Next week the 38th annual Kaw Valley Rodeo will be making its way to Manhattan next weekend. The event will include the popular bull riding events each night and contests for children including a calf scramble. The rodeo will be open from July 25 through July 27. Prices for the event range from $10 for advanced adult tickets to $4 for children. For more information about the rodeo, visit kawvalleyrodeo.com
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Miguel Cabrera and Andy Dirks homered as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday to avoid being swept. Doug Fister picked up the victory with six strong innings, yielding a run, while allowing six hits and striking out five and walking one. Cabrera, who is second in the league with 31 home runs to Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles, drove a 1-1 pitch out to left in the first inning. Miguel Tejada tied it in the second with his third home run of the season and the 307th of his…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old Topeka woman has been charged in the shooting of a 51-year-old Lawrence man. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Douglas County prosecutors on Friday charged Brittny M. Adams with second-degree murder in the death of 51-year-old Gary Edens, who was shot and killed at his home Wednesday. Adams was arrested in Topeka on Wednesday and is being held in the Douglas County jail on $100,000 bond. Jonathan R. Rush, of Wichita, is also charged in the case with aggravated assault, obstruction and criminal possession of a firearm. He’s being held on $75,000 bond. It’s unclear if…
Sunset Cemetery plays host to over 293 deceased Civil War veterans, some of which died in battle, and others that lived on past the war. During Saturday morning’s tour-“The Blue and the Grey: Stories of Civil War Soldiers in Sunset Cemetery”, Riley County Historical Museum Director, Cheryl Collins shared stories of some of those soldiers. The tour began at 10:30 at the front gate of the cemetery. Attendees were able to hear stories about: Lou Gove, Kansas’s Gove County is named after Doctor John Robinson, first Kansas Secretary of State Louis Marchant, served in union army Charles Frederick Little, Doctor…
Over one hundred and thirty people, all with an interest in sustainability, gathered in the auditorium of Seaton hall on the campus of Kansas State University today to learn about sustainability, as well as to discuss how to move it forward into the future. According to Myles Alexander, who is the Program Coordinator for the Institute of Civil Discourse and Democracy, there are two main topic the event was focusing on. The first focused on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to meet adopted standards, and the second dealt with community sustainability and resilience. Director of Sustainability at K-State Dr.…
Ervin Santana could be traded before the end of the month, and his superb effort Friday might make some teams interested. Santana allowed two singles in 7 1/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Santana didn’t allow a runner to reach second base as he walked just one batter and struck out six Tigers. The third-place Royals are seven games behind the first-place Tigers. The lone run of the game came in the first inning off an RBI single by Billy Butler. Game two of the…
Head Coach Bill Snyder didn’t have to go far to find his next fullback. Manhattan High’s Winston Dimel committed to K-State on Friday, and will likely move from tight end to fullback with the Wildcats. [mp3-jplayer] “I talked to Coach Snyder today,” Dimel said. “He said I would play kind of like (current K-State fullback) Glenn Gronkowski does. A fullback and an H-back.” Being the son of K-State co-offensive coordinator Dana Dimel, Winston is no stranger to the K-State program. His position coach at K-State would be his father who also serves as the running backs coach for the Wildcats.…
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Hoping to provide “context” to the Travyon Martin controversy, President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday. He said black Americans feel pain after the verdict because of a “history that doesn’t go away.”
Detroit has filed for Chapter 9 Federal Bankruptcy Protection, making it the largest US city to make such a filing. The move comes after years of financial struggles.