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The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that three Olathe men died in a crash at 3:17 a.m. Aug. 24 on eastbound K-10, west of Cedar Creek Parkway in Johnson County.
The three were in a Ford Fusion that ran off the road, striking the left guardrail, according to the trooper’s report.
The three were identified as Darius J. Thomas, 21, of Olathe, Kan., the driver; Nicholas A. Sands, 24, of Olathe, Kan.; and Dalton R. Suggs, 21, of Olathe, Kan.
The Kansas City T-Bones (50-39) used four first-inning runs and a quality start from Alex Blackford to beat the Cleburne Railroaders (41-49) 4-2 Wednesday night at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.
The win secured a 2-1 series win, the team’s 18th series win this season.
The T-Bones jumped on Cleburne starter Patrick Mincey in the first with a leadoff walk from Cedric Hunter and a single to right from Marcus Lemon to put runners at the corners. After a strikeout by Kevin Keyes for the first out, Dexter Kjerstad singled to make it 1-0 Kansas City.
Newly signed shortstop Niko Vasquez doubled to bring home Lemon and it was 2-0 T-Bones. Chantz Mack followed with an RBI single that scored two and it was 4-0.
From there Mincey put up zeros across the board and was joined by Blackford, who likewise kept the Railroaders bats cold. Cleburne did not get its first hit until the fourth inning as Blackford worked six, giving up three hits and no runs.
Myles Smith worked a scoreless seventh, but Cleburne was able to score a pair off Jeff Walters in the eighth to cut the lead to 4-2. Cody Winiarski worked a scoreless ninth for his 18th save while the win went to Blackford (1-1) with Mincey (8-8) getting the loss.
With the win the T-Bones stayed a half-game behind Gary SouthShore in the American Association Wild Card race. Kansas City is off Thursday, while Gary is at Lincoln.
Kansas City heads to Gary for an all-important three-game weekend series beginning Friday night in Indiana. The T-Bones will be no worse than one game back with 11 games remaining.
With the win Kansas City hit the 50-win mark, placing the club currently third all-time in franchise history in wins. It is the seventh straight season manager Joe Calfapietra has reached the 50 win total for a season and the first-year manager is two wins shy of 900 for his career.
After the off day Kansas City will travel to Gary, Indiana, to face the RailCats on Friday night. Luis Paula is expected to get the start with Gary SouthShore. The game can be heard on the T-Bones Broadcast Network.
Tickets are available online, by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting in person the Providence Medical Center Box Office.
– Story from T-Bones
The Kansas City Kansas Community College Entrepreneurial Innovation Center will hold a 2017 Innovation Showcase Oct. 6.
Entrepreneurs may make plans to highlight their business or idea at the event.
The event is from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the BHC Rhodes Engineering Firm, 712 State Ave. in Kansas City, Kan. The event is free to attend.
The Innovation Showcase is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas in front of investors, other entrepreneurs, business leaders and capitalists.
Participants can submit their ideas in either the idea generation or revenue generation category. If an entrepreneur has an innovation idea that has not generated revenue, they qualify for the first category. If the idea has generated revenue, they will register in the second category.
All pitch participants must register via the online portal, which will be used to judge all pre-qualification pitches. A national Showcase webpage will be provided to all participants to promote their business nationally and they may upload pitch videos and other information as often as they need until the submission cutoff date. During this time, participants will also be able to benefit from free consulting in order to improve their pitch ideas
Showcase winners are chosen, in part, from attendees who will have the chance to select their favorite idea or business through live, real-time voting, via their cell phone.
For more information on the Innovation Showcase, to register as a participant or to attend, visit http://www.innovationshowcasekc.com/. Information is available on the Innovation Showcase by emailing [email protected] or calling 913-288-7571.
– from Kelly Rogge, KCKCC