BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) A truck full of cattle drove off an embankment of an interstate near Bonner Springs, Kan., and burst into flames, killing several cattle and closing one lane of the interstate. The accident happened about 2:30 a.m. Thursday on westbound Interstate 70 near 110th Street in Bonner Springs. Police say one lane of the interstate could be closed for most of the day as cleanup continues. The driver of the truck has been hospitalized but the extent of his injuries was not immediately known. About 30 to 40 cattle either died in the accident or had to…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas school children have responded to a legislative call to raise funds to help restore the cabin where the state song, “Home on the Range,” was written. Senate leaders say that students from Horizon Elementary in Shawnee and Jayhawk Elementary in Mound City are the first to turn in their money, raising the first $500 to restore the historic building. The cabin near the Smith County town of Athol in north-central Kansas is where Dr. Brewster Higley wrote the poem “My Western Home” in 1871. The poem began to circulate and was eventually put to music. Legislators…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved a bill to create a new Creative Arts Industries Commission by merging separate arts and film services panels. Wednesday’s 38-1 vote sent the measure to the House. Passage there would forward the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback, who proposed merging the two commissions. The Wichita Eagle reports the final version was drafted by House and Senate negotiators to reconcile differences over how many people would serve on the commission and who would appoint them. The new commission would have 11 members and be part of the state Department of Commerce. Brownback sought…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The annual Kansas Wheat Quality tour takes place next week at a pivotal time for the 2012 crop. Participants will begin May 1 in Manhattan and travel about 4,000 miles along four different routes throughout the state. They’ll gather two days later at the Kansas City Board of Trade to share their production forecasts. The winter wheat is developing two weeks ahead of normal, and the yield looks promising. But the trade group Kansas Wheat says long-term drought stress is beginning to show in western Kansas, and much of the crop is battling leaf diseases. The Wheat…
An atypical form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found in a sick cow in California on Tuesday. While many people may be concerned their meat is not safe to eat, Kansas State Veterinarian, Dr. Larry Hollis, explains this animal, and any other sick animals, do not enter the human food channel. Hollis wants to reassure those people that these detections are good signs because it means the system is working like it’s meant to. This is a very rare find considering it’s the fourth confirmed BSE case ever found in the United States.
The formula was much the same as Tuesday night against another Sunflower State rival, K-State fell behind 6-1 early, before storming back to tie the game and send it to extra innings. But like Tuesday night’s 15 inning 9-7 loss to Wichita State, the Cats fell on Wednesday night in 11 innings, 8-7 to Kansas. Zac Elgie hit a walkoff home run for the Jayhawks off K-State’s Johnny Fasola. The Cats battled back in the top of the 9th down 7-4. Wade Hinkle hit a two-run homer, his team-leading 8th of the season, and Mike Kindel had an RBI single…
CLEVELAND (AP) Billy Butler hit two of Kansas City’s four home runs to help the Royals snap a 12-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 8-2 Wednesday night. Butler’s two-run blast off Ubaldo Jimenez (2-1) put the Royals ahead in the first. He added a solo shot in the ninth off reliever Jairo Asencio, following Alex Gordon’s three-run homer against the reliever. Eric Hosmer’s two-run shot in the fifth made it 4-0 the Royals’ largest lead since April 8, when they beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-3. Luke Hochevar (2-1) allowed four hits and two runs over…
Four arrests were made Wednesday afternoon involving alleged prostitution taking place in Manhattan, reportedly at America’s Best Value Inn and the Clarion The first arrest RCPD made was Shannon Channell-41 of Junction City. Around 2:45, Channell was charged with prostitution with a bond amount of $500 and is currently confined. Donte Roberts-29 was the next to be arrested. Roberts was arrested around 4:00 p.m. for promoting prostitution, theft and endangering a child. With an added charge for a previous failure to appear, Roberts’ total bond amount was a little more than two-thousand dollars. Decemantrea Richardson-21 of Wichita was arrested around the same time on counts of prostitution,…
CLEVELAND (AP) The Kansas City Royals have optioned right-hander Jeremy Jeffress to Triple-A Omaha and recalled left-hander Tommy Hottovy. Hottovy, 30, was 1-0 with one save and a 2.70 ERA in seven games for Omaha, striking out 17 in 10 innings. He gives manager Ned Yost another lefty available for the final two games of the series in Cleveland against the Indians, who have a predominantly left-handed lineup. Kansas City signed Hottovy as a minor-league free agent in November. He made his major-league debut with Boston a year ago, compiling a 6.75 ERA in eight relief outings without a…
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Don Lambert’s two-run double in the top of the 15thbroke a 7-7 tie and sent Wichita State to a 9-7 victory over Kansas State Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. It was the longest game in terms of innings by the Wildcats since a 20-inning affair against Texas in 2004. Earlier that season, K-State and Wichita State played a 16-inning game, a 12-7 WSU victory. The first five Wichita State batters in the 15th inning reached base against K-State reliever Jake Doller (1-1). Two walks were sandwiched around a single before Lambert’s double. The Shockers still…