Month: October 2018

Candidate meet-and-greet planned Saturday

A candidate meet-and-greet is planned from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.27, at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Candidates who were invited include governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and some state senators and state representatives.

The event is sponsored by the Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Connection Committee, with local co-sponsoring chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, NAACP of Johnson County, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and Jack and Jill of America, Johnson County Chapter.

Three children in KCK taken into police protective custody

Three children in Kansas City, Kansas, were taken into police protective custody on Thursday.

According to a social media post by the police chief, a neighbor told officers that a 4-year-old boy had gone to a neighbor’s residence looking for his mother.

Officers took the child home and found two more children in the home, according to police. Police noted that the home was in deplorable condition, and there was no responsible adult present at the time.