DETROIT (AP) Alex Gordon’s grand slam highlighted a five-run 10th inning for the Kansas City Royals, who rallied against the Detroit bullpen for an 8-3 win Thursday after Tigers ace Justin Verlander left with a thumb injury. George Kottaras put the Royals ahead 4-3 with a bases-loaded walk off Phil Coke (0-3). Darin Downs came on for Detroit after that, but Gordon broke the game open one out later with his homer over the center-field wall. Verlander is day-to-day with what the team said was cracked skin on his throwing thumb. The right-hander allowed two runs one earned in seven…
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With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers. A House vote on the measure could occur on Friday.
Most of us at age 13, probably weren’t playing piano pieces by Beethoven and Mozart, with ease. However that’s just what 13 year-old Manhattan resident, Barry Zhang , loves to do. “Working on the piano is very hard, and you have to do a lot of it to be able to just maintain the level you are with the pieces you’re playing. But what makes it fun, is going to a competition and then performing,” said Barry Zhang. Barry started playing piano at just five years of age and has astounded his teachers ever since. “He is, at age 13, playing music…
The K-18 traffic switch has been completed in Riley County. This means that eastbound and westbound K-18 from 56th Avenue to just west of K-113/Seth Child Road have been moved to the new westbound K-18 lanes and are reduced to one lane in each direction for pavement reconstruction work. Drivers, remember to allow some extra time for your daily peak hour commutes for the next week or so until traffic adjusts to the new traffic configuration. All work on the K-18 Project is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2013.
After Tuesday’s press conference, more news has come of happenings in Washington surrounding the furloughs of air traffic controllers. In a press release Thursday, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), author of the Protect Our Skies Act, released the following statement on the Senate’s unanimous passage of a bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing at the FAA: “Something rare has happened in Washington; the Senate came together on a bipartisan basis to put common sense…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita woman had a nasty surprise when she discovered a pipe bomb among items she brought home from a self-storage unit. KSNW-TV reports the explosive device turned up Thursday while the woman was going through bags of items she retrieved from the storage unit to prepare for a garage sale. The device was described as a length of plastic pipe with a fuse sticking out. The woman called police, who summoned the bomb squad and cleared parts of the neighborhood. The bomb squad detonated the device without incident. Police are trying to figure out who put…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) A 13-year-old northeast Kansas boy is recovering from minor burns on his face after another boy threw flaming hand sanitizer at him. KSHB-TV reports the incident happened Wednesday at a middle school in Shawnee. Police say the 12-year-old poured hand sanitizer on his own hand, lit it on fire and flicked it toward the 13-year-old. A school nurse treated the older boy’s face before his parents took him to a doctor. The 12-year-old is facing juvenile charges. Investigators say he told officers he learned what he thought was a party trick from an older student. Police said…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina Mayor Barb Shirley has joined a national group of mayors who support gay marriage. Shirley’s announcement Wednesday that she had joined Mayors for Freedom to Marry came six months after Salina voters repealed protections from discrimination for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered. The mayor says she has no tolerance for any type of discrimination, and she wants all people to have the same civil rights. Shirley joins more than 350 other mayors across the country in the group. The Salina Journal reports she is believed to be the first mayor in Kansas to…
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas police instructor charged with killing his wife is seeking to introduce evidence about her personal problems at his trial. Attorneys for Brett T. Seacat asked during a hearing Wednesday to introduce evidence about Vashti Seacat’s alleged suicide attempt, depression and multiple affairs. Seacat is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2011 shooting death of his wife. His attorneys argue the evidence would support their argument that Vashti Seacat, 34, committed suicide. The Hutchinson News reports prosecutors argued that Seacat is making “wild accusations” that are based only on his statements. Vashti Seacat died…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has granted a defense request to delay the trial of a Kansas veteran accused of illegally possessing explosives U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Wednesday rescheduled until July 16 the trial for Alfred Dutton because of a scheduling conflict. The Army and Marine veteran from Eureka had been set to go to trial on May 7. Dutton is charged with unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices. He is accused of having possessed one or more grenade bodies and the necessary parts to convert them into a destructive device. An appeals court earlier this…