Month: May 2019

Sunny skies in today’s forecast

After some patchy fog this morning, Monday will be a mostly sunny day, according to the National Weather Service.

The next showers may arrive late Tuesday night or early Wednesday, the weather service said.

Then another weekend when rain is possible is coming on Saturday and Saturday night, according to the weather service.

High temperatures will range from the 70s in the early part of the week to the 80s on Wednesday, and then temperatures will return to the 70s on the weekend.

The Missouri River at Parkville, a river forecast that includes Wyandottte County, has dropped below minor flood stage and is now in the action stage, according to hydrology charts. It is expected to decline.

The Kansas River at 23rd Street, which on the Kansas side is at Kansas Avenue and the state line, has now dropped below both the minor flood stage and below the action stage.

Today, there was patchy dense fog before 8 a.m., then c hanging to mostly sunny skies, with a high near 70 and a light southeast wind, the weather service said.

Tonight, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 52 and a southeast wind of around 6 mph, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 78 and a south southeast wind of 8 to 13 mph, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., with a low of 59, according to the weather service. A south wind of 5 to 7 mph will become light and variable after midnight. Less than an inch of rain is expected.

Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82, the weather service said. A light and variable wind will become east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 64, according to the weather service.

Thursday, it will be sunny, with a high near 86, the weather service said.

Thursday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 67, according to the weather service.

Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 84, the weather service said.

Friday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 67, according to the weather service.

Saturday, there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 79, the weather service said.

Saturday night, there is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low of 61, according to the weather service.

Sunday, it will be partly sunny with a high near 75, the weather service said.

Sporting KC falls to D.C. United, 1-0

Sporting Kansas City (2-4-4, 10 points) stumbled to a narrow 1-0 defeat at D.C. United (7-3-2, 23 points) on a dreary Sunday night at Audi Field, Washington, D.C.

U.S. international midfielder Paul Arriola decided an evenly contested battle in the nation’s capital with an impressive curling strike on 78 minutes, condemning Sporting to their second straight loss and extending the club’s winless run to six league matches.

An opportunity for Sporting to reclaim its winning form presents itself Saturday as a three-game homestand begins against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3-5-3, 12 points) at 7:30 p.m. CT.

Tickets for the Western Conference clash are available at SeatGeek.com and the first 5,000 fans through the Children’s Mercy Park gates will receive a clear Sporting bag courtesy of Children’s Mercy. The match will also air live on FOX Sports Kansas City Plus and FOX Sports Midwest Plus.

Four days after returning to Kansas City in a trade from the Colorado Rapids, midfielder Benny Feilhaber jumped straight into the starting lineup to officially begin his second stint at Sporting.

The 34-year-old playmaker was one of three lineup changes from last weekend’s home loss to Atlanta United FC, as Nicolas Hasler and Ilie Sanchez replaced Graham Zusi and Kelyn Rowe. In defense, left back Seth Sinovic reached a notable milestone with his 200th career MLS start.

With 10 players out injured – including integral veterans Matt Besler (hamstring), Roger Espinoza (knee), Andreu Fontas (calf) and Graham Zusi (oblique) – Sporting dressed just 15 players for Sunday’s match, three fewer than the standard 18.

Despite the added challenges of operating with a thin squad, Sporting kept D.C. at bay during the early stages.

Talismanic D.C. forward Wayne Rooney was the first to test Tim Melia in the 14th minute, but the Sporting goalkeeper did brilliantly to dive at full extension and push aside the Englishman’s sweetly struck free kick from 25 yards.

The visitors quickly responded with a chance of their own as Krisztian Nemeth accelerated into the attacking third and spread the ball left to an open Daniel Salloi, who dragged a left-footed shot across D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid and wide of the far post at the quarter-hour mark.

Melia stoned D.C. once more in the 32nd minute, sprawling low to block Steve Birnbaum’s snap header off a Rooney corner kick and reacting quickly to smother Frederic Brillant’s rebound attempt on the doorstep. The moment foreshadowed a wave of United pressure for the remainder of the half, but Sporting weathered the storm-evening asking questions of Hamid via Russell’s bending free kick-and the sides entered halftime scoreless.

Russell and Hasler combined intricately on the right side of the box to carve out a terrific look in the 50th minute, the latter finding Nemeth with a clever pullback pass along the endline. The Hungarian’s first-time strike was destined for the roof of the net, but a leaping Hamid touched the 12-yard piledriver over the bar.

An increasingly heavy deluge of rain made for difficult playing conditions as a physical, delicately poised affair simmered into the final half-hour. D.C. threatened on yet another Rooney corner in the 62nd minute, with Birnbaum creating separation and nodding goalward to force Melia into a reflex stop at the near post.

Birnbaum was then responsible for keeping Sporting off the scoresheet in the 67th minute, sliding heroically to block Russell’s shot following a clever give-and-go with Nemeth. On the ensuing corner kick, Graham Smith rose above the rest and steered a powerful header on target, only to see Hamid make an outstanding save to deny the Sporting center back his first career MLS goal.

Sporting fell victim to a brilliant individual effort from Arriola with 12 minutes remaining. The diminutive winger settled a diagonal pass from Rooney on the left edge of the box, cut the ball onto his favored right foot and uncorked a wicked curler into the far corner for his third goal of the campaign and the 11th of his MLS career.

Nemeth was afforded a chance to equalize instantly when he pounced on a United giveaway and carried the ball toward goal on the breakaway, but his near-post sledgehammer failed to test Hamid and skied wayward.

A final roll of the dice saw Smith nod wide after connecting with substitute Kelyn Rowe’s teasing service into a crowded box in the 95th minute.

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Producer donates 41,000 pounds of food to Harvesters

Smithfield Foods recently donated 41,000 pounds of protein to Harvesters food bank. (Submitted photo)

Smithfield Foods Inc., in partnership with Price Chopper, has donated more than 41,000 pounds of protein to Harvesters – The Community Food Network.

Smithfield’s contribution was part of the company’s 2019 Helping Hungry Homes donation tour and provided a donation to Harvesters in support of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive, which took place Saturday.

This donation, equivalent to more than 166,000 servings of protein, will help fight summer hunger throughout northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri.

“One in six children in Harvesters’ service area is at risk of hunger,” said Valerie Nicholson-Watson, president and CEO of Harvesters. “This is a critical time of year for families as they struggle to provide additional meals and make ends meet while children are not receiving breakfast and lunch at school. Families turn to our pantries for help, and this donation helps ensure protein will be available to them.”

This is the 24th large-scale protein donation made by Smithfield to food banks across the country during its 2019 Helping Hungry Homes donation tour. Since the program’s inception in 2008, Smithfield has provided more than 130 million servings of protein to food banks, disaster relief efforts, and community outreach programs nationwide.

“Smithfield is proud to make donations of protein to Harvesters throughout the year to support a community so many of our employees call home,” said Jonathan Toms, associate manager of charitable initiatives for Smithfield Foods. “We understand the increased need experienced this time of year and are honored to help kick-off the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to ensure children in Kansas City have wholesome meals this summer.”

The public is also welcome to contribute to the Stamp Out Hunger food drive by donating nonperishable food items to Harvesters food barrels at any Price Chopper store or donating online at www.harvesters.org through Monday, May 13.