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The 20th golf classic to benefit the Sisters, Servants of Mary is set for Friday, June 26, at Painted Hills Golf Course, 7101 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. Proceeds will go toward renovating the Sisters’ convent. Registration and lunch are from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Amino Brothers Co., Inc., is the lunch sponsor. At 12:20 p.m., the Sisters will participate in a putting contest. The four-person scramble will start at 1 p.m. The hole in one prize is a 2015 Jeep Renegade SUV with additional par three prizes sponsored by Overland Park Jeep Dodge Chrysler. The day will conclude…

Highest rain chances tonight and Wednesday. (National Weather Service graphic) After a warm, sunny day, Wyandotte County could see thunderstorms tonight into early Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s high will be 91 degrees, the weather service said, with a heat index possibly approaching 100 degrees but staying under the century mark. There is a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight, the weather service said. Some storms could produce heavy rainfall and local flooding, according to the weather service. A few storms could be strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds, the weather service said.…

Police are investigating a shooting death that occurred during the night in the 2500 block of Ridge Avenue. The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department responded at 2:34 a.m. May 30 to reports of a shooting. When they arrived, the officers found a woman in the street, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, a police spokesman said. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending positive identification and family notification, police said. This incident remains under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).…

A car overturned this morning on U.S. 73 near Parallel Parkway, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report. The accident happened at 6:17 a.m. May 1. A Saturn northbound on U.S. 73 tried to avoid an unknown vehicle, and the driver of the Saturn lost control, according to the trooper’s report. The Saturn then entered the median and overturned, the report stated. The driver of the Saturn, a 32-year-old Lawrence man, was taken to the hospital with a possible injury, according to the report. Signing a letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas City Kansas Community College next…

Nathan Louis Jackson (Photo courtesy of UMKC) Nathan Louis Jackson, a Kansas City, Kan., native, currently has two plays running in the Kansas City area. Jackson is one of five writers of “Freedom Rider,” being presented May 1-10 at the Spencer Theatre, Olson Performing Arts Center, on the University of Missouri at Kansas City campus in Kansas City, Mo. A preview of this play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1. “Freedom Rider” was the idea of Ricardo Khan, playwright and director, who recruited playwrights Murray Horwitz, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Nathan Jackson and Nikkole Salter, to work on the…

A Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman said this afternoon that a “person of interest,” Justin Campbell, has been located. Earlier today police stated they would like to speak to the 23-year-old about cases in southern Kansas City, Kan., concerning auto thefts and burglaries. Rep. Val Winn Nine Kansas House members have filed a complaint against State Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-34th Dist., about remarks she made March 19 when discussing a bill repealing in-state tuition for children of undocumented immigrants who live in Kansas but were not citizens. The complaint filed on March 31 alleged Rep. Winn, when discussing the bill…

Coalition of education and social services advocates stage event outside governor’s office by Jim McLean, KHI News Service About 100 people rallied Wednesday within earshot of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s office to demand the repeal of income tax cuts they say are crippling the state. The Rev Up Kansas coalition staged the event to call attention to the state’s ongoing budget problems, which organizers said are the result of tax cuts that Brownback championed in the mistaken belief that they would jump-start the Kansas economy. Shannon Cotsoradis, president of Kansas Action for Children, said the steep drop in revenue is…

Wyandotte County’s forecast shows mostly sunny weather this weekend. There is a small chance for rain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday; however, this storm might or might not hit Wyandotte County. Today’s high will be 73 with sunny skies, and tonight the low will be 49, the weather service said. Friday, expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 75, and Friday night, the low will be around 54, according to the weather service. Partly sunny skies are in store Saturday, with a high near 77, the weather service said. Saturday night’s low will be around 61. Sunday…

Students at Kansas City Kansas Community College who are struggling in English or mathematics have no need to worry. There are services on campus designed to help them excel in the classroom and correct any academic problems they might be having. Not only that, but they can even find a local tutor online if they need to. With online learning, tutoring can even help those who have limitations with both spoken and written English so they might benefit greatly from something like this website as well as others. The Tutoring Services Program at KCKCC is led by Amanda Williams, assistant…

Because of the primary election March 3, the Kansas City, Kan., Branch NAACP will meet on Tuesday, March 10, at the Bethany Medical Center, second floor meeting room, 21 N. 12th St., Kansas City, Kan. The executive meeting will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the membership meeting at 7 p.m. The WIN Committee will meet at 5 p.m. the same day and place. Because of the general election on April 7,the April meeting will be held April 14 at the same location and same times. For further information, call 913-281-7900 or fax, 913-281-7847. Several traffic accidents were reported this…