Month: January 2019

Accidents reported on slick highways

KC Scout is reporting that eastbound I-70 was closed near I-670, near Mill Street, at 2:26 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. Motorists were advised to use an alternate route. It was snowing at the time. (KC Scout photo)
An accident was reported at 2:36 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at northbound I-435 near Donahoo Road, according to KC Scout. The left shoulder was affected. It was snowing at the time.(KC Scout photo)

Escaped inmate found in Independence

An inmate who escaped from Lansing Correctional Facility was taken into custody Thursday afternoon in Independence, Missouri.

According to a news release from the Kansas Department of Corrections, the department worked with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force to apprehend Cal Henry Green III.

Green was taken into custody in Independence, Missouri, at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. A spokesman stated the arrest occurred without incident, and Green was taken to the Jackson County Jail.

Green left Lansing Correctional Facility on Monday without permission, driving away in a dump truck that was later found abandoned at 92nd and Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas.

Snow arrives before schedule

It was snowing around 1 p.m. Friday in Wyandotte County, hours earlier than a forecast prediction. The temperature at 1 p.m. was 38 degrees. A winter weather advisory is in effect for 3 p.m. today through 6 p.m. Saturday. For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov.