Month: August 2018

Victim of fatal accident identified

The victim of a fatal accident on Aug. 8 in the 1400 block of North 3rd Street has been identified, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman.

The victim was Asai J. Belcher, 24, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, the spokesman stated.

Belcher was the only person in a four-door Honda that was traveling north on 3rd Street when it left the roadway. She suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.

The accident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit. Anyone with information may call the unit at 913-596-3000.

Grinter Fest scheduled Sept. 8

Grinter Fest will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Grinter Place, 78th and K-32, Kansas City, Kansas.

There will be an apple pie contest with the mayor, and an appearance by a Moses Grinter re-enactor. Educational displays and craft vendors also will be part of Grinter Fest.

Admission to the Grinter Fest is free. There will be a charge for house tours.

For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/events/243582792862506/.

Wheelchair softball World Series taking place at T-Bones Stadium

The National Wheelchair Softball Association’s World Series is taking place Aug. 9 to 11 at the T-Bones Stadium in Kansas City, Kansas.

Fourteen teams from throughout the United States and Japan are competing in the three day-event.

Touranment hosts include Midwest Adaptive Sports, The Kansas City Kansas Convention and Visitors Bureau, Kansas City Royals Wheelchair Softball, Per4Max and the Kansas City T-Bones Baseball Club.

“We are proud to help bring this event to Kansas City, Kansas and to host it at our ballpark. It has been a pleasure working with all the tournament hosts to make this happen,” Chris Browne, vice president and general manager of the T-Bones baseball club, said.

Admission is free and concession stands will be open at T-Bones Stadium. The public may attend.

For more information see the website, www.wheelchairsoftball.org.

“We invite all to come out and watch these players as they compete at the highest level of competition this sport has to offer,” said John Teegarden, director of Softball/Midwest Adaptive Sports.