Category: Kansas City Kansas

Accident claims two lives at I-635 near Kaw Drive

Two lives were lost on Monday afternoon on I-635 near Kaw Drive, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 2022 Ford Ranger was southbound on I-635 approaching I-70 at 4 p.m., driving aggressively, and left the roadway to the right, according to the trooper’s report.

The Ranger continued in the ditch and came to a gap between southbound I-635 and the I-70 eastbound ramp to southbound I-635, the trooper’s report stated.

The Ranger then entered the gap, went airborne and landed on its rooftop on Kaw Drive, according to the trooper’s report. The location was 4240 Kaw Drive Frontage Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The driver, Nicholas Michael Munoz, 35, of Plant City, Florida, lost his life, the trooper’s report stated.

Joshua Daniel Foster, 39, of Spring Hill, Kansas, a passenger, also was fatally injured, the report stated.

Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance to be Thursday morning

The Mo Better Blues Band will be performing at a Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance at Lounge 42, at 4220 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The blues dance, part of African-American heritage for decades, will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.

Food will be available while it lasts, with the Kansas City Blues Society giving away a Blues Cruise.

Tickets are $20 at the door. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/events/583801920098621

Today’s public meetings

Special UG Commission meeting tonight on DA’s $1.7 million funding request

A special Unified Government Commission meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at City Hall in the UG Commission chambers, lobby level, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The meeting also will be on Zoom.

According to the agenda, a resolution is requested to authorize funding for digitization of district attorney case files. The effort was launched in order to track old cases that former detective Roger Golubski, who is under indictment, worked on.

Another item on the agenda is an update on winter warming shelters.

To connect to the Zoom meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86733609953?pwd=WlFNSHNETGlpbFF5b3Z3QUZra0pHUT09

For more information on how to connect to the meeting, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Engage-With-Us/Calendar-of-Events/Meetings-Taskforces/Full-Commission-Special-Session.