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closed starting Wednesday ." /> This stretch of Lincoln Avenue between Belden and Fullerton avenues will be closed starting Wednesday . View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ted Cox LINCOLN PARK — Lincoln Avenue will be closed Wednesday through Friday as a construction crane is installed for the south tower of the Lincoln Common development . According to the latest Lincoln Common update , excavation and work on the earth- retention system continues this week. A pedestrian canopy above the Fullerton Avenue sidewalk to the north also will be erected. With the foundation for the south tower's construction crane having been poured last week, the crane will be installed Wednesday through Friday. That will require Lincoln Avenue be closed all three days for about a half block from the three-way intersection with Orchard Street and Belden Avenue and Orchard Street to the parking garage at 2316 N. Lincoln Ave. The sidewalk on the east side of Lincoln Avenue also will be closed those ...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...