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Staying safe in extreme heat: Where to find cooling centers in Kansas City area
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City metro will be under an from noon Saturday until 7 p.m. Wednesday. Heat index values up to 105 to 110 are expected, according to the National Weather Service. View the latest Weather Alerts in the Kansas City region on FOX4 With the extremely high temperatures, finding ways to stay cool will be crucial. The heat and humidity will make this week extremely uncomfortable and potentially dangerous for those who do not pay attention to some key signs of heat illness. Doctors are reminding people to be aware of heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke. If someone is showing symptoms call 911 or get them to an ER. Here are some of the symptoms to look out for: Headache Dizziness Nausea High body temperature The city of Independence will have the Roger T. Sermon Center open as a cooling location Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from noon until 6 p.m. Along with the cooling center in Independence, here are some other centers in Kansas City: Kansas City Public Library (Central Library) Garrison Community Center Garrison Square Spray Park Hope Faith – Cooling Site Guadalupe Center Gregg/Klice Community Center Tony Aguirre Community Center Kansas City Public Library (Ruiz Biblioteca De Las Americas) Parade Park Spray Park Spring Valley Spray Park To find a full list of cooling centers in the Kansas City metro visit the United Way of Greater Kansas City's website. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox Here's a list at some of the cooling centers in Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County: West Wyandotte Library Eisenhower Spray Park Providence YMCA/Ball Family Center Turner Community Library Pierson Spray Park F.L. Schlagle Library Kensington Community Center South Branch Library Parkwood Pool Main Library Armourdale Community Center Bonner Springs/Edwardsville Library Bonner Springs Family YMCA To find a full list of cooling centers in Wyandotte County . For cooling centers in Johnson County, Kansas . You can find more information on staying healthy in the heat on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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14-06-2025
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Where are fireworks legal in the Kansas City area in 2025?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Fourth of July is less than a month away, which means it's almost time for fireworks. But is it legal to buy or shoot them off where you live in the Kansas City metro? This year, fireworks sales in Missouri are permitted to start on Friday, June 20, and run through Thursday, July 10. In Kansas, , allows for the year-round sale of fireworks in the state by permanent retailers and extended sales periods for seasonal retailers. Local ordinances however still regulate when fireworks can be set off and sold. But buying fireworks in both Kansas and Missouri doesn't mean you can shoot them off in every city. Some metro areas do not permit fireworks at all, while others have varied regulations. Here's a breakdown city-by-city of where you can shoot off your Fourth of July fireworks. Some regulations may change ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox Belton: Fireworks can be discharged from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 28 through July 2, noon to 10 p.m. on July 3, and from 10 a.m. to midnight on July 4. The possession, sale and/or use of bottle rockets, skyrockets and Roman candles are prohibited. Blue Springs: Fireworks are allowed from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 1-3 and from 10 a.m. to midnight on July 4. Bottle rockets and aerial luminaries are prohibited, according to city code. Gladstone: The possession, sale and use of fireworks are prohibited in Gladstone under city ordinance. Grandview: The sale or use of fireworks is not allowed in Grandview under city ordinance. Independence: You can shoot off consumer fireworks from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 3 and 5 and from 10 a.m. to midnight on July 4. It's against city code to have or use sparkler bombs, sky lanterns and altered or combined fireworks. Kansas City, Missouri: Shooting off fireworks is illegal in Kansas City under city ordinance. Lee's Summit: Fireworks can only be discharged on July 2 and 3 between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m., and July 4 between 10 a.m. and midnight. Each household is required to have a free Fireworks Use Permit before discharging fireworks within the city limits. Liberty: Non-aerial fireworks are allowed from 4-10 p.m. on July 3 and 4. Aerial fireworks are allowed during the same timeframe for Liberty residents who live on three-acre tracts of land or more. North Kansas City: Fireworks are not permitted within city limits, according to city code. Parkville: Fireworks can only be discharged on July 1-3 and July 5 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on July 4 from 10 a.m. to midnight. All aerial fireworks are prohibited. Platte City: Fireworks are allowed from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. from June 20 to July 3, and from 10 a.m. to midnight on July 4, except on Sundays when fireworks can't start before noon, according to city code. Raymore: This year, fireworks are allowed from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 1-2, from noon to 10 p.m. July 3 and from 10 a.m. to midnight July 4, according to city code. Raytown: Consumer fireworks can be discharged from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 4 and noon to 10 p.m. on July 5. Stick rockets, missiles, sky lanterns and other items which, in the opinion of the Fire Marshal, are deemed dangerous, shall be prohibited, according to city code. Riverside: Fireworks can only be used from June 20 through July 5. Bottle rockets are prohibited, according to city code. Smithville: Fireworks can be discharged from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. July 3-5. to the hours between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. beginning June 20 through July 5. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri Bonner Springs: City code only allows fireworks from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. from July 3-4. Fireworks are not allowed in city parks or parking lots. Bottle rockets and lanterns are illegal. Sales of fireworks are permitted from June 27 through July 4. De Soto: Fireworks are prohibited to sell or use in De Soto unless they're part of a public display with a permit issued, per the city code. Gardner: The sale of fireworks is permitted between June 28 and July 4 in Gardner. They can be discharged from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 2-4. Click here for details on where they can be discharged. Kansas City, Kansas: Fireworks are legal, except for sky lanterns, rockets and missiles, to sell from June 29 through July 4, according to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK. You may shoot from July 2 through July 4, 9 a.m. through 11 p.m. Lawrence: The city ordinance states that the use, possession, handling and sale of fireworks are prohibited except for the use of fireworks for display, as outlined in supervised public displays. Novelty items such as party poppers, snappers, snakes, sparklers, toy caps and toy smoke devices are acceptable. Douglas County: People can ignite or discharge fireworks and novelty items legally on private property in the unincorporated areas of the county on July 2 and July 3 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and July 4 from 7 a.m. to midnight. Leawood: Fireworks cannot be sold, used or possessed in Leawood, city code says. Lenexa: The sale and use of fireworks is not allowed in Lenexa. Merriam: Fireworks are illegal in Merriam, according to city ordinance. Olathe: Fireworks are illegal to possess and shoot off in Olathe, police say. Overland Park: It's illegal to buy or use fireworks in Overland Park with some exceptions such as snappers, snakes, toy pistols or canes with caps. Any device that produces a visible or audible effect through combustion or detonation is not allowed in Overland Park. Prairie Village: Fireworks aren't allowed in Prairie Village's city limits. Roeland Park: Only novelty items like sparklers, snakes, snappers, smoke devices and cone fountains are allowed, but they're limited to noon to 10 p.m. on July 4, the city said. Bottle rockets or aerial fireworks are not allowed. Shawnee: The City Council voted in May of 2022 to allow fireworks during a specific time frame. The city says fireworks may be legally set off within city limits between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. on July 3 and July 4. Bottle rockets, sky lanterns and M80s are not allowed. Tonganoxie: Fireworks are allowed from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on June 30 through July 4. Bottle rockets are not allowed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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29-05-2025
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Missouri counties denied state aid for tornado damage
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Mo. — Tornado victims in southwestern Missouri will not get extra help from the state after a cluster of tornadoes hit the area last week. Residents in St. Clair, Henry and Benton counties have learned that they will not be receiving any state assistance in wake of the May 19 tornadoes. It's another setback for communities trying to clean up the mess left behind. The Henry County, Missouri, Office of Emergency Management said the counties will not be able to apply for state funding—for cleanup, repairs or financial help. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox According to emergency management, one of the reasons state assistance was denied is because many of the homes in the counties were 'second homes' – which don't quality to be included in assessments. 'We have been on the phone all morning with area agencies to find more resources, financial aid and labor to help our citizens in our communities recover,' Henry County Emergency Management said on Thursday. 'We are very encouraged with what we have found thus far and will be sharing more information as the day goes on. We are not giving up making sure the citizens of our county to get all the help we can possibly find.' The Iconium Fire Protection District in St. Clair County posted on social media that they are looking for volunteers on Friday and Saturday to help people in the area whose neighborhoods were devastated by last week's tornadoes. 'We need dump trucks, dump trailers and wood chipper operators to grind up and haul off wood chips,' the fire department said. According to the fire department, dozens of branches and trees are piled up in yards in the Fox Run and Richochet Ridge subdivisions off Highway ZZ between Truman Lake and the St. Clair County-Henry County line. 'The Iconium Fire Department will pay to rent a wood chipper,' the fire department said. 'But we need people who can spend a day feeding the chipper and others who can bring trailers and trucks to accept the chips and haul them away, probably to the yard next to our Station 3, about a mile from those subdivisions.' View the latest Weather Alerts in the Kansas City region on FOX4 The fire department is asking anyone who has the time or equipment to help to call Fire Chief David Price at 417-309-0078. It estimates the cost will be around $2,000. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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29-05-2025
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Storm chaser shares memories of 2019 Linwood tornado
LINWOOD, Kan. – On May 28, 2019 a mile wide EF-4 tornado in Douglas and Leavenworth County, Kansas injured 18 people and the super cell produced another tornado causing damage all the way in Kearney Missouri. Communities had to rebuild, but luckily no lives were lost. The storm turned out to be one of the most significant in history for the scientific community. FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox In the six years since the devastating Linwood tornado we've heard from the survivors, who rode out the EF-4 in their homes. 'Had Jesus on my side, I lived through it,' Linwood resident Dennie Roberts, whose wife was killed in Kansas City's 2003 tornado, said. FOX4 also spoke with thrill seekers who were sent flying in storm chasing tour vans. 'Immediately it just flipped us and we just bounced and rolled and banged like metal for what seemed like forever,' Jeff Lieberman said on the tornado's first anniversary. That day as FOX4 meteorologists were watching the radar and FOX4 crews were first on the scene to the damage alerting first responders to the immediate need extreme meteorologist and storm chaser Reed Timmer and his team were also watching the super cell as it formed south of Lawrence, Kansas. Timmer shared memories this week on .' Joe's Blog: So, why has it been so gray lately (WED-5/28) 'It was wrapped in rain and we chased the storm for a little while it produced a brief tornado in the rain and we knew it was gearing up to produce a large one,' Timmer recalled. As the tornado formed Timmer was trying to pull off something he hadn't been able to do before on a storm of its magnitude. The problem was the tornado was rain wrapped. 'You almost have to get into the path of the tornado to be able to see it back in the inflow notch and that's a very dangerous place to be,' Timmer they were able to launch a sensor called 'Dorothy' into the mile-wide twister recording wind speeds of 190 miles per hour, and thermodynamics like pressure fall, temperature and relative humidity. But as the sensor and parachute climbed in the mesocyclone to heights of more than 27,000 feet there was just one problem after the tornado passed and clean up began, finding it. Thankfully, 'Dorothy' was located 30 miles away in Leavenworth, Kansas while pots from Free State growers were found 50 miles away in Smithville, Missouri. Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android With that single sensor recovered its the first time they were ever able to get data recovered at 10 times per second. Timmer says hopefully data collected will help go along way in better understanding tornadoes and maybe one day even preventing them. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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28-05-2025
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Missouri conservation staff tracking peregrine falcons in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation has been working this month to track a certain bird of prey that has been reintroduced to urban areas in past decades. Peregrine falcons could become a more common sight in the Kansas City area and elsewhere statewide as the conservation department's peregrine falcon nesting program takes flight. Overland Park residents can apply for property tax rebate starting this weekend Kansas City was included in the nesting program in 2019, and this month, the department has been providing updates as it works to grow the population of peregrine falcons in the state, a species labeled a 'conservation concern.' Earlier this month, conservation department staff and a representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture met up on the rooftop of the Shook, Hardy and Bacon law firm building in Kansas City to place leg bands on three peregrine falcon chicks living in a nesting box. The department shared on Facebook recently that they offer the nesting boxes as a safer alternative for falcons that have historically built their nests on cliffs and ledges. Leg bands have been placed on several young falcons this month, the department said, in an effort to keep track of where the birds go once they leave the nest. The leg bands are large enough to fit the birds as they grow into adults and included identification numbers, the department said. This week, the department included an update that staff members added leg bands to three more chicks, this time at Evergy's Hawthorn station in Kansas City. 'MDC staff recently banded peregrine falcon chicks at EVERGY's Hawthorn Generating Station in Kansas City,' the department posted on Facebook Wednesday. 'There were 2 males and 1 female, all in excellent health. EVERGY staff hold their newest family members with great pride.' FOX4 Newsletters: Sign up for daily forecasts and Joe's Weather Blog in your inbox Here are some facts about peregrine falcons, provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Cornell Lab: One of the world's fastest birds, peregrine falcons can reach speeds of 200 mph as they dive toward their prey from a high-up location. The species was nearly eradicated because of side-effects of DDT and other pesticides in the middle of the 20th century. They hunt starlings, pigeons and other smaller birds seen in the city. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
