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Piper High School – basketball at Ottawa
– Boys
– Piper varsity lost 65-67 (OT)
– Piper junior varsity lost 39-47
– Piper 9th won 50-36
– Girls
– Piper varsity won 73-31
– Piper junor varsity won 53-25
– Piper 9th lost 19-36
– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director
Community meetings are planned on Tuesday, Dec. 5, on the northeast area master plan in Kansas City, Kansas.
Two identical sessions, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, are scheduled.
The first meeting will be at 1 p.m. Dec. 5 at Neff Packaging, 555 Sunshine Road, Kansas City, Kansas.
The second meeting will be at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at Grant Elementary School, 1510 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The planning process started in October with a community meeting. At the Dec. 5 meeting, there are plans to discuss initial findings, build on what was discussed, craft a vision for the northeast area and work on early action project ideas, according to a spokesman.
According to a spokesman, the northeast area master plan will define and illustrate a vision for the future of the northeast area. Such qualities as desirability, walkability, safety and economic well-being will be discussed.
The plan will identify opportunities relating to housing, transportation, education, workforce development, safety, health and supportive social services, according to a spokesman.
Residents and those working in the area are asked to participate in the planning process.
The planning process will contain both early action projects and long-term strategies, according to a spokesman.
Four injuries were reported in a three-vehicle crash at 7:31 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, on Parallel Parkway just east of 99th Street in Kansas City, Kansas.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a 1999 Ford Explorer was westbound on Parallel when a Wyandotte County Sheriff’s officer initiated a traffic stop.
The 1999 Explorer fled at a high rate of speed, and the sheriff’s officer did not pursue the vehicle, according to the trooper’s report.
The Explorer then struck a 2017 Ford Fiesta and a 2016 Ford Explorer just east of 99th Street, the trooper’s report stated.
The driver of the 1999 Explorer, a 63-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the report.
The driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 26-year-old woman from Leavenworth, Kan., was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated.
A 21-year-old Leavenworth, Kan., man in the Fiesta was not injured, the report stated. Another passenger, a 25-year-old Leavenworth, Kan., woman in the Fiesta, was injured and was taken to the hospital.
The driver of the 2016 Explorer, a 57-year-old Leavenworth, Kan., woman, was injured and taken to the hospital, the report stated.