KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain has been placed on the disabled list with a left groin strain, taking him out of the lineup as the team returns to Kansas City for its home opener. Cain hurt the groin when he bumped into the wall while chasing a flyball off the bat of Oakland’s Daric Barton in the second inning of a 3-0 victory Tuesday night. Cain was held out of the lineup Wednesday and placed on the DL on Thursday. Kansas City plays its home opener Friday against the Cleveland Indians. Cain took over in centerfield…
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The Riley County Law board has passed the 2012 Riley County police budget on Thursday night in a special board meeting. Riley County Police Director Bradley Schoen’s contract was renewed for another year, and he told KMAN he’s satisfied with the new budget which hires two new police officers, and two civilians. The two civilians will take the places of two officers who are currently working in those positions, and allow them to get back out onto the streets. Director Schoen’s contract was also renewed for the year. Riley County Law Board Chair Karen McCulloh told KMAN her thoughts on…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Amtrak officials say if money isn’t found by the end of 2014 to fix railroad lines it uses in Kansas, the rail service will likely move one of its routes out of the state by 2016. The track Amtrak uses for its Southwest Chief route is owned by BNSF Railway. The rail line between Hutchinson and Garden City is in such bad shape that Amtrak is forced to slow down its trains in Kansas. The Hutchinson News reports Amtrak officials said Thursday in Garden City that the rail service would need some assurance by 2014 that funds…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators have postponed deciding whether a doctor should lose her license over allegations of substandard care for young patients she referred to the late Dr. George Tiller for late-term abortions. The State Board of Healing Arts decided Friday that it would wait until June 22 to take up the case of Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus, from Nortonville in northeast Kansas. In February, an administrative judge ordered the revocation of Neuhaus’ license, concluding she had performed inadequate mental health exams in 2003 on 11 patients, aged 10 to 18. The board must decide whether to accept the…
SEDAN, Kan. (AP) Television documentary producer Bill Kurtis is selling part of his Red Buffalo Ranch near Sedan. Kurtis has purchased land in Chautauqua County and several buildings in Sedan since the 1990s. He said Thursday that he is selling land on the north end of his ranch because he wants to pay off some debt. He is not selling the part of the ranch that includes Butcher Falls, considered to be one of the most scenic waterfalls in Kansas. He also plans to keep a buffalo herd on the ranch. The Wichita Eagle reports the 3,600 acres will be…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) The Garden City Fire Department has temporarily lifted a burn ban in Finney County that has been in place since last year. Fire Chief Allen Shelton said in a news release Thursday that enough rain had fallen in recent weeks to allow a temporary lifting of the ban, which began April 5, 2011. The Garden City Telegram reports that open fires still are prohibited by ordinance in Garden City. But Finney County residents now can burn according to Kansas regulations. Shelton says state law still requires residents to alert the fire department before a burn. Residents…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) The first class at the University of Kansas Medical School in Salina has the opportunity to work in a modern, state-of-the-art anatomy lab. On Thursday, the students and school officials held a ceremony to thank Russell physician Dr. Earl Merkel and his wife, Kathleen, whose donation made the lab possible. The Salina Journal reports the school accepted its first eight students last fall and is the smallest four-year medical school in the country. Merkel has been a longtime advocate of recruiting physicians to practice in western Kansas. One of the Salina school’s main objectives is to train…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say three men are hospitalized after being shot by officers responding to a report of a robbery. The shooting occurred early Friday at a home in southwest Wichita. Police say three men in the mid-20s were taken to Via Christi Hospital in critical condition. Wichita media reports say police went to the home to investigate a report of a residential robbery. No police officer was wounded. No other details were immediately available.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A panel of the National Research Council is beginning a review of the Department of Homeland Security’s plans for a new biosecurity lab in Kansas. Officials of federal agencies and Kansas State University are speaking Friday in Washington as part of the three-day review. The $650 million National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility is to be built near the Kansas State campus in Manhattan. Among the issues are whether the threat of deadly animal diseases warrants construction of the lab, and whether the planned size and scope are still appropriate. The National Research Council is part of the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A newly released government report is putting some hard numbers on the dismal hay crop last year in Kansas. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that the state produced 1.95 tons of alfalfa hay last year, the lowest production since 1956 and a 21 percent drop from 2010. Production of other types of hay totaled 2.45 million tons in 2011. That was 24 percent less than the previous year’s production and the lowest since 1983.