Month: June 2018

UG committees to meet tonight

Two Unified Government committees are scheduled to meet tonight.

The Public Works and Safety Committee is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Monday, June 18, in the fifth floor conference room, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

On the agenda are resolutions for Pump Station 61 force main improvements, from Donahoo Road and 123rd north along 123rd to 123rd Terrace, then to Wingfoot Drive. The resolution would direct the UG attorney to authorize a survey for property necessary to acquire property for this project, and submit an ordinance authorizing eminent domain if necessary.

Also on the 5 p.m. agenda is a resolution for the Hutton Road sanitary sewer main extension. The resolution would authorize the UG attorney to take a survey of the property to be acquired by the project, and to submit an ordinance authorizing the exercise of eminent domain.

Also on the 5 p.m. agenda is an update on the UG fiber network; a follow-up on roadside memorials; and a presentation on the traffic management guide.

The UG Administration and Human Services Committee will meet in the fifth floor conference room after the end of the PWS Committee meeting.

On the agenda is an update on the myWyco mobile application deployment.

Two injured in semi rollover near I-635 and I-70

An exit from I-635 northbound to I-70 eastbound was reported closed about 1:05 p.m. Monday, according to KC Scout. There was a semi rollover accident at the site, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. (KC Scout photo)

Two persons were injured when a semi rolled over about 12:57 p.m. Monday at northbound I-635, near I-70.

The semi was exiting from northbound I-635 to eastbound I-70, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report. The vehicle went off the road to the left, the semi then turned on its driver’s side and stopped in the ditch, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the semi, a 57-year-old man from Kansas City, Kansas, was injured and taken to a hospital, the trooper’s report stated.

A passenger in the semi, a 49-year-old Independence, Missouri man, also was injured and taken to the hospital, the trooper’s report stated.

Funeral arrangements for slain deputies

Funeral arrangements will be held Wednesday and Thursday for Deputy Patrick Rohrer, left, and Deputy Theresa King.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for two slain Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies.

A visitation for Deputy Theresa King, who was killed in a shooting near the courthouse Friday, will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at the Reardon Civic Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. This visitation is for Deputy King only.

Deputy Patrick Rohrer, who also was killed on Friday near the courthouse, will not have a public visitation.

Parking for the public on Wednesday will be in a lot across from the Reardon Center, on the south side of Minnesota Avenue.

The media will not be allowed inside the Reardon Center for the visitation, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman, but they may be in a parking lot outside the building.

A combined funeral service for both deputies will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 21, at Children’s Mercy Park, where Sporting KC plays. The complex is near The Legends, near I-435 and I-70. Parking will be at the nearby Kansas Speedway.