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Kansas City snowstorm delays flower shop deliveries ahead of Valentine's Day
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Flower shops across the Kansas City metro are gearing up for one of their biggest holidays of the year, but the winter weather storm put a thorn in the delivery plans.
It’s petal to the metal for Tobler’s Flowers in Kansas City.
“Keep on making, working and grinding away,” floral designer Brea Oglesby said.
But Wednesday morning’s snowfall kept the petals indoors. Tobler’s Flowers had to reschedule all their Wednesday deliveries.
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“[Wednesday] was a little too winter weather heavy so we were like let’s just call it off for our drivers’ safety,” Oglesby said. “We’ve been prepping for [Thursday] to get back on the roads. Our drivers do this all the time so they’re really good about driving.”
Florists are taking extra precautions to get the flowers out safely for Valentine’s Day orders, like wrapping the arrangements in plastic to create a humid dome.
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“Flowers generally don’t mind the cold temperatures but when it gets below freezing they just immediately die so you have to protect them,” Oglesby said. “It’s been challenging but we make the best of it and utilize the time we have to make sure that we better prepare for the coming days.”
Up in the Northland, Dianne Fortner got her deliveries out early on Wednesday but still ran into trouble on the road.
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“This morning you couldn’t even see what lanes were what,” Fortner said. “They were snow-packed, most of them.”
Dianne and her husband, Steve, have owned their floral business since 1985, Steve’s Floral Shop.
“He makes the flowers, I do the deliveries,” Fortner said.
Steve and Dianne used to have a shop in downtown Kansas City but transitioned to their home garage after COVID-19.
“You can keep your doors locked here as well as you can downtown,” Fortner said. “We just moved home and we don’t have to pay rent downtown or worry about parking.”
Dianne knows the safest routes for neighborhood deliveries, even in bad weather.
“I was going slow,” Fortner said. “People were a little upset with me but I’d rather get there than have somebody come get me out of a ditch.”
Unlike roses, Dianne and Steve’s love and business have lasted more than 40 years. That’s why Dianne isn’t expecting a bouquet from her husband this year.
“We see flowers all the time,” Fortner said. “I’m like, buy me a margarita instead.”
Tobler’s Flowers is still accepting Valentine’s Day flower orders.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An interchange in Wichita is the most stressful off-ramp in Kansas, according to the results of a new poll.
The poll, by personal injury law firm Regan Zambri Long, asked 3,011 drivers across the United States what off-ramps are the most stressful.
Based on their results, Interstate 135 Exit 5B to Kellogg Avenue took the top spot in Kansas.
The poll said traffic often slows down at this interchange because it is where two major routes meet. Exiting vehicles have to merge and prepare for nearby exits on Kellogg, making speeds fluctuate.
Second place was Interstate 70 Exit 356 to Wanamaker Road in Topeka, and the third-most stressful off-ramp is Interstate 35 Exit 220 to 119th Street in Overland Park.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Jalisco Restaurant has been a staple in the Kansas City, Kansas, community since 1965. But after 61 years, the restaurant is closing its doors.
A sign posted on the restaurant at North 50th Street and State Avenue on Monday said:
Jalisco Restaurant will permanently close at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026. Thank you for your patronage. Remember us, we will never forget you. The Hernandez Family.
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Jalisco Restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas, is closing its doors on May 30, 2026, after 61 years. (FOX4 Photo/Brian Dulle) -
Jalisco Restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas, is closing its doors on May 30, 2026, after 61 years. (FOX4 Photo/Brian Dulle)
Erika Dominguez, an employee at Jalisco’s, told FOX4 that one of their cooks, who has been there for more than 40 years, is retiring. One of the other cooks is 90, and has been with the family since the beginning.
“The family is getting older, and it is time,” she added.
“Our wall tells the story of generations of families and Jalisco’s little angels, babies who grew up coming through our doors,” Dominguez said in a social media post earlier this year.
The Hernandez family also owned another Jalisco’s Restaurant location in KCK’s Argentine neighborhood for 48 years. That location closed in 2012. They also owned a location in Mission, Kansas, years ago.
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Jalisco Restaurant location in Kansas City, Kansas’ Argentine neighborhood. This location closed in 2012. (FOX4 Photo/Brian Dulle)
Dominguez said the building at North 50th Street and State Avenue is for sale, and there’s also been talk about the family leasing it – but nothing is in the works at this time.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A child is dead after being struck by an Amazon delivery vehicle Monday night in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Police Department responded to the incident just before 6:30 p.m. in the area of East Missouri Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast neighborhood.
Preliminary investigation indicates that a marked Amazon delivery vehicle had just completed a package delivery in the area. Police said after the delivery, the driver of the vehicle began traveling westbound on East 3rd Terrace toward Woodland Avenue.
Police said at the same time, a child, under the age of 5, was playing in a grassy area of a nearby public park. The child entered the roadway and was struck by the Amazon delivery vehicle.
The Amazon driver initially stopped at the scene but left before officers arrived, according to police.
Police said a family member attempted to follow the Amazon vehicle and inform the driver of what had happened. The driver denied involvement and left the area.
The child was pronounced dead as a result of the injuries, according to police.
Kansas City police said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
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