The American Royal World Series of Barbecue being held now through Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Kansas Speedway is expected to include some Wyandotte County participants.
The event includes live musical entertainment, a car show and a tasting area. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Saturday will include a family fun fest.
Tickets are $25 per person, with children’s tickets at $9. The Kansas Speedway is near the intersection of I-70 and I-435 in Wyandotte County.
For more information, visit http://www.americanroyal.com/
The Kansas City T-Bones return home tonight with their best-of-five-games in the American Association Championship Series with the St. Paul Saints, a series currently tied at 1-1.
The T-Bones are playing in their first championship games since 2010.
Friday night the pre-game festivities will include the Falcons Skydivers. Nate Tenbrink, a T-Bones player in 2015 and 2016, and a former player for Kansas State drafted by the Seattle Mariners, and recently playing baseball in Mexico, will throw out the first pitch tonight.
All games this weekend will feature $1.50 hot dogs and $1.50 beers. All tickets are priced at $8, and there is also a special on suite tickets, priced at $10 (minimum purchase of 15).
The game tonight starts at 7:05 p.m. at T-Bones Stadium, 1800 Village West Park, Kansas City, Kansas.
The T-Bones beat Sioux City in the best-of-five-games Southern Division Series with a win last Sunday in Iowa. Then they hit the road and won the opener in St. Paul, 11-4, but dropped game two, 6-0.
The T-Bones hold a franchise best 62-37 record this season. The T-Bones are led by American Association Manager of the Year Joe Calfapietra. Todd Cunningham was honored as an all-star this year and Tommy Collier was awarded Pitcher of the Month in both July and August. Kansas City legend Frank White is the T-Bones’ first-base coach.
– Information from the T-Bones
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree today held a news conference to announce the filing of charges against a Kansas City, Kansas, firefighter. (Staff photo)
Devin T. Rich, a Kansas City, Kansas, firefighter, has been charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, enticing a child under 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
District Attorney Mark Dupree, in a news conference this morning, said Rich was charged Sept. 13, and turned himself in on Friday. His bond was requested at $100,000. The charge is a felony, with a sentence possible of up to 247 months.
Dupree said the charge stems from February of 2018, when Rich is alleged to have contacted an undercover agent through an electronic device while on the job.
The charges do not involve any physical contact, but involve an attempt to solicit a child through electronic communications, according to Dupree. It might be described as a sting operation, he added.
The alleged communication was with an undercover agent who was posing to be a child 15 years and younger, Dupree said. The detective was with the FBI, he said. Involved on the task force were the FBI, the Wichita Police Department and other agencies, he added.
He said a complaint was made to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, and after that, agencies in a task force became involved to do a sting operation.
Devin T. Rich
Dupree said the work first responders do for the country and community is much appreciated.
“We appreciate what they do and we thank them for the sacrifices they make on a daily basis,” Dupree said. “However, when those who are in uniform and have been given the trust of the people of Wyandotte County violate the law, it is this office’s duty and our oath that we hold them accountable lest they stain the uniform they have been entrusted to.”
Dupree urged parents to inform their children to be careful when online, and to be careful who they are talking to and what they are talking about. He said requests to children for sexual photos or for meeting up should be reported to the police.
The Fire Department issued this statement:
“The Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department was made aware of formal charges of firefighter Devin Rich. Devin Rich was an eight-year veteran of the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department and he was assigned to Station #7 at 2717 Strong, KCK. Devin Rich has been suspended without pay since April of 2018. This matter is in the office of the District Attorney.”
