Month: October 2018

KU to honor Wyandotte County high school seniors

This fall, the Kansas Honor Scholar Program, a longstanding tradition of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment, will honor more than 3,700 high school seniors throughout Kansas, including some from Wyandotte County, for their academic excellence and achievement.

Since 1971 the program has honored more than 140,000 high school seniors—from all 105 Kansas counties and approximately 360 high schools—for ranking academically in the top 10 percent of their class.

The program is made possible by KU Endowment, alumni donations and proceeds from the Alumni Association’s Jayhawk license plate program, and allows the University and the Alumni Association to create more scholarship opportunities for Kansas students.

Since 1985, more than 17,000 Kansas Honor Scholars have attended KU.

An honors ceremony for the seniors will be held in the Greater Kansas City area on Nov. 14.

Students on the Kansas Honor Scholar list from Wyandotte County include:

From Bishop Ward High School: Julia Calvert, Kacie Hernandez, Anna Mikesic, Ana Pacheco, Sophie Sadrakula, Zachary Sambol and Daruny Sengdara.

From Bonner Springs High School: Blake Best, Sydni Bolewski, Klayton Coffman, Mariah Duarte-Martinez, Valerie Flores-Espino, Virginia Hartley, Hallie Hoffine, David Holt, Seth Kennedy, Lucas Knapp, Jose Lopez, Gracijela Lucic, Drew McGregor, Abigail McLaughlin, Louella Noland, Jennifer Saldivar, Noah Susuico, Grace Tsen and Harland Vic Zamora.

From Schlagle High School: Brianna Arnold, Denyce Chatmon, Angelika Dupree, Carmen Garia Benitez, Elijah Gibson, Adreidi Gonzalez Chavez, Niles Her, Brianna Jackson, Zung Lian, Abel Mata, Alex Medley, Citaly Mejia Isidro, Angelica Moreno, Jada Pittman, Dinash Raj, Valeria Rivera, Syi Sipple, Caleb Taussig, Jamie Timm, Kong Pheng Vang, Cha Kong Vang and Van Zi.

From Harmon High School: Lesly Alonso, Fernando Avitia, Melissa Camacho Hernandez, Estefania Diaz, Katelyn Farnsworth, Gael Gallardo, Michelle Guzman, Sabrena Hayles, Leonardo Kim, Kenia Lopez, Mumina Madey, Alan Mefia, Evelyn Molina, Leslie Moreno-Perez, Frida Nunez, Deby Padilla Izaguirres, Yulissa Paez, Jesus Palomares-Carmona; Maia Panguie, Ricardo Perez, Arleth Ramos-Valles, Cynthia Rodriguez, Mia Rojas, Cinthya Sandoval, Jennifer Silva Valles, Shanel Vazquez, Oliver Vera-Burgoa, Yurisa Zepeda and Annie Zheng.

From Piper High School: Brianna Andrade, Cody Davis, Anh-Dao Do, James Englis, Jamison Foglesong, Corbin Fullerton, Abigail Grimm, Emma Johnson, LaKya Leslie, Colton Lloyd, Melanie Mnirajd, Scout Molder, Jonathan Moon, Hannah Pappert, Lauren Textor and Anna Traynham.

From Sumner Academy: Kimberly Arroyo, Angelica Carrazco, German Castillo, Olivia Caudillo, Lucerito Chavez, Hana Dajani, Morgan Dierks, Amanda Hawj, Tamara McConnell, Juan Ponce, Salma Ramirez, Clarissa Rincon, Kasey Romo-Nieves, Anaiya Singletary, Regina Sosa, Adriana Suarez, Eric Terrazas and Cheeia Vang.

From Turner High School: Daniel Agustin-Sanchez, Ricardo Alvarado, Esmeralda Arreola, Miranda Ayala, Stephanie Basurto, Anaste Copeland, Lynn Davis, Weston Hutchings, Cari Joly, Jaime Knight, Meagan Laster, Glenn Mirithi, Lauren Orozco, Alexander Perez, Rebecca Russell, Sandra Tapia-Castro, Joanna Torres, Nicholas Trofa, Rheijan Villegas, Sarah Wilks, Tyler Xiong and Nathan Zager.

From Washington High School: Raneem Alasmi, Vaw Di, Sui Hiua, Meilani Jackson, Tial Lian, Leslie Madrigal-Calderon, Tong Moua, Bryanna Najera, Anita Orji, Adam Parker, Sui Ring, LaTeisha Starr, La’Dazhia Taylor, Uk Thang, Cheyanne Thorpe, Corrine Tooley, Josseline Ubanda-Ruiz, Kayla Wortman, Angelina Yang, Tin Za Thang and Elizabeth Zing.

From Wyandotte High School: Liborio Alaniz-Gutierrez, Si Aw, Aadesh Biswa, Sandra Carrizales, Josselyn Cervantes, Muh Chit, Angelique Drake, Jesse Garcia, Semira Gebrezgabher, Axel Hernandez, Pyo Htat, Kyaw Htun, Aylin Lara-Segura, Araceli Maldonado, Hector Martell, Erwin Martinez Solis, Christina Na, Nancy Navarro Trejo, Saul Orozco, Gabriel Razo Alatorre, Gita Regmi, Abigail Reyes, Gisselle Rodriguez, Yoab Rodriguez-Aguilar, Liliana Romero, Matalayna Seh, Alondra Velazquez Alvarado and Andrea Villeda.

Mega Millions jackpot rises to $1 billion

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to its highest ever – $1 billion, according to the Kansas Lottery.

The next drawing will be Friday evening, Oct. 19. There will be a cash option of $565.6 million.

According to the Kansas Lottery, the largest jackpot in U.S. history was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot that was hit in January 2016.

Powerball also is currently high, with Saturday’s drawing an estimated $470 million (cash option $268.6 million).

Weather: Nice day for racing

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After a 30 percent chance of light rain this morning, skies will clear and temperatures will reach a high near 63, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

Clear and cool weather is in the forecast for race weekend at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas.

No hazardous weather will be expected for about the next week, the weather service said.

A frontal boundary will arrive overnight into Saturday, and it brings a clear and pleasant weekend, with highs in the 50s to lower 60s, according to the weather service. Sunday will be a little cooler. It will be windy Saturday, and north and northwest winds will increase in the afternoon.

Next week, temperatures will warm up to the mid 60s on Monday, and a weak front is expected to arrive on Tuesday, bringing slightly cooler temperatures, according to the weather service. Rain chances could return midweek.

Today, there is a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly in the morning. The clouds will give way to sunny skies, with a high near 63, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 9 to 14 mph will gust as high as 28 mph.

Tonight, it will be clear with a low of 43 and a west wind of around 7 mph becoming north northwest in the evening, according to the weather service. The temperature at 7 p.m., when the ARCA race starts at the Kansas Speedway, is expected to be about 60 degrees.

Saturday, it will be sunny with a high of 61, the weather service said. A north northwest wind of 5 to 15 mph may gust as high as 25 mph. The temperature at 1:55 p.m., when the NASCAR XFINITY Kansas Lottery 300 race starts at the Kansas Speedway, is expected to be about 61 degrees.

Saturday night, it will be clear, with a low of 33, according to the weather service. A north wind of 5 to 8 mph will become light and variable in the evening.

Sunday, it will be sunny with a high near 58, the weather service said. A light south southeast wind will become south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. The temperature at 1 p.m., when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino race starts at the Kansas Speedway, is expected to be about 53 degrees.

Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 45, according to the weather service.

Monday, it will be sunny with a high near 64, the weather service said.

Monday night, skies will be partly cloudy with a low of 45, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 62, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 44, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, there is a 50 percent chance of showers, with a high near 58, the weather service said.

Wednesday night, there is a 40 percent chance of showers with a low of 46, according to the weather service.

Thursday, it will be mostly cloudy with a high near 58, the weather service said.