A motorcyclist has died in an accident on Saturday at North 27th and Stewart Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a police spokesman.
About 12:48 p.m. Saturday, a motorcycle eastbound on Stewart Avenue struck a silver sport utility vehicle that was southbound on North 27th, the police spokesman stated.
The driver of the motorcycle, a man in his 40s, was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries, according to the police spokesman.
The driver of the SUV was taken to a hospital with minor complaints of pain, the spokesman stated.
Kansas City Kansas Community College couldn’t quite catch up but the Blue Devils gave No. 6 ranked North Iowa Area Community College a heck of a scare in a 100-95 loss Friday night.
Trailing by as many as 25 points in the second half, the Blue Devils got to within four points with 1:37 left only to miss a pair of free throws and the unbeaten Trojans (3-0) escaped from the free throw line. It was the third straight game NIACC scored 100 points.
The loss was the first for the Blue Devils (1-1), who return to action Saturday against Ellsworth at 1 p.m. in the Konigsmark Klassic played in Mason City, Iowa.
“Proud of the way our guys battled back being down 25 points and cutting the lead to four,” KCKCC coach Brandon Burgette said. “If we take away two technicals, we are sitting in a good spot despite the 28 turnovers and the 18 missed layups in the first half.”
Sophomores Jalen Davis and Sevon Witt led the way with a combined 50 points. A 6-4 forward from Houston, Davis had a career high 30 points on 10 of 19 shooting along with eight rebounds while 6-8 Washburn transfer Sevon Witt had a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Freshman Robert Rhodes of Park Hill South also had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
KCKCC had a 64-49 rebounding advantage but the Trojans were 37-of-75 for 49.3 percent from the floor to 40.2 percent (33-of-82) for KCKCC. Also, the Blue Devils were just 5-of-17 from 3-point.
NIACC took advantage of 20 KCKCC turnovers and 34.1 percent shooting to open a 55-38 halftime lead.
“NIACC did a good job making you play fast and sending one guy down the floor when we shot the ball,” Burgette said. “We also got sped up the first half, couldn’t get into our offense and didn’t do a good job of scoring in transition.”
The Blue Devils scored 57 points in the second, outscoring the Trojans 57- 45 in closing to within four points.
“The second half we cut the turnovers down (8), made some adjustments and showed some toughness to grind our way back,” he said. “I was proud of the way the way they competed. They’re going to learn from it and move on. The best thing we get to turn around in less than 24 hours and play a good Ellsworth team.”
KCKCC closes out a season-opening four-game road trip at Allen County Tuesday at 7 p.m. before returning home for the Keith Lindsey Classic against Cowley County on Friday (8 p.m.) and North Central Missouri Saturday (6 p.m.).
A crowd lined up to receive free flu shots, turkeys and coats at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Mercy and Truth Clinic, 721 N. 31st St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Mary Rupert)
by Mary Rupert
About 200 or more people lined up by 8 a.m. Saturday to get free flu shots, turkeys and coats at the Mercy and Truth Clinic, 721 N. 31st St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The Warm Up Wyandotte event included free flu shots, turkeys and coats for the public.
A line stretched around the parking lot and led into the Mercy and Truth building, where participants filled out paperwork and got a flu shot. Then they could get a coat, if they wanted one, and a turkey.
According to volunteers, probably everyone in line by 8 a.m. would get flu shots and would have the opportunity to receive a coat, as about 500 “gently used” coats had been donated, and the turkey giveaway would be limited to the first 200 in line. Temperatures were expected to rise later on Saturday to about 65 in the afternoon, but it was around 39 degrees at 8 a.m. Saturday. The event ends at noon. According to volunteers, there would probably be enough flu shots and coats for everyone who attends today.
Geofrey Kigneyi, executive director of Mercy and Truth Clinics, noted there was a lot of community interest in the Warm Up Wyandotte event today. He was at the event today, making special arrangements for people in line who were in wheelchairs to get into the building.
Only 43 percent of Wyandotte County residents had received flu shots last year, and this flu shot distribution program was trying to increase the number who receive flu shots here, according to officials. About half of the patients at the clinic are uninsured.
Rick Dean, a volunteer at the clinic on Saturday, said often, those who don’t have insurance use the emergency rooms as their primary care, so that distributing more flu shots could reduce the number of people who go to the emergency rooms for severe side effects of the flu.
Also, when more persons receive flu shots, it makes the population more immune, weakening the virus as it strengthens the population’s immunity, he said. As a result, he said there are fewer children missing school, fewer employees missing work and fewer people going to the hospital.
The clinic started with 200 turkeys, flu shots and coats available here. They ran out of turkeys by around 9:15 a.m. here, according to a spokesman, and only 10 flu shots were left at the end of the Warm Up Wyandotte event.
Mercy and Truth Clinic will hold a second flu shot clinic open to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11644 W. 75th St., Shawnee, Kansas. Another 200 free flu shots, turkeys and coats will be given away at the second clinic, until they run out.
The Warm Up Wyandotte event was sponsored by Mercy and Truth Clinic, Advent Health and Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Kansas City, and the program received many individual, corporate and nonprofit donations.
Geofrey Kigneyi, executive director of Mercy and Truth Clinics, left, and Rick Dean, a volunteer, were at the free flu shot distribution Saturday at Mercy and Truth Clinic, Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Mary Rupert)People in line answered some questions about their health histories before receiving a free flu shot on Saturday at the Mercy and Truth Clinic, Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Mary Rupert)People in line answered some questions about their health histories before receiving a free flu shot on Saturday at the Mercy and Truth Clinic, Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Mary Rupert)A crowd lined up to receive free flu shots, turkeys and coats at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Mercy and Truth Clinic, 721 N. 31st St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Mary Rupert)
