CHICAGO(AP) — It’s down to the last couple days of July, and the Kansas City Royals have an equal amount of wins and losses. It’s a small step, but it’s somewhere to start. Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sunday for their sixth consecutive victory. “This is a lot of fun,” Gordon said. “We have a lot of guys that are playing well and picking each other up and just a good team right now.” Kansas City (51-51) matched its longest winning streak of the season…
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Authorities have found a second body believed to be planned best man Mark Lennon after he and bride-to-be Lindsey Stewart were hurled off a speedboat that crashed near the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Pope Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach that drew a reported 3 million people, who cheered the first Latin American pope.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas City manager Ned Yost thought it was a hit. Greg Holland was preparing for a tie game. David Lough had other ideas. Lough made a terrific diving catch to rob Jeff Keppinger of a tying RBI single in the ninth inning, helping Wade Davis and the Royals beat Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Saturday night for their fifth consecutive victory. Lough’s grab in right was part of a terrific defensive performance for Kansas City. Center fielder Lorenzo Cain and shortstop Alcides Escobar also chipped in with two nice plays apiece. “We play great…
A bus carrying teens coming home from a church camp crashed on a busy Indianapolis thoroughfare, killing three people and sending more than two dozen others to area hospitals, officials said.
President Barack Obama has marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War by praising the sacrifice of those Americans who fought against North Korean and Chinese troops.
Riley county staff will be getting some new training . Administrative services director Clancy Holeman says he is currently developing a curriculum to help ensure quality control in regards to such items as employee evaluations, and technology. Holeman says the training is something he has been planning to do for some time, and will become more of a regular operating procedure as the staff works throughout the year. Some of the other training items include a new internet usage policy to modernize the current policy. Holeman says this will enable staff to react to some of the newer technology available…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Wichita cheer coach has been ordered to spend at least 42 years in prison for having sexual relations with four young girls. Twenty-nine-year-old Timothy Wells-Lee was convicted in April on 10 counts involving girls age 12 to 14 whom he coached at Wichita cheer academies between 2006 and 2008. KWCH-TV reports (http://bit.ly/17JnQmn ) Wells-Lee was sentenced Friday in Sedgwick County District Court to life plus 20 years, with a chance of parole after 25 years. The judge structured the sentence in such a way that Wells-Lee could not be paroled until he’s in his 70s.…
Press Release from the Riley County Police Department on Search and Arrest Warrants: MANHATTAN, KAN. – On Friday July 26, 2013, Riley County Police Department in conjunction with The Kansas Bureau of Investigations, Junction City Police Department, Geary County Sheriff’s Office, Salina Police Department, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, executed several arrest and search warrants related to ongoing investigations into area crime, to include the distribution of illegal narcotics. During a series of 13 search warrants many items were seized, to include drug paraphernalia, illegal narcotics, and weapons. A total of 17 subjects were taken…
A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi wearing a head band with Arabic writing that reads, “Sisi leave,” holds pictures of the former leader during a protest at Nasr City, where protesters have installed their camp and hold their daily rally, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 26, 2013. Political allies of Egypt’s military lined up behind its call for huge rallies Friday to show support for the country’s top general, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, pushing toward a collision with Islamist opponents demanding the return of Mohammed Morsi, the nation’s ousted president. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)