KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have drafted San Francisco right-hander Kyle Zimmer with the fifth overall pick, adding an advanced arm to an organization starved for pitching. The Royals picked Zimmer over Stanford’s Mark Appel, who many believe was the best pitcher available. Zimmer is a converted third baseman whose fastball reaches into the upper 90s. Like most small-market clubs, Kansas City is forced to build largely through the draft, and is just now enjoying a wave of position players from their farm system. But the Royals have been largely unable to land a front-line starting…
Author: KMAN Staff
A resurfacing project will begin on a 6.8-mile stretch of eastbound and westbound K-18 Tuesday from the east edge of Manhattan at the K-177/K-18 junction east to Zeandale in Riley County. Project work includes the milling away of 1.5-inches of existing pavement followed by the application of a 1.5-inch overlay of new asphalt, along with the addition of a 2-foot wide rock wedge on the shoulders, and new pavement markings on the resurfaced stretch of K-18. Eastbound and westbound K-18 will be reduced to one lane in both directions for several miles at a time. Traffic will be directed through the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a Canadian man found in Michigan last week with a 12-year-old Kansas girl he met on the Internet. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 20-year-old Stewart Kenneth Cody McGill of Bewdley, Ontario, was charged Monday with transporting a minor out of state to have sex. Authorities say McGill traveled to the south-central Kansas town of El Dorado to meet the girl. Her parents reported her missing Thursday afternoon. They were found Friday near Potterville, Mich., southwest of Lansing. The girl told authorities she went with McGill willingly. According to court documents, McGill…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service is reporting that 20 percent of the state’s winter wheat crop had been harvested as of Sunday. The agency said Monday that southeast Kansas is farthest along, with half of its wheat now in the bin. Farmers in south-central Kansas have cut 44 percent of their crop. About 62 percent of the wheat crop has now matured, compared with an average of only 2 percent at this point in the season. Just 4 percent of the wheat has not yet turned color. The new report says 24 percent of the wheat is…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House member has been released from a subpoena issued by a district attorney investigating private meetings of lawmakers with Gov. Sam Brownback. Olathe Republican Scott Schwab says he was released Monday after signing a statement saying he didn’t attend a private dinner in January at Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence. A spokesman for Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor confirmed that Schwab no longer faces the subpoena. Taylor, a Democrat, is investigating seven private meetings the Republican governor had with lawmakers. Brownback invited more than 90 lawmakers, all but one a Republican, grouping them by…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor is claiming that her message was “divinely inspired.” Angel Dillard made the assertion in a recent filing in federal court. The Valley Center woman is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department under a law aimed at protecting access to abortion services. Authorities say Dillard wrote to Dr. Mila Means last year warning her to check daily under her car because someone might place an explosive there. At the time, Means was training to offer abortions in Wichita. Dillard contends the lawsuit violates…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas Court of Appeals judges and three district court judges have been appointed to hear a disciplinary case against former Attorney General Phill Kline. The judges appointed Monday will sit with two state Supreme Court justices to review the case. The high court’s five other justices removed themselves last month, citing their previous knowledge of the allegations. A complaint accuses Kline and former subordinates of misleading other officials to further investigations of abortion providers. Kline strongly disputes the allegations Supreme Court Justice Dan Biles, one of the two remaining to hear the case, named the replacements.…
TECUMSEH, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities say the death of a Tecumseh couple last week likely was a murder-suicide. The county sheriff’s office says in a news release that an investigation indicated 57-year-old Andrew Jackson Jr. shot his estranged wife, 52-year-old Carolyn R. Jackson, and then shot himself. Their bodies were found in their home last Tuesday. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the couple was separated and going through a divorce. They had been married 30 years and had three adult children. The sheriff is waiting for reports from the county coroner before making a final ruling.