Author: KMAN Staff

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– With All-Star reliever Wade Davis nursing a bad back and closer Greg Holland earning saves the past two days and unavailable, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost turned to Ryan Madson to protect a one-run lead in the ninth. Madson struck out two in a spotless inning as the Royals edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Sunday for a three-game sweep. “We feel we have four guys that can close,” Yost said. Madson saved 32 games in 2011 with Philadelphia, but had been out of the majors until this year because of injuries. “It helps a…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Salvador Perez had been scuffling. In a 6-for-32 skid, Perez dropped in two opposite-field, two-out hits to drive in pair of runs and help the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Saturday night. “Salvy is kind of like the Cracker Jack prize,” said Royals manager Ned Yost. “You never know what you’re going to get from night to night. He can step up there and pop the ball from foul line to foul line. I wasn’t really encouraged or surprised that he’s able to do that.” White Sox right-hander Jeff Samardzija (8-6)…

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ABC Channel 7 in Chicago has reported that 22-year-old K-State student Briona White was shot and killed Thursday night in Chicago’s Far South Side. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, where she later died after her and a 20-year-old man she was with was shot at more than a dozen times, police said. The young man, who police report was a gang member recently out of jail for an armed robbery conviction, died at the scene. His family, though, disputes the charge. White was studying to be an orthodontist. A Cook County medical examiner ledger obtained…

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After Saturday morning’s General Aviation Fly-In event hosted by Manhattan Regional Airport, area Girl Scouts may have found the motivation to airdrop cookies instead. Just short of 100 Girl Scouts, parents and casual observers attended the Fly-In. The event allowed attendees to look at single-engine aircraft up close, witness them in action on the runway and tour the air traffic control tower. Attendees also got to hear from pilots Tiffany Brown and 18-year-old Taylor Humphrey, who’ve partnered together to form an air-racing duo called “Team TNT.” Brown is also the director of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s aviation division. Brown,…

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