KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs selected Auburn defensive end Dee Ford with the No. 23 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, landing a potential replacement for Tamba Hali or Justin Houston. With only one selection in the first two rounds, Kansas City was thought to be trying to trade out of its pick. But general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid wound up with Ford, eschewing a wide receiver or defensive back that could have filled bigger holes. Hali turns 31 in November while Houston is due to become a free agent after the…
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SEATTLE (AP) Hisashi Iwakuma scattered four hits over eight innings and Corey Hart hit an RBI single to lift the Seattle Mariners over the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Thursday night. Seattle won for the 11th time in 14 games since losing eight straight from April 15-22. Iwakuma was making his second start after beginning the season on the disabled list with a strained tendon on the middle finger of his pitching hand. The All-Star right-hander struck out seven and walked none. Fernando Rodney worked around a pair of walks in the ninth to earn his 10th save in 11…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Guard Andrew White III is transferring from Kansas in search of more playing time after two seasons in which he failed to break into the regular rotation. Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced White’s decision in a statement Thursday night. White played in 25 games as a freshman and showed a deft touch from the perimeter, but he got lost in the mix last season, averaging just 5.9 minutes while appearing in 19 games. White said that Self told him “it would be questionable to break into the rotation,” so he decided to explore other options. White did…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A state board will meet Monday to consider allegations that U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is not truly a Kansas resident and shouldn’t be allowed to seek re-election. Secretary of State Kris Kobach scheduled the meeting of the State Objections Board after four citizens from Riley County filed objections to listing the three-term senator on the August 5th Republican primary ballot. GOP tea party challenger Milton Wolf contends that Roberts lives in Alexandria, Virginia, where the senator owns a home. Roberts and his wife own a duplex unit in Dodge City but rent it out. As KMAN…
Riley County Police are investigating a report of an alleged kidnapping and sexual battery. A 21-year-old female reported to RCPD that Thursday at approximately 2 a.m., she was assaulted in the northeast part of Manhattan by two males unknown to her. An aggravated kidnapping and sexual battery report was filed. Due to the nature of the crime, no further details are being released at this time. ### Riley County Police arrested Khiry Graham, 23, of Colorado Springs Thursday on a warrant for a probation violation, with the original charge being burglary. Graham was taken into custody shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. Bond was…
Every once in a while we hear about hazmat spills or chemical explosions–including one just last year at a fertilizer warehouse in West, Texas that claimed at least 14 lives. U-S safety investigators indicated that explosion could have been prevented–and prevention is just what a group in Kansas is trying to do, with a three day conference held in Junction City. Harry Heintzelman serves as the LEPC Coordinator for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management and State Emergency Response Commission, and he tells KMAN the state conference has accomplished its purpose, and that’s to get information to every county’s Local Emergency Planning Committee on…
Russia held a massive military parade to mark ‘Victory Day,’ the day Nazi Germany was defeated in World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke, but he did not mention the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus opened in Hartford, Connecticut on Thursday. It was the circus’s first performance since an accident left nine performers injured over the weekend.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Burwell has found favor with both Republicans and Democrats in her current role as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and would replace Kathleen Sebelius who resigned as HHS chief last month after presiding over the Affordable Care Act and its problematic rollout.
A pro-Russian activist wearing police helmet shouts outside the regional interior ministry building in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Eastern Ukraine has for weeks been swept by a wave of turbulent protests as opponents of the interim government in Kiev occupy official buildings and demand a referendum on autonomy for their regions.