The Kansas City, Kansas police department was featured in a documentary broadcast on PBS Thursday evening. The documentary covered the efforts of the department, along with the Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska police to respond to high crime levels in 2023. From the PBS description of the film: As […]
Community
Kaw Point clean-up Saturday morning
Friends of the Kaw will hold a One KC Kansas River Cleanup on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to clean up the river’s banks at Kaw Point Park. The public is invited to participate. Prospective river cleaners should “wear sturdy shoes and clothes that can get dirty.” Refreshments […]
Central Avenue parade this Saturday
The Central Avenue Dotteversity parade will take place on Sep. 7. The Central Avenue Betterment Association has held the parade since 1976, drawing thousands of visitors along the parade route starting at Park Drive and 19th Street then heading east on Central Avenue past 12th Street to Bethany Park. The […]
Tiblow Days celebrates Bonner Springs community
The 2024 edition of Tiblow Days brought together the community to celebrate the heritage and spirit of Bonner Springs with a flurry of activity — a parade, carnival, car show, 5k run, street fair, and concerts. The day started cool, with cloud cover shading parade-goers from the hotter weather to […]
Mary Rupert, 1954-2023
The Gold Standard in Wyandotte County Journalism Obituary by Richard Ward, former publisher of Wyandotte Daily Online Mary Ellen Rupert, 68, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2023. She was born August 30, 1954, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Thomas and Eleanor Flanagan. Mary was a respected and often quietly […]
Needed: A community newspaper for Wyandotte County
It’s almost time for the 2024-25 high school sports season. I’ll be covering it again from the first football jamborees to the final 4×400 at the state track meet. But there’s so much more going on around Wyandotte County that should be talked about and celebrated — parades and festivals, […]
CABA Dotteversity parade draws big crowds to Central Avenue
The Central Avenue Betterment Association sponsored the annual Dotteversity Central Avenue Parade, running from 19th Street and Park Drive down to 11th Street and Central, ending at Bethany Park. The weather was sunny and warm, with a few light clouds and a cooling breeze, and spectators lined Central Avenue all […]
Police Athletic League camp teaches football, life skills
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Athletic League sponsored a football camp on Saturday for ages 8 to 18, with around 150 young athletes participating. The camp, held at Bishop Ward’s Dorney Field, brought together local high school and youth coaches, former NFL players, and police volunteers for a day of […]
Turner Elementary teacher honored as Sporting Samaritan for May
First-year Turner Elementary kindergarten teacher Maddy Shackelford suspected something was up. Principal Tara Hudson had called her out of class to give her a Teacher Appreciation Week T-shirt, but the principal was “acting a little weird.” The secret was revealed when she got back to her classroom to a big […]
Crews battle fire on North 10th Street
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 […]