Month: May 2015

New England Revolution to visit Sporting Park in KCK on Wednesday

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Sporting Kansas City will play twice in four days this week as the team begins a stretch of the schedule in which their next five regular season matches all feature opponents from the 2014 MLS Cup playoffs.

On Wednesday, Sporting Kansas City (3-2-5, 6th place) will play host to MLS Cup finalists New England Revolution (5-2-4, 2nd place) at 7 p.m. at Sporting Park in a nationally televised match on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

A limited number of tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com and the first 10,000 fans inside the stadium will receive Sporting KC sunglasses.

The team then travels to Seattle to take on the reigning Supporters’ Shield and U.S. Open Cup champions Sounders FC (6-3-1, 3rd place) at 9 p.m. on Saturday at CenturyLink Field. The match will be televised locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV with three hours of coverage beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Wyandotte County students receive degrees at K-State

Several Wyandotte County students completed degree requirements from Kansas State University this spring.

They were among nearly 3,000 students who completed degree requirements at K-State.

Students completing degree requirements from Wyandotte County included:

From Bonner Springs: Xavier Capalla, Bachelor of Science; Jayce Proctor, Bachelor of Science in Construction Science and Management; Katy Vavricek, Bachelor of Science.

From Edwardsville: Hannah Polys, Master of Interior Architecture and Product Design; Alyssa Scott, Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition; Nikole Todd, Bachelor of Science in Education.

From Kansas City, Kan.: Lindsay Albracht, Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Human Services; Hannah Boland, Bachelor of Science in Education; Allison Brown, Master of Science; Shelby Brunk, Bachelor of Science; Hannah Burgess, Bachelor of Science in Dietetics; Taran Carlisle, Bachelor of Science; Marko Dolinar, Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering; Jessica Elmore, Doctor of Education; Melissa Graves, Bachelor of Science; Kristopher Grinter, Master of Science; Courtney Gunnels, Bachelor of Science; Jacob Harman, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Khiana Harris, Bachelor of Arts; Phillip Hill, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Taleasa Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Education; Chelsea Jones, Bachelor of Science; Luis Lopez-Salazar, Bachelor of Science; Chiquita Miller, Doctor of Philosophy; Courtney Miller, Bachelor of Science; Ashley Murray, Bachelor of Science in Interior Design; Jennifer Quaumeeka Saunders, Master of Science; Smisek, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Thomas Umscheid, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Joseph Valenti, Bachelor of Science; Jocelyn Villanueva, Bachelor of Arts; Janiece Walker, Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Human Services; and Jordan Walker, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

K-192 reopens after flooding

The Kansas Department of Transportation reports that K-192 in Leavenworth County has now reopened after flooding over Stranger Creek east of Easton.

High flood waters covered the roadway on Sunday, but have now receded, according to KDOT.

KDOT also reported that K-68 in Osage County is now open today to all traffic north of Quenemo (MM-11) and south of the K-268 junction. It was closed at 2:45 p.m. Sunday due to high flood waters over the roadway.