Month: November 2017

BPU to review 2018 proposed budget on Dec. 5

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities Board of Directors will be reviewing the 2018 proposed budget during a workshop to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 5.

The workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the BPU Administration Building located at 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Tuesday’s workshop will consist of budget reviews for the Administrative Division; Accounting; Customer Service; Human Resources; Electric Production; Electric Supply; Electric Operations and Technology and Water Divisions.

The final budget will be presented to the board for its approval during the Dec. 20 BPU board meeting.

Column: Thanks to all our volunteers

Window on the West
Opinion column

by Mary Rupert

At this time of the year, thankfulness seems to be the fitting expression.

I would like to say thanks to all the volunteers who have helped this past year at the Wyandotte Daily.

Our volunteer writers, who have journalism degrees, give up their time to help the community become better informed about current events. Our volunteer photographers likewise have spent hours of their own time to bring you a glimpse of what’s happening in the community.

They know that it is important to have an independent presence to detail important events and issues here. Without them, the community would not be as well informed.

Thanks again to our volunteers. We wouldn’t be able to do it without you!

To reach Mary Rupert, editor, email [email protected].

Off-duty KCK captain shoots armed suspect at Lenexa store

A Kansas City, Kansas, police captain discharged a firearm at a suspect when the off-duty officer was confronted in a deadly force situation Sunday at a Costco store in Lenexa, Kan.

According to a news release from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, Capt. Michael Howell, a 22-year veteran of the police force, was shopping at the time of the incident. Howell fired at a suspect when confronted with deadly force, according to the news release.

Media reports have stated that multiple shots were heard as an armed assailant confronted people in the store. The assailant was killed.

The Johnson County Officer Involved Shooting Team is investigating the incident, according to the news release.

According to a spokesman for the Lenexa Police Department, the incident happened about 11:09 a.m. Sunday.

Lenexa police officers responded to the Costco on a report of a gunman inside the business yelling and threatening customers, according to a Lenexa police news release. When they arrived, Lenexa officers learned the KCK officer had engaged the gunman in the store. He had been made aware of the gunman by fleeing customers, according to the news release.

The armed man who died in the incident was identified as Ronald O. Hunt, 58, of Edwardsville, Kan.

There were no other injuries from customers or Costco employees, according to Lenexa police.

Howell previously was honored for bravery, receiving a certificate of commendation, in the 2013 Kansas City, Kansas, police awards ceremony.