Danny Duffy made his first start on the mound in over a year after recovering from Tommy John surgery. At times he looked phenomenal, and at times he looked spotty. Duffy needed 90 plus pitches just to get over three innings of work, he did strike out seven during that span. He was replaced by Louis Coleman and the bullpen stayed true in a 5-2 victory for Kansas City. Once Duffy left the game, Louis Coleman (2-0) and three more Kansas City relievers managed to navigate the next four plus innings. All-Star closer Greg Holland worked around a single by…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for a Manhattan doctor accused of having employees illegally dispense prescriptions are trying again to persuade a federal judge that he won’t flee if he’s released on bail. Dr. Michael P. Schuster’s lawyers said in a federal court filing Wednesday that the Manhattan doctor’s wife has moved $474,000 from overseas accounts back to the U.S. since May. The defense also said the couple is willing to surrender personal property and the deeds to their real estate holdings. Schuster is being held without bail on four counts involving what authorities contend was the illegal distribution of drugs…
At Wednesday’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting, a decision was made on which direction the budget for the 2013-2014 school year will go, but the decision was far from unanimous as it ended with a split vote of 4-3. The three opposing Option 4 of the budget was board members Aaron Estabrook, Darrel Edie, and Leah Fliter. Option 4 would increase the mill levy to 52.464, which for home owners would be a $73 increase. The notice was approved for publication and will be brought back at their next meeting on August 21. At Anthony Middle School, some 7th grade…
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A south-central Kansas police chief is leaving his department Sept. 23 for a job in Central America. Sean Wallace has been with the Arkansas City Police Department for 20 years, the last seven as chief. Wallace told KAKE-TV on Wednesday he has a one-year contract with the U.S. State Department to serve as a community policing adviser in Guatemala. Wallace is a fluent Spanish-speaker and has provided international police training in the past. His wife, Robin Wallace, is an assistant principal at Derby High School and will remain with the district for the next academic year.…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) Authorities in northeast Kansas say a small alligator spotted in a lake was shot and wounded in the snout before it could be rescued. Fishermen spotted the 3-foot-long alligator on Saturday in Atchison County Lake. Sheriff’s deputies monitored the animal until the Atchison County Humane Society helped catch it Monday using a dog kennel and other tools. KMBC-TV reports that investigators learned of the shooting while arranging to transfer the alligator to a sanctuary near Lee’s Summit, Mo. Experts at the Monkey Island sanctuary say the bullet traveled between the gator’s eyes through its body. They expect…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) Union Pacific crews are starting to clear out tons of chicken meal that spilled in Hays after a mid-July train derailment. The meal, destined for use in making cat food, has been giving off a powerful odor that’s drawn complaints from residents of the northwest Kansas community. But Dan Wells, an administrator with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, tells KAYS-AM there’s no danger to public health. Eighteen cars of a westbound Union Pacific train went off the tracks July 16 when the train hit a standing train. A car containing the chicken meal split in…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Police say two alert employees caught and held a man who allegedly was trying to burglarize a Cargill plant in Topeka. Topeka police Sgt. Steve Roth says the employees saw the man break into a fenced-in area that holds heavy equipment on Tuesday night. When the employees ran into the area, the man was “messing with” a utility vehicle. Roth says the man took off running but the employees caught him, subdued him and then held him until police arrived. Roth tells The Topeka Capital-Journal the employees did all the work and “I just showed up and…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) A man who shot a fleeing suspect after a home invasion in Pittsburg has accepted a plea deal. Kyle S. Taggart, 28, was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on an attempted murder charge. But court records indicate he entered a plea of no contest to aggravated battery on July 31. Prosecutors will recommend he serve 30 days in jail and then be on probation for four years. Taggart shot Mitchell E. Owens, 19, of Kansas City, as Owens and two other men were fleeing from a robbery at a Pittsburg home in April 2012. Taggart was…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks schools as USD 383 school board members Darrell Edie and Aaron Estabrook and Superintendnet Bob Shannon stop in, followed by A. David Stewart , Associate Dean of Division of Continuing Education at Kansas State. [mp3-jplayer]
A federal judge has upheld a magistrate’s ruling that BP must pay more than $130 million in fees to the court-supervised administrator of a multibillion-dollar settlement over the company’s 2010 Gulf oil spill.