A body was discovered as firefighters fought a fire at 11:55 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at 1535 Rowland Ave., according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department spokesman.
The spokesman said the body that appears to be a male was discovered in the residence by firefighters during search-and-rescue. At this time, there is no other identifying information available.
The fire is under investigation, the spokesman said.
When firefighters arrived, there was fire and smoke showing from the single-story home, according to the spokesman, and firefighters attacked the fire.
A firefighter suffered minor burns while extinguishing the fire, and was treated and released, according to the spokesman.
At this time, it appears the fire was a total loss, the spokesman said. The loss to contents was estimated at $10,000, and the loss to property was estimated at $45,000, according to the Fire Department’s report.
Total snowfall, today through Tuesday night (National Weather Service graphic)
Two more rounds of snow are possible through Tuesday night, with cold temperatures continuing, according to the National Weather Service.
The temperature was 13 degrees with a wind chill of zero at 8 a.m. Monday in Wyandotte County, the weather service said. Today’s high will be near 32, with a south wind of 6 to 11 mph changing to west in the afternoon, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight, the low will be around 16 with a north wind of 6 to 9 mph, according to the weather service.
Tuesday’s forecast contains a 60 percent chance of snow here at two times on Tuesday – the afternoon, then the evening, the weather service said.
Tuesday, the high will be near 22 with an east northeast wind of 7 mph. One to 2 inches of snow is possible.
Tuesday night, the 60 percent chance of snow continues before midnight, according to the weather service. The low will be around 14 with an east northeast wind of 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable. About an inch of new snow is possible.
Wednesday, the high will be near 31 with mostly sunny skies and a northwest wind of 6 mph, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, the low will be around 17, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 43, the weather service said.
Thursday night, the low will be around 29 with mostly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be mostly cloudy with a high near 43, the weather service said.
Friday night, there will be a chance of rain before 7 p.m., then a chance of rain and snow between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., then a chance of snow after 8 p.m., according to the weather service. The low will be around 19.
Saturday, there is a 30 percent chance of snow, the weather service said. The high will be near 31.
Saturday night, there is a 30 percent chance of snow, with a low of 17, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 38, the weather service said.
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Monday afternoon and evening (National Weather Service graphic)Tuesday afternoon and evening (National Weather Service graphic)
While Highland’s Berniezha Tidwell goes flying past, former Piper standout Miya Ford goes up for a shot with teammates Nija Collier (14) and Alix Wilson (23) trailing in pursuit of a possible rebound in KCKCC’s 87-54 loss to the No. 3 ranked Scotties Saturday. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Highland came into Saturday’s women’s game averaging 105 points in its last two wins but it was the defense of the No. 3 nationally ranked Lady Scotties’ defense that led to an 87-54 win over Kansas City Kansas Community College.
More than half of Highland’s 87 points came off KCKCC turnovers created by the Scotties’ aggressive full court pressing defense. The win was the 24th straight for the unbeaten Scotties and kept them atop the Region VI standings at 4-0.
Meanwhile KCKCC, which fell to 18-6 and 2-2 in Region VI play, is in the midst of the toughest part of the season.
On Wednesday, No. 7 ranked Labette (18-4) comes to KCKCC followed by No. 4 Johnson County (19-5) on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff Wednesday is 5:30 p.m. with 83 student athletes to be honored in Academic Achievement recognition ceremonies prior to the start of the men’s game.
Statistically, Saturday’s game was unique. For instance, KCKCC had a 37-34 edge in rebounding and shot just about as well as the Scotties (Highland .382, KCKCC .371). The Blue Devils also went to the free throw line 38 times, making 27 thanks to 28 Highland fouls. But the Scotties were more accurate, making 21-of-23 from the foul line.
The bad news was that KCKCC had more turnovers (36) than field goal attempts (35) and Highland had nearly twice as many field goal attempts, converting 26-of-68 to 13-of-35 for KCKCC. The Scotties also put up 40 3-point attempts, netting 14 for 35 percent while KCKCC could manage only eight 3-point tries, converting just one in being outscored 42-3.
“We knew this would be a tall task and Highland is as good as advertised, that’s for sure,” KCKCC coach Joe McKinstry said. “Hopefully our young team understands the effort and intensity that it takes to compete with a team like Highland, which I believe is as good a team as we’ve played against in my short time here. With that said, so many of our mistakes were unforced – execution on both ends of the floor, passing and catching the ball. We’re certainly capable of exercising those fundamentals; we’ve just got to do a better job with those things so that we have a chance against opponents like this.”
KCKCC trailed 7-6 with 3.5 minutes left in the first quarter only to have Highland convert a series of turnovers on in-bounds and mid-court plays and nine straight free throws into a 27-14 opening period lead, and any hopes of a comeback vanished under a rash of turnovers.
Leading 42-25 at halftime, Highland scored 25 of those points off 20 Blue Devil turnovers. By game’s end 47 of 87 points were scored off KCKCC miscues.
Lillie Moore scored 16 points, Nija Collier 10 and Kisi Young 9 to lead KCKCC in scoring. Young and Collier each had six rebounds and Miya Ford and Lizzie Stark five apiece while Collier also blocked three shots.
Mariane De Caravalho, a 6-2 sophomore from Brazil, led Highland with 19 points and seven rebounds while reserve guards Kamryn Lemon and Berniezha Tidwell added 16 and 14 points.
In other action Saturday, Labette steam-rolled Hesston 103-63 while Johnson County was demolishing Fort Scott 89-30.
