A semi truck accident was reported at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, on northbound I-635 at K-5 highway north in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.
A Honda Accord was northbound on I-635 while the Freightliner semi hauling a trailer was also northbound in the next lane.
The semi activated its turn signal and tried to change lanes, then it sideswiped the Honda, forcing the Honda to go around the front of the semi, the trooper’s report stated. The Honda was pushed off the roadway onto the left shoulder, according to the trooper’s report.
The driver of the semi, a 37-year-old Excelsior Springs, Missouri, man, had no apparent injury, the report stated.
The driver of the Honda, a 56-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a possible injury, the trooper’s report stated.
A passenger in the Honda, a 31-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman, was taken to the hospital with a possible minor injury, according to the trooper’s report.
Kansas City Kansas Community College will hold its 98th annual Candle Lighting Ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the KCKCC Performing Arts Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
The ceremony is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed on the KCKCC Facebook and Vimeo accounts.
The 98th-Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony is at 11 a.m. Nov. 30 in the KCKCC Performing Arts Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
The ceremony will highlight students in the music and theater departments as well as KCKCC Foundation scholarship donors and recipients.
Among the groups performing will be the national award-winning KCKCC Jazz Band, The Standard Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Blue Devil Funk Band. In addition, there will be a special video showcase recognizing foundation scholarship recipients and videos from the KCKCC Pioneer Career Center (PCC) and the Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center (TEC).
This year’s keynote speaker will be Joseph Straws, a graduate of KCKCC.
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Cold and windy is the Wednesday forecast from the National Weather Service.
The high will be near 39 with gusts up to 21 mph today, the weather service said. The wind chill was 13 degrees at 9 a.m.
Winds will gust to nearly 40 mph on Thursday and Friday, according to the weather service.
There will be an elevated fire danger Thursday afternoon with dormant fuels, relative humidity falling to near 30 percent and strong gusty winds, the weather service said.
Today it will be sunny with a high near 39 and a west northwest wind of 6 to 11 mph, gusting as high as 21 mph, the weather service said.
Tonight, there will be increasing clouds, with a low of 25 and a calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to7 mph after midnight, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be sunny, with a high near 50 and a south wind of 8 to 18 mph, gusting as high as 39 mph, the weather service said.
Thursday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 40, and a south wind of 14 to 16 mph, gusting as high as 30 mph, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 62, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 16 to 23 mph will gust as high as 43 mph.
Friday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 27, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 38, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 26, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 50, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 38, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 52, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with of 23, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 38, the weather service said.
