Category: Kansas City Kansas

Police to hold meet-and-greet event with residents today

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department is holding some meet-and-greet events for residents to get to know patrol division officers assigned to their neighborhoods.
The community police officers will meet with residents, introduce neighborhood group leaders, briefly discuss issues and concerns for local areas, and provide time for the community to network with the patrol division with a focus on building partnerships to solve problems in the community.
The schedule of meetings:

  • East Patrol Division, 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 2, at Donnelly College, 608 N. 18th St. The area covered is State Line to 29th Street, north of I-70.
  • South Patrol Division, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan. The area covered is State Line to I-435, south of the Kansas River.
  • Midtown Patrol Division, 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, at Trinity Community Church, 5010 Parallel Parkway. The area covered is 29th to 65th streets, Kansas to Missouri rivers.
  • West Patrol Division, 6 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at the FOP Hall, 7844 Leavenworth Road. The area covered is 65th Street west to the county line, Kansas to Missouri rivers.

For more information, call 913-573-8720.

T-Bones sign pitcher, utility player

The Kansas City T-Bones have signed Pat Doyle and T.J. Mittelstaedt to contracts for the 2014 season.

Doyle, 25, is a 6-foot-2 and 230-pound  right-handed pitcher from St. Louis, Mo. Splitting time between the Cincinnati Reds’ single-A and double-A teams in 2013, Doyle was 4-1 with 11 saves, 70 strikeouts, 18 walks and a 3.41 ERA in 52 appearances (74 innings).
Cincinnati selected Doyle in the 24th round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft out of Missouri State University. He reached triple-A with the Reds in 2011. In three professional seasons, Doyle is 24-10 with 17 saves, 278 strikeouts, 84 walks, and a 4.30 ERA.

“Doyle attacks the strike zone with all of his pitches and can start or even close for us this season,” said T-Bones manager John Massarelli.

Mittelstaedt, 26, is a 5-foot-10 and 185-pound utility player from Mission Viejo, Calif. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Mittelstaedt in the 44th round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft out of Long Beach State. Last season, splitting time between single-A and double-A, Mittelstaedt batted .199 with 15 doubles, 12 home runs and 35 RBIs in 97 games.
In four professional seasons, Mittelstaedt is a .250 hitter with 307 hits, 62 doubles, 38 homers and 156 RBIs. Playing mainly four positions — left field, right field, third base and second base — in the Milwaukee system, Mittelstaedt has a .963 career fielding percentage.

“T.J. is a very versatile player who can play a lot of different positions,” Massarelli said. “He plays the game hard and he plays the game right.”

The T-Bones open the 2014 regular season at home on May 15 against Lincoln.

Piper results

Piper High School – swimming at Lawrence (5th place as a team)

– 1st place finishers

– M. Dailey (200 free), C. Johnson (100 fly), R. Morris (100 back)

– 3rd place finishers

– R. Morris, H. Grable, C. Johnson, M. Dailey (200 medley), C. Johnson (100 fly and 500 free)

– 4th place finishers

–  R. Morris, H. Grable, M. Dailey, C. Johnson (200 free)

Because of the weather and field conditions, Bishop Ward has canceled the soccer games with Piper for tonight. A makeup date will be announced.
 
– from Doug Key, Piper activities director