Kansas City Local Pulse: June 6 Weather Watch and Summer Schedule Updates

Good morning, this is Kansas City Local Pulse for Saturday, June sixth. We wake up today keeping an eye on the weather and the rivers. The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has a flood warning in effect this afternoon for parts of our area, with moderate flooding along the Delaware River near Muscotah and other low lying spots along the Missouri and Kansas rivers. According to KSHB 41 and the Weather Service, we stay mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s, muggy air, and a chance for scattered showers later, with storms more likely tomorrow, so we plan our outdoor time earlier in the day and stay weather aware, especially if we live near creeks and underpasses that tend to flood. Around City Hall at Twelfth and Oak, council committees this week continue budget talks that affect what we feel on our streets, focusing on road repair on corridors like Troost, Prospect, and North Oak, along with additional funding for housing and homelessness response. Transit advocates are watching how that plays into bus service and the streetcar extension through Main Street into the Plaza and UMKC. On the jobs front, local recruiters say the Kansas City metro is still adding a few thousand jobs month to month, with strong hiring in logistics around the I 435 and I 70 corridors, and steady openings in health care from KU Med to hospitals in North Kansas City and Overland Park. In real estate, regional agents report that median home prices in the core are hovering in the mid three hundreds, with bidding still competitive in neighborhoods like Brookside, Waldo, and the Northland, but more price cuts on the far edges of the metro. For culture and fun, downtown is buzzing. At the Power and Light District, No Other Pub hosts the Soccer in the City watch party this afternoon for the USA versus Germany match, with doors opening at one thirty and the game on the big screens, perfect if we want to escape the humidity. Over in the East Bottoms, Knuckleheads Saloon welcomes Kansas City favorites The Rainmakers for an outdoor show tonight at eight, giving us a chance to enjoy live music under the lights by the railroad tracks. And later this evening, the Kansas City Symphony has a performance downtown, a reminder of how strong our arts scene remains in the Crossroads and at the Kauffman Center. In sports, we keep tracking our baseball team at the K and our soccer club down at Children's Mercy Park as the summer schedules heat up. High school athletes are wrapping up summer league action, with several metro baseball and softball players drawing college attention. Turning to public safety, Kansas City police report several overnight incidents under investigation, including armed robberies and car break ins near major corridors, and they continue to stress locking vehicles, removing valuables, and staying aware at night around entertainment districts like Westport and Power and Light. We stay tuned to official alerts and use them as a reminder to look out for one another. Our feel good story comes from a block near Troost Avenue, where neighbors and volunteers came together for a cleanup and cookout, picking up trash, planting flowers, and grilling for kids, showing how small acts on one street can make the whole city feel more like home. Thanks for tuning in today, and please remember to subscribe so we can stay connected with you. This has been Kansas City Local Pulse. We'll see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta