DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Tony Stewart charged past Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth on the final lap Saturday night, then held on to win as his challengers stacked up in a melee at Daytona International Speedway. Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle likely would have made one final attempt to beat Stewart, but Biffle wiggled and cars began sliding all over the track. Nobody could then catch Stewart, who sailed away to his third win of the season. The defending Sprint Cup Series champion is tied with Brad Keselowski for most wins this season. Roughly 90 minutes…
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Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
Ernest Borgnine – who won an Oscar for his role in the 1955 film ‘Marty’ and played the commander in the 1960’s TV series ‘McHale’s Navy’ – has died in Los Angeles.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for a Kansas official argue in federal court filings that critics of a law restricting insurance coverage for abortions haven’t shown that it burdens women seeking to end their pregnancies. Lawyers for Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to uphold the 2011 statute without a trial in a lawsuit filed against it by the American Civil Liberties Union. The law prohibits insurance companies from offering abortion coverage as part of general health plans, except when a woman’s life is at risk. Kansas residents who want coverage for elective abortions must…
(AP) A Culvert Replacement project will close K-31 4 miles east of the K-99 junction in Wabaunsee County starting on Monday. Both Eastbound and Westbound K-31 will be closed to all through traffic from the west city limits of Harveyville west to the K-99 junction. Work will take place Monday through Friday during the daylight hours, with some occasional Saturday work expected. A marked detour will be provided. Westbound traffic will detour on K-31 east to Burlingame, then south on US-56/K-31 to the US-56/K-31 junction north of Osage City, then west on US-56 to the K-99 junction just north of…
In early June, Dennis Peterson Riley County Noxious Weed & Hazardous Waste Director, reported to Riley County Commissioners that his department would begin the process of no longer collecting E-Waste from the public starting in July. Late last week, Peterson reported to Commissioners on the status of the transition. “The switch over is going way better than I ever expected,” Peterson says. “We were averaging about 25 participants a week bringing us e-waste in the first two weeks of June and the last two weeks we had nine last week and four the week before.” With the transition, Howie’s Recycling is now the only…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a Wichita woman stripped nude in a police car and kicked out of a window. The Wichita Eagle reported that it happened Friday night when police responded to report that a 35-year-old was exposing herself to residents at an apartment complex. Police Sgt. Scott Brunow says the woman was partially clothed when officers arrived. She was arrested, handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol car, where she managed to undress herself. Police say she then kicked out a side rear window. The woman was arrested on suspicion of public nudity and criminal…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Records have been sealed in the case against a Topeka man charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of an 18-year-old woman. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that a Shawnee County judge agreed Friday to close to the public all pretrial motions, responses and replies in the case of 20-year-old Dustin J. Leftwich. His newly appointed defense attorney made the request. Leftwich is accused of hitting recent Seaman High School graduate Brenna Morgart with a vehicle. Her body was found May 25 in a field about three miles away. Leftwich is also charged with aggravated assault…
In Ogden, a homeless woman was charged with two misdemeanors and one felony. 25 year old Casey Lindley, was arrested at 6:30 a.m. yesterday (Friday) morning. Lindley was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude, suspended drivers license and unlawful operation of a vehicle. Lindley is currently confined on a $5,000 bond. A Manhattan man faces a hefty fine after being arrested on two charges. 22 year old Derek Brown, was arrested around 3:45 p.m. yesterday (Friday) for unlawful possession of drugs and a DUI. Brown now faces a $2,500 bond.
President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday maintaining jobs on transportation projects and preventing interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, saying it would “make a real difference” for millions of Americans.