Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today alerted Kansas consumers holding unused gift cards purchased from RadioShack can obtain refunds from the company, which filed for bankruptcy last year.
Under a court order filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a trust will treat as a priority claim and pay 100 percent of the balance to consumers holding gift cards that were purchased from RadioShack, the RadioShack website or any of its authorized sellers. Cards acquired in any other way will not be treated as a priority claim, meaning those claimants may not receive payment.
Schmidt cautioned consumers that no one associated with this settlement would contact them to ask for personal or financial information, or to request any payment. Consumers who are asked for such information or payments should be wary of potential scams and refuse those requests.
Kansas consumers who wish to learn how to file for a refund of an unused Radio Shack gift card may visit the attorney general’s consumer protection website at www.InYourCornerKansas.org or call 800-432-2310. The deadline for filing a claim is Dec. 2, 2016.
Sporting KC has unveiled a new secondary kit for the 2016 season. (Photo from Sporting KC)
Sporting Kansas City unveiled its new secondary jersey in a television spot that made its debut Sunday, introducing the club’s “All for the City” marketing campaign for the 2016 season.
The secondary kit will be available to purchase beginning at 6 p.m. March 3 at 6 p.m. when Sporting KC holds an official fan event at No Other Pub, an entertainment venue on the second level of the Kansas City Live! Block in the Power & Light District, 1370 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
The free event will be open to the public and Sporting KC players will be in attendance, giving supporters a first look at the team before it travels to Seattle for the 2016 season opener on March 6. In addition, the Swope Park Rangers’ primary and secondary kits for the club’s inaugural USL season will be revealed and available for purchase.
In conjunction with the jersey launch at No Other Pub, Sporting KC’s new kit will go on sale that evening at mlsstore.com/SportingKC. The kit will be offered in short sleeve and long sleeve authentic styles and men’s, women’s and youth replica styles. A matching anthem jacket will also be available.
“Our two jerseys that are carrying over from last year are very fashion-forward, so we needed the new secondary kit to have a strong design sense,” said John Moncke, Sporting Kansas City’s vice president of stadium and brand revenue. “We started designing this jersey right after the launch of the previous secondary kit in March 2014, and we knew we wanted to create something influenced by the original stripes.”
Sporting Kansas City’s new jersey features a dark indigo background with tonal blue, horizontal stripes. Additional elements include the following:
• Sporting Blue Henley collar with “SKC” initials on the back neck
• adidas 3 Stripes along the sides of the jersey (removed from the shoulders)
• Metallic silver names, numbers and Ivy Funds word mark
• Two silver stars above the Sporting KC crest for MLS Cup wins in 2000 and 2013
• Striped “SKC” socks
• Four-way stretch-woven shorts
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The secondary kit will accompany Sporting Kansas City’s windowpane primary jersey and white argyle third kit – both introduced last year – throughout the 2016 season. A complementary anthem jacket will be worn by players on the field before matches, making Sporting KC the only MLS club to have anthem jackets for each uniform.
Kansas City Kansas Community College saved its best to the end Saturday in a 65-53 home court win over Highland that kept the Blue Devils in the thick of the Region VI playoff race.
At 6-2, the Blue Devils trail Fort Scott (6-1) and Johnson County (5-1) for the two first round byes in this year’s regional playoffs with a chance to move up with a road rematch at Johnson County Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
For 33 minutes Saturday, the Blue Devils (17-8) and Highland were nip-and-tuck with eight ties and nine lead changes before KCKCC took command, outscoring the Scotties 19-10 in the final seven minutes. Leading 46-43, Kellan ignited a 9-0 run with a 3-pointer, Dehaven Talley contributed a basket and two free throws and Joe Lendway had a pair of charity tosses to open a 55-43 lead that eventually expanded to 18 points with 2½ minutes remaining.
Four Blue Devils scored in double figures. Jonathan Murray led the way with a double double of 11 points and 12 rebounds while Turner led the scoring with four 3-pointers, 14 points and five assists. Dehaven Talley added 12 points and Joe Lendway 10 while Mike Lee had another big assist night with eight.
“We played outstanding defense in the second half,” said KCKCC coach Kelley Newton, whose Blue Devils limited Highland to just 7 field goals in 20 attempts while forcing nine turnovers. “I thought our attention to detail was the key to the victory, We had contributions from everyone. Joe (Lendway) and Jon (Murray) were very big on the inside and our guard play continues to improve every day.”
Highland led by as many as five points in the first half before KCKCC inched to a 29-28 halfitme lead. The win gave KCKCC a sweep of the Scotties this season.
Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.
