Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide at 7th and Armstrong after midnight Nov. 28, according to a police spokesman.
Officers from the Mission, Kan., Police Department were conducting a traffic stop for speeding at I-35 and Antioch Road about 12:30 a.m. when they discovered a 28-year-old woman inside a vehicle who was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a news release from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
The woman was shot at 7th and Armstrong, and was being rushed to a hospital by an acquaintance, the spokesman stated.
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending positive identification and family notification, according to the spokesman.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
There is a slight chance of drizzle today, according to the National Weather Service.
Sprinkles are most likely after noon and south of I-70, the weather service said.
Today’s temperatures will drop about 10 degrees in comparison to Monday’s high of 70. Today’s high will be near 59, with a south southwest wind of 7 to 11 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon, the weather service said. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Tonight, there is a 20 percent chance of showers after midnight, with a low of 41, according to the weather service. A north northeast wind of 8 to mph may gust as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday, the high will be near 52 with mostly cloudy skies and an east wind of 5 to 9 mph, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, the low will be around 39 with a calm wind becoming north northwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight, according to the weather service.
Thursday, the high will be 54 with sunny skies and a north northwest wind of 5 to 8 mph, the weather service said.
Thursday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 32, according to the weather service.
Friday, the high will be near 54 with sunny skies, the weather service said.
Friday night, the low will be around 35 with mostly clear skies, according to the weather service.
Saturday will be sunny with a high near 57, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 41, according to the weather service.
Sunday, the high will be near 60 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said.
Sunday night, the low will be 49 with mostly cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of rain, according to the weather service.
Testing and cleanup has started for Welborn Lake, around 48th and Leavenworth Road. (Photo from Lou Braswell, Leavenworth Road Association) by Mary Rupert
Welborn Lake, which was covered by algae earlier this year to the point that water couldn’t be seen, will be the subject of a meeting from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The meeting on Nov. 28 is sponsored by the Unified Government Public Works Department and Shockey Consultants. It is a “come and go” meeting, according to UG information.
In the summer, the lake’s condition became an issue, with something finally being done about it.
The Leavenworth Road Association this past summer offered to supply funding for chemicals to clean up the lake, and a Shawnee, Kan., conservationist saw a broadcast on Fox4 News about the lake. There also were published reports in the Wyandotte Daily about it. The conservationist volunteered his time to clean up the pond.
Lou Braswell, executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association, said the scum has pretty much been removed from the lake, because of the conservationist’s work this summer, although there is still some algae there. The lake project has been on the LRA’s list of areas to improve for some years.
Braswell said the algae was sent off for testing to a lab, the results are back, and after the algae is all removed, the lake can be treated with chemicals.
Welborn Lake is a private lake, and property owners and community members will be asked for their opinions on what to do with the lake. According to a UG letter sent to residents in that area, they will be asked to take a survey and also will hear about possible solutions involving the algae, as well as concerns about trash, water quality and runoff.
One of the questions in the survey asks who should take care of the lake, the property owners there, residents there, a neighborhood group, the UG or a volunteer group.
Braswell said there may be different proposals brought up for the future of the lake. While some will see the lake as a private landowners’ concern only, others see it as a possible park. The UG did not get too involved in it in years past because it was privately owned.
“It’s a community landmark,” Braswell said. She said she was glad that something might be done about it. News clippings from the early 1900s show that it was once a tourist attraction on the interurban for fishing and swimming.
A conservationist from Shawnee, Kan., whose family is from Kansas City, Kansas, examined the algae this summer at Welborn Lake at 48th and Leavenworth Road. (Photo from Lou Braswell) A conservationist from Shawnee, Kan., examined the Welborn Lake this summer. (Photo from Lou Braswell) A conservationist from Shawnee, Kan., whose family is from Kansas City, Kansas, examined the algae this summer at Welborn Lake at 48th and Leavenworth Road. (Photo from Lou Braswell)
