BOSTON (AP) Eric Hosmer doubled to lead off the 14th inning and scored when Mike Aviles bunted the ball over the head of charging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to give the Kansas City Royals a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. Louis Coleman (1-2) went two innings and twice pitching out of jams. Joakim Soria struck out three in the bottom of the 14th to earn his 18th save and send Boston to just its fourth loss in 21 games. The Red Sox threatened to score five times in the last six innings, but the Royals…
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A Riley County murder conviction and sentencing in a 2007 case has been upheld, in an opinion released by the Kansas Supreme Court the end of last week. The Court Friday filed a decision, affirming Kevin Hernandez’s convictions of premeditated first degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and residential burglary in what the court calls the June 2007 brutal slaying of Adam Hooks. Hooks was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in his Manhattan trailer home. And his body was found dismembered and placed in containers in and near his car. The Kansas Supreme Court in a unanimous decision rejected the…
The city’s proposed 2012 budget is on the agenda for Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday night, with the official public hearing to be held. The matter must still go through a second reading after the Tuesday night meeting. There’s also a recommendation for increases in water rates and tapping fees and waste water rates, that would take effect in January. The status of Lot 9 in the South End Redevelopment district might be official soon, and the City Commission will take a look at options for the area Tuesday night. And Manhattan will have a new park before the year is…
Chii-Dong Lin, a university distinguished professor of physics at Kansas State University, has been named one of the state’s top 150 scientists. The selection comes through the Ad Astra Kansas Initiative, an organization that throughout the year is spotlighting Kansas researchers, inventors and engineers from the past to the present who have advanced their field. Lin is the eighth active faculty member at K-State to be selected as a top Kansas scientist. Lin is an internationally recognized expert and pioneer in atomic, molecular and optical physics. His research deals with basic scientific issues behind the development of technology for the…
Today’s troubled housing market, hit by foreclosures, slow sales and declining values, presents opportunities and challenges for home buyers, according to Eric Higgins, a professor of finance at Kansas State University. “When prices drop substantially, it creates the opportunity to buy,” Higgins said. “If you’re waiting for prices to hit absolute rock bottom, that may not occur for some time.” Higgins is co-author of a recent study that found the best way to help the housing market recover is to stop delaying foreclosures. Regardless of whether you’re buying a home in a market that’s struggling or that’s thriving, Higgins recommends…
Veterinary medicine students are more likely to struggle with depression than human medicine students, undergraduate students and the general population, according to several recent collaborative studies from Kansas State University researchers. In a study conducted by Mac Hafen, therapist and clinical instructor in K-State’s college of Veterinary Medicine, 32 percent of veterinary medicine students surveyed showed symptoms of depression, compared to just 23 percent of human medicine students who showed symptoms above the clinical cutoff. Veterinarians deal with stressors that human medicine doctors do not have to experience, such as frequently discussion euthanasia with clients. Additionally, veterinarians are required to…
If you’re looking for some entertainment, you might want to head to Wamego on August 13th. The Columbian Theater will be producing the seventh edition of “Hoo Haw”, a spoof off of the television variety show “Hee Haw”. Wamego Christian Health Ministry public relations director Rosemary Helms gives a preview of this year’s show…. “This play is written by Troy Hemphill, who isn’t a Wamegan,” Helms said. “He tries out his jokes on one of our best friends, which is always great fun.” Tickets can be purchased through the ministry. The revenue made from ticket sales is distributed well beyond…
On 07/17/11, at about 6:38 am, Junction City Police responded to the Waste Management Office located at 2300 Elmdale Avenue, in Junction City, concerning a reported alarm at that location. Upon arrival, officers found the front door glass of the business had been shattered, and that several vehicles on the property had been entered. Officers were able to obtain video of the person responsible for the burglary and are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the man. The man is believed to be an Hispanic male, in his 20’s, wearing a black t-shirt, light colored plaid shorts, and white tennis…
The results are in on the Battle of the Badges for Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department has come out victorious with 106 donations to the Red Cross. Riley County EMS came in second with 98, and Manhattan Fire Department had 68.
For the past three years Kansas State University’s head football coach, Bill Snyder, and Nebraska’s former head football coach, Tom Osborne, have competed to see which state could recruit the most new mentors during the football season. Last year, Kansas University’s head football coach, Turner Gill, joined the Kansas team. This year, the state of Iowa will also be competing. Kansas has won the competition for three years in a row, recruiting more than 4000 new mentors last year alone. The challenge will run from August 1 to November 21. The winning team will be announced on December 2, 2011…