Month: August 2018

Rewards increased up to $5,000 for information leading to homicide arrests

The Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline has increased the reward for information leading to an arrest or filing of charges in a Kansas City, Kansas, homicide case to up to $5,000, according to an announcement today.

Since 2014 the reward amount was up to $2,000 at Crime Stoppers.

Because of cooperation between the Unified Government and Crime Stoppers, the reward was increased in the hope that residents will provide information to the TIPS hotline regarding any homicide in Kansas City, Kansas, a spokesman stated. The information is kept confidential.

In Kansas City, Missouri, the reward is up to $10,000 for information leading to arrests or convictions in homicides.

The TIPS hotline has received anonymous tips from the community since 1982. Law enforcement officers in the area have used the tips to solve cold cases and felony crimes.

Anyone with crime-solving information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers Greater Kansas City TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS. TIPs also may be submitted electronically at www.KCcrimestoppers.com, or by downloading a new mobile app, P3TIPS, on Google Play or the Apple IOS stores for free.

Information leading to an arrest or filing of charges could be eligible for up to $5,000 for Kansas City, Kansas, homicide cases. All information is anonymous.

Wyandotte County Extension Council to hold elections

The Wyandotte County Extension Council will hold an election at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at 1208 N. 79th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Citizens of voting age in Wyandotte County will meet to elect 12 members, including three members for agricultural pursuits, three members for home economics work, three members for 4-H Club and youth work, and three members for economic development initiatives, as representatives to the County Extension Council.

Sunday’s T-Bones’ game called because of rain

The rain made it impossible to play the final game of the three-game series with the Cleburne Railroaders Sunday at T-Bones Stadium.

The rain forecast for the Kansas City Metro Area was for plenty of rain, and the forecast was dead on. The teams waited for over three hours for the rains to break but to no avail.

As a result, the game was canceled and will not be made up. It was the last scheduled game between the two clubs this season, and the two teams do not share any off days to make the game up later this season.

The T-Bones will play 99 games instead of 100 this season. The T-Bones did pad their lead in the American Association Wild Card playoff race with the rainout, and the fact that Wichita lost 4-2 Sunday to Chicago as well also helped.

KC leads the race by three games and with their 53- 31 record, they are still on pace to possibly tie or break the franchise win total record of 58. Fans holding tickets to Sunday’s game can use their ticket for any other T-Bones regular season home game this season.

The T-Bones will head to Lincoln, following an off-day Monday, to open a three-game series with the Saltdogs on Tuesday night at 6:45 p.m. The teams will play a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday, Aug. 22, with game one beginning at 11:05 a.m. and game two starting at 6:45 p.m. The games can be heard on the T-Bones Broadcast Network at http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

The T-Bones return home for a 9-game homestand Thursday, Aug. 23 – Aug. 31. That series will feature Salute to Sandlot Night, Shirt Off Our Backs Night, Fireworks, Bark in the Park, STEM Education Day and more.

Season, group tickets, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium. Call the box office at 913-328-5618 or purchase and print at 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.

– Story from T-Bones