KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Romeo Crennel is sticking with Matt Cassel for now. The Chiefs coach reiterated his stance today that Cassel will be the Kansas City Chiefs’ starting quarterback when the Baltimore Ravens visit Arrowhead Stadium this Sunday. Cassel has thrown seven picks and lost three fumbles through four games this season, and many fans are starting to call for Brady Quinn to get a shot at the job. Quinn hasn’t started a game since 2009 with Cleveland. Crennel did leave open the possibility that Quinn could see action against the Ravens as well.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Miguel Cabrera had four hits, including a homer during a five-run sixth inning, and the Detroit Tigers held off the Kansas City Royals 6-3 Monday night to clinch the AL Central title. Gerald Laird added a bases-loaded double, Rick Porcello (10-12) pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning and Jhonny Peralta went deep off Bruce Chen (11-14) to help Detroit reach the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1934-35. After hanging over the dugout railing the entire ninth inning, the Tigers streamed onto the field and behind the pitchers’ mound to celebrate their…
A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens in the deadliest accident to strike the Chinese territory in years.
The first presidential debate will be held Wednesday in Denver. Crews are working to assemble the debate stage on the The University of Denver campus.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has sued the family of a deceased Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who worked on the 1959 murders that became the subject of Truman Capote’s novel “In Cold Blood.” The lawsuit seeks a decision on the legal ownership of Harold Nye’s case files on the murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb. The items appeared on an online auction site earlier this year. Attorney General Derek Schmidt wants a judge to order their return and prohibit their sale, publication or distribution. A Shawnee County judge temporarily blocked their sale last week. In a statement Monday, Schmidt…
Police in Riley County say foul play is not suspected in the death of a Fort Riley soldier at his home off the northeast Kansas post. Police told reporters Monday that a relative found Sgt. Duriel Powell, 33, not breathing Friday at his home in Ogden. Emergency medical personnel determined Powell was deceased. Riley County Police Lt. Josh Kyle says there were no signs of foul play, and an autopsy will be conducted. Officials with the 1st Infantry Division say Powell was a field artillery radar operator. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas education officials say the achievement gap between rich and poor and minority and non-minority students grew less this year than initially thought. The state Education Department issued a news release Monday blaming a mistake in calculating results of assessment tests. The problem arose from how the state dealt with three districts that don’t give their older students the standard state exam. McPherson, Clifton-Clyde and Kansas City, Kan., are using different tests after receiving waivers from the No Child Left Behind education law. Scores on the alternative exams were converted for use in calculating statewide results. But…
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The Cowley County prosecutor says a response is planned to an appeal from a death row inmate convicted in the 2007 murder of a Cowley County student. Justin Thurber of Arkansas City filed the appeal with the Kansas Supreme Court in July, contending that several errors were made during his trial. Thurber was convicted in February 2009 in the death of Jodi Sanderholm, 19, whose battered body was found in January 2007 in the Kaw Wildlife Area. The appeal contends several errors were significant enough to reverse the verdict. The Arkansas City Traveler reports Cowley County…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A first-edition, autographed copy of “In Cold Blood” that was once found at an estate sale will be housed at Washburn University. Tom Averill, the writer in residence at Washburn, donated the book to the university’s Thomas Fox Averill Kansas Studies Collection after it was given to him by a student. The volume is autographed by Truman Capote, who wrote the book about the infamous 1959 killings of the Clutter family in Holcomb The book is also signed by six Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents and administrators who helped catch killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Former employees of Topeka State Hospital want a permanent reminder of the 1,157 patients who were buried on the grounds of the now-closed hospital. Two of the employees, Barbara Hauschild and Marlene Shelton, are trying to raise money for a granite marker for the spot where the patients were buried from 1879 to 1954, mostly in unmarked graves. The new marker will read “Topeka State Hospital Cemetery, 1879-1954.” They want to place the marker in front of two exisiting granite monuments, which contain the patients’ names. The Topeka Capital Journal reports the new marker, which would stand…