KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Will Middlebrooks homered down each of the lines, David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia also went deep, and the Boston Red Sox pounded the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Monday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Middlebrooks, called up last week when Kevin Youkilis went on the disabled list, hit a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run homer in the eighth, becoming the first player in Red Sox history with at least one extra-base hit in each of his first four major league games. He also hit a grand slam in Boston’s…
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HOUSTON (AP) Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, who oversaw the school’s upcoming departure from the Big 12 and everything from national championships to the end of the storied football rivalry with Texas, is retiring. Byrne will discuss his decision at a Tuesday afternoon news conference in College Station, a school official with knowledge of the decision. The school said only that Byrne would make an announcement “regarding his future” and the person spoke to The Associated Press late Monday on condition of anonymity because details had not been released. The 66-year-old Byrne was hired at Texas A&M in…
By Ryan Lackey KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Backed by a 10-for-16 performance in four games last week, Kansas State sophomore outfielder Jared King has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. The designation was the second by a Wildcat this season as Jake Brown earned co-player of the week honors on March 12. King picked up the third weekly honor of his career after being named newcomer of the week on two occasions last year. A product of Dublin, Ohio, King saw half of his hits go for extra bases…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal says his chamber’s Redistricting Committee will take a quick vote on a plan for redrawing state Senate districts. O’Neal scheduled a vote on the plan for Monday evening. O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, is the committee’s chairman. The House broke at least several decades of tradition last week by not accepting a plan for redrawing the 40 Senate districts that senators had approved. Instead, the House is considering a Senate redistricting plan favored by conservative Republicans and narrowly rejected by the Senate. GOP conservatives, who have a House majority, say the map approved…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House has approved a bill designed to prevent the state from subsidizing abortions even indirectly through tax breaks, but the measure’s future in the Senate appears uncertain. The bill was adopted by an 88-31 vote on Monday in the House. It would prohibit Kansas taxpayers from claiming abortion expenses under a deduction for medical costs when filing their income taxes. It also would deny tax breaks to abortion providers, such as an exemption to the sales tax that nonprofit groups claim when purchasing goods. The measure also prohibits state employees from performing abortions on state…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Some farmers in north-central Kansas say they are preparing to begin wheat harvesting weeks earlier than normal. The wheat crop is sprouting early because of a mild winter and spring. Wheat harvests generally begin in Kansas around mid-June. But The Salina Jounal reports some are predicting that combines could roll into Saline County this year during the last week of May, or no later than the first week of June. The harvest has already begun in Oklahoma and Texas. Pam Shmidl is operations manager for the U.S. Custom Harvesters Association, based in Hutchinson. She says the fast-ripening…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a dramatic increase in the number of methamphetamine labs in the state is not as alarming as it sounds. The KBI says meth manufacturing cases increased 43 percent between 2010 and 2011 from 143 in 2010 to 204 last year. Deputy KBI Director Kyle Smith says the increase is partly due to changes in how reports are counted. And he says the operations uncovered last year were “one-pot” operations involving small amounts of methamphetamine. And Smith told The Wichita Eagle the number of meth labs isn’t close to the 600 to…
MULVANE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Star Casino is looking for another 300 workers, as it begins a second phase of expansion. Casino officials say most of the workers hired this summer for the casino near Mulvane will be needed in the food and beverage areas. A temporary casino in an equestrian arena opened in December. The permanent casino is scheduled to open by the end of the year. The Wichita Eagle reports the next phase of expansion will include a permanent gaming area, as well as a hotel and space for restaurants and bars. Peninsula Gaming, based in Dubuque, Iowa,…