Month: August 2021

Wyandotte Class of ’71 to hold 50th reunion Sept. 25

The Wyandotte High School Class of 1971 is holding its 50th reunion from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 25 at Savior Pastoral Center, 12601 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.

The cost of the event will be $40 per person if registration is received before Sept. 1, which is the deadline for registration. There will be no tickets sold at the door.

Registration will be by check or money order only.

The event will include a barbecued ribs and chicken dinner on Saturday, Sept. 25.

There will be a meet-and-greet event on Friday night at a local establishment, with class members paying for their own food or drink orders.

Commemorative T-shirts may be pre-ordered.

The class is collecting memories of high school years, and class members may send in information for the Memory Book at [email protected].

A companion reunion golf scramble will be held at noon Friday, Sept. 24, at Painted Hills Golf Course. The golf scramble is not included in the registration fee; for more information, call 913-708-0861.

The class has a page on Facebook with more information and with the registration form at https://www.facebook.com/groups/wyandotteclassof71.

Two deaths at apartments now being investigated as homicides

Two deaths reported last Thursday at the Cambridge at River Oaks Apartments, 70th and Riverview, are now a homicide investigation, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman.

Police department detectives made the determination recently.

Heather Miller, 22, and Jordan Horton, 24, both Kansas City, Kansas, residents, were found dead Thursday morning inside an apartment at the complex, the spokesman stated.

Officers were carrying out a welfare check requested by Miller’s family, according to the spokesman.

An initial investigation showed that both had been deceased for several days prior to the discovery, the spokesman stated. There is no suspect in custody currently.

This incident is currently under investigation by the KCKPD Major Case Unit, according to the spokesman. Anyone with information on this case is urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

All tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for up to a $25,000 award for information leading to an arrest in the case, police said.

Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today

Today is primary Election Day. Regular polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3.

On the ballot are candidates for mayor, Wyandotte County sheriff, Unified Government commissioner at large District 2, UG commissioner District 1, UG commissioner District 8, UG commissioner District 5, and two Board of Public Utilities at-large positions.

Five drop boxes are available for mail-in ballots, and are open through 7 p.m. Aug. 3. The five locations are Bonner Springs Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., Bonner Springs; Edwardsville City Hall, 690 S. 4th St., Edwardsville; West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kansas; Election Office, 850 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, (walk up in front of building); Election Office, 850 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, on 9th Street next to the fence, creating a “drive through” path for voters to drive through to drop off their ballot from their cars; KCK City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Candidate forums sponsored by Business West and Kansas City Kansas Community College are running on the college’s YouTube page at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfeRPiOepX1cbFV797a3UvC-f3vyX_kp.

Voters’ ballots are different, depending on the commission district in which they live. To see what is on your ballot, and to check your polling place, visit Voter View on the Kansas secretary of state’s website at https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView.

Voters may also visit the Wyandotte County Election website at wycovotes.org, or may call the Election Office at 913-573-8500.