NEW YORK (AP)– Yordano Ventura and the Kansas City Royals turned Derek Jeter Day into another disappointing defeat for the New York Yankees’ captain in the dwindling days of his career. Ventura pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the AL Central leaders beat the Yankees 2-0 Sunday on a pair of unearned runs for their second shutout in the three-game series. Kansas City scored due to errors by pitcher Shane Greene (4-3) in the second inning and right fielder Carlos Beltran in the third. The Royals, who won 1-0 Friday night on an unearned run following an error…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — The Titans were implementing a new offensive system under Ken Whisenhunt, a new defensive system under coordinator Ray Horton, and trying to make a whole bunch of new pieces fit. Things couldn’t have gone much better in their regular-season debut. Jake Locker threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns, the Titans’ new-look defense picked off Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith three times, and Tennessee rolled to a 26-10 victory over the Chiefs on Sunday. “I don’t want to sound arrogant,” Locker said, “but I think we expected it to (go smoothly). We felt that way through…
(Photo courtesy Kansas State Athletics) By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Led by a career-high 14 kills from Katie Reininger and a stout defense, the K-State volleyball team dealt UCF its first loss of the season with a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-23, 26-24) on Saturday. With the win, the Wildcats captured first place in the Varney’s Invitational in Bramlage Coliseum. A redshirt sophomore, Reininger tallied the 14 kills on a .429 hitting percentage as she was one of two Wildcats to reach double digits in kills and hit over .400. Freshman Kylee Zumach had 11 kills, her third straight match…
NEW YORK (AP) — Obtained by the Yankees from Arizona in separate July trades, Brandon McCarthy and Martin Prado are doing their best to keep alive New York’s slim playoff hopes. McCarthy won for the second time in six starts and Prado had three hits as the Yankees feasted on Kansas City’s bullpen in a 6-2 win Saturday after Royals starter Danny Duffy left because of an injury following his first pitch. McCarthy, dealt on July 6, allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and a walk. He is 6-4 with a 2.87 ERA…
Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed 128 people in Pakistan and 108 people in India, officials said Saturday. The death toll is likely to grow as forecasters predict more rain in the coming days.
President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, abandoning his pledge to act on the issue by the end of summer, White House officials said.
The Junction City-Geary County Drug Operations Group, assisted by Junction City-Geary County SWAT and the Geary County Sheriffs Department, executed a search warrant Saturday at 325 W. 11th St. in Junction City. The search warrant was obtained after an investigation by the Drug Operations Group into suspected drug activity at the residence. The following persons were arrested: Adrian D. Jones, age 27 of Junction City. He was charged with Sale of Cocaine within 1000’ of a School, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Cocaine with intent to distribute within a 1000’ of a school, Child Endangerment, No…
Jake Waters scored two touchdowns including an eight-yard run with 1:30 left and 20th-ranked Kansas State overcame a 15-point first half deficit to defeat Iowa State 32-28 in the Big 12 opener for both teams before 54,800 at Jack Trice Stadium in Amesf on a sunsplashed Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats entered the contest as double-digit favorites and early on it looked like they would live up to that billing. After a long pass from Waters to Tyler Lockett set them up in the red zone, Charles Jones running out of the Wildcat offense got K-State on the board first with…
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) Authorities in northeast Kansas say a drug raid led to the seizure of 9,800 marijuana plants from Corps of Engineers property. KAIR Radio reports the FBI and a Missouri National Guard helicopter took part in Thursday’s raid at a rural Jefferson County home east of the Corps-operated Perry Lake.
Budgets, taxes, and growth were some of the major topics of discussion during Saturday morning’s “Coffee and Conversation” event, put together by the League of Women Voters of Manhattan and Riley County. The discussion, held at the International Grain Institute, featured comments by Manhattan City Commissioners, Riley County Commissioners, and Manhattan Ogden USD 383 School Board members. Each leader in attendance spoke about the issues their respective group are currently facing. Most of the leaders addressed budgetary problems and income taxes. Manhattan Mayor, Wynn Butler and City Commissioner, Rich Jankovich mentioned the internet sales tax that they believe needs to…