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Two Unified Government committees are scheduled to meet Monday, with a discussion of a Google Fiber community program on the agenda. The Neighborhood and Community Development Committee meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Monday at City Hall, fifth floor meeting room, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The committee is scheduled to hear an update on Google Fiber’s Community Connections program. Alan Howze, UG chief knowledge officer, is scheduled to give the report. Also on the UG NCD Committee agenda are a resolution about the abatement of special assessments levied to finance public improvements for any property acquired by…

Two public meetings for the northeast area master plan are scheduled today. The meetings are at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Quindaro Community Center, 2726 Brown Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The meetings will be the same. Those attending will see an overview of a new initiative for the northeast area. There will be a discussion about neighborhood assets, issues and opportunities. A Miami County man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for robbing a bank in Overland Park, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition he will serve two years on supervised release…

A former resident of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false income tax returns. The plea was announced by acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Beall for the District of Kansas. According to documents filed with the court, Alfred Reece, 58, owned and operated a tax preparation business in Kansas City. From approximately 2013 through 2015, Reece prepared federal tax returns for individuals, claiming false business income and losses, medical and dental expense deductions, job-related expenses, charitable…

An injury-accident was reported at 8:10 a.m. Oct. 28 on southbound I-635, just south of I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a Honda Passport slowed for traffic and was rear-ended by a Hyundai Sonata. The Honda Passport then struck the left barrier wall. The driver of the Honda Passport, a 40-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman, was injured and taken to a hospital, the trooper’s report stated. The driver of the Hyundai Sonata, a 26-year-old Kansas City, Mo., woman, was not injured, according to the report. National Weather Service graphic After a chilly Halloween,…

The Kansas City T-Bones (54-42) knew that they needed to win to keep pace in the American Association Wild Card race before the game ever began Thursday night. By the middle of the ball game if it could go wrong it did go wrong for Kansas City in a 9-1 loss to the Sioux City Explores (43-52) at Mercy Field at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa. The loss dropped the T-Bones a game back in the chase for a playoff spot with four games to play. It started out on a good foot for Kansas City taking…

Plans are being made to clean up the algae in Welborn Lake, although currently, funding is a snag. Window on the West Opinion column by Mary Rupert Some years ago we did stories about the algae covering Welborn Lake at 48th and Leavenworth Road, and the situation doesn’t seem to have changed too much since then. While some areas of the private lake look like they are being taken care of, such as the flowers under the sign and areas that are trimmed, so much green algae now covers the lake that it would be hard to imagine anyone being…

Mixed enrollment results were reported Friday by public Kansas colleges and universities, according to a news release from the Kansas Board of Regents. Seeing increases in enrollment were Fort Hays State University, 3 percent; the University of Kansas, .1 percent; and Wichita State University, 4 percent. Washburn University, Topeka, reported an increase of 1.4 percent. Decreases were reported by Kansas State University, 4.1 percent; Emporia State University. 2.6 percent; and Pittsburg State University, 2.7 percent. In a news release, a K-State official cited fewer students from Kansas attending any college, and fewer international students studying in the United States. The…

A Kansas City, Kan., man was ordered today to repay more than $13,000 to the Kansas Medicaid program after being found guilty of Medicaid fraud, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Jasmon Watson, 33, was found guilty in March of one count of Medicaid fraud by a Wyandotte County jury. Judge Bill L. Klapper today ordered Watson to repay $13,077.22 to the Kansas Medicaid Program. Judge Klapper also sentenced Watson to 12 months of probation with an underlying sentence of five months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Convictions such as this one may also result in a period during…

A Night Out Against Crime event is planned from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Kansas National Guard Armory, 18th and Ridge Avenue. The event features Kansas City, Kansas, police, fire and sheriff’s personnel who will meet with residents who attend in an effort to improve law enforcement and community relations. There will be booths from neighborhood groups, as well. Also, there will be hot dogs, chips and soda available to those who attend. The event is free and open to the public. Bonner Springs also is planning at Night Out Against Crime from 5 p.m.…

Incumbents are doing well in the first group of election returns from the Wyandotte County Election office. They are incomplete, unofficial returns. For the mayor’s race, incumbent Mayor Mark Holland is leading with 2,067 votes, followed by David Alvey with 1,112 and David Haley with 818. Janice Witt has 293 and Keith Jordan, 96. Incumbent Sheriff Donald Ash is leading with 2,194 votes to Celisha Towers’ 968 and Victor Webb, 497. Incumbent BPU member, position 1, at-large, Mary Gonzales is leading with 2,099 votes, with with Bryan Messmer at 599, Nikole C. Owens at 599, and Kevin Braun at 534.…