Month: December 2017

Today’s high to be near 60

National Weather Service graphic

Today’s high will be near 60, according to the National Weather Service, with sunny skies and a south wind of 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday’s, Sunday’s and Monday’s highs also will be in the 60s, with Tuesday dropping to a winter-like 47 degrees, the weather service said. Wednesday’s high will reach about 40 degrees.

Tonight, it will be mostly clear with a low of 37, according to the weather service. A south southeast wind of 6 mph will become west southwest after midnight.

Saturday, it will be sunny with a high near 60, and a light and variable wind, the weather service said.

Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 43 and a calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph, according to the weather service.

Sunday, expect temperatures to reach a high of 65, with partly sunny skies and a light south southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning, the weather service said.

Sunday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 56, according to the weather service.

Monday, the high will be near 65 with mostly cloudy skies, the weather service said.

Monday night, the low will be around 34 with mostly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, the high will be near 47 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, expect a low of 25 with partly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, the high will be near 40 with mostly sunny skies, the weather service said.

Wednesday night, the low will be about 27, according to the weather service.

Lamonte McIntyre and former Mayor Carol Marinovich to be featured at Mayor’s Holiday Lighting festival Friday

Lamonte McIntyre, recently freed after spending more than 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, will turn on the lights Friday during the Mayor’s Holiday Lighting festival in front of City Hall. Earlier in the event, Unified Government officials will unveil a new street sign honoring former Mayor Carol Marinovich.

“It is fitting that we honor Mayor Marinovich with this sign given the breadth of her contributions,” said Mark Holland, mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. “Twenty years ago, she led the effort to consolidate our city and county governments, ushering in a new era of good government and unprecedented economic development.”

McIntyre, Mayor Holland said, is an inspiration and model of perseverance in the face of adversity. “I cannot begin to imagine what it was like for Mr. McIntyre to lose more than two decades of his life for a crime he did not commit,” Mayor Holland said. “Inviting him to turn on the lights is our way, however small relative to what he has endured, of welcoming Mr. McIntyre back to our community. We are very grateful and honored that he has accepted this invitation.”

The annual lighting ceremony, a free event open to the public, will include family friendly activities, performances, snacks and crafts.

It will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in front of the City Hall at 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

At 4:30 p.m., the Mayor Marinovich sign will be unveiled at 7th and Barnett.

At 7:15 p.m., Lamonte McIntyre will turn on the holiday lights.

– Information from Mayor Mark Holland’s office