7,500 soccer fans stayed up late Thursday night at Children’s Mercy Park to watch the United States men’s national soccer team defeat Martinique 6-1 in a Gold Cup group stage match. The win sets up a showdown with rival Canada in the final game of the group stage on Sunday. […]
Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at the Kansas Speedway, fending off Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch in a single-lap restart, needed after a wreck on a previous restart. After the race, Hamlin credited crew chief Chris Gabeheart for making adjustments to give him a “dominant car” in the […]
The Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 20, 2019, was a chaotic, caution-filled playoff race that saw Denny Hamlin secure his fifth win of the season and second career victory at the track. However, the real story unfolded behind him as Chase Elliott narrowly advanced to the Round […]
The U.S. Men’s national soccer team defeated Panama 1-0 on Wednesday evening at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan. The result gained the U.S. the top spot in Group D of the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. A spectacular bicycle kick goal by striker Jozy Altidore was the game winner. […]
The Piper High School boys basketball team won the 4A KSHSAA state championship, defeating Augusta 86-53 in the tournament final in Salina on Saturday evening. It’s the first basketball championship in Piper school history. Piper controlled the game from early on, outscoring the Orioles 20 to 12 in the opening […]
Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters attacked a blaze at an old school district warehouse at 313 N. 10th St. on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5. The fire started in the east end of the building and burned to the west end on 10th Street. Crews unsuccessfully attempted to keep the fire out […]
Chase Elliott earned his third career victory, and second win in three weeks, at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 21, 2018, locking himself into the Round of 8 of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. While Elliott had already clinched his spot prior to the […]
The U.S. Women’s National Team opened its 2018 Tournament of Nations schedule with a dominant 4-2 victory over historical rival Japan on a warm Thursday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Forward Alex Morgan scored a hat trick to lead the Americans in front of a sellout crowd of 18,467. The […]
Brett Nichols and Lewis Spangler, of Edwardsville, and Maxwell Schumaker, of Kansas City, Kan., received the Eagle Scout award at a ceremony at Trinity Community Church on Monday night. A crowd of parents, friends, and other Scouts attended the ceremony and reception that followed. The Eagle Scout award is Boy […]