Wyandotte County – Page 4810 – Welcome to Wyandotte Daily!

Mayors recognize Hillcrest transitional program

Kansas City Kan., Mayor Mark Holland, Edwardsville Mayor John McTaggart and Bonner Springs Mayor Jeff Harrington today recognized the Hillcrest Transitional Housing Center program with a joint proclamation. (Photo by William Crum)

by William Crum

Three mayors got together today to make a proclamation on behalf of Hillcrest Transitional Housing Center, 728 N. 31st St., Kansas City, Kan.

The event was packed with kids and community members who heard the proclamations from Kansas City Kan., Mayor Mark Holland, Bonner Springs Mayor Jeff Harrington and Edwardsville Mayor John McTaggart.

The Hillcrest program, according to information from the center, is designed to move families and youth from homelessness to self-sufficiency. It is designed to give homeless families and youth the motivation and training needed to break the poverty-welfare cycle and lead an independent life.

The program offers tough love with a caring environment, according to information from the center. It meets housing needs with a furnished apartment, and provides professional services such as medical, auto repair and legal assistance, weekly counseling sessions for problem-solving, employment, budgeting, and parenting.

After the homeless get on their feet with a new job and a new place to live, they are provided with continued counseling and encouragement, according to information from the center.

For more information, call 913-400-2573 or 913-827-8464 or visit the website, www.hillcresttransitionalhousing.org.

Vehicle overturns, injuring driver

A vehicle overturned at 7:17 p.m. March 31, injuring a driver, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 1995 GMC Sierra was northbound on U.S. 24, just south of Elizabeth Avenue in Wyandotte County, when it crossed onto the median, through southbound lanes of traffic.

The Sierra then left the road to the west, struck a large Kansas Department of Transportation sign and overturned, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Sierra, a 26-year-old man from Basehor, Kan., was injured and taken to a Kansas City, Kan., hospital, according to the report.

Cool, partly sunny day to be followed by night-time storms

Severe weather risk Tuesday (National Weather Service graphic)

Tuesday’s weather will be partly sunny, with a high near 55 – a 20-degree drop in temperatures from Monday.

Winds will be around 6 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Tonight, there is an 80-degree chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m.

Some of the storms could be severe, with large hail the main threat, the weather service said.

Thunderstorms continue in the Wednesday and Thursday forecasts.

Thunderstorms may redevelop Wednesday evening. The main threats for the Wednesday evening and Wednesday night thunderstorms will be large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and perhaps an isolated tornado, the weather service said.