Month: September 2018

Community Blood Center declares blood emergency

The Community Blood Center of Kansas City has declared a blood emergency after the Labor Day weekend.

There is an urgent need for blood donations, according to the blood center.

The blood supply currently is below the preferred minimum, according to a spokesman.

All blood types are needed, particularly those with O negative and B negative blood, according to the spokesman.

Blood may be donated at the Community Blood Center’s office and also at mobile sites.

Some of the upcoming blood drives listed on the Community Blood Center’s website include:

• Sept. 17, from 2 to 6 p.m., Christ the King Catholic Church basement, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas.
• Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sporting Kansas City, One Sporting Way, Kansas City, Kansas.
• Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kansas City, Kansas Community College, Room 2325, Jewell Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
• Sept. 26, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., Bonner Springs YMCA, Classroom A, 2251 S. 138th St., Bonner Springs.
• Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Providence Medical Center, auditorium rooms, 8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.
• Oct. 5, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sumner Academy, new gym, 1610 N. 8th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
• Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kansas City Kansas Community College Burke Technical Education Center, Multipurpose Room 2, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

To schedule an appointment or get more information on where to donate or how to set up a drive, visit www.savealifenow.org or call 1-877-468-6844.

Homicide victim identified

The victim of a homicide on Sept. 2 in the 3100 block of Mellier Avenue has been identified, according to police.

The victim was Tracey A. Carter, 36, a police spokesman stated.

Police officers responded to a report of a shooting at 4:30 a.m. Sept. 2, and found a man in his 30s who had been shot, according to the spokesman. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

Accident reported on eastbound I-70 in KCK

An accident was reported at 12:10 a.m. Sept. 4 on eastbound I-70 at Minnesota Avenue exit in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Honda Accord was eastbound on I-70 when it rear-ended a Chrysler Sebring that was stopped on the highway because it was out of gas, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Accord, a 67-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, was taken to a hospital with a possible injury, the trooper’s report stated.

No one was in the Sebring at the time of the crash, the report stated. A 23-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman was standing outside of her vehicle at the time, according to the trooper’s report. She was not injured.