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BPU to meet Dec. 21 for budget meeting

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21.

On the agenda are a public comment time; general manager and staff reports, budget transfer consideration, resolution adopting the 2023 budget, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

The BPU’s administrative offices are at 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The public may access the meeting through the telephone or through a Zoom meeting.

To connect to the Zoom meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To connect by telephone, call toll free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

To access the board meeting information packet, visit https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-12-21-22.pdf.

Sheriff’s Office to participate in ‘taking down DUI’ campaign

The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office plans to participate in the “Taking Down DUI” traffic enforcement campaign from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2.

According to a spokesman for the Sheriff’s office, many law enforcement agencies, including the Kansas Highway Patrol, are joining in the campaign.

The New Year’s holiday period often shows an increase in the number of crashes, and at least one of the drivers often is impaired by alcohol or other drugs, the spokesman stated.

A DUI will stay with people for the rest of their lives, the Sheriff’s spokesman pointed out.

“Keep in mind that if you are going to be using any impairing substance you are putting yourself and others at risk,” Sheriff Dan Soptic said. “Don’t even think about driving impaired. Line up a ride with a sober acquaintance or other safe transportation before you go out.”

  • Information from Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office

Homicide on Lloyd under investigation

A shooting homicide in the 4000 block of Lloyd Street Saturday night is under investigation, according to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Officers were dispatched to the location around 9:39 p.m. Saturday on the report of a shooting, the spokesman stated.

When they arrived, officers discovered a person with apparent gunshot wounds and took the person to a hospital, where the person later died of injuries, according to the spokesman.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS. All tips remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward, the spokesman stated.