ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels traded left-hander Ervin Santana to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for minor league reliever Brandon Sisk. The Angels exercised Santana’s $13 million option for next season before trading the Dominican veteran and cash to the Royals. Santana has been a fixture in Los Angeles’ rotation since 2005, going 96-80 with a 4.33 ERA while spending his entire career with the Angels, who signed him as a free agent in 2000. He struggled for much of last season, going 9-13 with a 5.16 ERA despite significant improvements over the final two months. Santana…
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Flames from a derailed train car sent people rushing out of neighborhoods and an entire town near Louisville on Wednesday while firefighters tried to douse the chemical blaze. Some people forced from their homes faced a night in shelters. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/_1OzpABHzPI” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A southwestern Kansas woman who persuaded two teenage girls to pose nude for photographs is going to prison for producing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 42-year-old Rebecca Jo Tull, of Liberal, will have to register as a sex offender after completing her 15-year term. Court records show U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tull on Tuesday, giving her the minimum term under federal guidelines. Tull pleaded guilty in August to two counts. She admitted photographing the girls in 2008 and sending the images by computer to a person in Michigan. The Hutchinson News reports the…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Officials at a Kansas prison say three inmates in a segregation unit tried to hang themselves simultaneously. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in the administrative segregation unit at Hutchinson Medical Center. Prison officials released a statement Tuesday night saying only that four inmates had suffered some kind of medical emergency. More details, including the attempted hangings, were released Wednesday. Officials said a corrections officer made the discovery around 3 p.m. Tuesday and called for help to remove the inmates from the cell. One inmate was treated at the prison clinic. The other two were transferred to a…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas is seeking an increase of about 2.54 percent for room and board, starting next fall. The university says the proposed rate would increase the cost of a traditional residence hall double room to $3,902 per academic year. The cost of the dining plan would be $3,540. University officials are also proposing a $260 fee for Internet data service for each student, rather than having students pay the Internet provider. The Lawrence Journal-World reports university housing officials say if the increases are approved, Kansas’ housing and dining rates would remain below Big 12 and…
MULVANE, Kan. (AP) A parade planned in a southern Kansas town turned instead to a vigil after a 15-year-old girl died before she could return home. Residents in Mulvane decorated Main Street on Tuesday to welcome home Taylor Heersche, who had battled leukemia. The town rallied for four years to support Taylor and her family. But Taylor died at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just hours before she was to go home. Taylor, a sophomore at Mulvane High School, was diagnosed with the leukemia in May 2008, when she was 10. Her mother, DeAnne Heersche, told The Wichita Eagle…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) The leader of a northeastern Kansas school district has been named Kansas superintendent of the year. The Kansas City Star reports that Olathe’s Marlin Berry is the recipient of the award from the Kansas School Superintendents’ Association. The award was announced this week. It also allows Berry to select a high school senior for a $1,000 scholarship. The association says the award is based on “professionalism, communication, community involvement and leadership in meeting the needs of students.” Berry has been an administrator with Olathe Public Schools since 2007 and superintendent since 2010. He has also been superintendent…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State is conducting research that could help high-speed rail systems better handle winter conditions. The university is leading a three-year study that looks at the freeze-thaw durability of concrete railroad ties. The school says the work is essential in efforts to develop safe and durable high-speed rail systems. Assistant civil engineering professor Kyle Riding is collaborating with researchers from the university’s Institute of Environmental Research, the United Arab Emirates and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The commercial partners are the Canadian National Railroad and CXT Concrete Ties Inc. The Federal Railroad Association recently awarded Riding…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Thursday marks the start of the cold weather rule period in Kansas, restricting utility cutoffs for nonpayment of bills. The rule is in effect from Nov. 1 to March 31. It prohibits shutoffs of residential electricity or natural gas service when temperatures are expected to be at or below 35 degrees over the following 24 hours. Utilities also must contact a customer 24 hours before a disconnection, and offer a 12-month payment plan for the customer to maintain or re-establish service. The Kansas Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities, says residents can help control heating costs by keeping…