Month: July 2015

Besler, Feilhaber and Zusi on roster for tonight’s MLS All-Star game

Matt Besler
Matt Besler

Graham Zusi
Graham Zusi

Benny Feilhaber
Benny Feilhaber

Sporting KC’s Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi are on the 22-player squad for tonight’s AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo.

The MLS All-Stars will face English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur at 8 p.m. on FOX Sports 1 and UniMas.

Besler and Zusi each earn MLS All-Star honors for the fourth time, including Zusi’s distinction as the only field player to be an MLS All-Star each of the last four seasons.

Feilhaber is a first-time MLS All-Star during a career-year in which he ranks second in MLS with 10 assists while also contributing a joint team-high seven goals.
– Story from Sporting KC

Police asking public for assistance in locating person of interest

Willie E. Parker
Willie E. Parker

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in locating Willie E. Parker, a person of interest in connection with a fatal shooting at a parking lot Tuesday near 39th and Rainbow Boulevard.

Parker, 46, is about 6-4, 190 pounds, and is considered armed and dangerous, according to police.

The Police Department’s Major Case Unit would like to speak with Parker concerning the homicide on July 28 in the 3900 block of Rainbow Boulevard, according to police.

If Parker is located, persons may contact a local law enforcement agency or the Police Department’s Major Case Unit at 913-596-3000.