Month: September 2016

Community event Sept. 8 to discuss KanCare expansion

A KanCare Expansion community action event is planned from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Donnelly College Event Center, 608 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan.

Members of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas are sponsoring the community event. The organization is planning community events across Kansas to discuss what KanCare expansion would mean for Kansas residents.

According to a spokesman, expanding KanCare would help the state’s economy and more than 150,000 Kansas residents would be able to access health care.

To register for the community event, visit http://www.expandkancare.com/event/kansas-city-kansas-community-forum/.

Dry, pleasant holiday weekend forecast ahead

A dry and pleasant weekend is expected, along with cooler temperatures until Labor Day, according to the National Weather Service.

The temperature at 9 a.m. today was 66 degrees, and the day’s high will be 78 with sunny skies, the weather service said.

Thunderstorm chances return Monday night into the mid-week, the weather service said.

Tonight, the low will be around 59, with mostly clear skies, according to the weather service. An east wind will be 5 to 7 mph.

A sunny Saturday will have a high near 80, the weather service said. A south southeast wind of 5 to 8 mph is in the forecast.

Saturday night, the low will be around 62 with mostly clear skies, according to the weather service. There will be a southeast wind of 7 mph.

Sunday will be sunny with a high near 84, the weather service said, with a south wind of 7 to 11 mph.

Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 69, the weather service said.

Monday, Labor Day, will be sunny with a high near 88, according to the weather service.

Monday night will be mostly clear with a low of 73, the weather service said.