve a year on federal probation and pay restitution. Grissom commended the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley for their work on the case.