Police notes

Shooting reported on Ann Avenue

A shooting was reported at 10:30 p.m. Aug. 15 in the 900 block of Ann Avenue, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

According to the report, officers were dispatched on a call about a shooting. The victim stated they returned to their home and discovered a single bullet had come through the living room window and into the ceiling. No one was home when the bullet entered the house, according to the report. Officers and detectives responded.

Faith news

Wyandotte County is in Phase 3 under Kansas Ad Astra reopening plan. Local health officials said under Phase 3, people should keep a distance of 6 feet between themselves and others. They may sit closer to people who live in their households. Also, people should wear masks and should wash hands or use hand sanitizer. There is now a mask order in effect in Wyandotte County, requiring masks to be worn inside any public space.


Some faith groups will continue holding online or video services. In Wyandotte County, those who are older than 60 or who have other medical conditions should continue being very cautious, according to the Wyandotte County health officials. Those who are sick should stay home, according to officials.


More details about Wyandotte County health guidelines for churches are at https://www.wycokck.org/WycoKCK/media/Health-Department/Documents/Communicable%20Disease/COVID19/COVID-19GuidelinesForChurches.pdf.


Residents are advised to visit the social media page of their church or faith organization, or to call them or email them, to see changes that have been made to regular schedules, or if there are video services planned on Sunday.

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has information about churches reopening and also Masses, including a Mass on Sunday, Aug. 16, at https://www.facebook.com/archkck.

Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King and Our Lady and St. Rose Catholic churches have resumed in-person Masses. For more information, visit the churches’ websites or Facebook pages at https://www.facebook.com/Christ-the-King-Parish-KCKS-1392808997677579, 1392808997677579/, https://www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentkck and https://www.facebook.com/ourladyandsaintrose/. Christ the King will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 21 in Davern Hall at the church, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas. To register for the blood drive, call 913-287-8823.
Mass is livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentkck.

The First Christian Church of Bonner Springs, 148 N. Nettleton, is planning a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. The blood drive will help the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City collect blood donations. There is a critical need for blood donations. Appointments are encouraged; walk-in donors are welcome if capacity permits. To make an appointment, visit https://donate.savealifenow.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/72449. This blood drive is not accepting donors who have had COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing in the last 14 days; who have had a positive COVID-19 diagnostic test in the last 14 days; or who are currently on self-quarantine restrictions. Safety precautions such as disinfecting tablets and donor beds between patients, spacing out chairs and beds are being taken. Anyone who is experiencing illness is asked not to attend. For more information, visit esavealifenow.org.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services in person with social distancing at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16. There will be a livestream service at https://www.facebook.com/opendoorkc/.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas, plans to livestream at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/StonyPointChristianChurch, and people are welcome to attend the service in person, using social distancing and other health measures. Children’s church is also planned.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kansas City, Kansas, has a Mass online for Sunday, Aug. 16, at https://www.facebook.com/StPatrickKCK. St. Patrick Church also has returned to in-person Masses.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Kansas, is planning livestream services on Facebook on Sunday, Aug. 16. See stpaulskck.org and https://www.facebook.com/StPaulsKCK/.


Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, plans to livestream at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday on the Facebook page of Pastor Mike Barnett, https://www.facebook.com/mike.barnett.528. Services are also provided through checkout of DVD or SD Card and can be sent by email upon request. People are welcome to attend the service in person using social distancing and other health measures. Masks are available or bring your own to wear.


Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., will have a livestreamed service Sunday, Aug. 16, on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Wyandotteumc/ or online on the website at www.wyandotteumc.com.

Information about other church services in Wyandotte County may be available from the church’s social media page.
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Examining the numbers on COVID-19

On Saturday afternoon, the Wyandotte County COVID-19 webpage reported 85 more COVID-19 cases than Friday afternoon, with a cumulative total of 5,222. There were no increases in deaths since Friday, with the cumulative number remaining at 107. (From UG COVID-19 webpage)

When it comes to the numbers that are seen in the daily counts on the Unified Government’s COVID-19 webpage, they are confirmed after being reported to the Health Department.

Occasionally the Wyandotte Daily’s readers comment on the numbers of cases, and some readers are in apparent disbelief. The Wyandotte County numbers on the state KDHE and Wyandotte County websites are different, as one is a total of confirmed and probable cases, while the other is confirmed cases only.

In answer to a question about why the Wyandotte County numbers on the Kansas Department of Health and Environment website are different from the numbers on the UG’s COVID-19 website, Janell Friesen, spokesman for the UG Health Department, asked the Health Department’s chief epidemiologist, and responded:

“We track both confirmed cases and ‘probable’ cases of COVID-19. Our confirmed and probable cases are listed separately on our Hub, and on the KDHE site they combine the confirmed and probable cases together,” Friesen wrote.

“Additionally, when cases are reported to us, our staff go through and confirm that they live in Wyandotte County before including the case in our numbers. From time to time, a case that had been initially reported as a Wyandotte case turns out to be in another county, so we will not include that in our county numbers.”

Friesen also was asked about whether there was a delay in the reports of deaths, as one reader had maintained. Her response:

“There can be some delay. Here is what our chief epidemiologist shared about what that process looks like after a death due to COVID-19:

“The doctor who pronounces the death signs a death certificate with causes of death. In order for it to be counted as a COVID death, the death certificate must have COVID as either the primary cause of death or a contributing factor.

“The death certificate is then filed with the state, who then reports to us it is a COVID death. This all takes time.

“Sometimes, the hospital will directly report to us they had a COVID death, but sometimes we have to wait for the above process to happen.”

On Saturday afternoon, the Wyandotte County COVID-19 webpage reported 85 more COVID-19 cases than Friday afternoon, with a cumulative total of 5,222. There were no increases in deaths since Friday, with the cumulative number remaining at 107.

Wyandotte County is under a mandatory mask order and is in Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan. For more information, residents may visit the UG COVID-19 website at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information or call 311 for more information.

More details and graphs about COVID-19 in Wyandotte County are at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/.

The UG Health Department sports order is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/08132020localhealthofficerorderregardingsports.pdf.


For more information on who may be tested and what to bring, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

The Wyandotte County school start order is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.

The CDC’s COVID-19 web page is at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html.