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Mike Stone, Spangler Graphics, center, was awarded the Ambassador of the Year at the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber’s annual meeting on March 7. He is with Todd LaSala, right, Partner at Stinson Leonard Street and KCK Chamber Board chairman; and Pat Warren, left, president of Kansas Speedway and KCK Chamber Board Member. Kansas Speedway was the 2014 annual meeting presenting sponsor. (Photo from Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce) Carole Diehl, president of the Strawberry Hill Neighborhood Association, has stepped down. Diehl will continue to serve on the board as a vice president, while Tim Ryan will serve…

Tower replacement A project is underway to replace the tower light poles located along I-70 from 38th Street to 10th Street in Kanas City, Kan. Crews will install new tower lights at the I-70 interchanges to replace the existing tower poles which are dated and worn. Work is taking place during daylight hours, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The majority of the project work will take place beyond the shoulders on the highway right of way along I-70. There may be occasional lane and shoulder closures between the non-peak times of 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or during the…

Showers and thunderstorms are possible today, according to the National Weather Service. (National Weather Service graphic) Storms are expected to move through the area today. (National Weather Service graphic) Showers and thunderstorms will be possible today, according to the National Weather Service. This afternoon there could be strong storms with small hail in the region, according to the weather service, with the potential to produce heavy rain. That could lead to isolated flooding, the weather service said. Additional storms will be possible Monday and Tuesday, but severe weather is not expected then, according to the weather service. Today, there is…

Crews cleaned graffiti from signs on I-35 in Kansas City, Kan., on Thursday. (KDOT photo) Signs were cleaned up Thursday on I-35 near the Southwest Boulevard ramp in Kansas City, Kan. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT crews cleaned graffiti off the signs with a solvent cleaner, and sawed off the existing catwalk to deter further access onto the sign. The repair cost taxpayers about $1,000 to $1,200, a KDOT spokesman said. – Story and photo from Kimberly Qualls, KDOT Derrick Miller Jr. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Derrick E. Miller Jr. graduated from basic military training at…

The Unified Government Ethics Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 13, on the second floor of the Wyandotte County Courthouse, Division 18, in the old county commissioners’ chambers. Exits on a ramp from I-435 to Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kan., were closed on March 12 following an accident. The ramps have since reopened. (KC Scout photo) The drivers of two vehicles have serious and life-threatening injuries following a three-vehicle accident near 106th and Parallel Parkway, according to the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department. The preliminary investigation showed that a vehicle traveling westbound on Parallel Parkway struck two…

Health officials today said that a COVID-19 patient has been admitted at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, and they urged residents not to panic but to take steps to be responsible for themselves. “To stay safe, the best thing we can do is what we do ourselves,” said Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System. And that included fairly simple things, he said: Wash your hands really well, cough into your elbow, clean off surfaces, and if you are ill, stay home. Face masks are not recommended unless the patient…

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is confirming its first presumptive-positive case of COVID-19 in Kansas, according to a news release from the governor’s office. The case is in Johnson County, according to state officials. The possible case was identified today with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories (KHEL). KHEL, which is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform COVID-19 testing, found presumptive-positive results this afternoon. These results will be verified by the CDC lab but will be treated as positive unless determined otherwise. “Kansas has been prepared for positive cases…

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is confirming three presumptive-positive cases of COVID-19 in Kansas. The possible cases were identified with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories (KHEL). KHEL, which is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform COVID-19 testing, found presumptive-positive results. These results will be verified by the CDC lab but will be treated as a positive unless determined otherwise. The cases are in Johnson County and involve three people who attended the same conference in Florida. It is believed they contracted COVID-19 in Florida, according to KDHE.…

Health officials today said that a COVID-19 patient has been admitted at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, and they urged residents not to panic but to take steps to be responsible for themselves. “To stay safe, the best thing we can do is what we do ourselves,” said Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System. And that included fairly simple things, he said: Wash your hands really well, cough into your elbow, clean off surfaces, and if you are ill, stay home. Face masks are not recommended unless the patient…

by Murrel Bland More than 100 years ago, in the fall of 1918, Kansas and Wyandotte County, along with the rest of the world, faced a severe challenge because of the Spanish Influenza. Front page stories in The Kansas City Kansan, told of the pandemic with such headlines as “ALL STATE CLOSED,” “FLU SPREADS FAST” and “A FLU DEATH HERE.” The present coronavirus pandemic has caused a comparison to the influenza illness in 1918. Many historians who have studied that illness agree that it had its origin in hog pens in Haskell County near Dodge City, Kansas, in early 1918.…