Month: November 2019

Light snow possible tonight, wintry mix likely Thursday morning

Very light wintry mix precipitation is possible late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning in Wyandotte County. (National Weather Service graphic)
National Weather Service graphic

Very light wintry precipitation will be possible between midnight Wednesday night and 9 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Widespread hazardous road conditions are not expected with this light wintry mix, but isolated slick spots on roads are possible, the weather service said.

Warmer temperatures are possible Saturday before cold air arrives Sunday, according to the weather service.

A shot of very cold air will arrive late this weekend, lasting into next week, the weather service said.

The Monday, Veterans Day forecast is cold, with a high of 33, and no precipitation.

Today, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 60 and a south wind of 3 to 6 mph, the weather service said.

Tonight, there is a 40 percent chance of rain and snow showers before 4 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., then a chance of snow showers and freezing rain after 5 a.m., according to the weather service. The low will be around 30. A north northeast wind of 9 to 14 mph will increase to 15 to 20 mph in the evening, with wind gusts of up to 29 mph.

Thursday, there is a 30 percent chance of snow showers before 7 a.m., the weather service said. The high will be near 39 with a north wind of 7 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds may gust as high as 22 mph.

Thursday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 22, according to the weather service. A northwest wind of 5 mph will become calm in the evening.

Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 44 and a calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon, the weather service said.

Friday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 31, according to the weather service.

Saturday, it will be sunny, with a high near 61, the weather service said.

Saturday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low around 40, according to the weather service.

Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 52, the weather service said.

Sunday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 25, according to the weather service.

On Monday, Veterans Day, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 33, the weather service said.

Monday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low around 17, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 33, the weather service said.

For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov.

Mulvany Henry wins BPU at-large, position 3; Ramirez wins UG, 3rd District

Watching the election returns at the Elevate Bar and Grill at 75th and State Avenue on Tuesday night. This watch party was open to the public. (Photo by Mary Rupert)

Final unofficial results are in for the Wyandotte County elections, with Rose Mulvany Henry winning the BPU at-large, position 3, and Christian Ramirez winning the Unified Government Commission, 3rd District seat.


These unofficial results may not include any mail-in ballots that are currently in the mail and that have until later this week to reach the election office.

There were 13,934 ballots cast, a 16.45 percent turnout, according to the election office results.


Two state legislators who came in first in the primary elections for BPU seats came in second tonight.


In a very close contest, UG Commissioner Ann Murguia received 605 votes to Christian Ramirez’s 717 votes.


In another close contest, the Board of Public Utilities, at large position 3 contest, Rose Mulvany Henry won 6,026 to David Haley’s 5,982. Haley is a state senator.


For the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education, the top vote-getter was Randy Lopez with 3,798, followed by Yolanda S. Clark with 3,347, Valdenia C. Winn with 2,810 and Janey Humphries with 2,804. The top four are elected.

Campaign signs in front of the Eisenhower Recreation Center on 72nd Street on Tuesday.


In the Board of Public Utilities, 1st District, Robert “Bob” Milan was the winner with 2,091 votes to LaRon Thompson’s 1,910 votes.


In BPU, 3rd District, incumbent Jeff Bryant hung on to his seat with 1,661 votes to challenger Stan Frownfelter’s 1,296 votes. Frownfelter is a state legislator.


The top four vote-getters for the KCKCC Board of Trustees were Rosalyn Brown, 7,185; Patricia L. Brune, 6,830; Donald Ash, 6,724; and Ray Daniels, 6,469.

Incumbent Unified Government Commissioner Melissa Brune Bynum had 66.7 percent of the vote, winning re-election over Mark Gilstrap, a former state senator, with a vote of 8,834 to 4,355.

In the UG Commission, 4th District, incumbent Commissioner Harold Johnson won with 67.8 percent of the vote, 889 to Jorge Flores’ 416 votes.

Commissioner Angela Markley won re-election to the 6th District, with a vote of 909 to Diana Aguirre’s 501.

For register of deeds, Nancy Burns received 10,853 votes to challenger Tscher Manck’s 2,106.

In Bonner Springs, Jeff Harrington was re-elected mayor with 694 votes to Jordan Mackey’s 232.

Advancing in the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Board of Education contest were Jennifer McConico, 842 votes; David J. Pierce, 831; Ashley Razak, 742; and John H. Claxton, 677.

UG Commissioner Brian McKiernan, who was unopposed, also was re-elected.

Wyandotte Countians voted 59.8 percent to approve a constitutional amendment on the ballot, with 6,927 yes votes and 4,652 no votes. This issue was on ballots statewide. The amendment will allow the state to count students and military service members in the census; currently, some of them are not counted as residents of the state. Many other states already count students and service members as residents for the census.

For more vote totals, visit http://www.wycovotes.org/ under “results.” (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56606b47e4b0b9403ad6ff96/t/5dc24d3767488341e24179c3/1573014839257/2019+General+Election+%28Final+Unofficial+Resuts%29.pdf )

Candidates Gary Lopez-Bradley, left, and LaRon Thompson, right, attended an election watch party at the Elevate Bar and Grill on Tuesday night. (Photo by Mary Rupert)
Campaign signs in front of the FOP Lodge on Tuesday on Leavenworth Road.