The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, will case its colors Monday (Sept. 28) ahead of a nine-month deployment to the Central Command area of responsibility. The casing ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at Fort Riley’s Custer Hill Parade Field. The 2nd ABCT is set to deploy to Kuwait with about 4,000 Soldiers to support multinational partners with operational missions, bilateral and multilateral military exercises and theater security cooperation activities in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. “I’m proud of the Soldiers and leaders in the ‘Dagger’ brigade and their ability to accomplish pre-deployment tasks and training while maintaining our regular responsibilities to this great…
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AP-KS–DoubleFatality NORTONVILLE, Kan. (AP) Two men are dead and one escaped injury in a one-car crash Saturday morning in northeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Donte Gardner was driving a 1999 Cadillac Deville at 5:05 a.m. on U.S. 59 in Jefferson County when he failed to stop at the intersection with Kansas Highway 4 in Nortonville. The patrol says the car went into the ditch and rolled multiple times. Gardner, of Oklahoma City, and 22-year-old Tevin Gillum of Atchison, Kansas, were killed in the crash. Neither was wearing a seatbelt. A second passenger, 25-year-old Kenton Russell II of…
AP-KS–InmateBeaten HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas inmate was flown by helicopter to a Wichita hospital for treatment of head injuries after being beaten by two other inmates. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson says 30-year-old Darrell Beachy was beaten in his pod at the Reno County Correctional Facility on Saturday night by inmates Antoine Alexander and William Alexander. Henderson says aggravated battery charges were added to the brothers’ original charges. The Hutchinson News reports Beachy is being held on numerous charges of theft, burglary, forgery and interference with law enforcement. Antoine Alexander is being held on failure to appear charges from…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Francisco Lindor broke up Kansas City’s no-hit bid with a bunt single off reliever Ryan Madson leading off the seventh inning, and the AL Central champion Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 Sunday with a five-pitcher two-hitter. Chris Young (11-6), making his first start since July 28 after nearly two months in the bullpen, pitched five hitless innings. He allowed one walk, struck out two and threw 68 pitches. Danny Duffy struck out two in a perfect sixth for the Royals, who already have clinched their first division title in 30 years. On the first pitch…
After encouraging a group of inmates to get their lives back on track, Pope Francis walked through the gym at Philadelphia’s largest jail and shook the hands of each of the men and women individually.
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an interview with the AP on Saturday that the Mideast region needs to cooperate to defeat a worsening terrorist threat that has led to a “ferocious war” in Egypt.
Despite increased post security measures requiring visitors without Department of Defense ID’s to apply for a visitor’s pass, the annual Fort Riley Apple Day Festival attracted thousands. The weather for Saturday’s event was ideal for the families exploring the festival grounds. At the main stage, the Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders held trivia games for children, and local gymnastics and martial arts groups gave performances. Later on several musical groups including the Kansas City Bettys, Fort Riley Spouse’s Choir and 1st Infantry Division rock band made appearances. To one side of the main stage, vendors including the Fort Riley Pie Queens…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications The K-State offense broke out for a season-high .388 attack percentage to help it snap a four-match losing streak with a sweep of Baylor (25-20, 25-10, 25-23) on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. The Wildcats (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) earned the victory in their Big 12 home opener by hitting over .300 against Baylor (11-3, 0-1 Big 12) for the first time since 2008. K-State never hit below .351 in any of the three sets – and as high as .481 in the second – while committing just two unforced attack errors (nine errors…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Back above .500, the Cleveland Indians are focused on getting back to the playoffs. Carlos Santana drove in three runs, Yan Gomes homered and the Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 9-5 Saturday night to move above .500 for the first time since April 9. Two years after winning their final 10 games to earn a wild-card berth, the Indians (77-76) have a winning record for the first time since they were 2-1. They remained three games back in the AL wild-card race. “It was awful difficult, but that can’t be our goal, obviously,” Indians manager…
WAMEGO — It’s been 76 years since audiences across the world were taken somewhere over the rainbow when “The Wizard of Oz” made it’s 1939 debut. To think of how different the world is now compared to 1939 takes brains, courage and a lot of heart. But the love of Oz and Victor Fleming’s directorial achievement has remained among generations that have seen everything from the first man on the moon to the first robots on Mars. Friday night, Wamego’s Oz Museum kicked off its annual Oztoberfest with the reveal of new costumes from the film and plans for an…