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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Record-tying rain falls in Kansas City area. Here's map of the heaviest rainfall
Heavy rains soaked the Kansas City area overnight, resulting in flash flood and flood warnings in the metro and surrounding region. The storms helped Kansas City tie a 125-year-old rainfall record on Thursday, according to social media posts by the National Weather Service. At Kansas City International Airport, which serves as the official weather station for the metro, 2.35 inches of rain fell, matching the record set for July 24 in 1900. With the storms continuing overnight, the rainfall total from the storms increased. Rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. had reached 3.3 inches at KCI, commonly referred to by its airport code, MCI. The heaviest rain from the overnight storms fell along a line from Lexington to Carrollton, Missouri, the weather service said on social media. More than 7 inches of rain fell near Carrollton, according to local storm reports. Meanwhile, 3.68 inches of rain fell near Mosby. In the metro, 2.48 inches fell at Lee's Summit Municipal Airport in the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m., .99 inches at Johnson County Executive Airport and .48 inches at New Century AirCenter, according to the weather service. In the immediate metro area, the heaviest rain fell in several parts of the metro, according to which collects data from rain gauges across the metro. At West 191st Street and Mission Road in southern Overland Park, 3.78 inches of rain was reported, and 3.11 inches of rain fell at Camp Branch Glade near Mission Road and West 175th Street in Overland Park and along Brush Creek near Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Elmwood. A little more than 3 inches of rain was reported along the Blue River at East 17th Street and White Oak Creek and Military Club Road, both in Kansas City. Here's an interactive map of rainfall totals from the overnight storms. Solve the daily Crossword
CTV News
6 days ago
- CTV News
Stabbing investigation underway near Kitchener high school
Police tape around a section of sidewalk in front of Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate (KCI) on July 23, 2025. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News) Waterloo Regional Police say one person was stabbed Wednesday afternoon near a Kitchener high school. Police tape surrounded the sidewalk in front of Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, better known as KCI, at King Street West and Green Street. In a social media post at 1:49 p.m., police said one person had non-life-threatening injuries. They also warned residents that there would be a large police presence in the area.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Name KCI terminal after President Truman? Mayor hears group's proposal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas met with a group Wednesday to hear a proposal to name the terminal at Kansas City International Airport after President Harry Truman. The terminal at KCI opened to travelers in 2023 after years of planning and construction. UFO sightings: Missouri among states deemed 'UFO Hotspots' According to the mayor's office, Mayor Lucas met with representatives of the , who wish to honor Truman, a native of the Kansas City area, by naming the terminal after him. 'The Mayor is meeting with representatives of the Truman Library Institute, dedicated to preserving the memory of President Truman's impact on the world and the Kansas City region,' Megan Strickland, a spokeswoman for the mayor, wrote in reply to an email from FOX4. 'Mayor Lucas continues to listen to proposals on naming initiatives that have recently included honors for former Mayor Sly James, proposed renamings for former City Auditor and Mayor Mark Funkhouser, and other figures of local importance over Kansas City's 175-year history.' Additionally, the Truman Library Institute Executive Director, Alex Burden, released the following statement: 'The Truman Library Institute had an engaging meeting with the Mayor to discuss ideas to honor President Truman at KCI. The ideas are in very preliminary stages and we look forward to collaborating with civic leaders on a specific plan of action in the coming weeks. President Truman's legacy of leadership continues to resonate and remain relevant 75 years after his Presidency.' No decisions have been made at this time. Any naming for the airport, the mayor's office said, would require approval by the city council and consultation with federal authorities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
10-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
KCI Launches SoundScanNX, an AI-Powered Tool for Noise Analysis
Sparks, Maryland, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering, consulting, and construction firm with offices throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SoundScanNX, an advanced machine learning model that streamlines environmental noise classification, transforming how engineers and urban planners assess traffic sounds and their impact on the community. SoundScanNX brings efficiency, objectivity, and precision to a process traditionally reliant on time-consuming manual analysis. For use in traffic noise impact studies, this AI-driven model simplifies the classification of audio recordings, automatically distinguishing between traffic and non-traffic noise, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, airplanes, birds, voices, and more. By eliminating the need for human listening, SoundScanNX streamlines traffic studies by automatically analyzing audio recordings, identifying the dominant sound in each file along with its peak and average amplitudes. SoundScanNX is available on the BRYX Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) cloud platform, allowing users to quickly upload their audio files, process them efficiently, and easily view and download their results. 'Accurate and consistent noise classification is essential for shaping healthier, more livable communities,' said Jeanne Ruthloff, KCI's Technology & Innovation Sector President. 'SoundScanNX empowers AEC professionals with the insights they need to design and recommend smarter urban spaces while optimizing resources and ensuring regulatory compliance.' Designed for easy integration into existing urban planning workflows, SoundScanNX eliminates tedious data sorting, allowing professionals to focus on strategic decisions. This advancement helps streamline workflows, reduce inefficiencies, and support data-driven decisions for sustainable urban development. To get started with a fully functional free trial of the SoundScanNX model, visit Photographs attached. ### With sales in excess of $512 million in 2024, KCI Technologies Inc. is ranked among the top 100 engineering firms in the country by Engineering News-Record. BRYX, the company's flagship Model-as-a-Service platform, empowers organizations, consulting firms, and local/state government agencies to optimize their processes via pretrained machine learning and computational models. Winner of the 2024 AI Breakthrough Award, BRYX delivers advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and increased safety to users within the AEC industry. For more information about BRYX, visit Attachments Whitney Shumaker KCI Technologies Inc. [email protected]
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Black and Veatch plans new $1.1 billion headquarters development
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Overland Park based Black and Veatch wants to build a new world headquarters on its existing property near 112th and Lamar. But its plan adds more than just office $1.1 billion project would also bring in residential, retail and a hotel. But they are looking for Overland Park's help to finance the project. American Airlines add flights to KCI after Chiefs schedule is released The finance committee will hear the engineering giant's pitch this week on why it should get about $250 million in funding support. Mayor Curt Skoog is excited about the potential redevelopment. Just north of Sprint's former world headquarters, now Aspiria and soon to be the home to Fiserv, Black and Veatch's towering building sits on a sprawling site surrounded by grassland and parking, 'This is one of our strategic investment areas where we are wanting to transform College Boulevard from the suburban office corridor that is today to the work place of today and tomorrow,' Skoog said. After three years of discussions, according to the mayor, Black and Veatch has decided it wants to keep its headquarters on Lamar between 112th and 115th Street. The engineering firm said in a statement 'Black & Veatch continually explores ways to enhance and optimize our workplaces to create vibrant, collaborative environments that attract and retain top talent while meeting our growing demands and our clients' evolving needs. That includes consideration of a new, modern global headquarters currently being proposed on our existing, longstanding Overland Park location. We are working with the city of Overland Park for approval requirements, which is part of the process as we strategize how to best enhance our workplace. While no formal decisions have been made, we've been a strong, grateful member of the Kansas City-area business community since our founding more than a century ago, and we certainly don't expect that to change.' It plans to build a 610, 000 headquarters for its 2,200 employees. They'd also add 233,00 square feet of office space, 550,000 square feet of retail and commercial, 1,884 residential unit and a 160 room hotel. They would also build a parking structure with nearly 6,000 spaces. The company is asking the city to create a redevelopment district which would create an estimated $227 million in TIF funding and about $20 million in CID funding for Black and Veatch to use on the project. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox 'When all of the complete project is done, which is more than the Black and Veatch headquarters, you are talking about over a billion dollars of investment, which is great for our community and investment in our industry which is office space.' Overland Park's Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee will discuss the project Wednesday. If approved developers estimate they'd be building what's been deemed the Overland Park Plaza II Redevelopment Project in phases all the way until the year 2038. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
