Category: Wyandotte County

AARP awards donation to Community Boxing and Fitness Center

AARP Kansas donated a check for $2,500 to Community Boxing and Fitness Center in honor of Carolyn Wyatt and her selection as the 2022 winner of the Andrus Award for Community Service. Left to right were Glenda DuBoise, AARP Kansas State Director; Tarence Maddox and Sandra Maddox, family of Carolyn Wyatt; Carolyn Wyatt, AARP Andrus Award Winner; Marlyn Nevels, co-founder of Community Boxing and Fitness; Rochelle Donald, Neighborhood Equity Liaison for the Mayor’s Office; and Mildred Edwards, chief of staff for Mayor Garner. (Photo from AARP)

AARP Kansas State Director Glenda DuBoise presented a donation from AARP to the Community Boxing and Fitness Center on Thursday, Dec. 15.

The donation was in honor of Carolyn Wyatt, Kansas City, Kansas, who is this year’s recipient of the AARP Kansas Andrus Award for Community Service.

AARP is a nonprofit organization for people 50 and older. The award is the association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.

AARP Kansas selected Wyatt for her service which has greatly benefited her community, reflected AARP’s vision and mission, and inspired other volunteers. Wyatt exemplifies the meaning of community volunteer by recognizing the needs in her community and bringing them to the forefront with her ideas, thoughtful solutions and actions that bring the community together to complete projects, an AARP spokesman stated.

As the winner of the Andrus Award, Wyatt has selected Community Boxing and Fitness Center, Inc., in Kansas City, Kansas, to receive a $2,500 donation from AARP. The donation was presented to Marlyn Nevels, co-founder and treasurer of the center, which is located at 2055 N. 17th St. in KCK.

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KCK woman dies in fatal accident

A Kansas City, Kansas, woman has died in a fatal accident on westbound Metropolitan Avenue west of South 32nd Street, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

According to the trooper’s report, the accident was at 12:33 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15.

A 2007 Nissan Altima was westbound on Metropolitan Avenue when it struck a slope in the roadway at South 32nd Street, the report stated.

The Altima vaulted, lost control and ran off the road to the left, the report stated. The Altima struck a rock wall at a private residence, the report stated.

The driver of the Altima, 29-year-old Sade Shane Parker of Kansas City, Kansas, suffered a fatal injury, the report stated.

The trooper’s report stated a police pursuit was involved.