CLEVELAND (AP) Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third-longest in team history. They also lost 12 in a row in 1997 and 2008. Kansas City lost 13 straight in 2006 and had a team-record 19 consecutive losses in 2005. Cleveland built upon a recently completed 7-2 trip by returning to Progressive Field and earning their second home win in six games. Lowe (3-1) gave up eight hits and…
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Arrests Shawn Byron Reed, 26, Cyril, Okla., for aggravated battery. Bond set at $5,000. Michael Lee Stanley, 30, Ogden, Kan., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $750. Mark Alexander Lawrence, 32, 815 Humboldt St., for failure to appear. No bond. Sharron Lanell Channell, 41, Junction City, Kan., for prostitution. Bond set at $500. Donte Rayvon Roberts, 29, Wichita, Kan., for endangering a child, promoting prostitution, theft, and failure to appear. Bond set at $2,030. Decemantrea Nashay Richardson, 21, Wichita, Kan., for prostitution, theft, and child endangerment. Bond set at $2,000. Cullen Patrick McGraw, 21, Hiawatha, Kan., for…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Riley County Interim Public Health Advisory Board took the final step toward becoming a formal body on Wednesday. The interim advisory board unanimously approved changes to a charter resolution that will establish the board as a legitimate entity. Members requested several minor changes be made to the final draft before it is submitted to the Riley County Commission. “I’ll make the changes to the draft that they looked at and we discussed,” Riley County counselor Clancy Holeman said. “I’ll send that to Susie (Kufahl) and she’ll circulate that among members of the advisory board. The advisory board…
Nine people have submitted a letter of interest to the Manhattan – Ogden school board for consideration. Na’im S. Al-Amin, John E. Ball, Mitch Beims, Patricia A. Hudgins, Keith B. Miller, Marcia Rozell, John P. Sanborn, Beth Tatarko and James T. McNair, Sr., all from Manhattan, are the candidates up for the vacant seat until June of 2013. During their special meeting Wednesday, April 25, 2012, the board decided to come back at their regular meeting next week with their top three choices and they would then pick the ones they will interview on May 9, unless conflicts arise. The…
Riley County Police have arrested two suspects in relation to the April 22nd aggravated robbery at Anderson Avenue Wendy’s restaurant, and are looking for the third suspect. Police are looking for 20-year-old Steven Bryson Lawrence (pictured below). RCPD is cautioning the public that Steven Lawrence is considered armed and dangerous. Steven Bryson Lawrence is describes as being 5’7” and 150lbs. The investigation also revealed that a third person, Gilbert Blizzard, later picked up Steven and took Steven to an unknown location. 23- year-old Richard Lawrence II was arrested for aggravated Robbery, flee and elude, obstruction, and reckless driving. Lawrence is…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita doctor who drove three miles with a man’s body on top of his van after a fatal accident has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor. Sixty-seven-year-old Mohammad Sarrafizadeh was given a one-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor vehicular homicide. Sarrafizadeh was arrested in June, the day after his car struck and killed 31-year-old lawn service worker Ramon Martinez-Limon. The victim was thrown onto the vehicle’s roof, prompting witnesses to call police. The Wichita Eagle reports Sarrafizadeh was driving his severely disabled daughter to her school the morning of the accident. His attorney…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislators have returned to the Kansas Statehouse to resume their work on remaining issues of the 2012 session. Wednesday is the 74th day out of the 90-day regular session authorized by the Kansas Constitution. Legislators gaveled back into session shortly after 10 a.m. to handle routine announcements. Many major issues facing legislators in January remain unfinished, including proposals to change the state’s pension, tax and education systems. Legislators must finish work on a $14 billion state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Another issue commanding attention is work on redrawing the state’s 40 Senate, 125…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Hundreds of developmentally disabled Kansas residents and advocates for them have rallied at the Statehouse against part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program. Participants in Wednesday’s rally don’t want services for the developmentally disabled included when the state turns management of its $2.9 billion-a-year Medicaid program over to three private companies. The administration plans to issue contracts this summer. Medicaid covers health care for the poor, elderly and disabled. The rally’s participants created a temporary display of personal objects on the Statehouse’s south steps to urge the administration to change its plans.…