NAACP to meet May 3

The Kansas City, Kan., Branch NAACP will meet Tuesday, May 3, at the Bethany Medical Building, second floor meeting room, 21 N. 12th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The executive meeting will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the general membership meeting at 7 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend.

The Women in NAACP (WIN) Committee is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. in the same place.

Thunderstorm warning issued for Wyandotte County

A ping-pong ball is on the left, compared with pea-sized hail that fell at 3:30 p.m. in central Wyandotte County.
A ping-pong ball is on the left, compared with pea-sized hail that fell at 3:30 p.m. in central Wyandotte County.

The National Weather Service has issued a thunderstorm warning for Wyandotte County until 4 p.m.

At 3:30 p.m. a storm was moving through Wyandotte County. The storm included lightning and pea-sized hail.

Pea-sized hail was seen as part of the storm, which was mostly over in central Wyandotte County by 3:30 p.m.

The weather service recommended moving to the lowest floor in the building, in an interior room.

Bonner library to hold 6th annual Books, Blocks and Bubbles Young Child Fair Saturday

The Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., will hold a children’s event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 30.

The 6th annual Books, Blocks and Bubbles Young Child Fair will have the theme, “Down on the Farm.”

A petting zoo, a tractor, BLOCK Fest, art projects, story time, puppets and local agency information will be featured at the event. Some of the events are outdoors and some are indoors. In the event of rain, the petting zoo will be held at a later date, but other activities will continue indoors.

The project comes out of a collaboration between the library, Parents as Teachers, the Bonner Springs Arts Alliance and the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame.

Admission is free to the event.