The online Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale will be Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1.
This year the plant sale will be online, with orders placed online and then picked up at the Extension office at 1216 N. 79th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The Extension office phone number is 913-299-9300.
Orders can be placed from 9 a.m. Friday through 1:30 p.m. Saturday at https://wycomastergardeners.square.site/. The pickup time may be selected when placing an order online.
Volunteers grew plants for the annual plant sale.
Proceeds help directly fund horticulture and lawn and garden projects or educational opportunities held by Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardener volunteers throughout Wyandotte County.
An accident was reported at 6:57 a.m. Friday, April 30, on northbound I-435 near K-5, according to KC Scout. Two right lanes were closed. According to the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, a utility truck collided with a semi truck. The driver of the utility truck was ejected and was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.(KC Scout photo)According to the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, a utility truck collided with a semi truck on Friday morning on I-435 near K-5. The driver of the utility truck was ejected and was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. (KCK Fire Department photo)
A 42-year-old Dearborn, Missouri, man was taken to a hospital with a suspected serious injury after a crash on Friday morning between a utility truck and semi on I-435.
The crash happened about 6:50 a.m. Friday on northbound I-435, south of the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.
A Ford F-550 truck driven by the Dearborn man was southbound on I-435, while the semi, which was pulling a trailer, was northbound on I-435, the report stated.
The utility truck ran off the road to the left, crossed through the median, and collided with the semi on the northbound side, according to the trooper’s report.
The Dearborn man was taken to a hospital in Overland Park.
The Kenworth semi driver, a 58-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the trooper’s report.
The weather will be warm and quiet today, with highs near the 80s, according to the National Weather Service.
It will be around 82 on Saturday, and then around 77 on Sunday as a front moves through in the afternoon, the weather service said.
Rain chances will return in the late afternoon and evening on Sunday. Rain is in the forecast from Sunday through Tuesday night, according to the weather service.
Today, it will be sunny, with a high near 80 and a light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning, the weather service said.
Tonight, it will be clear, with a low of 59 and a south southwest wind of 8 mph, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be sunny and windy, with a high near 82 and a southwest wind of 8 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon, the weather service said. Winds may gust up to 30 mph.
Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 62, according to the weather service. A south southwest wind will be 10 to 15 mph, gusting up to 22 mph.
Sunday, there will be a 50 percent chance of rain, the weather service said. At this time, the hourly weather forecast for the area calls for a slight chance of rain Sunday morning, with chances increasing a little at 1 p.m., then increasing again at 7 p.m. The high will be near 77 with a south wind of 9 to 14 mph, gusting as high as 22 mph. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected.
Sunday night, there is a 70 percent chance of rain and possibly a thunderstorm, according to the weather service. The low will be around 60. Between a tenth and quarter-inch of rain is in the forecast.
Monday, there is a 60 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1 p.m., with a high near 72, the weather service said.
Monday night, there is a 60 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1 a.m., with a low of 51, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, there is a 50 percent chance of rain, with a high near 61, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 45, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 66, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 48, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 65, the weather service said.
