Park University announced today that Bishop Ward senior Jose Gonzalez has been awarded the Presidential Honors Scholarship, the university’s most prestigious academic scholarship. Only two incoming freshmen each year receive this honor. The scholarship award covers full tuition, fees, and room & board for four years, plus a $5,000 stipend […]
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 […]
Starting Saturday, Mar. 1, US Highway 69 (18th Street) will be closed between K-32 on the north and Ruby Ave. on the south. The closure is being done to replace the 1950s-era bridge over the Kansas River and BNSF railroad yards. The important artery to the Argentine area is scheduled […]
The Wyandotte County Vision Zero Action Plan aims to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from crashes on our public streets. The plan will focus on (1) identifying critical safety challenges across the county and (2) addressing those challenges through county-wide strategies and targeted projects. With community input, this plan will […]
According to information released late Sunday by the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations, two police officers shot and killed an armed intruder in downtown KCK just after 5:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Officers shot Brian Hilt, of Kansas City, Mo. while responding to a call […]
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 […]
Sporting Kansas City opened its 2025 season Wednesday evening, facing off with Inter Miami in the first leg of their opening round pairing in the Concacaf Champions Cup. The game was both the earliest and coldest match in Sporting’s history, and was decided by a second-half goal from Lionel Messi. […]
The director of the Wyandotte County Public Health Department is no longer with the agency, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. It comes after turmoil during the handling of the major tuberculosis outbreak, shown by emails obtained by the Kansas News Service. Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while […]
On Saturday, Bonner Springs High School hosted the KSHSAA 5A regional girls’ wrestling tournament. Thirty girls from seven Wyandotte County high schools qualified for the state tournament by finishing in the top eight in their weight classes. Wyandotte High School also had a state qualifier from the 6A regional tournament at Shawnee Mission […]
The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library is changing its enrollment process for the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle summer camps, doing away with open enrollment to instead prioritize specific Wyandotte County zip codes and use a random drawing for non-Wyandotte County residents. The library stated in an email that the […]