CHICAGO — When the Chicago White Sox scheduled Greek Heritage Night for Tuesday, they probably didn’t consider that Mike Moustakas would be in the visiting dugout. Moustakas put a capper on the festivities by homering twice to help the Kansas City Royals snap a four-game losing streak with a 7-1 rout. Moustakas, who has 12 homers this season, went 3 for 5 with three RBIs. He raised his batting average to .198. The Royals entered the game with a major league-worst 55 homers and had managed a total of six runs during the losing streak. Bruce Chen (2-2) allowed one…
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Yet another fire has been reported overnight by the Manhattan Fire Department. At 2:00 a.m. (Wednesday) the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 823 Colorado Street for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a detached garage structure with heavy fire showing throughout the structure. Four fire apparatus and fourteen firefighters initially responded to the fire and it was contained within minutes.The structure was vacant at the time of the fire. Loss is estimated as $10,000 to the structure, $5,000 to the contents and $2,500 to a vehicle that was in proximity to the structure. The owner is…
The Manhattan City Commission met Tuesday for the fifth and final 2015 budget work session. The latest budget total for 2015 sits at $134.39 million, a $3.6 million increase from 2014. Additionally, latest version of the proposed mill levy increase for 2015 is roughly half of what it was when budget season started. “We started at a 2.65 mill levy increase and as we stand here at the 5th work session, a 1.288,” said Hillary Badger, assistant director of finance. In an effort to flatten the mill levy and soften the blow to property owners, Commissioner Rich Jankovich listed…
“The Game” was live at Colbert Hills today. Big 12 had day 2 of Media Days in Dallas. K-State had its turn with the media. Audio from Big 12 coaches throughout the show. Royals have lost four straight. Guests from Colbert Hills join the show. “You Can’t Be Serious” wraps it up.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Pottawatomie County Commissioner, Pat Weixelman; Health Director, Leslie Campbell and County Appraiser, Lois Schlegel. For the second half of the show, she spoke about the Battle of the Badges with American Red Cross Senior Donor Recruitment Representative, Kristi Ingalls; Riley County EMS Director, Larry Couchman; Manhattan Fire Assistant Chief, Sam Dameron and Riley County Police Public Information Officer, Mat Droge.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Rising junior Brian Rohleder was honored for his academic excellence on Monday, as he selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court for the 2013-14 season. To be eligible for the Honors Court, a student-athlete must be either a junior or senior academically and must boast a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2013-14 academic year. Rohleder was among a record-number 895 student-athletes from 335 colleges and universities to earn the distinction, including 14 from Big 12 institutions.
CHICAGO — About the only pitch that Chris Sale wouldn’t make Monday night was his case for the American League’s Cy Young Award. Sale pitched seven effective innings in his first outing since the All-Star break and Adam Dunn had two RBIs and scored a run to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the slumping Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Sale (9-1) wasn’t at his best, allowing seven hits and a walk in seven innings, but he worked out of jams in the fourth and sixth innings. He struck out eight and now has allowed…
Manhattan Firefighters were called out for the second time in a 12 hour time period, shortly before 11:30 Monday night, for a structure fire at 831 Colorado Street. Upon arrival, crews found a single story residential structure with smoke and fire showing from the rear area of the structure. Six fire apparatus and seventeen firefighters initially responded to the fire and it was contained within twenty minutes.The structure was vacant at the time of the fire. The owners are listed as Ben and Ralph Nyberg of Manhattan.Fire crews were still on the scene a couple of hours later extinguishing hot spots and performing overhaul.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge is encouraging government lawyers to review what he calls “substantial” blacked-out material given to defense attorneys for a man accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Wichita’s airport. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot told attorneys Monday he wants to move along as rapidly as possible the case of Terry Loewen, an avionics technician jailed on terrorism-related charges. Belot gave prosecutors 30 days to respond to a defense letter outlining evidence it contends should be disclosed. Loewen was arrested Dec. 13 after allegedly trying to bring inert explosives onto the tarmac at the airport, where…
Today on “The Game”…Big 12 media days kickoff in Dallas with KU, TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Royals are swept by Boston. Ken Corbett from the Topeka Capital Journal joins the show. “You Can’t Be Serious” wraps things up.