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A 139-page Gannon case decision was handed down at noon today from the Shawnee County District Court.
The school finance case had been remanded to the Shawnee County District Court by the Kansas Supreme Court for more work last March.
The decision is online at http://www.shawneecourt.org/DocumentCenter/View/527.
More information on the court decision will follow later.
by Alan Hoskins
The 2014-2015 Kansas City Kansas Community College basketball season begins in earnest Saturday afternoon when the Blue Devils play host to Brown Mackie.
Except for a home non-conference doubleheader Tuesday, all of the Blue Devils’ remaining games are against Jayhawk Conference opponents.
It’s a fast start for the Blue Devils, who will play five games in 11 days before the start of the spring semester, beginning with the 2 and 4 p.m. contests against Brown Mackie Saturday.
The Lady Blue Devils will take the No. 10 national ranking in Division II into the opener.
Winner of five in a row, the Blue Devils are 1-0 in conference play and 12-1 overall with their only loss to unbeaten Hutchinson (14-0), which is ranked No. 2 in Division I. Brown Mackie is 2-2 in league play and 10-6 overall.
Averaging 88.8 points a game, the Blue Devils have seven players averaging seven or more points a game – Cierra Gaines (15.9), Cheyenne North (11.8), Cassie Harbert (10.5), Erin Anderson (8.5), Jamai Mitchell (8.1), Rashaun Casey (7.4) and Sierra Roberts (7.2).
Harbert leads in assists with 6.53 per game while leading rebounders are North (7.6), Harbert (5.7) and Anderson (5.5).
The KCKCC men, who dropped their only Jayhawk decision to Labette 81-78, and are 9-4 overall, will have three new players available for Saturday’s 4 p.m. start – 6-2 sophomore guard Babajide Aina from Garland, Texas; 6-4 freshman forward Brett Hamilton of Mill Valley; and 6-6 freshman forward Lashawn Lewis of Henry Cotton High School in Chicago.
The defending Division II champion, Brown Mackie is 10-5 overall and 2-2 in the league.
The Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department has responded to two calls about exposure to the cold weather within the last 24 hours, a spokesman said.
The two patients were taken to the hospital.
The Fire Department spokesman said two passersby called 911 when they saw the two individuals.
The public is asked to be mindful of people who may be exposed to the cold temperatures, the Fire Department said.
Residents are asked to check on their elderly neighbors and to be aware of pets’ needs also during the extreme cold weather.
The wind chill index at 11 a.m. was 4 degrees in Wyandotte County, with a temperature reading of 18.
Tonight, the temperature is predicted to be a low of 5 degrees, with a wind chill of minus 7 to zero.
Cold weather will continue on Wednesday, when the wind chill may be between minus 6 and 4.