NEW YORK (AP) –Crown `em, Kansas City! One agonizing step from ecstasy last season, this time the Royals reign after their latest incredible comeback and a go-ahead hit from maybe the most unlikely player in uniform. Christian Colon singled home the tiebreaking run in the 12th inning and those bound-and-determined Royals rallied one more time to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings early Monday for their first World Series championship since 1985 and second overall. Down two runs in the ninth, Kansas City fought back in Game 5 against two of the top arms on the pitching-rich…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Texas man whose identity was stolen decades ago by a convicted child sex offender can’t keep a job, pay his bills or support his children. But a case unfolding in Kansas is offering Marcus Calvillo hope of finally clearing his name, after federal prosecutors charged a Kansas inmate with assuming Calvillo’s entire persona. Calvillo had tried for years to reclaim his name when he read an Associated Press story about an ID theft case involving a Houston teacher. He contacted the prosecutor involved, who calls Calvillo’s situation “especially horrible.” The man using Calvillo’s identity had…
A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including dozens of children, crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after taking off from a resort popular with Russian tourists, the Egyptian government said Saturday. There were no survivors.
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…
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…