Month: March 2015

Police investigating homicide near 66th north of Leavenworth Road

Police are investigating a shooting death in the 3200 block of North 66th Street.

After a report of a shooting, police went to the location at 3:39 a.m. March 26 and found a man in his late 30s inside a home, dead from an apparent gunshot wound, a police spokesman said.

The identity of the victim will not be released pending positive identification and family notification, police said.

This incident remains under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

Sporting KC to face New York City on Saturday at Yankee Stadium

Sporting Kansas City hits the road for its inaugural match against MLS expansion side New York City FC on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

The match will kick off at 6 p.m. and air live locally on KMCI-TV 38 The Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV with 30 minutes of pre-game and post-game coverage. Radio listeners can follow live on 102.9 FM (English) and 1340 AM (Spanish).

Sporting KC (0-1-2, 2 points) is winless in its first three regular season matches for the first time since 1999.

However, Peter Vermes’ side recorded 24 regular season road wins from 2012-2014, the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present), and has created 15 more than they have allowed this season.

In addition, Sporting KC holds a 6-1-2 record against expansion or relocated teams during Major League Soccer’s expansion era (2005-present).

Marcel de Jong (Canada), Roger Espinoza and Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20’s) will miss the match on international duty

New York City FC (1-0-2, 5 points) sits atop the Eastern Conference and has conceded just one goal through three matches.

The team is led by midfielder Mix Diskerud, who scored the club’s first ever goal on March 8 and leads MLS with 185 successful passes, and World Cup-winning forward David Villa, who scored the game-winner in NYCFC’s first match at Yankee Stadium on March 15.
– Story from Sporting KC

Traffic slow on I-35

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This was the scene on I-35 southbound past Cambridge Circle Thursday morning, as a stalled vehicle was on the right shoulder of the road, according to KC Scout. The traffic sign in the photo refers to two lanes being closed on I-35 southbound at 18th Street Expressway for roadwork until 3:30 p.m. (KC Scout photo)