Piper boys’ tennis swept the KSHSAA 5A regional tournament held at Bonner Springs on Saturday, winning the singles, doubles, and team championships. Supergroup Johnny Vogel and Baird Greenamyre, both individual qualifiers last year as sophomores, won the regional title as a doubles pair this year. Seeded second in the bracket, […]
The force was with Sporting Kansas City as the team took on the aptly-named Los Angeles Galaxy in a Star Wars-themed match at Children’s Mercy Park Sunday evening. On the offensive end, Sporting scored a goal without recording a single shot, breaking the previous MLS record for fewest shot attempts […]
Boulevard Drive-In, the iconic theater on Merriam Lane, reopened for its 75th anniversary on Friday night, a free event with a double feature of classic movies — 1978 musical hit Grease! and 1981 adventure flick Raiders of the Lost Ark — in perfect tune with the nostalgic theme of the […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners approved the increased STAR bond package for the American Royal project 8-1 after a lengthy meeting that included nearly two hours of commentary from the public and commissioners. Commissioners Andrew Davis, Melissa Bynum, Tom Burroughs, Gayle Townsend, Bill Burns, Christian Ramirez, Evelyn Hill, and […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners will meet Thursday evening for its regular monthly meeting. The most prominent item on the agenda is the issuance of STAR bonds for the American Royal project, along with changes to the project’s development agreement. Besides the regularly scheduled meeting at 7:00 p.m., there […]
Starting today, lane and ramp closures begin for the Kansas Department of Transportation’s project to perform maintenance on the Central Avenue and I-670 bridges over the Kansas River and the Union Pacific yards. The most critical of these is the on-ramp from Central Avenue to eastbound I-670, which will be […]
Voters in the Piper USD 203 school district rejected a $32.5 million bond issue and corresponding mill rate increase that would have paid for another round of expansion and improvement in the district’s facilities. For a $300,000 house, the increase would have been approximately $83 per year. The 63.4 percent […]
Los Angeles FC blanked Sporting Kansas City Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park 2-0. Though the home squad had a big possession advantage and created some opportunities, the same problems that have bedevilled the team throughout its eleven-game winless streak (extending to last year) were evident, even as Sporting has […]
Wyandotte County girls’ wrestling had a tremendous amount of success at the KSHSAA 5A state tournament in Park City over the weekend. Three new local champions were crowned — two from Piper, and another from Bonner Springs — across the fourteen weight classes. In addition, eleven other wrestlers finished in […]
As a Bishop Ward freshman with a head for defense but reluctant to take a shot, freshman Tyler Holmes was an unlikely candidate for the thousand-point club, or for breaking the school’s thirty-year old season scoring record. After a lot of bench time, Holmes got a new start when six […]
