Month: September 2020

Highest COVID-19 case numbers in 66102 in Wyandotte County

Zip Code 66102 has recorded 117 COVID-19 cases in the past 14 days, and is the highest Zip Code area in Wyandotte County currently. (From UG COVID-19 Hub)
Wyandotte County reported an increase of 22 cases on Sunday, Sept. 6, for a cumulative total of 6,147, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. There was no change to the number of deaths. (From UG COVID-19 webpage)

The highest COVID-19 case numbers in the last two weeks are in Zip Code 66102 in Wyandotte County, which recorded 117 cases in the past 14 days.

According to the Unified Government’s map showing confirmed cases from the past 14 days by Zip Code, the second highest area was Zip Code 66102, with 75 cases.

Other Zip Codes: 66109, with 64 cases; 66106, with 58 cases; 66103, with 55 cases; 66101, with 42 cases; 66112, with 38 cases; 66111, with 22 cases; 66105, with 15 cases; and 66012, with 13 cases, according to the UG’s map.

Wyandotte County reported an increase of 22 cases on Sunday, Sept. 6, for a cumulative total of 6,147, according to the Unified Government COVID-19 webpage. There was no change to the number of deaths.

The MARC KC Resource COVID-19 Regional Hub reported 35,060 total cases for a nine-county area on Sunday, an increase of 228 cases from Saturday.

Testing to resume Tuesday


The UG Health Department will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, and testing will be closed Monday. Testing will resume from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Health Department parking lot, 6th and Ann, Kansas City, Kansas.

There will be pop-up testing from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at All Saints parish, 811 Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas. The pop-up testing is through the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force and Vibrant Health.

Information about testing is at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

The UG COVID-19 webpage is at https://alpha.wycokck.org/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Information.


The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Unified Government Health Department is collecting input on people’s experiences getting tested for COVID-19 in Wyandotte County. The survey is on the UG website at https://us.openforms.com/Form/ea97a450-3d74-4d86-8d1f-6e340d55cf7c.


The UG Health Department new school and sports guidance is online at https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/09042020fallsportsrecommendations.pdf.

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

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


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.


The KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.


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

Sporting drops road match to Houston, 2-1

Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City (5-3-2, 17 points) suffered their first road loss of the season on Saturday, falling 2-1 to third-place Houston Dynamo (3-2-4, 13 points) at BBVA Stadium in Houston.

Forward Erik Hurtado punctuated his first start of the season by firing the visitors ahead on the half-hour mark, but a pair of second-half Houston substitutes provided game-changing impacts as Alberth Elis equalized and Mauro Manotas headed home a late match-winner to give the Dynamo their third straight victory.

Still occupying first place in the West, Sporting will have a full week of recuperation and preparation prior to hosting regional rivals Minnesota United FC next Sunday, Sept. 13, at Children’s Mercy Park in a game that will air on FOX Sports Kansas City and FOX Sports Midwest Plus.

Manager Peter Vermes continued his squad rotation on Saturday as Sporting Kansas City took the field for the fifth time in 16 days.

Five changes adorned the starting XI, highlighted by the 300th career MLS start for captain Matt Besler, Hurtado leading the attack and left back Amadou Dia making his first Sporting start since April 2016.

Midfielder Gadi Kinda returned from a red card suspension, joining Academy products Gianluca Busio and Felipe Hernandez in the center of the park, while veteran Graham Zusi-who was a midfield substitute in Wednesday’s 1-1 home draw against FC Dallas-was deployed as a winger for the first time since the 2016 playoffs.

A tepid start to proceedings saw neither side threaten until the 19th minute when Houston forwards Darwin Quintero and Christian Ramirez combined intricately at the top of the box before playing through to Niko Hansen, but Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia produced a reflex save and pounced on the loose ball before it crossed the goal line.

The breakthrough fell to Sporting in the 30th minute on a buildup from the back that involved 10 different players touching the ball in a sequence. The flowing move culminated with Kinda exploiting a pocket of space and slipping an intelligent through ball to Shelton, whose low piledriver from the left side of the box was blocked by the outstretched foot of Houston goalkeeper Marko Maric.

The on-running Hurtado was there to stab the rebound into the roof of the net, bagging his second goal of the season and his fourth since arriving in Kansas City in 2019. Sporting has now scored in its first 10 matches of the season for the first time since 2007 and is the only MLS team yet to be shut out in 2020.

Both teams exchanged chances on the brink of halftime, with Zusi curling a strike just over the crossbar and Ramirez rattling the woodwork after running onto Quintero’s feed.

Houston seized greater initiative in the second period and drew level in the 59th minute through Elis, who had entered the game just one minute earlier.

Quintero lofted a diagonal pass from the left edge of the box to the opposite side, where an open Darwin Ceren steered a cross low for Elis to prod past Melia. The Honduran now has two goals and three assists during Houston’s three-game winning run, with both strikes coming against Sporting.

End-to-end action would unfold over the next 10 minutes as Sporting and Houston searched for a go-ahead goal. Melia dove left to turn away a blistering long-range blast from Quintero in the 65th minute, less than 60 seconds before Kinda intercepted a pass and played centrally to Zusi, who unleashed a 20-yard effort that bent wide of Maric’s left-hand post.

Melia again spared Sporting’s blushes in the 76th minute, denying substitute Ariel Lassiter on the breakaway.

Lassiter, the son of former Kansas City forward Roy Lassiter, tried rounding Melia on the breakaway, but the Sporting keeper got his left glove on the ball and extinguished the danger.

Houston landed its fatal blow with 85 minutes on the clock. Right back Zarek Valentin was afforded room to cross from the right flank and whipped a ball into the mixer for Manotas to head into the back of the net at close range.

The goal was the 50th of Manotas’ regular season career and his eighth against Sporting in all competitions dating back to 2016.

Manotas nearly added to his tally in second-half stoppage time, only for his attempt to be turned away as Melia recorded his fourth and final save of the night.

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Police notes

Battery reported

After an argument, a suspect was choking a victim and restricting her breathing, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

The incident was about 5:11 a.m. Sept. 5 in the 1100 block of Merriam Lane, according to the report. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene, the report stated.

Commercial burglary reported near 73rd and State

A commercial burglary was reported about 5:20 a.m. Sept. 5 near 73rd and State Avenue, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Officers responded to the burglary in progress, the report stated. Three persons ran from the rear of the business into a ravine and were unable to be located, according to the report.

Man pointed toy gun at cars

Officers were flagged down and told about a man in the area of 37th and Wood who was pointing a gun at cars around 7:37 a.m. Sept. 5, according to a social media post by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Officers saw a gun in the man’s hand that turned out to be a toy, and the man was taken into custody without incident, according to the report. Officers also found a large amount of methamphetamine and a scale, according to the report.