BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Kansas City Royals prospect Wil Myers drove in one run and scored another to lead the Pacific Coast League to a 3-0 win over the International League in the Triple-A All-Star game on Wednesday night. Myers finished with a pair of hits for his second impressive All-Star showing in four days. The 21-year-old outfielder had three RBIs on Sunday in the Futures Game in Kansas City, a showcase for top prospects during Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities. Myers was named Star of Stars for the Pacific Coast League, which snapped a three-game losing streak in the…
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The president of Florida A&M University abruptly resigned Wednesday, the latest in a series of blows to the college and its famed marching band following the hazing death of a drum major.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is under intensive medical treatment for a “mood disorder,” his office said in a brief statement Wednesday, more than a month after the Chicago Democrat quietly went on a medical leave of absence.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A bankruptcy judge in New York has granted Hawker Beechcraft’s request to fast-track a hearing over the Kansas plane maker’s plan to enter exclusive negotiations with a Chinese firm. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein on Wednesday set July 17 for the proceedings. The move comes a day after Hawker filed documents seeking authorization to spend 45 days exclusively negotiating with Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd., to finalize the deal. The filing included a letter from Superior outlining its $1.79 million bid to acquire on a debt-free basis all of Hawker’s assets, except its defense business. Superior would…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture will declare 82 Kansas counties hit hard by drought as federal disaster areas. Gov. Sam Brownback’s office says the disaster designation, effective Thursday, makes agricultural producers eligible for federal disaster assistance for lost crops and livestock. Primary disasters are being declared in 66 Kansas counties, and 16 neighboring counties will also receive disaster designations. Counties declared primary disasters are: Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chautquaua, Cheyenne, Clark, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Edwards, Elk, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette,…
RUSSELL, Kan. (AP) The central Kansas town of Russell is taking steps to conserve water. The Russell City Council has voted in special session to approve a resolution moving the city into Stage 3 water conservation, a step away from its most restrictive stage. The resolution bans outside watering of gardens, lawns, trees and playing fields except for one day a week. The day coincides an individual property’s trash pickup day. The Hays Daily News reports that watering then is allowed only before 10 a.m. and after 9 p.m. City officials say industrial users also are being asked to reduce…
BELLEVILLE, Kan. (AP) A Nebraska manufacturing company has announced plans to expand its facility in north-central Kansas, a move that will more than double its current workforce. The Kansas Department of Commerce said in a release Wednesday that Reinke Manufacturing Co., of Deshler, Neb., is expanding its facility in Belleville, pushing employment there to about 50 workers by the end of 2013. The current facility manufactures electrical assemblies. The department says the new facility will be about 20,000 square feet.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 44-year-old Wichita woman has died after being shot by police officers. Wichita police Capt. Jeff Easter says the woman was shot after she ignored several commands to put down a knife and lunged at officers. The officers went to the woman’s home Tuesday night to investigate a domestic dispute. Easter says the woman was distraught when officers arrived. When she came out of the house, she lunged at the officers with a knife and was shot. She died at a Wichita hospital. KFDI reports it is still unclear how many times the woman was shot, and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former Sedgwick County elections official and Wichita city council member has been hired to fill a vacancy as inspector general for Kansas Medicaid programs. Bill Gale started work Monday as inspector general within the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Division of Health Care Finance. The position was created in 2007 when the division was a stand-alone agency known as the Kansas Health Policy Authority. The position has been vacant for about a year. The inspector general audits Kansas Medicaid programs and contracts, including three new agreements signed by the state with managed care providers. Medicaid…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The National Research Council is scheduled to release a new report that assesses three options for building a new biosecurity lab in Kansas. The review set for release Friday was requested by the Department of Homeland Security as it continues the process for building the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility on a site near Kansas State University. A panel of experts is determining if the lab will be built as planned, scaled back or if the government will keep its existing animal research capabilities at Plum Island, N.Y. The $1.14 billion Kansas site would replace the Plum…