Stabbing victim from Monday dies; victim identified

The victim of a stabbing at 8:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, who was found at 2224 Birch Drive, has died, according to police.

The victim was identified as Robert Tichenor, 32, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas.

Police found the victim with life-threatening injuries on Monday evening, and he was taken to a hospital where he was revived. He was in critical condition, then died from his injuries about 6 p.m. Sept. 19, the police spokesman stated.

The Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating the stabbing as a homicide.

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

KCKCC holds two-day volleyball tourney Friday and Saturday after loss to Neosho

Valiant diving efforts by KCKCC’s Natatlia Vega Aponte, left, and Gracie Golay fell short against Neosho County Wednesday. Allayah Stillwell (10) looks on in KCKCC’s 3-0 loss. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
Amilex Lopez Ayala bypassed two Neosho defenders with a return in KCKCC’s 3-0 loss to Neosho County Wednesday. Looking on were KCKCC’s Tara Mattingly (1) and Allayah Stillwell (10). (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Nationally ranked at the start of the 2018 volleyball season, Neosho County may be back in the NJCAA national poll by virtue of the Lady Panthers 3-0 win at Kansas City Kansas Community College Tuesday night.

Leading virtually from start to finish in an opening 25-17 win, the Panthers but had to hold off KCKCC rallies for 25-20 and 27-25 wins in the final two matches.

The Blue Devils trailed only 23-20 in the second match and were tied 25-25 in the third match before Neosho escaped.

“Neosho is on a roll but we made too many errors serving and hitting,” X KCKCC coach Mary Bruno-Ballou said. “We did show good resiliency coming back in the third set. If we can just maintain that intensity for an entire game we can be competitive with just about anyone.”

Winner of six in a row since a loss to No. 2 Cowley College, Neosho (14-9) has won eight of its last nine starts.

Meanwhile, KCKCC fell to 9-7 heading into this weekend’s KCKCC Invitational Tournament, a tournament that will include three of the Top 10 teams in the nation.

No. 1 ranked and unbeaten Coffeyville, No. 2 Cowley and No. 9 Highland are among the 11 teams that will be in action Friday and Saturday.

Each team will play four matches except for Iowa Central, which will play only on Friday, and Ottawa JV, which will play twice on Saturday.

KCKCC will open its play at noon Friday against Waubonsee and follow at 4 p.m. with a game against Iowa Lakes. On Saturday, KCKCC will play Ottawa JV at 3 p.m. and Longview at 5 p.m. The tournament schedule:

Friday tournament schedule:
10 a.m. – Longview vs. Highland; Waubonsee vs. Coffeyville.
Noon – KCKCC vs. Waubonsee; Neosho vs. Highland.
2 p.m. – Neosho vs. Iowa Centeral; Cowley vs. Northeast Oklahoma.\
4 p.m. – KCKCC vs. Iowa Lakes; Longview vs. Coffeyville.
6 p.m. – Cowley vs. Iowa Central; Northeast Oklahoma vs. Iowa Lakes.

Saturday tournament schedule:
9 a.m. – Northeast Oklahoma vs. Coffeyville; Cowley vs. Waubonsee.
11 a.m. – Iowa Lakes vs. Coffeyville; Northeast Oklahoma vs. Neosho.
1 p.m. – Longview vs. Neosho; Waubonsee vs. Highland.
3 p.m. – KCKCC v. Ottawa JV; Cowley vs. Iowa Lakes.
5 p.m. – KCKCC vs. Longview; Highland vs. Ottawa JV

Red Cross says blood donations needed in hurricane’s wake

Residents are urged to give blood to help in the wake of Hurricane Florence, according to the American Red Cross.

Nearly 200 Red Cross blood drives in the Southeast were forced to cancel, resulting in more than 5,200 uncollected blood and platelet donations, according to a spokesman.

One upcoming Red Cross blood drive in Wyandotte County will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 3 at Wyandot Inc., 1301 N. 47th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Appointments can be made by using the Blood Donor app, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).