Month: July 2021

BPU to meet Wednesday

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 21.

On the agenda is a public comment time; a presentation about 2020 Leadership; general manager and staff reports; a KERA (Kansas Emergency Rental Assistance) program update; an electric production quarterly report; a human resources quarterly report; miscellaneous comments; and board comments.

The July 21 meeting will be conducted by telephone and internet.

The Zoom meeting is at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To access the meeting by phone, call toll-free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

The board meeting information packet is online at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-7-21-21.pdf.

Members of the community who wish to speak to the board during the regular session must be logged in to the Zoom meeting via the internet using their browser or the Zoom application. Members of the public will be asked to raise their hand to signal they wish to address the board.

During the public comment section of the agenda, community members will be asked to provide their name and address and will then have 5 minutes to speak.

Monarchs’ seven-game winning streak ends

Darnell Sweeney rounded the bases after a home run Sunday at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by John Ellis, Kansas City Monarchs)
Jose Taveras pitched Sunday against Kane County at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by John Ellis, Kansas City Monarchs)

The Kansas City Monarchs’ (34-19) seven-game win streak came to an end at Legends Field Sunday in a 3-2 loss against the Kane County Cougars (27-29).

The Kane County Cougars started the game off quickly, putting a run up on the board in the first inning on a sacrifice fly RBI from Mark Karaviotis and adding another run off the bat of Jefferey Baez on a fourth inning sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 lead.

The Monarchs didn’t respond right away, as they were unable to produce a base hit until the bottom of the fourth with a single from Colin Willis.

Darnell Sweeney put Kansas City on the board in the fifth inning with a home run to right field, his seventh of the season, cutting the lead to 2-1.

Right-handed pitcher Brian Ellington came in with bases loaded in the eighth and managed to walk away from the mound with no damage done, the score still 2-1.

Willis came back in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI single, bringing in Gaby Guerrero and tying the game at 2-2.

However, a two-out triple from Mark Karaviotis off Ellington in the top of the ninth was enough for the Cougars to break the tie and win the game 3-2.

Kanas City got a strong outing from Jose Taveras who tossed six innings, scattering seven hits and giving up two earned runs in a no decision. Ellington took the loss, and Christian DeLeon of Kane County got the win.

Kansas City will be off Monday before embarking on a six-game road trip beginning Tuesday night at Lincoln. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in Lincoln and the game can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 6:35 p.m. and the video stream airing on aabaseball.tv.

Tickets to Monarchs games can be purchased by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting monarchsbaseball.com.

  • Story by Kaitlyn Sanders

KCK resident ejected in motorcycle accident

A Kansas City, Kansas, resident was injured in a motorcycle accident at 4:57 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at I-435 southbound at Parallel Parkway, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.

The 32-year-old man was driving a motorcycle southbound on I-435 near Parallel Parkway, according to the trooper’s report. Both the motorcycle and a Toyota Camry were driving at a high rate of speed, the report stated.

The motorcycle made an avoidance maneuver and struck the Camry, according to the report. The motorcycle driver was ejected, went across two lanes of traffic and came to rest on the inside shoulder, the report stated.

The motorcycle overturned on its side, slid off the road and went into a guardrail, then bounced off the guardrail and slid across all lanes of I-435, coming to rest on the inside shoulder, the report stated.

The Camry came to a stop on the right shoulder, according to the report.

The motorcyclist had a possible minor injury and was taken to a hospital, the report stated. He was wearing a helmet.

The driver of the Camry, a 61-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man, had no apparent injury, according to the report.

A 37-year-old male passenger in the Camry from Tigard, Oregon, had no apparent injury, the report stated.