Month: July 2020

Teen homicide victim in 1400 block of Kansas Avenue identified

A homicide victim in the 1400 block of Kansas Avenue has been identified, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman.

The victim of the July 19 shooting was Armando Villa-Rosales, 16, Kansas City, Kansas. He died from his injuries on July 20, according to police.

Officers on a call found a male inside a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound shortly after 7:30 p.m. July 19, according to the spokesman. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A passenger in the victim’s vehicle was not injured, police stated. They believe the victim’s vehicle was westbound on Kansas Avenue when it was struck by gunfire from a vehicle that was traveling eastbound. The suspect’s vehicle fled, according to police.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the case as a homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS, police stated.

Letter to the editor

Dear editor,

Adrienne Vallejo Foster, a candidate for Congress, was born, raised and educated in Wyandotte County.

As a true ‘dotte original, Adrienne knows Wyandotte. She grew up near 10th and Central. She attended All Saints School and graduated from Ward High School in 1990. She played baseball at City Park, and Klopper Park, and knows the tasty treats from Casa de Tacos, and Paul’s Drive In. Adrienne knows our different neighborhoods and she knows our local problems: high property taxes, high utility rates, crime, code enforcement.

It’s time for someone with Wyandotte roots and experience to have a chance.

Adrienne’s heart-felt values are: Family, Faith, Freedom.

These values are how Adrienne and her husband, Stephen, married 24 years, have raised their five sons: Stephen Jr, Sebastian, Christian, James, and Blaise.

Adrienne graduated from UMKC with a Master’s degree in Public Administration. She started a small business providing legal transcription services.

She was elected in 2004 to the Roeland Park City Council and in 2009 was elected mayor of Roeland Park. During the recession of 2009-2010, she did not increase taxes or debt and forced the city manager to cut spending! The city manager also wanted to build a new city hall costing $10 million, but Adrienne said no, and today Roeland Park still uses the same, small, old building. She is fiscally responsible! We need that with UG and BPU!

Gov. Sam Brownback appointed her director of Latino Affairs for Kansas, a state-wide responsibility. Later, President Trump appointed her to the Small Business Administration to be an advocate for small businesses in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Adrienne has the best combination of values, experience, and personality to be an effective Member of Congress.

As a Congresswoman, Adrienne will focus on national issues:
• get the economy going again, and get people back to work.
• reducing health care costs, so we can afford to buy it.
• support President Trump’s efforts to secure our borders.
• making Congress more fiscally responsible.

It’s Wyandotte County’s turn. Let’s elect a true ‘dotte original.


Chris Steineger
Lifelong Wyandotte County resident