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A KC Foodie Park amendment, the downtown Hilton Garden Inn bonds, a bond sale, a discussion about the cash and investment policy, minimum reserve targets, financial reports and Land Bank items are on today’s Unified Government Committee meeting agendas. The Neighborhood and Community Development Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in the fifth-floor conference room, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. Immediately afterward, the Economic Development and Finance Committee will meet in the fifth floor conference room. On the agenda for the EDF meeting: • An amendment to the Foodie Park development agreement that…

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will review the 2020 proposed budget during a workshop to be held Wednesday, Dec. 4. The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the BPU administration building, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The Dec. 4 workshop will include budget reviews for the administrative division, accounting, customer service, human resources, electric production, electric supply, electric operations and technology, and water divisions. The final budget will be presented to the board for approval during the Dec. 18 BPU meeting. The BPU board will hold a work session at…

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen Topeka, Kansas — What if researchers could go to a single hub for vast deposits of information on a range of issues from water quality to court rulings to the medicinal powers of marijuana? Armed with all that existing research, they might begin to draw conclusions that apply across the country. They might also avoid repeating the work of other researchers. Two professors at Kansas State University, Nathaniel Birkhead and Audrey Joslin, have begun construction on that online, open-source data hub. They’re teaming with colleagues at Rochester University, University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, University of…

Changes to two development projects received unanimous preliminary approval at Monday night’s Unified Government Economic Development and Finance Committee meeting. The Foodie Park, a mixed-use development including food warehouse, office and retail facilities at the former Indian Springs Shopping Center at 47th and State Avenue, received a preliminary extension that will allow the developer three more months. A distribution, food service center, office and commercial space are planned for the 49.2-acre former Indian Springs Shopping Center site. The retail or public portion of the project is an area along State Avenue where there could be three to five restaurant and…

An accident was reported at 3:39 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, on eastbound I-70 near 61st Street, according to KC Scout. (KC Scout photo) With less than 17,000 tickets left in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle, Kansas Lottery officials are offering a flash sale now through Jan. 2. Anyone who purchases a $20 Holiday Millionaire Raffle ticket will receive a $6 Powerball Quick Pick ticket at no additional charge, according to lottery officials. The raffle drawing will be Thursday, Jan. 2. The Powerball drawing will be Wednesday, with a $220 million jackpot. At 3:30 p.m. Dec. 30, the lottery’s website listed 16,481…

A suspect has been taken into custody in the triple homicide at North Mill and Ridge early this morning, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Police stated that charges are pending review by the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office. The University of Kansas has announced fall degree candidates. The list of 1,355 candidates includes several from Wyandotte County. Some candidates participated in recognition ceremonies in mid-December, while others will choose to participate in KU’s annual commencement ceremony on May 17, 2020. Degrees are officially conferred in January. Degree candidates from Wyandotte County include:…

Five accidents were reported around 3 p.m. Sunday on I-635 in Wyandotte County, according to KC Scout. The accidents were at I-635 near Parallel, between Parallel and State, at Kansas Avenue, at Swartz Road and near Shawnee Drive, according to KC Scout reports. An accident also was reported at I-70 and Mill Street. It was still snowing at 3 p.m. Sunday in Wyandotte County. Police advised motorists to stay off the roads unless it was urgent. At 1 p.m. Sunday, KC Scout was reporting four accidents on I-635 between State Avenue and I-70, and one accident on I-635 between Metropolitan…

Police have released the names of three persons, including one woman and two children who we died on Monday morning in the 100 block of North Mill Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Firefighters found the bodies of three persons after a fire about 5 a.m. Dec. 30 at a home near North Mill and Ridge, according to the police spokesman. The case is being investigated as a homicide after an initial investigation, police said. The victims were identified as Yazmin Rodriguez, female, age 31; Amerikha Rodriguez, female, age 14; and Jean Carlo Rodriguez, male, age 10, police stated. Police took…

A doctor at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas, has some advice on handling alcohol on New Year’s Eve. Dr. Michael Salacz, a neuro-oncologist, is warning people that any alcohol will lead to some impairment during the evening, but combining it with the fatigue of staying up past midnight may significantly multiply its effect. Under no circumstances should anyone drink and drive, he said. While there are guidelines online for the amount of alcohol one can drink according to weight, any amount of alcohol can cause impairment – it’s just a matter of degree, he added.…

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service Topeka, Kansas — The 2020 federal marketplace for individual health insurance includes more options than ever for Kansas, and premiums for some of those plans are less expensive than 2019. But for the second year in a row, all of the plans will leave consumers footing the full bill for most out-of-network care. The silver lining: Two new insurance companies have jumped into Kansas this year, offering health plans in some of the state’s most populous counties. A third insurer that’s already active in Kansas City and its suburbs is expanding to 12 more…