The Wyandotte County Unified Government Board of Commissioners convened for its first meeting under new leadership Wednesday evening, addressing public health initiatives, fireworks regulations, and honoring the county’s Public Works department for achieving national accreditation. Mayor Christal Watson presided over the meeting, which in keeping with her campaign goals lasted […]
Unlike last Thursday’s more contentious and lengthy meeting, the May 1 meeting of the Unified Government Board of Commissioners looks to be more routine. The board will vote on a variety of special use permits and re-zonings that the Planning Commission recommended for approval. There will also be honorary proclamations […]
From the KCKFD Spokesman Tuesday afternoon: The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department (KCKFD) had a structural engineer conduct an inspection of Fire Station 20 today and confirmed that the building is safe. The personnel at Station 20 will return to the station immediately. The official report from the engineer is […]
Kansas City, Kan. Fire Station Number 20, at 78th and Kansas Ave. in the Muncie neighborhood, was urgently closed on Friday due to an unidentified structural issue that apparently made it unsafe to inhabit. Deputy fire chief Andrew Novak ordered the station closed in a memo Friday afternoon, relocating the […]
In the early 1900s, Kansas City, Kansas fire chief John McNary had a problem. The city’s population was increasing and expanding westward, and his department was struggling to meet the growing demands on his firefighters and equipment. After the chief presented his request several times in vain to the city […]
Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters attacked a blaze at an old school district warehouse at 313 N. 10th St. on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5. The fire started in the east end of the building and burned to the west end on 10th Street. Crews unsuccessfully attempted to keep the fire out […]