Author: KMAN Staff

KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP)– The Kansas City Royals acquired Johnny Cueto in a trade with Cincinnati on Sunday, sending three prospects to the Reds for a legitimate ace for the front of their beleaguered rotation. Kansas City has the best record in the American League after it lost to San Francisco in Game 7 of the World Series last October. But Yordano Ventura has underperformed this year and Jason Vargas will miss the rest of the season after he injured his elbow last week — increasing the need for pitching help. The Royals last won the title in 1985, and the…

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COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) A judge has ruled that Galena’s mayor and six other city officials accused of misusing public funds will be tried together. Mayor Dale Oglesby, five city council members and a former council member were indicted in June by a grand jury after the council authorized paying $100,000 in city money to settle a private lawsuit against Oglesby’s business partner. District Court Judge A.J. Wachter ruled Friday the officials will not receive separate trials to avoid inconsistent verdicts. The trial was scheduled for Jan. 11. The Joplin Globe reports that Galena City Attorney Kevin Cure says he expects…

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Manhattan Residents on the Customers in the north east side of town are experiencing a power outage. According to Westar Energy, the outage was reported shortly after five p.m. and just over 1000 customers are affected. A majority of the outage affects residents along Kimball Avenue between College and and Denison. Power is expected to be returned by 9 p.m. Visit Westar’s outage map for more information.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Although Alcides Escobar didn’t make solid contact, he immediately knew he had a game-winning hit. Escobar singled home Paulo Orlando with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Orlando singled off Will Harris (4-3) with one out and stole second before Escobar’s game-winning looper to shallow right gave the Royals the win and snapped the Astros’ five-game winning streak. “With a man on second base, any base hit in that scoring position, he will score easily,” Escobar said. “I see…

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24-year old Conner Griffin of Topeka was arrested on Friday by Riley County Police on multiple charges including two counts of vehicular burglary and one count of aggravated burglary. Griffin was held at the Riley County Jail on $20,000 bond.

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Blues skies, farm animals, a high concentration of 4-Hers in one place, pork burgers and face-melting heat — yep… it’s county fair time in Manhattan. The Riley County Fair kicked off Thursday night with the 40th Annual Kaw Valley Rodeo and county extension agent Jennifer Wilson — who was easy to find in her air-conditioned Pottorf Hall offices Friday afternoon — said things were going smoothly at the Riley County Fairground. “So far so good,” she said. “We’ve got great participation from our 4-Hers and didn’t have any problem getting in our livestock today. “Probably our biggest issue is the…

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