NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Gordon became the first Kansas City Royal in 11 years to win a Gold Glove, in voting by managers and coaches. The awards were announced late Monday night by Major League Baseball and Rawlings. Gordon, who led the AL with 20 outfield assists, was given the Gold Glove for his work in his left field. Outfield positions were specified for the first time in the award’s history. The last Royal to win a Gold Glove was Jermaine Dye in 2000, who’s also an outfielder. Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became the first trio…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas sheriff’s deputy took a risky ride to stop man suspected of being involved in a domestic dispute. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Topeka man was sitting in a pickup truck outside the Shawnee County Courthouse when the deputy approached him around noon Tuesday. Authorities say the man refused the deputy’s orders and drove out of the parking lot. The deputy jumped in the bed and held on as the pickup sped down a Topeka street. The sheriff’s department says the deputy feared for his life and broke the cab’s back window, ordering the driver…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas group pushing to eliminate the state income tax plans a two-day, five-city bus tour this week. Kansans for No Income Tax says its goal is to educate residents about the possibilities for spurring economic growth by eliminating income taxes. President Ashley McMillan, who’s also former executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, says the nonprofit group is funded by private donors. The bus tour comes as Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing a plan that administration officials have said will provide broad tax relief. The tour begins at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Statehouse in Topeka,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Charges have been dropped against two Texas hunters in the investigation of a Kansas camp where hunters paid thousands of dollars to kill deer illegally. At the government’s request, U.S. District Judges Eric Melgren and Monti Belot dismissed the misdemeanor charges in separate cases against James Donnan and Michael Scarber, both of Center, Texas. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the dismissal relates to “technical issues” with the type of equipment allegedly used to hunt. Twelve hunters from Texas and Louisiana were charged in August with poaching-related misdemeanors connected to Camp Lone Star near Coldwater. Five pleaded guilty…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A frontier trail that snakes from Fort Leavenworth south through Kansas has been given a new name to reflect its historic significance. State Transportation Secretary Deb Miller has signed off on renaming the 168-mile route as the Frontier Military Historic Byway, adding the word “historic” to the title. The route begins at Fort Leavenworth and served as a supply trail south to the Oklahoma border. It was established in 1844 by Gen. Winfield Scott between the Kansas Territory forts and Fort Gibson in Oklahoma. Officials with the local byway committee requested the new name to help describe…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police officers could soon be wearing cameras while on duty. The City Council on Tuesday approved the police department’s request to buy computers and cameras, which officers will wear as part of their uniforms. Deputy Chief Terri Moses says the department hopes to have the cameras by early next year. A federal grant will pay $125,000 for 20 computers, 40 cameras and other equipment. The city will pay about $24,000 annually to store data gathered by the cameras. The Wichita Eagle reports that officers wear the computers on their gunbelts, with the cameras on their heads.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Topeka City Council has rejected settlements with two city employees who allege they were victims of discrimination. The council on Tuesday rejected a proposed $132,500 settlement of a lawsuit filed by Topeka Zoo staff veterinarian Shirley Yeo Llizo. The native of Singapore says she was fired in 2009 because of her race. She was rehired in 2010 after an arbitrator ruled the city should not have fired her. Council members also denied a $1.3 million complaint from former Deputy Fire Chief Kathy Petty, who alleges her firing in February was because of sex discrimination and retaliation…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal transportation authorities have tentatively selected air service providers for several western Kansas cities. The Garden City Telegram reports that the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order Monday selecting American Eagle Airlines to provide federally-subsidized air service between Garden City and Dallas. The same order tentatively chooses Great Lakes Airlines to provide service between Denver and Dodge City, Great Bend, Hays and Liberal. Garden City’s aviation director says “show of cause” orders like the one issued Monday are generally followed. However, the order requires a 10-day period for anyone to object it can become official.…
WETMORE, Kan. (AP) Services for the sixth victim of a northeast Kansas grain elevator explosion are scheduled for Friday. The blast Saturday killed six people at a Bartlett Grain Co. elevator in Atchison. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that 43-year-old Darrek Klahr was working at the site inspecting grain for the Kansas Grain Inspection Service. Klahr was a 1986 graduate of Jackson Heights High School, attended Highland Community College for two years and graduated from Kansas State University in 1990. He was one of three elders at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Netawaka, where funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia University has filed a lawsuit seeking immediate withdrawal from the Big East Conference so it can join the Big 12. The lawsuit filed Monday in Monongalia County Circuit Court alleges the Big East breached its contract with West Virginia by failing to maintain a balance between football-playing members and non-football schools. The lawsuit asks a judge to invalidate the league’s bylaws, including a provision that requires schools to give notice of 27 months before withdrawing. Syracuse and Pittsburgh withdrew from the Big East in September to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. TCU accepted an…