San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee offered the city ‘s thoughts and prayers toward passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing at least two people, and injuring many others.
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Over one hundred people gathered in the auditorium of Wamego High School tonight as well as to participate in a silent auction, with both events raising money for the victims of the Moore Oklahoma tornado. Wamego high student Alexis Pettay spearheaded the event, and she says she was inspired to do something for Moore after watching a benefit concert presented by country music star Blake Shelton. She asked her friend Maggie Shermoen to assist, and in just a matter of weeks, the two friends had everything ready for the fund raising event. Pettay says there were donation jars set up…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — The Kansas City Royals are starting to embrace quite the never-say-quit mentality. Trailing in the seventh inning? No need to worry. Game tied in the eight? Perfect position. Jarrod Dyson delivered an infield single with the bases loaded and two outs on Saturday, and stingy closer Greg Holland preserved the Royals’ scrappy 4-3 victory over Oakland with a perfect ninth inning that gave Kansas City its first win over the Athletics this season. “Sometimes games aren’t going to go our way, but we aren’t going to hang our heads,” said Dyson, who snapped an 0-for-11 skid…
An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety.
A large swath of a town in eastern Quebec was destroyed Saturday after a train carrying crude oil derailed, sparking several explosions and forcing the evacuation of up to 1,000 people.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita woman wants the thief who stole her purse to know she was also robbed of a very special possession: an urn with her father’s ashes. Melissa Stout told KAKE-TV that her purse was stolen from her car when she and her family were downtown Thursday night to watch fireworks. Stout says she has carried the ashes with her since her father died four years ago. She thought she was keeping them safe. She says everything else in the purse can be replaced, but the urn is priceless. Stout says she’s concerned that whoever took her…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new report shows Kansas collected nearly $87 million more in taxes than expected in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state Revenue Department said Friday that tax collections totaled about $6.2 billion in the 2013 fiscal year, nearly $160 million more than in the previous year. Collections in June were $567 million, about $25 million more than expected. New laws enacted last year reduced the state’s personal income tax rates and eliminated taxes on roughly 191,000 businesses in certain categories. The Legislature approved more tax cuts in its latest session.
When approaching the Friends of Fancy Creek Rifle Range, Kansas State University student, and Miss Kansas-Theresa Vail commented, “I’m totally in my element here”. Vail visited the range Saturday morning to do some shooting and promote her platform of empowering young women to overcome female stereotypes. Moving around was common for Vail, as she lived in a military home, and is one of nine children. She has lived in Kansas since 2003, and attended Leavenworth High School, where she was a member of the rifle team. Vail was unsure of the exact age she began shooting guns, but guessed “around…
Tommy Milone had the Royals number last night as he cruised into the ninth inning with a shutout brewing. Kansas City trailed 6-0 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, they would tack on three runs to make it interesting but the A’s would hold on for the 6-3 victory in game one of the series that was witnessed by over 35,000 fans at Kauffman Stadium. A’s closer Grant Balfour notched his 40th consecutive save to tie Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley’s franchise record. Milone retired his first 11 batters, and only twice allowed a ball to get out of the…
Two days after Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was ousted, the military is clashing with his supporters. The Egyptian Health Ministry says 10 people have been killed and more than 210 have been injured in violent protests around the country.