KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals’ clubhouse mood was somber after a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Eric Hosmer will be going on disabled list after an X-ray revealed a displaced fracture of the third finger of his right hand. Hosmer was hit by pitch from Jon Lester on July 20 and was held out of the lineup for six of the next seven games. He returned to the lineup Tuesday and aggravated it on a check swing in the fourth inning. Alcides Escobar hit a two-run triple and Yordano Ventura pitched seven effective innings as the…
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, for final votes as Congress rushes for the doors and a five-week summer recess. The institutional split of a Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate has added up to inaction, especially in a midterm election year with control of the Senate at stake. Lawmakers have struggled to compromise on a handful of bills to deal with the nation’s pressing problems amid overwhelming partisanship.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas, a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, supported the agreement struck Thursday between the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on legislation to overhaul access to veterans’ health care – the Veterans Access to Care Act. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 91 to 3. “I am pleased the Senate and House did not walk away from this issue,” Sen. Moran said. “This legislation is another important step toward ensuring veterans no longer struggle with unacceptable wait times at VA facilities by giving certain…
Palestinian children, wounded during fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, are treated as they lie on the floor of an emergency room at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israel acknowledged that troops fired a mortar shell that hit the courtyard of a U.N. school in Gaza last week, but said aerial footage shows the yard was empty at the time and that the shell could not have killed anyone. It also stated that shell was not fired at…
Steve Physioc joins the show. KSU is #21 in preseason coaches poll. Couple injuries at Chief’s camp. Royals win 3-2 yesterday and trade deadline is today. Ray Rice audio. Jordy Nelon is on the show. YCBS wraps things up.
The “welcome to Manhattan” sign near the Bubble Wash off of K-18 may need to be re-located. This was one of the discussed items during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting. The sign displays four recognizable logos from four different entities. The commission was told the four symbols cannot be put on a welcome sign near the freeway. Commissioner, Dave Lewis said the sign was established as a project of the sesquicentennial. He mentioned the four organizations paid around $2,000-$2,500 each to be featured on the sign. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd commented, “now they may have to pay that amount again to…
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Eli Anderson filled in for Cathy, and spoke with Transportation Planner with the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization, Stephanie Watts; Director of Manhattan Arts Center, Penny Cullers; and Dean of K-State’s Global Campus, Sue Maes.
After not being included in the top 25 of any major poll at any point during the 2013 season, the Kansas State Wildcats check in at number 21 in the Preseason Amway Football Coaches Poll released Thursday. K-State was also #21 in the 2012 Preseason Coaches Poll and rose as high as number 1 in the BCS Standings following a 10-0 start that season which eventually ended in a Big 12 Championship. Defending National Champion Florida State is #1 while Alabama is #2.
Two Riley County Police Officers made separate traffic stops that lead to the discovery of a kidnapped teenager in Manhattan. Early Wednesday morning shortly after one a.m. an officer stopped a vehicle for speeding. During the traffic stop the occupants informed the officer that their 16 year old female friend had been kidnapped by Stephanie Sanborn (30) of Manhattan. Another officer conducted a traffic stop shortly after 1:10 a.m. Wedesday on a vehicle driven by Sanborn. The vehicle was also occupied by a 16-year-old female and 17-year-old male. The 16 year old female present in Sanborn’s vehicle was identified as…
Sarasota County, Florida health officials have issued a warning against eating raw oysters and exposing open wounds to coastal and inland waters after a dangerous bacteria killed one person and made another sick.