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Kansas City-area fireworks canceled over severe weather threat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The threat of severe weather takes some of the sizzle out of the Fourth of July fun. Instead of hosting fireworks displays Tuesday evening, the organizers of two events have been rescheduled to take place after the July Fourth holiday. In Kansas City, Kansas, the...
Lee’s Summit road closed for emergency repairs
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (KCTV) - Crews closed a Lee’s Summit road to make emergency repairs. The Missouri Department of Transportation closed Ranson Road from Browning Road to Southeast Bailey Road in Lee’s Summit Monday afternoon. Crews are working to make immediate repairs to a culvert pipe. MoDOT...
Central JaxCo Fire offers tips to stay safe with fireworks on 4th of July
The Fourth of July is always a busy day for fire departments across the United States, but the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District has some tips for staying safe around fireworks.
Blue Springs town hall explaining upcoming bond issue election scheduled
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - Leaders in Blue Springs will host a meeting to discuss an upcoming special election. Voters will decide August 6, whether to approve a bond issue to fund road improvements and road projects through the city. The issue will appear on the ballot as:. Leaders will...
What’s to see in Lone Jack? It’s what you can’t see that attracts
Birds chatter in the trees that hang over the otherwise quiet grounds of the Lone Jack Civil War Museum. It’s like morning in a park. The dead in the nearby trenches, long grown over by the ages, would remember something far different about what happened there on a brutally hot August day in 1862.
MAINTENANCE WORK SCHEDULED IN SALINE AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY
The Missouri Department of Transportation will be performing maintenance work throughout Saline and Lafayette County from June 29-July 5. In Lafayette County: -A full closure is scheduled on North Outer Road along I-70 between Route H ad
Civic group set to hold series of candidate forums ahead of Aug. 6 primary
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The League of Women Voters Kansas City is hosting a series of candidate forums in July ahead of the Aug. 6 primary. The group is focused on races in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties. All of the following forums are virtual. The group plans to...
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