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Kansas City Monarchs Partner With Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City – Kansas City Monarchs

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April 30, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Every home run scored this baseball season will have more of an impact than just on the scoreboard thanks to a new partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC).

Each time a Monarchs player hits a homer, the local health insurance company will donate $50 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), as part of a new partnership with the reigning American Association champions.

Blue KC will also sponsor the Monarchs’ championship flag giveaway on May 24th. The flag celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Kansas City Monarchs’ winning the inaugural Negro Leagues World Series. The NLBM recently announced plans for city-wide events to take place recognizing and celebrating that baseball milestone.

“Blue KC has always been committed to supporting local organizations, and we’re proud to call them a partner for the upcoming season,” Monarchs owner Mark Brandmeyer said. “We’re looking forward to supporting the museum’s mission with every home run our club hits!”

“We place the utmost priority on supporting our local community, including the preservation of celebrating our rich history of African American baseball and its impact on the social advancement of our country,” said Christina Lively, Blue KC Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “We are so excited to partner with the American Association Kansas City Monarchs and show our commitment to this instrumental piece of our City and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.”

“Thanks to Blue KC and the American Association Kansas City Monarchs for creating a fun and exciting way to celebrate the crowning achievement of the Kansas City Monarchs winning the inaugural Negro Leagues World Series a century ago while generating valuable support for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,” said Bob Kendrick, museum president. “The Museum is the place where history touches home and needless to say, we will be cheering even more than usual every time the Monarchs hit one out of the park.”

Fans can buy tickets to the flag giveaway night at tickets.monarchsbaseball.com. The American Association Kansas City Monarchs’ home schedule starts on May 16 from Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN ASSOICATION KANSAS CITY MONARCHS:
The Kansas City Monarchs are a professional baseball team in the American Association, an MLB Partner League. 2024 will be their 21st season at Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. In 2020, the team partnered with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and changed their name from the T-Bones to the Monarchs in honor of the legendary Negro League franchise that played from 1920 to 1965. This year, the Monarchs and the museum are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first Negro League World Series, won by the Monarchs in 1924.

ABOUT BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in Missouri and the only not-for-profit commercial health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health coverage services to more than one million residents in the greater Kansas City area, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and 30 counties in Northwest Missouri. Our mission: to provide affordable access to healthcare and to improve the health of our members. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information on the company, visit its website at BlueKC.com.

ABOUT THE NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM:
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African American baseball and its impact on the social advancement of America. The privately funded, 501 c3, not-for-profit organization was established in 1990 and is in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri’s Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. The NLBM operates two blocks from the Paseo YMCA where Andrew “Rube” Foster established the Negro National League in 1920. To learn more about the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit nlbm.com.

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Kansas Abortion Script Violates Providers’ Rights, Lawsuit Says

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5 hours ago

May 21, 2024

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Kansas Abortion Script Violates Providers’ Rights, Lawsuit Says

A new Kansas law that requires abortion providers to ask patients why they want to end their pregnancies is unconstitutional, a proposed amended complaint filed in a state trial court says.

Hodes & Nauser MDs PA, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and others asked the Kansas District Court, Johnson County, on Monday to allow them to update a 2023 complaint that challenged the state’s Womens’ Right to Know Act as unconstitutional. The new modified complaint seeks to halt the state’s enforcement of a state-scripted “reason mandate,” enacted in late April over a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly (D). …

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Cleanup to continue for days after powerful winds slam Kansas towns

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May 21, 2024

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Cleanup to continue for days after powerful winds slam Kansas towns

HALSTEAD, Kan. (KWCH) – Powerful winds hit Kansas hard Sunday evening with widespread reports of damage from trashcans tossed in Hutchinson to a shed crumbling like a tin can and being thrown into a utility pole in the Russell area and a fallen tree smashing a teen’s pickup in Halstead.

The storms produced a pair of EF1 tornadoes near Russell and Wilson in Russell and Ellsworth counties. As the storms moved east, a tornado warning was issued for Harvey County, including Halstead. As the approximate 90-mph winds reached the small city, trees were uprooted, and power lines and street signs toppled.

Dustin Thurston was inside with his children when a tree fell onto the Halstead family’s home.

“As soon as I got to the front room, back door blew off the hinges, front blew open, then the tree fell on the house. Just a big ol’ boom,” Thurston said.

Susan Ross was outside and made it into the basement in time.

“It almost felt like our roof was lifting off our house,” she said.

As the tornado sirens sounded in Halstead, people said the roar of the wind drowned them out.

“It was really bad, I almost could not hear the sirens,” said Halstead resident Delia Stewart.

The cleanup started early and will continue for days. But the Halstead community is rallying together for each other.

Sunday night, some wondered if extensive damage in Harvey County was the result of a tornado. The NWS clarified that what hit Burrton, Halstead and Newton was “a severe straight-line wind event called a Derecho” which produced winds up to 90 mph.

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Kansas continues facing severe storm season

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May 20, 2024

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Kansas continues facing severe storm season

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – According to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, Kansas has seen at least 63 tornados this year and there is plenty of severe storm season left for the number to increase.

Northeast Kansas has seen several tornados this 2024 severe storm season causing serious damage and even death.

Meteorologist Sarah Teefey with the National Weather Servicve of Topeka said a series of systems happen to be hitting Kansas at the right times.

“There are several factors that we look at to determine whether or not we’re expecting severe weather. Timing can be a big part of that, typically we have the most instability during the afternoon,” said Teefey. “The placement of storm systems as well can make a big difference — the closer we are to some of the stronger forcing or some of the better wind fields, then we have a better chance for severe weather.”

While the storms have brought rain, it hasn’t doused the drought affecting areas of the state.

“Sometimes we see a lot of rain all at once, and that can help a little bit, but if we dry out for a while we can flip back into a drought kind of pattern,” said Teefey. “We do still see at least a moderate drought happening across portions of the state. Outside of the Topeka area in Central KS they still have a severe drought for portions of of the state.”

Teefey said stay vigilant and prepared because this year is hitting hard.

“One big difference that we’ve noticed this year compared to other years is just how many systems we have coming through and how frequently we’re seeing that,” said Teefey. “Again with the timing, we have the good chance for severe weather especially when we get fronts in here in the afternoon, we get instability build, south winds to draw in moisture — it’s just been a very active pattern to give us more active weather this year.”

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