Month: October 2019

BPU to meet Oct. 9

The Board of Public Utilities will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the BPU offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The work session will begin at 4:30 p.m.

On the agenda for the work session will be a board update, general manager update, BPU staffing report and network services report.

On the agenda for the regular session, which begins at 6 p.m., are a visitors’ time, August financial report, report on the joint conference of the KsAWWA and KWEA, Downtown Shareholders report, board comments and general manager comments.

Cowley loss dims No. 16 KCKCC women’s title hopes

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College will need help to return to the top of the Jayhawk Conference women’s soccer standings.

A 5-2 loss at first place Cowley College (7-1) Saturday dropped the 16th ranked Blue Devils (6-3) two losses back in the standings with three games to go. KCKCC dealt Cowley its only conference loss 2-1 in the first meeting of the two teams.

KCKCC’s two remaining home games are against teams right on the Blue Devils’ heels, Johnson County (5-3) Friday at 5 p.m. and Coffeyville (5-3) Sunday, Oct. 20. The Lady Blue Devils lone road game is at Allen County (0-9) Oct. 16.

Meanwhile, Cowley has a makeup game with No. 13 ranked Butler County (4-3-1) and regularly scheduled games at JCCC and Coffeyville and a home contest with Neosho.

Two early Cowley goals put the Blue Devils (9-2-1) in a hole from which they could not escape.

Kayley Pedersen, a freshman midfielder from Shawnee Mission West, got KCKCC back in contention when she bent in a corner kick late in the half but three second half Tiger goals were too much to overcome.

Freshman forward Madison Broeker got KCKCC’s second goal when she scored off a Pedersen corner kick.

“We didn’t contain their top forward nor put together a full 90 minutes,” KCKCC assistant coach Sara Matthews said. “We look like we had tired bus legs in giving up two goals in the first 20 minutes. We gained a little momentum going into the half of Pedersen’s corner kick but missed too many chances and allow Cowley took much time and space. They’re too good to give them that.

“Our fate is in our hands,” she said. “We have to learn from these games and do our job in our remaining three games. We score goals, in fact, we’ve scored multiple goals in every game. But we have to put together 90 minutes of team defense. If we do, we are a forced to be reckoned with.”

Cowley, which is 9-2 overall, leads the Jayhawk at 7-1 followed by KCKCC, 6-3; JCCC and Coffeyville, both 5-3; Butler, 4-3-1; Neosho, 1-6-1; and Allen, 0-9.

Police notes

Aggravated robbery reported

An aggravated robbery was reported at 1:34 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in the 400 block of Washington Boulevard, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Unknown suspects approached a victim, pointed a handgun at him and took his property, according to the report. There were no injuries reported.

Sexual assault reported
 Police responded to a hospital, where a sexual assault was reported about 3 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, according to a social media post by police. A victim told police that her boyfriend sexually assaulted her.

Aggravated burglary reported
 Aggravated burglary was reported at 1:16 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Washington Boulevard. According to a social media post by police, a victim heard his door open and shut and then discovered property missing from his residence.

Assault reported
 An aggravated assault was reported at 4:16 p.m. Saturday near South 40th and Wyandotte. An unknown suspect shot at a victim and fled the scene before officers arrived, according to a post by the police department. There were no injuries.

Aggravated domestic battery reported
 Aggravated domestic battery was reported at 3:20 a.m. Saturday, according to a social media post by the police. A victim stated that his wife stabbed him with a knife during a verbal argument. The suspect was taken into custody. The victim had minor injuries.