KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Law enforcement continued to gather details on Wednesday for a triple shooting east of Hickman Mills that proved to be fatal.

The Kansas City Police Department told KCTV5 that officers responded to the 11700 block of Corrington Avenue and found a woman outside a home suffering from a gunshot wound and unresponsive.

Officers also found a man inside a home suffering from gunshot trauma and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A third gunshot victim, a teen, was taken to a hospital. He and the female victim were listed in critical condition.

Police said a juvenile teen was taken into custody in connection with the shooting and was held in juvenile detention.

Law enforcement stated that they have continued to work on identifying additional people believed to be involved in the shooting.

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On April 24, attendees were introduced to Matt Volz, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Kansas Infrastructure Hub. An experienced grants manager, Professional Engineer and Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) alumnus, Volz will be building out a team of capacity builders to support local governments throughout Kansas. Next, KDOT Secretary Calvin Reed provided a series of updates on how Kansas is making progress on accessing and deploying funding under IIJA. Secretary Reed also highlighted the Build Kansas Fund, a $200 million fund for organizations that successfully secure federal grants for infrastructure projects under IIJA. The intent of the Build Kansas Fund is “to accelerate local infrastructure investment to support transformative community projects enabling Kansas communities to move forward with infrastructure projects, including improvements to water, transportation, energy, cybersecurity, and broadband.”

Throughout the day, participants heard from state agency experts on topics ranging from transportation to water to broadband to cybersecurity. The Kansas Infrastructure Hub Team provided additional “deep dive” insights on building regional partnerships to bundle infrastructure projects, developing performance metrics, financial tracking and reporting, braiding and blending funding sources, and grant opportunity research, among other topics. The day finished with a networking opportunity. Participants left the first day of the meeting with additional connections as well as tools to engage more cooperatively with each other and competitively in the marketplace for grants and support funding.

Broadband Deployment Permitting Workshop

On April 25, the Kansas Office of Broadband Development hosted a day-long permitting workshop, where participants from federal, state, and local government, utilities, railroads, and telecommunications providers discussed best practices in broadband permitting. Participants heard from the federal officials from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state officials from the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Department of Transportation, and voices from the utility, broadband, and railroad sectors. Following a review of the Kansas SHPO online process, the NTIA reviewed how the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) applies to federally-subsidized broadband deployments.

Participants in the workshop also benefitted from a discussion with utilities and broadband providers regarding operational hurdles and practical insights to streamline the process for accessing existing physical infrastructure such as telephone poles. The informational sessions were rounded out with discussions of utilizing rights-of-way and a review of common permitting practices featuring voices from the state, federal and private sector.

The day was capped off with an announcement that the NTIA had, earlier in the day, approved the state’s Initial Proposal under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program authorized by IIJA. Kansas can now request access to over $450 million in funding to close the digital divide and begin implementation of the BEAD program, including the subgrantee selection process and deployment-related activities.

NGA congratulates Governor Kelly and Team Kansas on a successful two days of infrastructure discussions and for the approval of their BEAD Initial Proposal . To follow NGA’s ongoing activities and support for infrastructure implementation, please visit: https://www.nga.org/bestpractices/infrastructure/.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KWCH) – In August of 2023, the future home of Jayhawk football was announced. A reimagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium along with a new conference center, a combination of new retail, dining and other amenities. Today phase one of construction is well underway. 12 News met with University of Kansas athletic director Travis Goff on an update of the project nine months since the announcement.

“Obviously you have some steel now starting to raise up,” Goff said. “We’re going vertical and it’s taking shape. I don’t want to say they’re ahead of schedule but thus far they’re on schedule.”

The Jayhawks were originally slated to play their upcoming 2024 season at the site of the construction on David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, but a pivot was made – specifically up the Kansas Turnpike.

KU came to an agreement with Sporting Kansas City and the Kansas City Chiefs to play their home schedule in Children’s Mercy Park and Arrowhead Stadium, rather than in Lawrence.

Goff said the quick pivot to Kansas City that was officially announced just two months after the final home game of the 2023 season was due to making sure the experience of a Jayhawk football game wasn’t lessened.

“Out of the gates, the notion was ‘Let’s find a way to play through the construction on campus,’” Goff said. “‘As things evolved the fan experience wasn’t even going to come close to what we’d aspire for it to be.’”

Although the playing conditions in Lawrence aren’t near ready for football to be played this August, Goff reassured that the fundraising for the stadium is well on its way.

“We’ve raised well over $150 million to secure this $50 million dollar grant,” Goff explained. “Athletics will do some borrowing, of course, to take on some debt service to fund a small portion of that $450 million goal, but we feel good about the pathway and of course the fundraising has been the catalyst to get this done.”

With the move to Kansas City fans in Lawrence will end up having to wait nearly 21 months to see a football game on campus, but Goff said the wait for it to return to Lawrence will be worthwhile for the finished product of phase one.

“Our people deserve it if we’re being honest,” he said. “We haven’t always been able to provide world class fan experience.”

The Jayhawks begin their season at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City on August 29 against Lindenwood.

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