Month: October 2019

Candidate forum to be Oct. 14-15 at KCKCC

A candidate forum will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, and Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

The forum is sponsored by Business West and other neighborhood associations, KCKCC and the Wyandotte Daily Online.

The forum will be in the upper Jewell building at KCKCC, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Candidates for the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education (District 500) and the KCKCC Board of Trustees were invited to the Monday, Oct. 14, forum.

Candidates for the Board of Public Utilities, Register of Deeds and Unified Government were invited to the Tuesday, Oct. 15, forum.

The forums are not debates.

Candidates will have two minutes to make introductory remarks, then panelists will ask them questions. Then candidates will have one minute to make a closing remark.

The forum will be taped and replayed on the KCKCC public access channel, including on cable television and on YouTube.

Police notes

Aggravated burglary reported on North 32nd


 An aggravated burglary case was reported at 1:47 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, in the 1100 block of North32nd Street, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. According to police, the victims heard someone in their home and awakened, then the victims locked themselves in a bathroom and called police. The suspect tried to flee when he heard police sirens, and was taken into custody after a foot pursuit, police stated. The victims were not injured.

Faith news

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The Knights of Columbus at Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas, are planning a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the church basement to benefit field trips and graduation fees for the eighth grade at Christ the King School.


The Keeler Women’s Center reopened July 1 at a new location, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100-B, Kansas City, Kansas.
The Gospel Non-Violence Study Group will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100-B, Kansas City, Kansas. The group is facilitated by Peg Burns Kerbawy.
Scripture Study and Reflection facilitated by Heather Neds will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at the Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100-B, Kansas City, Kansas. To register for classes, call 913-906-8990. The Keeler Women’s Center is a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters. For more information, visit www.keelerwomenscenter.org.


Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will meet for Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 13. Sunday school is at 9 a.m.


Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will attend the annual convention of the Diocese of Kansas Friday and Saturday Oct. 18 and 19 in Topeka.


A Ladies Night Wine Tasting and Craft Fair is planned from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at the Cathedral of St. Peter, 422 N. 14th St., Kansas City, Kansas.


Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will participate in Operation Christmas Child, in which individuals may fill up shoe boxes with Christmas gifts for children.


Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will meet for worship services on Oct. 13 at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and the youth group at 1:30 p.m. A Community Blood Center blood drive will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Fellowship Hall, Wyandotte United Methodist Church. An all-church breakfast is planned from 8 to 10 a.m. Oct. 26 at the church Fellowship Hall.

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