Month: November 2021

KCK police investigating three suspicious deaths at apartment building

Detectives with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department are currently investigating three suspicious deaths in a large, high-rise apartment building in the 900 block of Washington Boulevard.

Officers were sent to the location at 8:15 a.m. Monday on a report of a deceased adult male, according to a police spokesman.

Shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, officers were sent to the same apartment building when management discovered two more deceased adults, the spokesman stated. One of the adults was a male and one a female, according to the spokesman.

All three deaths are considered suspicious and are currently being investigated as homicides, the police spokesman stated.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department Major Case Unit is investigating, according to the spokesman. Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS, the spokesman said. All tipsters may remain anonymous.

Thousands vote early in Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County had 2,270 voters who voted at the early voting locations, according to the Wyandotte County Election Office.

There were 1,035 early voters at the Election Office at 850 State Ave., 243 at Joe Amayo-Argentine Recreation Center, and 992 at the Eisenhower Recreation Center.

The Election Office mailed out 4,931 mail ballots and received back 2,959 so far, according to the Election Office. Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday night to turn in their mail ballots.

Mail ballots can be received by the Election Office until Friday as long as they are postmarked on or before today, Election Day.

For more information on voting, polling places and how to return mail ballots, visit wycovotes.org.

To see stories about the election, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/category/election-2021/.

Multi-location milling project begins

A milling project that will affect multiple locations in the region was rescheduled to begin Tuesday, Nov. 2, weather permitting.

According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, work will take place at each location from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be completed in one day.

Traffic will be restricted to one lane in the work zone and will be directed by flaggers, signs and cones. A pilot car may be necessary at some locations. Drivers should plan for delays of up to 15 minutes.

Wyandotte County projects are scheduled the week of Tuesday, Nov. 9, taking place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to KDOT. They will include single-lane closures.

They include:
• I-70, westbound from 78th Street to just west of I-635; and
• I-70, westbound from just east of Kaw Drive Bridge to the western approach of 18th Street Bridge.

Several other projects are scheduled in northeast Kansas.

Bettis Asphalt and Construction, Inc., of Topeka is the contractor on the $43,000 project with KDOT maintenance crews that will handle traffic control.

KDOT urged all motorists to be alert and obey the warning signs when approaching and driving through a highway work zone, according to a spokesman. To stay aware of all road construction projects across Kansas, go to www.kandrive.org or call 5-1-1.