Category: Wyandotte County

Offices to be closed on Thanksgiving; trash collection schedule adjusted

Local government offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, according to officials.

The Unified Government offices will be closed Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, there will be no trash or recycling collection for residents, according to the UG.

Trash usually collected on Thursday will be collected on Friday, and trash normally collected on Friday will be collected on Saturday.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities administrative offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24, and Friday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Emergency BPU services are available around the clock, a spokesman stated. Customers may call 913-573-9522 for power emergencies and 913-573-9622 for water emergencies.

Accident claims two lives at I-635 near Kaw Drive

Two lives were lost on Monday afternoon on I-635 near Kaw Drive, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 2022 Ford Ranger was southbound on I-635 approaching I-70 at 4 p.m., driving aggressively, and left the roadway to the right, according to the trooper’s report.

The Ranger continued in the ditch and came to a gap between southbound I-635 and the I-70 eastbound ramp to southbound I-635, the trooper’s report stated.

The Ranger then entered the gap, went airborne and landed on its rooftop on Kaw Drive, according to the trooper’s report. The location was 4240 Kaw Drive Frontage Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The driver, Nicholas Michael Munoz, 35, of Plant City, Florida, lost his life, the trooper’s report stated.

Joshua Daniel Foster, 39, of Spring Hill, Kansas, a passenger, also was fatally injured, the report stated.

Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance to be Thursday morning

The Mo Better Blues Band will be performing at a Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance at Lounge 42, at 4220 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The blues dance, part of African-American heritage for decades, will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.

Food will be available while it lasts, with the Kansas City Blues Society giving away a Blues Cruise.

Tickets are $20 at the door. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/events/583801920098621