Three area students at UMKC named to Phi Kappa Phi

Three Wyandotte County students recently were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

The students are LuDina Marney, Bonner Springs; Govinda Koirala, Kansas City, Kan.; and Bradley Hook, Kansas City, Kan.

Membership to the collegiate honor society is by invitation. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent also are eligible, along with faculty who have achieved scholarly distinction.

 

UG Commission to meet today

The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24.

The meeting will be in the Commission Chambers, lobby level of City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.

The 5 p.m. meeting will be a discussion about public safety overtime and out-of-class pay. Earlier this topic came up during a budget discussion.

Topics on the 7 p.m. agenda include:

– Additional funding for operating the 8th Street YMCA during the next 12 months.

– A resolution to authorize the BPU to obtain a $13 million loan from the Kansas Public Water Supply Fund administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

– A resolution to approve a Memorandum of Agreement with Kansas City, Mo., and Mid-America Regional Council as part of the OneKC Bi-State Brownfield Coalition Grant.

– A resolution allowing the asgsignment of benefits by Speedway eights LLC to Sanders Brothers Investments LLC in connection with $21 million taxable multifamily housing revenue bonds, at the Heights at Delaware Ridge project, 130th and State.

– A resolution to update the local economic development policy on tax-increment financing.

– Authorizing general obligation bonds or temporary notes for $210,000 to cover the costs of judgments and settlements, to Johnny R. Hawkins.

– An appointment of Winfred Manning to the Human Relations Commission.

– A request to change taxes on real estate, a reduction of $13,450  from the Court of Tax Appeals to the Ciuffo Family Trust. A reduction to Mo-Kan Container Services on 28 trucks, reducing tax by $10,453.

– A resolution to approve a special permit to close 12th Street between Minnesota and State temporarily on May 3 and allow alcohol on the street durimg the downtown Cinco de Mayo Festival.

– Land Bank items also are on the agenda.

The agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting is posted at www.wycokck.org.

 

 

Storm moves into Wyandotte County

Rain was falling at I-70 and I-635 in Kansas City, Kan., on Thursday morning. (KC Scout photo)

A storm has moved into the Wyandotte County area on Thursday morning.

The storms on Thursday are not expected to be severe but will lead to a wet morning commute, the National Weather Service said.

A long north-south line of storms reaches from north of Topeka to Chanute, Kan., and Neosho, Mo., and is moving toward this area.

Today’s forecast includes an 80 percent chance of showers. Thunderstorms are possible before noon, then another chance of showers and storms between noon and 4 p.m. There will be a slight chance of showers after 4 pm. Then, there is a slight chance of showers befrore 7 p.m.
South winds of 11 to 16 mph will change to the northwest in the afternoon, gusting as high as 24 mph.
Friday’s forecast will be sunny with a high of 79.
Then, there is a 20 percent chance of storms on Friday night, 30 percent chance of storms on Saturday, 40 percent chance of storms on Saturday night, 60 percent chance of storms Sunday and Sunday night, and 30 percent chance of storms Monday.

The round of thunderstorms later Saturday and overnight Saturday has a low possibility of severe weather, according to the weather service.

A more significant series of severe thunderstorms is expected to occur Sunday and Monday, the weather service said. On Sunday, the main threat will be eastern Kansas and western Missouri, shifting east on Monday to western Missouri and east of it. Large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are all possible on Sunday and Monday, the weather service said.

Motorists drove over the Missouri River on I-635 into Kansas City, Kan., on Thursday morning, as rain fell. (KC Scout photo)
Heavy rain was falling Thursday morning on I-435 south of State Avenue in Wyandotte County. (KC Scout photo)
National Weather Service graphic

 

On Sunday and Monday, severe thunderstorms are predicted in the Kansas City area. (National Weather Service graphic)