Thursday’s weather includes a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Skies will be mostly cloudy with a high near 52. A north wind will be 5 to 9 mph.
Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is possible today.
Tonight, skies will be mostly cloudy, then clearing, with a low of 38.
Friday’s weather will be mostly sunny with a high near 68. The wind will be 5 to 9 mph.
Saturday, skies will be mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Winds will be from 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Saturday night, there will be a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m.
Sunday, there will be a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 a.m. The high will be near 71.
The chance of showers continues Sunday night through Monday night.
Author: Mary Rupert
Citizens group attends BPU meeting
by William Crum
More than 250 people, many of them members of 21st Century KCK Citizens United, attended tonight’s Board of Public Utilities meeting.
The citizens group held a community meeting March 26 that it called “The People vs. the BPU.” The citizens group surveyed people about their BPU bills and is studying issues connected with them.
At the beginning of the meeting Board President David Alvey explained the roles of the board, and the general background of BPU itself. He also stated the board encourages people to come to the board meetings and find out what is really going on. He said this is not a political forum at all.
“We set the policies for the board,” he said. He also said, “We as board members do not know about everyone’s bill. In fact,” he said, “it is illegal for us to do so. This is why we have members of the staff there to answer all questions.”
After that BPU chief communications officer David Mehlhaff gave a speech regarding the various departments of the BPU, plus he gave an explanation on such things as why BPU uses the Smart meter system and how to read a utility bill.
Prior to Mehlhaff’s speech a lot of people decided to walk out of the meeting. In fact, some of the members of the audience appeared to be very disgusted and left, while others chose to stay around and listen.
After the meeting members of the BPU staff stayed around to answer questions about the residents’ utility bills.
Security also was increased at tonight’s BPU meeting.
Woman dies after exiting vehicle on interstate
A woman died after she left a moving vehicle as it was on a ramp going from I-635 southbound to I-70 eastbound today.
According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, the woman, Deborah Lynn Kloster, 52, of Kansas City, Kan., intentionally exited the moving vehicle and was run over by the rear tire of the vehicle.
The driver of the 1997 Chevrolet pickup was listed as a Kansas City, Kan., resident. The accident happened at 12:20 p.m. April 16, according to the report.