CHICAGO (AP)– Lorenzo Cain was hoping someone on his team would hit a home run to end the marathon game. He wound up taking matters into his own hands. Cain homered in the 13th inning and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the Chicago White Sox 7-6 Saturday in a game that took nearly five hours. The AL Central-leading Royals won for the 10th time in 13 games. “I ended up doing it and helping everybody get out of here and move on to tomorrow. It was well needed, well needed,” Cain said. Cain doubled and singled early, then led off…
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Hundreds of people taunted each other on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse during separate rallies staged by two groups from outside the state.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Arizona Sen. John McCain’s military record Saturday, saying he was a “war hero because he was captured.”
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former staffer for U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp has been sentenced to 12 months in prison in a Kansas child- sex case. Matthew Pennell, a Manhattan High graduate and one-time candidate for the Riley County USD 378 school board was sentenced Friday in Ford County after admitting to two of the 17 child sexual exploitation counts he was charged with in March. The Dodge City Daily Globe (http://bit.ly/1HB76Ap ) reports that Pennell also will be required to register as a sex offender and complete a treatment program. The affidavit says Pennell was in possession of…
A wildfire burned through 3,500 acres of the winding, mountainous Cajon Pass 55 miles northeast of Los Angeles Friday below the elevated lanes of Interstate 15, trapping hundreds of people amid a cauldron of smoke, flames and ash.
Those who knew Sandra Bland said she would not have killed herself inside a Texas jail cell, not even over the traffic stop that led to her arrest, which mirrored the ones she railed against online.
A Manhattan man was arrested in the 1000 block of Yuma at approximately 4:20 a.m. on Saturday morning. Anthony Rex Shehan, 44, was arrested by officers with the Riley County Police Department for battery and aggravated battery with a weapon. His bond was set at $10,000.
Residents who are looking to cool off from the hot weather this weekend will not be able to use the swimming pool at City Park on Saturday and Sunday. The pool was also closed to the general public on Friday for a swim meet being held there through the weekend. The pools at Cico Park and Northview will be open for their regular hours as will the Splash Park at City Park.
CHICAGO (AP)– The Chicago White Sox understand they will need a strong effort to climb out of the hole they dug. It would help if their hitters pitched in. The guys on the mound are doing just fine, though. John Danks pitched four-hit ball into the seventh, and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 Friday to split a day-night doubleheader. Danks (5-8) combined with three relievers on the shutout as Chicago rebounded from a 4-2 loss in the opener. It was the 10th win in 14 games for a team that began the day last in the…
CHICAGO (AP)– The Kansas City Royals were doing just fine without getting much from Alex Rios. They will gladly take any extra lift he can give their lineup. Rios and Mike Moustakas homered, and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 Friday in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader. On a scorching afternoon when the ball was carrying, the AL Central leaders returned from the All-Star break and won for the eighth time in nine games. They also took out a team showing some spark after struggling most of the way. Moustakas hit a solo homer in the fifth…