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The Wyandotte Daily News is interested in news of your community event in Wyandotte County. Send information to news@wyandottedaily.com or maryr@wyandottedaily.com and include your name and phone number. Please send in planned events about a week before the event if possible. Renaissance Festival continues The Renaissance Festival continues on the weekends through Oct. 16, at 126th and State Avenue. For more information, see www.kcrenfest.com/. Benefit concert planned Oct. 2 for Friends of Yates Friends of Yates will present “Friends Embracing Lives through Praise,” a night benefiting the Della Gill-Joyce H. Williams Center, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2…

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools Monday, Oct. 3 Pork ribette sandwich, seasoned green beans, baby carrots, diced pears, fruit salad and milk. Alternate entrees: Uncrustable sandwich, fruit salad, yogurt muffin basket. Tuesday, Oct. 4 Chicken nuggets, roll, tater tots, cucumber slices, mandarin oranges, fruit salad and milk. Alternate entrees: Southwestern chef salad, hummus plate, yogurt parfait. Wednesday, Oct. 5 Chicken and waffles, broccoli, grape tomatoes, orange wedges, fruit salad and milk. Alternate entrees: Garden chef salad, fruit salad, yogurt muffin basket. Thursday, Oct. 6 Homestyle chili, fritos, garden salad, banana, fruit salad and milk. Alternate entrees: Southwestern chef salad, hummus…

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools Monday, Oct. 31 Macaroni and cheese, celery sticks, baby carrots, tropical fruit, fruit salad and milk. Alternative entrees: Uncrustable sandwich, fruit salad, yogurt muffin basket. Tuesday, Nov. 1 Cheeseburger, cauliflower, broccoli, mandarin oranges, fruit salad and milk. Alternative entrees: Southwestern chef salad, hummus plate and yogurt parfait. Wednesday, Nov. 2 Chicken tortilla soup, tortilla chips, black bean and corn salsa, orange wedges, fruit salad and milk. Alternative entrees: Garden chef salad, fruit salad and yogurt muffin basket. Thursday, Nov. 3 Personal pan pizza, tater tots, grape tomatoes, banana, fruit salad and milk. Alternative entrees: Southwestern…

A Piper boys soccer match vs. Spring Hill that was postponed with 5:45 left in the first half and Piper leading 1-0 will be resumed at 5 p.m. Oct. 7. Forrest Hicks by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC A former basketball standout at Saint Mary’s University, Forrest Hicks, has joined the men’s coaching staff at Kansas City Kansas Community College. An August graduate of Saint Mary’s, Hicks majored in mathematics. He played four seasons for the Spires and became a full-time starter early in his second year. At 6-foot-6, Hicks will work primarily with the Blue Devil forwards and post players. Both…

September. It’s the month of shifting out of summer and settling into the school schedule. Even though it’s chaotic, don’t forget to make nutrition a family priority. It’s not too hard. Just take it back to basics. Basic Food Groups – Are you getting all five food groups every day? Make sure your grocery list includes a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, protein and dairy. Basic Snacks – Healthy snacks don’t have to have a long list of ingredients. Keep it simple: chopped fruit and veggies (see how many colors they can eat), peanut butter or hummus, boiled eggs, cheese sticks…

More developments, including a hotel, retail shops and a Frontier Justice gun range, are coming to the area east of The Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kan. Now that the auto mall area along Parallel Parkway is nearly completed, Schlitterbahn is shifting its focus to developing the east side of 98th Street next to the soccer complex, and the 50 acres that front on the east side of I-435, according to UG planning documents. Some new developments were approved near I-435 and Parallel Parkway by the Unified Government Commission at tonight’s UG meeting. A Schlitterbahn development group, SVV 1, LLC,…

In the Democratic primary on Aug. 2, incumbent State Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, D-36th Dist., faces opposition from Gwendolyn Thomas. Both formerly worked in the mayor’s office at Kansas City, Kan., City Hall, although under different administrations. Both were at a candidate forum July 12 sponsored by Business West, business neighborhood organizations and Kansas City Kansas Community College. Rep. Wolfe Moore has served as state representative since 2011. She serves as ranking minority member of the General Government Budget Committee, and serves on the Appropriations Committee, Taxation Committee, Joint Committee on Special Claims against the State, and served on the…

An injury crash was reported at 3:06 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at State Avenue westbound, west of I-435, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report. A Nissan Altima was stopped at the stop sign on the I-435 southbound ramp to State Avenue, according to the trooper’s report. A Dodge Ram 1500 was westbound on State Avenue, and struck the Altima. The driver of the Altima, a 25-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kan., was injured and taken to a hospital, the trooper’s report stated. A 24-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman in the Altima had a possible injury, the report stated.…

Fargo-Moorhead defeated Kansas City, 7-3, behind five extra-base hits Tuesday night at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo-N.D. In the third inning, Ryan Wagner smacked a solo home run to left field, his fourth homer of the season, off T-Bones starter Jordan Cooper. There were back-to-back doubles from Mike Gilmartin and Kes Carter, with Carter’s scoring Gilmartin with one out. Carter was brought home two batters later when Keury De La Cruz singled, making it 3-0 through three innings. Fargo added to its lead in the fourth. After Dustin Geiger reached on a fielder’s choice, Brian Humphries hit a two-run home…

The Lincoln Saltdogs jumped out to an early lead Thursday night and stopped the Kansas City T-Bones from recording their first sweep of the season, as Lincoln won 9-2 at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln scored in five of its eight at-bats in the game. That included the first inning when Curt Smith hit a two-run homerun off Kansas City starter Jordan Cooper that scored former T-Bones outfielder Robby Kuzdale, who led off the first with a walk. Kuzdale, in his first game for the Saltdogs since being released Tuesday by Kansas City, went one for four with two…