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Injuries reported in accident on I-635

An injury-accident was reported about 2:31 p.m. Sunday, April 13, on northbound I-635 near Gibbs Road.

A Ford Taurus slowed when it was struck from behind by a Chevy Sonic, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 16-year-old driver of the Chevy Sonic from DeSoto, Kan., was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the report.

An 18-year-old passenger in the Sonic, a homeless man from Kansas, had a possible injury and was taken to the hospital, according to the report.

A third person in the Sonic, an 18-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man, also had a possible injury and was taken to the hospital.

The driver of the Ford Taurus, a 23-year-old Wichita woman, was taken to the hospital with a possible injury, the report stated.

Shooting near Jewish Community Center to be treated as hate crime

The shooting deaths of three persons Sunday near the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom in Overland Park will be treated as a hate crime, federal and Johnson County officials said today.

The three victims of the shootings were identified as Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, Stilwell, Kan.; his grandfather, Dr. William Corporon, 69, Overland Park, Kan., both of whom were in the parking lot near the Jewish Community Center; and Terri (Hastings) LaManno, 53, Kansas City, Mo., who was visiting her mother at Village Shalom.

President Obama expressed his condolences to the victims and the people of Overland Park today and Sunday.

The man in custody, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, 73, of Aurora, Mo., has connections to white supremacist groups.

On Sunday, a human rights activist from Kansas City, Kan., Alvin Sykes, called for a federal criminal civil rights investigation into the shooting deaths.

On Monday, Leonard Zeskind of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, stated that the suspect in the past had created a heavily armed paramilitary organization in North Carolina, and that IREHR seeks “complete justice” in this case.

Outdoor burning ban lifted

A temporary outdoor burn ban has been lifted in Kansas City, Kan.

According to a Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department spokesman, the change in weather conditions has allowed for a change in the temporary burn ban.

Residents may apply for a burn permit at any Kansas City, Kan., fire station.

Residents must apply for a burn permit 24 hours in advance of the intended burn day, the spokesman said. All burn permit guidelines will be strictly enforced, the spokesman said.

Residents are asked to use extreme caution when burning during this open burn period.

If weather conditions change, the burn ban may be enforced again, the spokesman said.