Month: February 2021

Blue Devils face ranked foes after 111-62 cruise

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

With two ranked opponents dead ahead, Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Blue Devils warmed up for one of their toughest weeks of the season with a 111-62 win over Graceland University junior varsity in Lamoni, Iowa, Saturday.

The Blue Devils will play host to No. 17 ranked North Central Missouri in a re-match of an earlier 118-115 double overtime shootout Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and then go to No. 6 Johnson County (5-1) Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Jayhawk Conference opener for both teams.

The No. 4 KCKCC women also play host to No. 13 North Central Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and both games will be streamed on the KCKCC Blue Devil website.

The win at Graceland was the fourth in a row for the Blue Devils and pushed them over the .500 mark at 6-5.

“A good win; the guys played hard,” KCKCC coach Brandon Burgette said. “A good way to build momentum for our week ahead.”

Six Blue Devils scored in double figures and all 12 who played scored as KCKCC built a 50-28 halftime lead. Deron McDaniel led the scoring with 19 points followed by Cody Dortch and Robert Rhodes with 13 each, Caleb Jones 12 and Shayon Jonloo and Trey Bates 11 apiece.

Rhodes’ 13 points came on 6-of-6 shooting while Jones was 5-of-7 as the Blue Devils shot 48.4 percent from the field.

Bryce Johnson and Rhodes led rebounding with nine each while Don’vae Ferguson added seven and Jones six. Zach Nelson directed the offense with seven assists while Bates added four and Janloo and DeAngelo Bell three each.

Residents advised to start renewing driver’s licenses online

Kansas residents are advised by the Kansas Department of Revenue to start renewing their driver’s licenses online, if they have expired.

The deadline for Kansas driver’s licenses and state identification card renewals was extended to June 30 by Gov. Laura Kelly. The executive order, No. 20-70, stated that all must be completed by June 30 or normal late fees will be assessed.

While some driver’s license offices have been closed last year because of COVID-19, the KDOR is currently telling Kansas residents to avoid waiting until the last day of the extension period to renew expired licenses.

Most residents can use the state’s iKan online driver’s license renewal system, according to KDOR. Online renewals can be completed by going to https://ikan.ks.gov.

KDOR has temporarily waived service fees for using iKan, according to an announcement.

Those who are up to age 64 can renew online, according to the governor’s executive order. Those who are younger than age 21 or older than 64 are asked to make an appointment at the driver’s license offices. For more information, see https://www.ksrevenue.org/DOVAppointmentInfo/.

The Kansas City, Kansas, driver’s license office is at 155 S. 18th St. Appointments are requested. Those who have appointments will receive priority.

UG committees to meet Monday night

The Unified Government Public Works and Safety Committee and the Administration and Human Services Committee are scheduled to meeting Monday night.

The Public Works and Safety Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 22 in a Zoom meeting.

On the PWS agenda is an update on the community connect program and the use of body-worn cameras by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

On the agenda for the Administration and Human Services meeting is an update on CARES Act funding.

To connect to the Zoom meetings, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84493697812?pwd=QytyZzBoRjR5YzNKeHpvMkZDdnpkZz09.

The passcode is 111237.

The webinar ID is 844 9369 7812.

To connect by phone, call 877-853-5257 toll free or 888-475-4499 toll free.

The meetings are expected to be on UGTV, cable television on Spectrum Channel 2, Google Fiber Channel 141, and on YouTube.

Agendas are at https://www.wycokck.org/Clerk/Agendas.aspx.