While not official yet, Manhattan Mayor Pro Tem Loren Pepperd is set to take over as the city’s mayor at Tuesday night’s city commission re-organization meeting. City manager Ron Fehr tells KMAN the selection of the Mayor is pretty standard, with the Mayor Pro-tem generally elected by the commission to the Mayor position. Fehr further explains the mayor Pro Tem is generally the person who received the most votes in the last election. And he says that gives a commissioner time to get used to that role before becoming Mayor further down the road. Mayor Pro Tem Pepperd indicates he…
Author: KMAN Staff
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Three Missouri pitchers combined to toss a four-hit shutout as the Tigers completed the three-game sweep of Kansas State with a 7-0 victory Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers improved to 21-17 on the season and 5-9 in Big 12 play as they recorded their first conference sweep of the season. The Wildcats fell to 19-21 on the year and 3-12 in Big 12 action, and they were shut out for the third time this year. Brett Graves, a freshman right-hander, lasted 6.2 innings in his second start of Big 12 play, working around four hits with…
The Woodard family have been working with Sunset Zoo for about three years to get to this point. On Sunday April 22, 2012, Earth Day, the John Woodard Memorial Gibbons Exhibit Building opened to the public after a dedication ceremony. At 1:00 pm Sunday, Scott Shoemaker, Zoo Director, Ron Fehr, Manhattan City Manager and Major Jim Sherow all gathered to speak at the ceremony. All three gave thanks to the family and to the zoo for their support and contribution to this project. Sherow had the pleasure of unveiling the gold plague that will be attached to the building after…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An own goal spoiled Sporting Kansas City’s quest for an eighth straight victory. Chance Myers’ headed the ball into his own goal in the 41st minute against the Timbers for a 1-0 Portland upset on Saturday night at Jeld-Wen Field. Sporting KC opened the season with seven straight wins and was Major League Soccer’s only undefeated team heading into the match against the struggling Timbers. The record for most victories to start a season is 12, set by the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996, the league’s inaugural year. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Portland,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Colby Rasmus hit two home runs to help make Drew Hutchison a winner in his major league debut and the Toronto Blue Jays handed the Kansas City Royals their ninth straight loss, 9-5 Saturday night. Edwin Encarnacion also homered and drove in three runs for the Blue Jays. Hutchison, who had never pitched above Double-A, left after 99 pitches and 5 1-3 innings, allowing five runs and eight hits, including two homers. Hutchison became the eighth youngest starting pitcher in Blue Jays history at 21 years, 243 days. The Royals losing skid is their longest since…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Royals reliever Greg Holland has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left rib stress reaction. The right-hander went on the DL on Saturday, a day after he gave up three runs and retired none of the five batters he faced in a loss to Toronto. Holland was 0-2 with an 11.37 ERA and a blown save in seven relief appearances. After allowing just one earned run in 28 2-3 innings at Kauffman Stadium in 2011, he has given up six earned runs in 2 2-3 innings at home this season. The Royals recalled…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri erased a three-run deficit with two in the seventh and two more in the ninth, including the final run on a bases-loaded walk, as the Tigers came from behind to defeat Kansas State, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. With the win, Missouri won the series and improved to 20-17 overall and 5-9 in Big 12 play. K-State fell to 19-20 on the year and 3-11 in conference action as the Wildcats will try to avoid a second-straight sweep Sunday afternoon. Gerardo Esquivel got K-State out of a tight situation in the in the sixth inning with…
Arrests Jamie Lynn Orr, 28, Riley, Kan., for domestic battery. Bond set at $500. Joshua Jeb Fincham, 31, Waterville, Kan., for aggravated failure to appear. Bond set at $2,500. Fernando Tapia-Murillo, 41, Eudora, Kan., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $750. Shawn Edward Lucas, 31, 1205 Ratone St., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $750. Aaron Jennings Salem, 22, 820 Osage St., for failure to appear. Bond set at $124. William Taylor Breen, 19, 3617 Rocky Ford Ave., for possession of narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia, and minor in possession of alcohol. Bond set…