KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie lasted six shaky innings and the Kansas City bullpen held off the Minnesota Twins the rest of the way Wednesday night, wrapping up a 4-1 victory that ended the Royals’ franchise-record 11-game home losing streak. It had been exactly one month since Kansas City won a game at Kauffman Stadium, a period marked by offensive ineptitude that had resulted in a precipitous slide into last place in the AL Central. The Twins jumped out to a first-inning lead off Guthrie (6-3), but the right-hander escaped a bases-loaded jam. The Royals answered in the bottom…
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GALENA, Kan. (AP) The Galena School District will begin improvement projects at some of its schools after voters easily approved a $7.5 million bond issue. The Cherokee County clerk’s office said the issue passed Tuesday by a 346-135 margin. The Joplin Globe reports the bond issue will pay for additional classroom space at Spring Grove Elementary and Galena High School and areas to be used as tornado shelters. The bonds also will pay for a new high school gymnasium with locker rooms, a concession area, a fitness room and a walking track. School officials say the projects should be completed…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas plans to offer 15 new online graduate programs through its School of Education. University officials say they have signed a contract with Illinois-based Everspring to offer the classes during the next five years. Currently, the university offers only two online programs. The university says Everspring will split the tuition revenue with the university. Kansas will be Everspring’s first major client. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Everspring will package content and intellectual property already used by the university’s education faculty for online classes. The company also will handle marketing and recruitment for the courses. The…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City, Mo., man accused of mortgage fraud has been sentenced to about a year in federal prison. The U.S. attorney’s office for Kansas said in a release Wednesday that Michael D. Robinson,36, was sentenced to a year and a day after pleading guilty earlier to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The prosecutor’s office says Robinson admitted that he bought houses that were being foreclosed, and provided false information to mortgage lenders. Robinson admitted putting money into a bank account in a buyer’s name to make it appear to the lender that the buyer qualified…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Some hotel operators in Garden City say they’re losing business because of the local ban on smoking in most public places. The Garden City Telegram reports eight hotel operators presented a letter to the City Commission on Tuesday asking the city to consider changing the ordinance. The 2007 restrictions ban smoking in such places as hotels, restaurants and bars, private clubs and public seating areas at ball fields and grandstands. Barrett Patel, with the Magnuson Hotel, says he’s losing business from truckers and other travelers to hotels in Dodge City, Liberal and elsewhere that do allow…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A longtime advocate for children and victims of domestic violence has been named director of victim services in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Department Secretary Ray Roberts announced the appointment of Audrey Cress on Wednesday. The Office of Victim Services provides information such as inmate status to the victims of offenders serving time in the Kansas prison system. Cress has worked since 2007 with SAFEHOME Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to reduce domestic violence through a variety of programs. Before that she worked for The Family Conservancy, which promotes healthy childhood development.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with USD 383 School board member Curt Herrman and Supt. Bob Shannon, followed by Ruth Dyer, senior vice provost for academic affairs at Kansas State. *Due to technical problems, we unfortunately do not have the third segment of today’s show. [mp3-jplayer]
Starting off the evening, the Manhattan Ogden school board began tackling the Manhattan High School East Campus and the preliminary facility study. During the presentation, questions began to arise as to how long the fixes would last and when a new building may be needed. But as the consultants task, they were just to come up with what needs to be done and what can be done to the building. In the end, it’s up to the board to make the final decision. One board member brought up the thought of reformatting the schools to utilize the space better by…
More than a dozen people were hurt and another killed when a building being demolished collapsed in Philadelphia Wednesday.
Penn State’s trustees sat down with the Associated Press to promote the reforms they’ve adopted as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. They want the NCAA to reconsider the crippling penalties before they are due to expire.