KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Yordano Ventura threw six innings in his return from a sore elbow, and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday night and end a string of eight straight home losses to their in-state rivals. Ventura was skipped his previous time through the rotation because of minor elbow pain, but he looked sharp in his return. The Royals rallied for three runs off Michael Wacha to take the lead in the sixth inning, and Francisley Bueno and Wade Davis each pitched a perfect inning in relief of Ventura. Greg Holland struck…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals selected TCU left-hander Brandon Finnegan with their first-round pick in Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft Thursday night. Scouts are divided on whether Finnegan projects as a starter or reliever. The 5-foot-11 junior dealt with a stiff shoulder this past season, raising concerns about his durability. Finnegan’s fastball has been clocked in the upper 90s, though it tends to sit between 90 and 95 mph. He also has a curveball and slider that are both developing. Finnegan is 8-3 with a 2.07 ERA, along with 122 strikeouts for the Horned Frogs this…
As the sun rose over Omaha Beach in France on Friday D-Day veterans from the US 29th Infantry Division stood at attention alongside serving soldiers at 6:30 a.m., exactly the moment on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops first waded ashore.
When a lone gunman armed with a shotgun at a small Seattle university stopped firing at students to reload, another student pepper-sprayed him and subdued him with the help of others and prevented more deaths, police said
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As KMAN has previously reported, the annual Law Enforcement Torch Ru,n to benefit the Special Olympics of Kansas, took place Thursday. Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer, Mat Droge shared the details of how the day went. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nXW_T7GWZI
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Manhattan Public Library Public Relations Coordinator, Danielle Schapaugh, as well as Manhattan Building Official, Brad Claussen.
“This is a good day to talk about this” said Representative of the 66th District, Sydney Carlin jokingly, as it pounded down rain Thursday morning while three legislators and Riley County Commissioners discussed flood management. County Commissioner, Dave Lewis spoke largely on the subject, as he lives in an area where flood insurance has become a large concern. He mentioned some of his neighbors could be paying around $4,000-$5,000 every year in flood insurance. This legislative delegation breakfast was held prior to the county commission meeting that day. Besides Representative Carlin, Representative of the 67th District, Tom Phillips and Senator,…
This past school year, Manhattan Christian College, in partnership with KU medical center, created a program to train preachers who work with medical patients. Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram says students in the program help patients and families in difficult situations. “From their first weekend they weren’t residents, they weren’t volunteers, their name badge said chaplain. If there was a shooting in the night and the family came into the E.R. and they needed a chaplain there to help navigate all of that, it was our student,” Ingram said. Ingram said the program is an example of how his college…
Updated Friday 5:30 a.m. About 400 Riley County Westar Energy customers were without power for several hours Thursday, due to the morning storm which moved through the area, downing trees into power lines. A Westar spokesman indicated the number remained right around 400 since calls began coming in at about 7:30 a.m. through much of Thursday afternoon. A reminder if you’re without power to contact Westar by logging in to their website at westarenergy.com or by calling 1-800 LIGHT-KS or 1-800-544-4857. The spokesman stresses not to assume Westar knows of your outage. At last report all Riley, Pottawatomie…