The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it is investigating the Kansas City, Kan. school district for violations of federal laws designed to protect students from sex discrimination (Title IX) and protect the rights of parents to have key information about their children (FERPA). The department’s Office of Civil […]
Wyandotte News Daily sits down with Dr. Carlos Pacheco to discuss his background, platform, and vision for representing the 5th District on the Unified Government Commission Dr. Carlos Pacheco has lived in Wyandotte County’s 5th District his entire life, and now he’s seeking to represent the area on the Unified […]
Kansas City shows early dominance before weathering Brazilian storm at CPKC Stadium The Kansas City Current didn’t just win a soccer match Tuesday night—they authored the opening chapter of what they hope will be a long tradition. In front of an energetic home crowd at CPKC Stadium, the Current claimed […]
Sporting Kansas City fell 3-2 to Seattle Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. The loss broke the team’s streak of three straight games with a result, but continued the trend of come-from-behind thrillers at home. The boys in blue dug a 3-0 hole in the first half, reflecting Seattle’s domination […]
After nearly five hours of presentation, comment, debate, and discussion about the city and county budgets, a closely divided Unified Government commission voted 6-5 to accept a request from Mayor/CEO Tyrone Garner to table the revenue neutral issue until next Thursday, July 17 at 5:00 p.m. The mayor expressed reservations […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners is set to consider another hot-button topic this Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m — property taxes. Revenue Neutral Just two weeks after a nearly six-hour meeting resulted in approval of zoning changes for a proposed data center, the commission will vote on whether to […]
Retired officer seeks to bring community-focused policing back to Wyandotte County David Kearney’s path to running for Wyandotte County Sheriff began in the northeast end of Kansas City, Kansas, where he grew up as the only boy in a household with four sisters and his mother. It was there, he […]
Part family campout, part tech-fest, part endurance contest — Amateur Radio Field Day drew a flock of ham radio enthusiasts to Wyandotte County Park over the weekend. Field Day has over 31 thousand participants at nearly 1600 sites across the country and has been held annually since 1933. Early Saturday, […]
A crowd of about two hundred came out Saturday morning for the rededication of the Korean-Vietnam Conflict Memorial at Wyandotte County Lake Park. The memorial was built in 1988, at the time the only dual Korea-Vietnam memorial in the nation. In the decades since, it became run down, so much […]
After nearly five hours of presentation, discussion and debate, and the clock well past midnight, the fate of the $12 billion Red Wolf data center project in western Kansas City, Kan. came down to a single vote. Residents and other stakeholders gave rounds of testimony both for and against the […]