Month: October 2020

Voting, 2020 style

There were no lines at the ballot drop box on Thursday afternoon at the West Wyandotte Library parking lot, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kansas. Voters may take their mail-in ballots to a drop box, to an advance voting site, and to the Election Office at 850 State Ave. Also, advance voting is continuing Friday and Saturday at three locations in Wyandotte County, and on Monday morning at the Election Office. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for those who haven’t already voted.

Early voting centers are currently open in Wyandotte County.

The three locations and their remaining hours include:

• Election Office, 850 State Ave., early voting hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 30; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; and 8 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 2.

• Joe Amayo-Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, early voting hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

• Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kansas, early voting hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Those voters who have already received a mail-in ballot should not vote in person, but they can bring their completed mail-in ballots to the early voting centers and drop them off there while the centers are open.

They also can mail the completed ballots back to the Election Office.

They can also drop off completed mail-in ballots at drop boxes at the Election Office, 850 State; at Kansas City, Kansas, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St.; at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St.; at Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., Bonner Springs; and at Edwardsville City Hall, 690 S. 4th St., Edwardsville.

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.

For more information, visit www.wycovotes.org.

Earlier stories about the election are at https://wyandotteonline.com/category/election-2020/.

Fire reported at business on Kansas Avenue

A fire was reported at 8:43 a.m. Friday at the A1 Barrel Co., 6035 Kansas Ave. in Kansas City, Kansas.

According to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, the first crews at the fire reported heavy black smoke and a fully involved fire.

The fire was fought in a defensive mode with exposure control to a nearby mobile home, according to the spokesman.

Once the fire was under control, firefighters made the transition to an interior attack to put out the remaining fire and search for hot spots, the spokesman stated.

Employees had been on break and noticed smoke filling the break room, according to the spokesman. They left the building, noticed the extensive fire and called 911.

There were no injuries to employees and firefighters, according to the spokesman.

The fire’s cause is under investigation, the spokesman stated.