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The Board of Public Utilities will meet at 4:30 p.m. for a work session and at 6 p.m. for a regular meeting Oct. 16 at the BPU offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
On the agenda for the work session are a board update, general manager update, fuel and purchase power report and a Unified Government public works update.
On the agenda for the regular session at 6 p.m. are a visitors’ time, website development report, board comments and general manager comments.
The Kansas, City, Kansas, Women’s Chamber’s annual Purses with a Purpose is coming up from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Dr. Burke Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
Proceeds of the fundraiser will support the Kansas City, Kansas, Women’s Chamber scholarship program for nontraditional women students.
The cost of the event will be $20 per person, including, food, wine and a specialty drink.
There will be auction items and prizes.
The event will feature guest speakers, Deborah and Mary Jones of Jones BBQ.
For reservations or more information, visit KCKWomensChamber.org.
Kansas City, Kansas police responded to a shooting about 9:03 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in the 5400 block of Leavenworth Road, according to a police spokesman
The shooting victim was a male who had been shot, according to police. The victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, police stated.
According to a police spokesman, the shooting was in the parking lot of the Happy Foods North grocery store near 55th and Leavenworth Road. There was a disturbance in the east parking lot of the store before the shooting happened, according to police.
Police stated they have not yet confirmed a motive for the shooting.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.