Author: KMAN Staff
CHICAGO (AP) The Kansas City Royals lost their starting pitcher in the first inning and were in the middle of a listless day at the plate before Johnny Giavotella turned it all around with one big swing. Giavotella hit a two-run double off Matt Thornton in the seventh inning and Jeff Francoeur belted his first homer of the season, leading the Royals to a 9-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Sunday. “We were dead and (Giavotella) put up a huge at-bat against a guy who’s not easy to hit and throws 97,” Francoeur said. “So I…
Arrests Angel Acosta, Jr., 22, Junction City, Kan., for disorderly conduct. Bond set at $750. Evan Henley, Jr., 26, 1019 Pottawatomie Ct., for domestic battery and battery. Bond set at $2,000. Kenny Lee Malone, 27, 1114 Garden Way, Apartment B, for extradition of an imprisoned person. No bond. Jimmy E. Graham, 49, Coffeyville, Kan., for domestic battery. Bond set at $500. Cyrisha Ann Graham, 24, Dunwood, Ga., for domestic battery. Bond set at $500. Jacqueline Marie Murphy, 35, 501 Stone Dr., No. 1108, for driving under the influence. Bond set at $750. Michael Remon Chase Diamond, 27, 512 Bluemont Ave.,…
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) Sebastian Grazzini and Dominic Oduro scored in the second half to help the Chicago Fire beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Saturday night. Chicago, fourth in the Eastern Conference, improved to 4-2-3 overall and 3-1-2 in its last six game. Eastern Conference-leading Kansas City has lost three straight to drop to 7-3-0. Oduro broke a tie in the 81st minute with his team-leading fourth goal of the season. Kansas City forward Kei Kamara misplayed a loose ball 5 yards from his goal, and Chicago’s Patrick Nyarko fed Oduro in the middle for an easy shot past goalkeeper…
CHICAGO (AP) The Kansas City Royals have reinstated right-handed reliever Greg Holland from the 15-day disabled list. The team also optioned right-hander Nate Adcock to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. Holland is 0-2 with an 11.37 ERA in seven appearances. He last pitched on April 20 when he gave up three runs on three hits and two walks without recording an out. He was placed on the DL April 21 with a left rib stress reaction. Adcock made three relief appearances for Kansas City since being called up at the end of April, allowing three runs in 9 1-3 innings. The…
Authorities in Geary County are investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place early Sunday morning. At about 2 a.m. Geary County Sheriff’s Department deputies were assisting officers from the Junction City Police Department with monitoring the parking lot at Club Eve located at 713 South Washington Street in Junction City at closing time. A disturbance then broke out and one subject fled behind the building and produced a firearm. The subject was shot one time and collapsed. The unidentified subject was trasnsported to Geary Community Hospital by Junction City EMS and later airlifted by Life Star to to Stormont Vail…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A boy has been killed in a hunting accident in Pottawatomie County, and investigators say there are no signs of foul play. Sheriff Greg Riat says the accident was reported around 7:15 a.m. Saturday in the northeast part of the county. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the boy was taken from the scene to a local hospital, where he died from a gunshot wound. The victim’s identity and age weren’t being released Saturday. Riat says more details about the accident will be released at a later date.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An elderly Topeka man has died after his riding lawnmower slid down an embankment, overturned in a pond and pinned him beneath it. WIBW (identified the man as 84-year-old Wilbur Johnson, who was a caretaker of the property he was mowing when the accident happened. Fire crews used a wench to free the man, who was already dead. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s office says emergency crews were called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m. Friday. Area homeowners found Johnson after seeing him mowing along the edge of the pond earlier in the day.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators who are drafting the final version of a $14.1 billion state budget are narrowing their discussions to their biggest differences. House and Senate negotiators met for about two hours Saturday to work on the spending plan for state government for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There were dozens of differences between the two chambers on items in the budget. The negotiators stuck to minor issues during Saturday’s talks, such as the amount the Department on Aging should reimburse providers of services to the elderly for their payroll expenses. The negotiators plan to resume…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislative leaders are describing relations in the Statehouse in military terms, saying war has been declared on moderate Republicans by the party’s conservative wing and Gov. Sam Brownback. The tensions and mistrust among the GOP, which controls both chambers of the Legislature, has stood as an impediment to completing work on the state budget, school finance, pension revisions and drawing new political boundaries. Friday was the 90-day deadline for the 2012 session, one that will now drag into next week. Brownback says he isn’t at war with moderate GOP senators, but wants them to get their work…