Wyandotte County is under a dense fog advisory through 11 a.m. Monday. (National Weather Service graphic)
Dense fog was reported in Wyandotte County this morning.
Visibility was poor on the interstate highways, reduced to a quarter of a mile or less.
The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory through 11 a.m. today.
Motorists were advised to be careful because of limited visibility.
Scattered thunderstorms are possible tonight, mainly north of I-70, the weather service said.
Today’s high will be near 75, according to the weather service. Tonight, there will be a slight chance of showers between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. The low will be around 53.
Tuesday, the high will be near 68 with mostly sunny skies, the weather service said. Winds will be from the west northwest from 6 to 16 mph gusting as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday night, the low will be around 41, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 61, and It will be windy. Wednesday night, it will be be mostly clear with a low of 38. Visibility was poor near I-635 and K-5 in Kansas City, Kan., on Monday morning. (KC Scout photo) Fog was affecting visibility on Monday morning on I-70 west of I-635 in Wyandotte County. (KC Scout photo) Wyandotte County has a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight. (National Weather Service graphic)
KCKCC coach Kelley Newton hopes to cut down another championship net as he leads the Blue Devils into their first national tournament Wednesday. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
A Kansas City Kansas Community College defense that gave up an average of just 66.7 points in the three Region VI games leading to the NJCAA Division II men’s national tournament will get its biggest test Wednesday.
South Suburban Community College out of the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest, Ill., and KCKCC will collide Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Danville., Ill., in a game that will be streamed live on the NJCAA.org website.
Boasting a 31-2 record and 17 straight wins, South Suburban comes into the national tourney averaging 94.2 points a game and shooting a torrid 50.9 per cent from the field. A perennial Division II power and past champion, South Suburban is in the national tournament for the seventh time in the last 10 years.
The Blue Devils (22-11), on the other hand, are averaging 77.6 points a game while holding opponents to 67.5 per contest. In their march to the national, the Blue Devils gave up 66, 67 and 66 points in wins over Highland, Johnson County and Brown Mackie.
“If we can do that, we’ll win,” said KCKCC coach Kelley Newton. “But we also know that South Suburban is a really good team, collectively the most talented team we’ve played this season. They’ve got the leading scorer in the country and the second leading rebounder.”
It will be KCKCC’s first appearance in the national tournament.
“Tradition vs. no tradition but I think we’re ready for the challenge,” Newton said. “I think our schedule playing Iowa Western twice and Penn Valley twice, which is also in the tournament, and being in the Jayhawk Conference is going to help get us prepared.”
South Suburban is led by 6-2 sophomore guard Jovan Mooring, a sure-fire All-American who leads the nation in scoring with 26.4 points a game, and 6-7 Shakur Pinder, a 6-7 freshman center who is second in the country in rebounding at 13.0 a game despite coming off the bench. A 49.2 percent shooter from the field, Mooring is also averaging 6.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists while Pinder scores at an 11.6 clip.
Point guard Erick Locke, a 6-1 freshman, is actually the sharpest of a host of sharpshooters for the Bulldogs, shooting 61 percent while averaging 7.8 points and leading in assists with 5.2 per game. Anthony Harris, a 6-4 forward, is shooting 57.3 percent while averaging 12.3 percent; 6-2 Jalen Myers, 47 percent and 13.5; and 6-9 Russell Robinson, averaging 9.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and shooting 61.6 percent.
The Bulldogs have scored more than 100 points 11 times in a 31-2 season including a 100-70 win over Morton in the Region IV championship game. In that game, Locke had a triple double with 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists while Mooring had 27 points, Harrison 16 points and 10 rebounds and Myers 21 points including 6-of-8 three-pointers.
KCKCC is expected to counter with a lineup 6-6 sophomore Joe Lendway (12.9) and 6-9 freshman Jon Murray (10.9) in the front court, 6-1 freshman Mike Lee (9.5) at point guard and 5-11 freshman Kellan Turner (10.7) and either 6-7 soph Armoni Shorter (7.2) or 6-2 soph Dehaven Talley (8.4) at the shooting guards. Front line backup will come from 6-5 Lashawn Lewis (4.7), 6-6 Trevor Young (2.8) and 6-9 Donald Metoyer (1.6) with 6-2 freshman Garrick McCuller the backup at the point. Lee leads the team in assists with 5.8 per game; Murray (7.0) and Lendway (6.5) lead in rebounds.
Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.
Editor’s note: In this interpretive article, Rebecca Tombaugh, reporting artist, tells us what it was like to be next to the protesters at the Trump rally Saturday in Kansas City, Mo.
by Rebecca Tombaugh
With handmade signs, and with shouting, singing and an offer of “free hugs,” protesters from all over the metro stood on the corner of 12th and Main streets when Donald J. Trump came to town on Saturday night.
“A vote for Trump is a vote for Hitler!” shouted one young man with a red bull horn.
Trump, front-running candidate for the Republican Party, held a rally at Arvest Bank Theater at The Midland at 1228 Main St.
The line of people waiting with tickets to enter the theater wrapped around the block.
“Shame! Shame! Shame!” the protesters chanted to supporters as the line slowly moved forward.
“I think you need to hear both sides,” said one Trump supporter in the line to a protester. Protesters held signs outside the Trump rally Saturday in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Rebecca Tombaugh)
As of press time, Kansas City, Mo., Police Chief Darryl Forte had tweeted there were four arrests, and Trump during his speech reportedly asked the Kansas City police to arrest the protesters.
Around 6 p.m. when the rally was to begin, the people in the line had to pass by the corner where several dozen protesters were gathered. Some brought signs, and others made signs on the spot with Sharpie pens on plain pieces of paper, such as “Quietly Protesting No Hate No Trump.”
Another sign read “Trump loves Taco Tuesday.”
A young man walked down the entire line of supporters saying “Black lives matter…all lives matter…black lives matter…” Protesters outside the Trump rally Saturday in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Rebecca Tombaugh)
A few wrapped themselves in the Mexican flags.
Two blocks over, at the Sprint Center, the Big 12 Conference went on.
In between the protesters and the line of attendees was a tent full of T-shirts and buttons and hats with Trump logos.
“Cash or card — who’s next?” asked the salesman. “Cash or card?” was the question about Trump items being sold near the rally. (Photo by Rebecca Tombaugh)
Across the street from the theater, more protesters began to gather with signs on cardboard taped to sticks. Cars driving honked and blared their horns.
Inside, Trump was continuing.
“And we’re going to take our country back from those people,” he said of the protesters, on a live stream.
Only the day before, the Trump rally in Chicago was reported to have been canceled due to security precautions. In Kansas City, shortly after, social media was showing plans being made by the protesters, such as a Facebook page “Trump Out of KC!” by the Progressive Youth Organization. but all were urged to be peaceful.
In front of the theater, the line of supporters and protesters were inches away from each other on the street, and at times, would have conversations with each other about the candidate. A few times, voices were raised. Kansas City police stood by, stepping in and separated the two sides when the shouting became tense.
In one exchange between a protester and a man in the line, the man walked on forward, pointing his index finger back at the protester, saying “F— you and all your towel-headed friends!”
But, in turning his head back, the man tripped on the curb and nearly fell down.
“Don’t yell!” answered the protester. “If you hurt your ankle, Bernie can fix it for ya!”
“For free!” said another.
Around 7:30 p.m. protesters from inside the rally were removed. Many joined the ones on the corner. The crowd continued to grow throughout the evening. News outlets reported police used pepper spray on the crowd at one point. Kansas City, Mo., police and protesters Saturday during a Trump rally in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Rebecca Tombaugh)
According to a post on the PYO, “You guys do realize that the crowd got sprayed whether people were doing something wrong or not!!! It was a blind mass pepper spraying action where several people were affected!!! From my understanding the only reason KCPD did this is because the crowd got too big not because there were violence among protesters!!!”
Trump is scheduled to hold his next rally Sunday in Bloomington, Ill.
Rebecca Tombaugh is a free-lance reporting artist in Kansas City, and former managing editor of the Kansas City Kansan.
Photos and story copyright 2016 by Rebecca Tombaugh.
