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As local hospitals begin to ramp up their operations, the blood supply must increase as well. Sporting Kansas City and Community Blood Center (CBC) are teaming up to hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, May 18, at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The blood drive will take place inside the Budweiser Brew House, located in the northeast corner of the stadium at the intersection of France Family Drive and Village West Parkway, and will be conducted in accordance with CBC protocols for social distancing and public health guidelines. Donors are required to wear…

A Community Blood Center blood drive continues today at the University of Kansas Health System. According to a CBC spokeswoman, the blood supply is still under recommended levels in the Kansas City area. The blood supply has been low since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials. On Thursday, the blood drive at KU Health System collected 85 units of blood, and they hope to replicate that today, according to officials. The blood drive continues now through 7 p.m. Friday, according to the Community Blood Center. It is being held in the Health Education Building, 2146 W. 39th…

Snow fell overnight in Wyandotte County. (Staff photo) About 2 to 4 inches of snow fell overnight in Wyandotte County. As a winter weather advisory ends this morning, there is still the chance of more snow and freezing drizzle before 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Motorists are advised to be careful. Then there is a chance of drizzle between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. today. The temperature was 30 degrees at 9 a.m. Thursday, and the high will be near 33 today. Tonight, there will be cloudy skies with a low around 27. Friday’s forecast is cloudy…

by Nomin Ujiyediin, Kansas News Service Lawrence, Kansas — The more Kansas tests people for the coronavirus, the clearer it becomes that black Kansans are being disproportionately affected — a sobering trend that is true in communities across the United States. Black Kansans are three times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than white people, and more than seven times more likely to die from the virus. Latinos are also about three times as likely to test positive for COVID-19. The data mirrors trends seen in across U.S. cities like New York, Chicago and Detroit, as well as other…

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library in cooperation with CiviX Class will hold a lecture presented by Chester Owens at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave. Owens, a former Kansas City, Kansas, City Council member, will discuss Sumner High School alumnus and director of the Florida A&M University Band, William P. Foster, who became known as “America’s Band Leader.” Owens is a civil activist, historian, business professional, and humanitarian. He served as the chairman of the Labor and Industry Committee of the NAACP. Owens has received numerous awards throughout his lifetime for his civil…

A black history program to be presented by Chester Owens Jr. on March 22 at the Wyandotte County Historical Society meeting has been canceled because of the COVID-19 coronavirus risk, according to officials. The topic of the program was the history of Sumner High School. The program will be rescheduled at a later date, according to officials. According to Wyandotte County Museum officials, a new exhibit at the museum will be open to the public during regular museum hours. “Look Up, the Fascinating Architecture of Wyandotte County,” includes photos of historic architecture throughout Wyandotte County. It will be open through…

A Black History Month program, “Children of the Promised Land,” will be presented from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The history topic will be the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. The town is a National Historical Site. A pictorial history will explore the experiences of the mothers and their children in Nicodemus, some of whom were the first in their families who were born free. The discussion will…

Garrett McKinzie had good reason to grin as he scored the third of three runs driven in by Christian Arnold’s 3-run triple in KCKCC’s come-from-behind 5-2 win over Dakota County Monday. McKinzie was greeted by Lucas Norton (3) and Alex Thrower (19), who had just scored the tying and go-ahead runs. (KCKCC photo by Matt Fowler) by Alan Hoskins Steve Burleson has been around baseball far more than his 35 years as head coach at Kansas City Kansas Community College but in all those years, he’s never seen an ending like the one that completed a Blue Devil sweep of…

Wyandotte County reported an additional 23 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, for a cumulative total of 7,416, according to the UG COVID-19 webpage. There were no additional deaths reported, for a cumulative total of 134. (From UG COVID-19 webpage) Bishop Ward High School will change to all-remote learning for 14 days because of three positive COVID-19 student tests, according to Jay Dunlap, Bishop Ward president. He said the private high school in Kansas City, Kansas, has been in hybrid learning since Sept. 8, just after Labor Day. Because of positive tests of the three students, there were some faculty members in…

Bishop Ward High School will join a new high school athletic and activities conference in fall 2021. To be called the Kaw Valley Conference, the new conference also will include Heritage Christian Academy, Olathe; KC Christian, Prairie Village; Cair Paravel Latin School, Topeka; Maranatha Christian Academy, Shawnee; and Seabury Academy, Lawrence. The schools have similar sizes and competitive capabilities. Each school has many iniviidual and team state championships through the years. The schools have a similar focus on the student-athlete, according to the spokesman. Member schools will be developing conference competition in athletics and activities over the next year, with…