Month: July 2018

Fatal shooting reported in 7300 block of Troup

A man in his 40s died after being shot Sunday, July 8, in the 7300 block of Troup Avenue.

Police responded to a shooting call about 12:28 p.m. Sunday, according to a spokesman.

They found a man who had been shot, and the victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. The victim has since died.

Police are not releasing the name of the victim until there is positive identification and family notification.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating this case as a homicide.

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

While pigs fly in Texas, T-Bones fall in final game of series

The Kansas City T-Bones (30-17) faced off against the Texas AirHogs (12-34) Saturday night, already winning three out of the four games to secure the series.

Coming on the heels of their 30th game win and trying to make it their 31st, the T-Bones fell one run short 6-5 to Texas, ending their four-game winning streak.

The AirHogs were the first to strike in the bottom of the third inning. A double by Dillon Thomas, hit off T-Bones’ starting right-handed pitcher Lucas Irvine (6-3), scored Stewart Ijames, making the score 1-0. Back-to-back putouts closed out the inning for the AirHogs.

The T-Bones heated up soon after. In the top of the fourth, Taylor Featherston hit a ball into a deep back corner for a triple. Keith Curcio then hit a single to score Featherston. Curcio stole second and then was brought home by a single by Adrian Nieto, making the score 2-1.

Kansas City added to their lead in the fifth with Zach Walters’ single RBI to score Mason Davis, who had advanced to third on a passed ball.

The AirHogs, however, were far from out of the fight. Late in the sixth, the AirHogs rallied with a double RBI from Luan Chenchen to tie the game. Ijames was back in action this time, smashing a ball out of the park that landed in the right field swimming pool to drive in three, bringing the score to 6-3.

The T-Bones’ Mason Davis used his speed to get the team moving again. After hitting a single, stealing second, and advancing on Nick Torres’ single, he scored on a passed ball. A single RBI by Curcio scored Torres to cut the lead to one. The T-Bones went scoreless for the remainder of the game, falling 6-5.

T-Bones’ pitcher Irvine (4-1) gave up five runs to Texas with relief coming from Jackson Lowery and Pasquale Mazzoccoli. Irvine is credited with the loss.

AirHogs’ starting right-handed pitcher Miguel Rosario (1-6) was replaced by Lu Yusong (2-0) in the fifth. Yusong only gave up two hits and is credited with the win.

The T-Bones are enjoying a rest day Sunday but will be back in action Monday, July 9. They travel to take on Lincoln Saltdogs (26-21) at 6:45 p.m. at Haymarket Park.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or www.tbonesbaseball.com. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The T-Bones’ games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

– Story from T-Bones

Vaughan to appear at book program July 14

Kansas City area author Joe H. Vaughan will be appearing at the District 2 meeting of the Kansas Author’s Club (KAC).

His appearance is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Lawrence Public Library, 7th and Vermont, downtown Lawrence, Kansas.

Vaughan has released a new book entitled, “Colonel Wilkinson’s Diary, A Kansas Doctor in World War I France.” It was produced by Mennonite Publishing Company.

Colonel Hugh Wilkinson, M.D., was born and raised in Seneca, Kansas. He volunteered for service in the “Great War” and kept a diary of his adventure.

Wilkinson served at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D. C., in France and was discharged with the rank of colonel. He then resumed his surgical practice in Kansas City, Kansas.

Author Vaughan is the colonel’s grandson. The two men never met. Dr. Wilkinson died two decades before Vaughan was born. Vaughan was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas.

This is the final year of activities to commemorate 100 years since World War I, which occurred between 1914 and 1918. District 2 of the KAC includes Johnson, Wyandotte, Miami, Douglas, Shawnee and Franklin counties in Kansas.