Month: July 2018

National Pro Fastpitch softball at T-Bones Stadium tonight

National Pro Fastpitch softball returns to the T-Bones Stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, Monday and Tuesday nights.

The USSSA Pride and the Aussie Spirit will play a two-game series here. Both games start at 7:05 p.m., with gates opening at 6 p.m.

The USSSA Pride, from Florida, has played each of the last four seasons in Kansas City, Kansas, winning four straight league championships.

The Pride roster is led by two-time Olympian and reigning back-to-back-to-back NPF MVP Kelly Kretschman out of the University of Alabama. She is joined by Sierra Romero, the 2016 NCAA Player of the Year at the University of Michigan and the 2017 NPF home run and RBI leader and Jessica Burroughs, the 1st overall draft pick by the Pride out of Florida State and the 2017 ACC pitcher of the year and First Team NFCA All-American.

The Aussie Spirit roster features Stacey Porter, Captain of the Australian National Team and an Olympic Bronze and Silver medal winner. The Australian team also includes Taylah Tsitsikronis, with two seasons of NPF experience with the Pennsylvania Rebellion and the Chicago Bandits and was the first Aussie Spirit player to sign for 2018. Rachel Lack, out of the University of Hawaii and veteran Aussie Spirit star also is part of the roster coming to Kansas City.

Public hearing scheduled tonight on Rosedale Master Plan amendment

A public hearing on a Rosedale Master Plan amendment is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, in the Commission Chambers, lobby level, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The hearing will be held during a City Planning Commission meeting.

The amendment concerns the 47th Avenue Complete Street Plan. The public may speak on the amendment.

Several other items are on the Planning Commission agenda. They include a preliminary plat for 70 single-family lots, 88 duplex lots and one multi-family lot in a Piper subdivision, an ordinance amendment on mobile grocery markets, and a permit for a private motorcycle club.

The agenda for the meeting is at http://public.wycokck.org/sites/planning-agendas-minutes-staffreports/Agendas/July%202018%20CPC%20Agenda.pdf.

Former Overland Park CPA ordered to pay costs of his imprisonment

A former CPA with an accounting firm in Overland Park, Kansas, was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in jail and ordered to pay the cost of his imprisonment, which was estimated at $34,000, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

In addition, Robert M. Purinton, 70, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, was ordered to pay $106,055 in restitution for unpaid taxes.

Purinton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, to one count of making a false statement on his 2009 income tax return by under-reporting his income. He agreed to make restitution for taxes owed in 2009 and 2010.

U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister commended the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant U.S. Attorney Leon Patton for their work on the case.