KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Royals pitchers Danny Duffy and Blake Wood are scheduled to have Tommy John surgery within the next two weeks after being evaluated Friday by Dr. Lewis Yocum. The 23-year-old Duffy had been the Royals’ best starter, going 2-2 with a 3.90 ERA. The left-hander was pulled from his start against the White Sox last Sunday after just 13 pitches, though, and the torn ulnar collateral ligament was announced Monday. Wood hasn’t pitched this season after going 5-3 with a 3.75 ERA last year. Both pitchers were examined by Yocum in Tempe, Ariz. The reconstructive elbow surgeries…
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The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a bowl game for five years beginning in 2014. The agreement between two of the most successful BCS conferences was announced Friday. If one or both of the league champions are selected to play in what is expected to be a four-team national championship playoff, another team would be selected for the Big 12-SEC matchup. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive says a new January bowl tradition has been born. Incoming Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he’s excited by…
Accordng to police reports on May 18, 2012 at approximately 0720 hours the Riley County Police Department received a 911 call at a Manhattan residence about a deceased male. The caller believed the male, a 24 year old Fort Riley Soldier, was already deceased at the time of the 911 call and this was confirmed by EMS and the Coroner. The soldier’s name and address is being withheld at this time pending next of kin notification. Police do not suspect any foul play at this time and are awaiting the results of an autopsy planned for the weekend. Further…
RANDOLPH, Kan. – Last Friday’s 911 outage that affected parts of northern Riley County was the focal point of Thursday’s county commission meeting at City Hall. This was only a land-line issue for Twin Valley Telephone users. The problem was corrected a few hours after the outage was discovered; however, no one was promptly told when the issue had been resolved. “We weren’t notified when it went back up,” Emergency Management Director Pat Collins said. “That caused some confusion. The outage happened on Friday and we didn’t find out until Monday that it was back up.” After last Friday’s episode, the Emergency Management…
After stating interest in the Kansas Senate’s 22nd District seat last October, Bob Reader of Manhattan has filed for candidacy of the position today. “As the 2012 Legislative Session comes to a close it’s clear that there are many great challenges coming in the coming years,” Reader says. “I pledge to be a strong voice for K-State, Fort Riley, Small businesses, and our families.” Reader has spent the last 12 years working with K-State faculty and administration, both with his own company and with the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization, more commonly known as NISTAC. Reader is…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators who are struggling with redistricting are sending mixed signs about whether they’re growing closer to agreeing on new political boundaries. Senators who are negotiating redrawing the chamber’s 40 districts said Friday that they were making some progress on ending an impasse among majority Republicans. But other senators suggested that the talks had all but broken off. GOP conservatives and moderates have been at odds over how to draw Senate districts to account for changes in population over the past decade. The two Republican factions will be seeking control of the Senate in GOP primaries this…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A state appeals court has refused to reconsider a decision that lets Calgary-based TransCanada avoid paying nearly $19 million in property taxes for 2011. KCLY reports the Court of Tax Appeals on Wednesday denied a Kansas Department of Revenue request that it rethink an earlier ruling that TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline met requirements under a 6-year-old exemption. Kansas lawmakers passed the tax exemption in 2006 when TransCanada was exploring the route through Kansas. The law included income tax credits, financing and a 10-year property tax exemption. The Revenue Department argues the pipeline doesn’t provide refineries in the state…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Senators are preparing to consider another version of the 2013 Kansas budget as the legislative session drags on without a resolution on how to fund state government. Three Senate and three House negotiators have been meeting off and on to settle their differences on the $14 billion spending plan. The discussions have stalled over the funding of education, as well as the potential impact of a tax cut package. The bill covers spending for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Senators are scheduled to debate a bill on Friday that would incorporate items that negotiators have been…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate is preparing for a key procedural vote determining whether lawmakers can debate compromise income tax cuts. Senate President Steve Morris said his chamber will vote Friday on suspending a legislative rule requiring all House and Senate negotiators to agree to a compromise before it can be debated. Democratic negotiators have refused to sign off on the tax plan. The compromise decreases individual income tax rates and eliminates income taxes for 191,000 businesses over six years. It’s an alternative to a bill approved by legislators last week to make the same reductions in one year…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler remains hospitalized because of high blood pressure. Emler’s office confirmed Friday that he would not return to the Statehouse for the day’s business. It said he remains at an area hospital, but declined to identify which one, citing his need for privacy and rest. The Lindsborg Republican has been absent from the Statehouse since Wednesday afternoon. Emler, a 62-year-old attorney, was first elected to the Senate in 2000 and is serving his third term. He’s in his second year as majority leader. He previously served as chairman of the budget-writing Senate…