KCK school board to meet Sept. 7

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.

According to a meeting notice, the special meeting will be held at the law offices of McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips, 10 E. Cambridge Circle Drive, Suite 300, Kansas City, Kansas.

According to the meeting notice, the board will consider taking action on the human resources report and recommendations; review the building needs assessment; recess to a closed executive session for consultation with its attorney on matters that are deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship; and board development.

Monarchs playoff-bound for fourth straight season

The Kansas City Monarchs have announced the game dates and times for the American Association playoffs after an exciting final day of the regular season on Labor Day, Monday.

The Monarchs clinched a playoff spot on Aug. 20 but did not know their final seed until completing an 8-5 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Legends Field Monday.

The Kansas City American Association franchise will make a fourth straight playoff appearance beginning at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, against the Lincoln Saltdogs.

The best-of-three Division Series will shift to Kansas City on Friday, Sept. 9, with a first pitch of 6:30 p.m. at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. If necessary, a game three would be played at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

The match features the two hottest teams in the American Association. The Saltdogs come into the post season on a roll, needing to win their last three games at Sioux City to claim the final playoff spot in the American Association.

Lincoln closed the season going 8-2. Kansas City also dropped the first game of a four-game series over the Labor Day weekend then roared back to win the last three to overtake Fargo-Moorhead on the season’s final day, grabbing the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.

The Monarchs finished going 9-1 over their last 10 games, including a perfect 6-0 road trip.

The Monarchs finished with the best record in the American Association at 65-35 while Lincoln went 49-51 in 2022. The two teams met 12 times this season with the Monarchs holding a 9-3 advantage with a 4-2 record at Lincoln.

The Monarchs will play the first game of the playoff series against the Lincoln Saltdogs at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The game can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 6:35 pm and the video stream airing on aa baseball.tv.

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

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BPU receives ‘A’ and ‘stable outlook’ ratings from Fitch and S&P

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities recently was assigned a rating of “A” and “stable outlook” by national rating service companies Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings.

Fitch’s rating included a stand-alone rating-profile for BPU, while simultaneously affirming a joint Unified Government – BPU “A” rating.

The Fitch rating and outlook recognized BPU’s low, stable operating costs, improved margins and the utility’s diversified power mix and use of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and hydropower, to help offset rising purchased power and fuel costs over time.

S&P also noted the BPU is well positioned from a regulatory standpoint, with nearly 50 percent of energy coming from renewables today, well above the state’s renewable energy standard goal of 20 percent.

A BPU spokesman stated that Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings continue to acknowledge the utility’s ongoing operations and looks forward to meeting all Wyandotte County’s current and future electric and water utility needs, as it has done for more than 100 years.

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