Riley County Fire crews responded to a few significant fires this past weekend, and one involved a large controlled burn that became out of control. During Monday’s county commission meeting, Fire Chief, Pat Collins shared the specifics. Crews responded to Fairview Church Road around 12:30 on Friday for a 600 acre prescribed burn that had gotten away from the owner. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found the 30 or more acres burning and the head fire moving quickly to the north. It had extended to the neighbor’s pasture, which had several cedar trees. By the time the fire was…
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Mary Lynn and Warren Staley, Avon, Colo., have made a gift of more than $2.5 million to establish an endowed chair for the director of the School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University. Warren Staley earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1965. He went on to receive a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University in 1967. He had a long and successful career at Cargill, retiring in 2007 from his position as CEO and chairman of the board. Staley is in the university’s College of Engineering Hall of Fame and…
Breakfast is now being served with a side of sticker shock. The cost of morning staples like bacon, coffee and orange juice is on the rise because of global supply problems.
Two California companies are developing unmanned watercraft to study the ocean. The ocean drones can stay at sea for months to gather scientific data, patrol borders and protect endangered reefs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — It is customary in baseball for a pitcher to be awarded a commemorative baseball after his first big league win, a nice keepsake to reflect upon years down the road. The Twins’ Phil Hughes did not earn his first win on Sunday. It only felt like it. His jokester teammates gave him a ball anyway. Hughes pitched into the seventh inning to win for the first time since last July, helping Minnesota to an 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals that also avoided a three-game sweep. It was Hughes’ first win in 18 outings, a…
A transcript released on Sunday showed the South Korean Ferry that sank last week was crippled with confusion and indecision that likely contributed to the officially 58 confirmed dead and over hundred more missing.
Runners of 118th Boston Marathon celebrated Easter at the Old South Church located less than a block from Monday’s marathon finish line. The church’s tradition is to give marathon runners a hand-knit scarf.
Darryn Sheppard hit a long home run and Adam Toth came up with a key RBI single in support of starting pitcher Daniel Castano who worked eight innings while battling in and out of trouble as Baylor won the final game of a Big 12 series from Kansas State with a 3-1 victory before 3,494 Saturday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Bears broke on top in the top of the third inning on an RBI groundout by Brett Doe which scored Logan Brown. K-State evened the score in their half of the third when Carter Yagi’s RBI double brought…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — Royals manager Ned Yost turned to pitching coach Dave Eiland in the fifth inning Saturday and told him that Kansas City was going to have to protect a one-run lead against Minnesota. The way his bullpen has been going, there was no need to worry. Danny Duffy, Wade Davis and Greg Holland allowed one walk and no hits over the final four innings, and the Royals held on for a scrappy 5-4 victory over the Twins. “They’ve been lights-out, and they’re starting to get accustomed to the season,” Yost said of his relief corps, which helped…
The captain of the Sewol Ferry was arrested on Saturday under charges of negligence and abandoning passengers when the ship started to sink. Two other crew members were also arrested.