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Wednesday weather will be wonderful

Look for some wonderful weather today, as there will be mostly sunny skies with a high near 72.

According to the National Weather Service, there will be a north wind of 6 to 9 mph today. Tonight’s low will be 46.

Thursday, another nice day will be in the forecast, with sunny skies and a high near 73, the weather service said. Light and variable wind on Thursday will change to east around 6 mph in the morning.

Thursday night’s forecast is mostly clear with a low of 50.

Friday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 75, the weather service said. Friday night, the low will be around 56.

Saturday’s forecast is a high of 78 with partly sunny skies. Saturday night, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, according to the weather service.

Thunderstorms will make their return to the area possibly on the weekend, mainly along and north of Interstate 70, according to the weather service. These storms are not anticipated to be severe. While there may be a slight chance of rain on Friday, that is not yet certain.

Expect this chance of scattered storm activity to persist through the weekend, the weather service said. Forecasters are not anticipating a complete washout, but off-and-on storms are expected. They are not anticipating widespread severe weather this weekend.

More widespread thunderstorms are expected by early to mid week next week.

KCKCC’s Vallejo ‘perfect fit’ for Benedictine cage team

Flanked by his parents, Steve and Donna Segura, Kansas City Kansas Community College scoring leader C.J. Vallejo signed a letter of intent Tuesday to continue his basketball career at Benedictine College. Also on hand to witness the signing were Benedictine coach Ryan Moody, standing left, and KCKCC coach Kelley Newton. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Kansas City Kansas Community College sharpshooter C.J. Vallejo was just what Benedictine College coach Ryan Moody was looking for in rebuilding his Raven basketball team that qualified for the NAIA Division I national tournament this past spring.

“He’s the perfect fit,” said Moody, who lost six seniors from this year’s 24-9 team. “He’s a great student, a great person and clearly a great basketball player. We like to focus our recruiting on Kansas kids and as a Bishop Ward graduate, he’s a great fit because we have a lot of Ward students.”

One of KCKCC’s all-time best 3-point shooters, Vallejo’s 96 treys this year tied him for fourth for most 3-pointers in a single season while his 43.8 percent shooting from 3-point ranks him among KCKCC’s all-time leaders.

“We graduated a player who finished fourth in all-time 3-point shooting so C.J.’s ability to shoot from the outside was just what we were looking for,” Moody said..

The Blue Devils’ leading scorer with a 15.6-point average, the 6-4 Vallejo earned first team All-Jayhawk and All-Region VI honors. A 45.3 percent shooter from the field, Vallejo was 36 of 39 from the free throw line, an all-time KCKCC best. Also third in assists (1.7) and rebounding (4.1), Vallejo scored in double figures in 22 of 29 games with career highs of 37 points and 9-of-12 3-pointers in an 87-76 win over Wentworth.

For Vallejo, signing a letter of intent for a full ride scholarship to Benedictine was a great reward for his dedication and persistence over the past three seasons. A 2012 graduate of Bishop Ward, Vallejo played the fall semester at KCKCC only to be ruled academically ineligible the second semester.

“Coach (Kelley) Newton came in the next year and we decided I should redshirt last year which was great for me,” Vallejo said. “It helped tremendously both with my grades and my knowledge of the game.”

Not only did Vallejo lead KCKCC in scoring, he helped the Blue Devils finish 23-9 and reach the finals of the NJCAA Division II regional championship.

Alan Hoskins is the sports information director for KCKCC.

Stolen Missouri deputy’s patrol car crashes in accident in KCK

Fleeing prisoner apprehended on 18th Street

A prisoner who stole an Andrew County, Mo., sheriff’s car and drove it into Kansas City, Kan., has been captured, according to police.

A Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman said the prisoner was apprehended in the 3000 block of North 18th Street, and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

KCK police first heard about the incident when an accident happened at 12:27 p.m. April 28 near I-635 and K-5 highway, the spokesman said.

While enroute, officers learned from dispatchers that a prisoner had stolen a patrol vehicle from an Andrew County, Mo., deputy, according to the spokesman.

The prisoner, a woman about 30 years old, was being taken to the Jackson County, Mo., jail by the Andrew County deputy, the spokesman said.

The prisoner had told the deputy that she was feeling sick, and the deputy pulled over to check the welfare of the prisoner near 72nd and I-29 Highway in Missouri, according to the spokesman.

When the deputy got out of the vehicle, the prisoner jumped over the seat and stole the deputy’s patrol vehicle, the spokesman said.

The prisoner then drove to I-635 and K-5 where she crashed the sheriff’s vehicle into a wooded area and fled on foot, the spokesman said.

KCK police set up a perimeter before catching the prisoner, according to the spokesman.