Month: July 2016

Candidate forum planned July 12

A candidate forum, sponsored by Business West, neighborhood associations and Kansas City Kansas Community College, is planned at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Upper Jewell Building, KCKCC, 7250 State Ave.

The forum is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Candidates for contested races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state representative, judge and district attorney have been invited. The primary election is Aug. 2.

After a brief introduction by each candidate, there will be questions and answers from a panel of journalists and neighborhood leaders. It is not a debate format.

After the forum, the candidate forum will be shown on the college’s community access channel. It is Channel 17 on Time Warner cable and Channel 146 on Google TV.

Jackpot climbs to $454 million tonight

Interest is heating up for the $454 million Mega Millions jackpot draw tonight.

Independence Day celebrations may be over, but summer fun and excitement continues as Kansas Lottery jackpots continue to climb. The Mega Millions jackpot for tonight’s drawing has been raised to a whopping $454 million, with a cash option of $319.7 million!

Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is the third largest in the game’s history. The record Mega Millions jackpot is $656 million, which was shared among players who purchased tickets in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland for the March 30, 2012, drawing.

The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no tickets matched all numbers in the July 2 drawing. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing is $257 million, with a cash option of $179.7 million. The record Powerball jackpot is $1.58 billion, which was shared among players who purchased tickets in Florida, Tennessee and California for the Jan. 13, 2016, drawing.

In addition, the Hot Lotto and Super Kansas Cash jackpots rolled over the holiday weekend. Wednesday night’s Hot Lotto jackpot is an estimated $3.9 million, and the Super Kansas Cash jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing is an estimated $1.875 million.

Additional work taking place on I-70 and I-635 dual bridge repair project

While completing project work on the westbound I-70 bridge over Quarry Road, crews were removing pavement from the bridge approaches and encountered complications with the base and subgrade beneath the existing pavement.

The Kansas Department of Transportation and the contractor are working to resolve these issues in a timely manner so that work can resume on the project, keeping it on schedule for the overall completion date in early September 2016, weather permitting, a KDOT spokesman said.

The traffic control over the bridge can’t be removed for the safety of the traveling public until this work is finished.

The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, take it slow, and slow down when approaching and driving through the project work zone.

Updated daily traffic information for this bridge repair project and for the entire Kansas City metro area can be viewed online at: www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp.

Project work is scheduled to be completed in early September 2016, weather permitting, the spokesman said.