MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior right-hander Matt Applegate turned in his best start of the season and relievers Gerardo Esquivel and Nate Williams followed with 3.1 scoreless innings as the Wildcats topped No. 21 Texas, 5-2, in Big 12 Conference action Friday at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats, who snapped a five-game losing streak to the Longhorns, moved to 13-8 on the season and evened their Big 12 record at 2-2. The win marked the second-straight week that K-State has opened a conference series with a victory against a ranked opponent after the Cats defeated No. 8 Texas A&M last Friday, 15-12. Texas saw its six-game winning streak end,…
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Kansas City Royals closer Joakim Soria will undergo reconstructive elbow surgery and will miss the season. The surgery is scheduled for April 3. Soria made the decision Friday after being examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. for a third opinion. He had already been diagnosed with right elbow ligament damage by the Royals physicians and Dr. Lewis Yocum, who will perform the surgery in Los Angeles. If you have been through this or something similar, one of the best ways to recover after surgery is to relax. At home, some people may find the relaxation…
OMAHA, Neb. – Nebraska has hired Colorado State’s Tim Miles as its new basketball coach. Colorado State athletic director Jack Graham announced Friday night that Miles had resigned so he could take the job with the Cornhuskers. Miles, who toured Nebraska’s facilities on Friday morning, is expected to be introduced at a news conference in Lincoln on Saturday. The 45-year-old Miles, who replaces Doc Sadler, just finished his fifth year at Colorado State. This season he coached the Rams to a 20-12 record and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2003. They lost to Murray State 58-41 in their tournament…
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State says reserves Tavon Sledge and Jordan Railey are leaving the program. Coach Fred Hoiberg said Friday that Sledge and Railey intend to transfer in an effort to find more playing time elsewhere. Sledge played in just eight games last season as a freshman, averaging a point per game. Railey, a 6-foot-10 sophomore center from Beaverton, Ore., played in 13 games. Hoiberg says Sledge and Railey are both “great kids” and that he’ll help them find new schools.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback acknowledges he set up private meetings with Republican legislators at his official residence to discuss his agenda but says the events didn’t violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Brownback said Friday that the manager at Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence, made an inaccurate statement when she told a legislator’s assistant in a January email that lawmakers would discuss business. But the Republican governor said he intended to talk about his legislative agenda at the gatherings and did. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, a Democrat, is investigating seven meetings in January at Cedar Crest…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s proposal to move up the date to require proof of citizenship for voter registration is again before the Kansas Senate. The Lawrence Journal -World reports that House members have replaced the contents of a Senate bill with Kobach’s plan. Kobach said the move allows the Senate to vote on it. Opponents of the ID requirement say the move, called a “gut and go,” is a questionable maneuver to sneak through controversial legislation. Legislators enacted a law last year requiring Kansans registering to vote for the first time to provide proof of U.S.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A weekend rally in Topeka is being held for the unarmed black teenager shot to death in an Orlando, Fla., suburb. Sonny Scroggins, a community activist, told The Topeka Capital-Journal that the rally is scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. on the south side of the Statehouse. Trayvon Martin was shot to death last month in Sanford, Fla. A neighborhood watch volunteer has said he shot Martin on Feb. 26 in self-defense. No arrests have been made. The Justice Department and FBI have opened a civil rights investigation, and the local prosecutor before he quit the case…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An email from the manager of the governor’s residence said the purpose of private dinner meetings with Republican legislators at the residence was, in part, to discuss business. The Shawnee County District Attorney is investigating seven Republican-only dinners at Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence, for violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act, which prohibits a majority of a legislative body from gathering behind closed doors to discuss business. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that among hundreds of RSVPs obtained through an open records request, there’s one in which Rebecca Witte, who manages Cedar Crest, told a legislator’s assistant…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry says he’ll go to court to try to get his name on the ballot in the Kansas Democratic presidential caucus. The Kansas Democratic Party determined this week that Terry is not a bona fide Democrat and won’t be awarded any delegates from the party’s April 14 Kansas caucuses The Wichita Eagle reported Friday that Terry said keeping him off the ballot is a violation of the Constitution. Democratic Party attorney Joe Sandler said Terry also failed to meet two mandatory deadlines, one for naming his state representative and another for filing a plan to…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) The city of Leavenworth has taken down the last of the temporary fences put up at city parks during last year’s flooding on the Missouri River. Crews removed the last of the barriers Wednesday and reopened the walkway along Landing Park. The quarter-mile stretch of riverside parkway had been at least partially closed since June, when the Missouri began flowing out of its banks. Other flood-related repairs and renovations at Leavenworth parks are complete, and the city expects to open the Riverfront Park Campground as scheduled on April 1.