More than 100 jail inmates and corrections officers are injured and two people are dead, after an explosion at a jail in Pensacola, Florida. Officials do not know if the blast was connected to the massive flooding in the area.
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Police in Northern Ireland arrested Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in the Irish Republican Army’s 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of a Belfast widow.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alcides Escobar is a maestro with his glove, making the kinds difficult of plays at shortstop that has helped to make the Kansas City Royals one of the best defensive teams in baseball. On Wednesday night, Escobar showed he can swing the bat a bit, too. His two-run double in the seventh inning proved to be the difference in a tense 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Eric Hosmer drove in the other two runs for the Royals, whose bullpen blew a 2-0 lead for young starter Yordano Ventura before holding on to beat Toronto…
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State announced Wednesday that it has hired former Houston coach James Dickey as an assistant. Dickey coached at Houston the past four years before resigning because of a family matter. The Cougars went 17-16 last season with an 8-10 record in the American Athletic Conference. He led the Cougars to a 20-13 record and a CBI bid the previous season. Dickey was an assistant at Oklahoma State from 2002-08 and helped develop future NBA players Tony Allen, Joey Graham, Stephen Graham, John Lucas and Ivan McFarlin. Before that, he spent 10 seasons as head coach at…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Southern Mississippi has hired former Nebraska coach Doc Sadler as its next basketball coach. The school announced the hiring late Wednesday and will have a news conference Thursday afternoon. Sadler coached the Cornhuskers from 2006 to 2012, leading them to three appearances in the NIT. He was an assistant at Iowa State last season under Fred Hoiberg, and the Cyclones finished with a 28-8 record and an appearance in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis said in a statement that the Golden Eagles “hired one of the great coaches in America and…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Myles Turner, one of the top high school basketball players in the country, said Wednesday he will play at Texas, giving the Longhorns a lineup that could challenge for the Big 12 title next season. Turner announced his decision in a televised campus event at Euless Trinity High School near Fort Worth. The 6-foot-11 center was a McDonald’s All-American last season, averaging 18 points, 12 rebounds and nearly seven blocks. Turner will join a Texas lineup that returns five starters from a team that went 24-11 and played in the NCAA tournament after a losing season in…
Authorities rescued hundreds from flash floods overnight Wednesday in Florida’s Panhandle. The AP’s John Mone says this the latest damage from a severe weather system that’s killed dozens this week.
The Senate voted down a 40-percent minimum wage hike Wednesday that would have been the first step in a push by Democrats to raise wages for low-income workers.
An arrest was made Tuesday, regarding a burglary that took place a few days prior in Onaga. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that they arrested Nathan Bell (18), of Duluth. This arrest was the result of an investigation from a burglary reported on April 24th in Onaga. During this investigation, several firearms were recovered that had been reported as stolen. Bell was arrested for burglary and theft, and his bond was set at $20,000.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Karen Hibbard and Marcia Rozell with the Manhattan Convention and Visitor’s Bureau on Get Around To it, and Bonnie Lynn-Sherow with Women From Kansas about a state convention planned in August.