Four Wyandotte County students were chosen recently for initiation into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Kansas.
Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
The four Wyandotte County students: • Deborah Shaoul of Bonner Springs; • Joshua Elliott of Kansas City, Kansas; • Rachel Pollock of Kansas City, Kansas; • Averi Wilson of Kansas City, Kansas.
Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
The Bonner Springs Police Department conducted an undercover alcohol purchase investigation on Dec. 23, according to the police department’s social media post.
The investigation was conducted in conjunction with Alcohol Beverage Control.
Nine local businesses sold alcohol to underage people, the police department reported. Several businesses did not sell to underage buyers, police added.
The Bonner Springs Police Department also is participating in a statewide “Taking Down DUI” traffic enforcement campaign from Dec. 26 to Jan. 3.
Twenty-nine high school girls’ wrestling teams, including Bonner Springs, Turner, and Harmon, competed in the 4th Annual Ladycat Classic tournament, held on Saturday at Basehor-Linwood High School.
Olivia Stean of Bonner Springs won the 170-pound class, going 5-0 including four falls and a forfeit. She defeated Mandy Wilson of Basehor-Linwood in the championship match. Stean is still undefeated this season at 15-0.
Arianna Ortiz of Turner won the 101-pound class, going 4-0. Ortiz won her three preliminary matches by fall. She defeated Washburn Rural’s Kristen Rezac in the final by technical fall, ahead 16-0 when the match was stopped in the third round.
Stean and Ortiz are both ranked number one in Kansas in their weight classes by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Stean was ranked 8th in the country in the 180-pound class in USA Wrestling’s pre-season rankings.
Jenna Knight of Bonner Springs went 4-1 and took 5th place of 16 wrestlers in the 120-pound class. Knight is now 12-3 for the season.
Freshman Kamahni Jackson of Harmon placed 9th in the 132-pound class. She went 3-2 in the tournament with three wins by fall, and she has compiled a 7-4 record so far this year.