SEATTLE (AP) Felix Hernandez shook off a line drive to his left wrist and threw seven strong innings, and the Seattle Mariners overcame bullpen problems to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 Sunday for a four-game sweep. Seattle swept Kansas City in a four-game set for the first time since May 2001. Hernandez gave up just five hits but lost out on his sixth straight win when the Mariners’ bullpen gave up three runs in the eighth. Seattle took the lead in the bottom of the eighth when Mike Carp led off with a double. Pinch-runner Munenori Kawasaki scored…
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Reports of shots being fired brought police to the parking lot of Eisenhower middle school early Sunday morning. According to Riley County Police reports on Sunday at 2:40 am witnesses say a crowd of around 30 people were seen at the location having an apparent altercation in a Eisenhower middle school parking lot. Police say sometime during the altercation someone started to yell about a gun, and at least one gunshot was heard. As police arrived on scene they found a shell casing, and further investigation led them to eight people they believe were involved in the incident. So far…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Jimmie Johnson stamped another exclamation point on his racing resume, winning his fourth career Brickyard 400 with a dominant drive at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. With the victory, Johnson joined Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon as the only NASCAR drivers to win four times at the historic 2.5-mile track, which has hosted stock car racing since 1994. Kyle Busch finished second, followed by Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon. Polesitter Denny Hamlin was sixth. It was a rough day for Matt Kenseth, who came into Sunday’s race with the Sprint Cup Series points lead…
1. A Manhattan man was arrested for a probation violation out of Johnson County courts on Friday. Brenton Galliher was arrested near the 100 block of 4th street in Manhattan by Riley county police on Friday morning. Galliher was released by police on a $20,000 bond. 2. A Colorado woman is under arrest for a what police say are a series of crimes related to identity theft, and driving violations. Sarice Rue was arrested by Riley County police on Saturday morning for aggravated impersonation, identity theft, and violation of probation. According to RCPD’s Lt. Josh Kyle the aggravated impersonation arrest…
SEATTLE (AP) Kevin Millwood pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Jesus Montero hit a two-run homer and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Saturday. Millwood (4-8) gave up one unearned run and six hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out three, walked one and was aided by two excellent plays from shortstop Brendan Ryan. Tom Wilhelmsen worked the ninth for his 13th save. Lorenzo Cain hit an RBI triple with two outs before Alex Gordon grounded out. Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas sprained his right knee while diving for a grounder in the first inning. …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jon Baldwin is determined not to let his return to training camp bring back bad memories. A locker-room fight last August with then-teammate Thomas Jones left Baldwin with a broken right hand, an injury that derailed the first-round pick’s rookie season. Nearly a year later there are still more questions than answers as Baldwin participates in camp on the same Missouri Western State University campus. Still, Baldwin prefers to talk about the future not the past. Baldwin entered camp this week as the Chiefs’ de facto No. 1 wide receiver due…
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Geary County Sunday afternoon. Daniel Villa, 30, of El Paso, Texas, was taken to Stormont-Vail in Topeka, following the accident on K-57, 12 miles southeast of Grandview Plaza. The Kansas Highway patrol reports Villa’s motorcyle was northbound and entered a curve on the roadway, when for an unknown reason Villa left the roadway and entered a ditch. The accident was reported shortly before three Sunday afternoon. A condition report is not available although Stormont-Vail confirmed Villa is a patient there.
The US and Britain were both hoping to win medals in Monday’s gymnastics and diving competition. American swimming star Ryan Lochte faced a stiff challenge in the pool in the 200 meter freestyle.
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s use of helicopter gunships to counter a civil uprising will prove to be “a nail in Assad’s coffin,” U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday at the outset of a five-day Mideast tour.
He is known as Mac Taylor from the hit tv show “CSI New York”, Ken Mattingly in “Apollo 13”, and also as Lt Dan Taylor in “Forrest Gump”. This past weekend, on Saturday, July 28, actor Gary Sinise and his band, The Lt Dan Band, stopped by Fort Riley for a little show. The performance began at 7:00 pm at the grounds outside the Conference Center on base, but after one song it went quiet. For some reason, the power went out after the first song, but Sinise didn’t let that stop him. Instead of a concert, as personnel were trying to…