Month: January 2015

Accident reported on Parallel Parkway at I-435

An accident occurred Wednesday when a car was attempting to merge onto westbound Parallel Parkway from northbound I-435.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, the driver of a Dodge Charger, a 37-year-old man from Kansas City, Kan., had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital.

The vehicle was a Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department vehicle, and the driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution and was not injured, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

The Charger was merging onto westbound Parallel Parkway from northbound I-435 when it attempted to cross the westbound lanes of Parallel, the trooper’s report stated. A Chevrolet Silverado on Parallel then collided with the driver’s side of the Charger, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Silverado, a 51-year-old man from Atchison, Kan., was not injured, according to the report.

The accident was at 3:19 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28.

No. 7 KCKCC at No. 1 JCCC in Jayhawk showdown Saturday

by Alan Hoskins

Kansas City Kansas Community College wasted no time in clearing its final hurdle and set up the Jayhawk Conference women’s “Game of the Year No. 1.”

Surging to an 18-0 lead in the opening minutes, the Lady Blue Devils raced to an 83-44 win at Fort Scott Wednesday night.

“We came out ready to play,” said KCKCC coach Valerie Stambersky.

The win kept the No. 7 ranked Blue Devils (5-0) unbeaten in the Division II standings heading into a showdown at No. 1 and unbeaten Johnson County (6-0) Saturday at 2 p.m.

JCCC passed its biggest regional test to date Wednesday by stretching its unbeaten streak to 22-0 with a 58-49 win at No. 8 Highland. The Lady Cavaliers also lead the Jayhawk Conference standings at 6-0 with the Blue Devils just a half-game back at 6-1.

KCKCC got a couple of career bests at Fort Scott. Janai Mitchell scored 18 points including 10 of 14 free throws while Eirenei Alesana came off the bench to go 4-for-4 from the floor in a 10-point performance. Erin Anderson added 12 points, Cierra Gaines 11, Cassidy Harbert 8 and Cheyenne North 7.

Anderson led the defense with six steals and North chipped in with four as the Blue Devils forced 33 turnovers. Iland Shurn led the rebounding with nine in just 14 minutes off the bench while Mitchell and North had seven each and Harbert six.

“A solid performance overall,” Stambersky said. “Our pressure defense was good again which led to a lot of transition points.”

Fort Scott was held to just three field goals and 13.0 percent shooting the first half as KCKCC opened a 39-14 lead.

Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.

Chill out today as temperatures fall 30 degrees

A 30-point drop in the temperatures is the difference between Wednesday’s weather and Thursday’s weather in Kansas City, Kan.

Temperatures were 40 degrees at 9 a.m. Thursday, as compared with Wednesday’s 75-degree weather.

Today’s high will be near 45, according to the National Weather Service forecast. Winds will be from the north northwest from 15 to 20 mph, gusting to 30 mph, the weather service said.

Friday, expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 43. Friday night, the low will be around 31.

A storm system is expected to move into the area this weekend, the weather service said.

Precipitation is expected to begin as rain on Saturday before changing to snow on Saturday night and continuing into Sunday, according to the weather service. Light accumulations appear possible at this time across the outlook area, the weather service said.