NEW YORK (AP)– The Kansas City Royals keep finding new ways to win this October. And now with one more victory in November, they will be World Series champions. Second baseman Daniel Murphy’s error on Eric Hosmer’s grounder in the eighth inning keyed yet another comeback for the tenacious Royals, and Kansas City startled the New York Mets 5-3 Saturday night to take 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup. Edinson Volquez returned Saturday from his father’s funeral in the Dominican Republic and can pitch the Royals to their first crown in 30 years. He faces Matt Harvey in a rematch…
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With the help of four Wildcats reaching double-digits in kills and a defense that had 82 digs and nine blocks, K-State took down TCU in four sets (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 25-22) on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. K-State (14-8, 6-4 Big 12) captured its fifth win over its last six matches, and sixth in seven home matches this season, by holding TCU (16-6, 6-4 Big 12) to a .202 attack percentage. The Horned Frogs were coming off a three-set win against No. 2 Texas on Wednesday, a match in which TCU hit .306. “We played exceptionally well and exceptionally hard,”…
A Manhattan business owner is closing shop. Frank Beer, owner of the former RadioShack-turned-Gizmoe’s on 614 Fort Riley Blvd., will begin its going out of business sale effective immediately. In a press release hand-delivered to KMAN, Beer said that after the effects of RadioShack’s corporate bankruptcy, competition from the internet and negative product cycles in the consumer electronics industry, he’s been forced to make the difficult decision to discount inventory and close as soon as its sold. Beer said inventory will be marked up to 80-percent or more off and that discounts are limited to stock on hand. “It’s been a…
Beginning Sunday, November 1, the Zoo will transition to winter hours of operation, open Noon to 5pm daily. Winter hours run from November through the end of March. Sunset Zoo is open 360 days a year, closed on Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Connect with the Zoo on facebook or twitter to stay up to date with holiday hours and inclement weather closings.
An explosion and ensuing flames on a stage at a Bucharest nightclub on Friday left 27 people dead and 180 hospitalized with injuries, Romania’s interior minister said. Medics arrived on the scene to try and resuscitate several people.
A man has been charged with starting fires at two predominantly black churches in St. Louis, Missouri. Police say he is a suspect in several other recent church fires in the area.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson has filed for the Kansas Republican presidential caucus. The Kansas Republican Party said in a release Friday that Carson is the fourth presidential candidate to file in Kansas. Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, says he has received a check for the $15,000 filing fee from Carson’s campaign. Carson, a neurosurgeon seeking the GOP candidacy for president, has made several stops in Kansas recently. The Wichita Eagle reports that other candidates to pay the caucus fee so far are Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A patient at a state hospital for the mentally ill man has been charged with raping a staff member. Forty-two-year-old Aaron C. Goodman, of Hartford, was charged Friday in Miami County with rape. He is jailed on $250,000 bond. The prosecutor’s office said Goodman doesn’t yet have an attorney. Police said in a news release earlier Friday that a patient was arrested Tuesday night after police were sent to the Osawatomie State Hospital. Police said it was reported that a 21-year-old staff member was sexually assaulted and raped after she was summoned to the patient’s room…
NEW YORK (AP)– Two balls launched over the wall, one fired over an opponent’s head and just like that, David Wright and the New York Mets are right back in this World Series. Wright homered and drove in four runs, Curtis Granderson also connected and rookie Noah Syndergaard set a nasty tone at the start of a 9-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals that trimmed New York’s deficit to 2-1 Friday night. “We get our offense going a little bit, we play better baseball,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. Shut down at the plate in Kansas City, the Mets…
Wesley Iwundu scored a game-high 17 points and Justin Edwards added 13 as Kansas State began the 2015-16 Men’s Basketball season with an 80-42 exhibition victory over Division II Emporia State Friday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats were never really challenged in this game as they raced out to a 20-8 lead in the first 12 minutes and took control of things on the way to a 43-17 advantage at halftime. K-State continued the onslaught of points to start the second half by outscoring the Hornets 7-2 in just under 90 seconds as they never looked back. For the…