Month: April 2018

Motorcycle rider in critical condition after accident near I-635 and Shawnee Drive

The northbound I-635 exit to Shawnee Drive was closed about 3:40 p.m. on Friday, April 20, following an accident that left a motorcyclist in critical condition. (KC Scout photo)

A motorcycle rider is in critical condition after an injury-accident about Friday afternoon, April 20, on I-635 near Shawnee Drive.

According to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman, officers responded about 2:09 p.m. to an accident between a motorcycle and a white four-door vehicle.

According to the preliminary investigation, the motorcycle was eastbound on Shawnee Drive when it struck a white Nissan coming from an exit ramp off I-635 north. The Nissan was turning westbound onto Shawnee Drive.

The driver of the motorcycle was thrown and hit his head on the pavement, according to the spokesman. The motorcycle rider’s helmet came off from the impact of hitting the ground, the spokesman stated.

The motorcycle rider was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the spokesman said. The driver of the Nissan had no injuries and remained at the scene.

The accident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit-Critical Collision Response Team.

The Shawnee Drive exit to I-635 was closed during the traffic investigation.

Library seeks community comments on future of Main Library

The future of the Main Library will be the topic of three community feedback sessions planned April 28, May 7 and May 16.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library is holding the feedback sessions so that the community members may share their thoughts about the future of the Main Library, according to a library news release.

The sessions will be at 1 p.m. April 28, 6 p.m. May 7 and 11 a.m. May 16 at the Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The current Main Library building was opened in 1966 and has been operating for more than 50 years. The community, in the meantime, has grown and changed, and the feedback sessions are designed to get information about what community members want and need at the library, according to the news release.

The original Main Library building was built in 1902 at 625 Minnesota Ave. as a Carnegie library. That building was demolished in 1965 for a parking lot for the current building. Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library was formed in 1895. In 1899, it came under the authority of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public School District Board of Education and remains there today.

Those community members who are not able to attend any of the three sessions may take a short survey available at www.kckpl.org/main-project.