Lorri Bernson threw out the first pitch at Monday night’s LA Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres. Bernson lost 98 percent of her vision at age 33 due to complications from Type 1 diabetes.
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J. E. Dunn will be handling the construction of Pottawatomie County’s new jail/courthouse. The commission revealed it’s decision during Monday’s meeting in Westmoreland. Commissioner Stan Hartwich says the commission interviewed a total of four companies: Coonrod and Associates, KBS Construction, Universal Construction and J.E. Dunn Construction. The numbers proposed by J.E. Dunn came at the lowest cost to the county. The new jail/courthouse is estimated to be a $14.1 million project. County administrator Robert Reece will begin negotiating terms with the company over the next 30 days. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., J. E. Dunn construction is a national company with…
After reports of toxic blue green algae at Milford Lake in Clay, Geary and Dickinson Counties, The Army Corps of Engineers closed the Fort Riley Marina until further notice. Earlier it was reported that three dogs died due to exposure to blue green algae at Milford Lake. Along with these reports, there have also been cases of human illness within the last few weeks. With the upgrade from an advisory to a warning due to the amount of blue green algae, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was concerned for the safety of humans and animals, which led to the…
A Fort Riley woman has pleaded guilty to assisting in the desertion of her husband from the Army while authorities were investigating the death of her eight-week-old son according to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom on Monday. 22-year-old Erika Suzanne Pierret Frey of Fort Riley pleaded guilty to one count of enticing desertion and harboring a deserter. In her plea she admitted that she and her husband, Private Austin A.J. Frey, fled from Fort Riley during an investigation following the death of her infant son. Fort Riley Police were called to the Frey Household on April 25, 2011, where they found…
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat is announcing an injury accident involving a school bus in Louisille just before noon today (Monday). The school bus and truck accident occurred at the intersection of Buchanan Street and Hickory Street. The accident occurred at 11:58 a.m. Riat indicates the accident is under investigation at this time, One unidentified adult was injured and taken to a local hospital. No other injuries were reported at the time of the accident.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Garrett Gilbert is getting another chance to be the starting quarterback at Texas. Gilbert was announced as the Longhorns’ starter on Monday for Saturday’s season-opener against Rice. Gilbert threw 17 interceptions against just 10 touchdowns last season, but won a four-way battle in training camp to keep his job. Texas went 5-7 in 2010, its first losing season since 1997. The Longhorns have a new offense along with a host of other changes. Case McCoy remains No. 2. McCoy is the younger brother of former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and threw just one pass last season.
CLEVELAND (AP) Bruce Chen overcame a shaky first inning to win his career-high fifth straight start and led the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. Chen (10-5) allowed the first four batters of the game to reach base and walked Carlos Santana with the bases loaded to force in Cleveland’s only run. The left-hander, who allowed five hits in 7 1-3 innings, is 4-0 in his last five starts against the Indians. Mike Moustakas’ RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the third for the Royals, who held on to win…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State officials have now issued a warning about toxic algae blooms in another area waterway and continued their warning for a federal reservoir in the area. The new warning from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is for River Pond at Tuttle Creek State Park in Pottawatomie and Riley counties, though it does not apply to Tuttle Creek Lake itself. The ongoing warning is for Milford Lake in Clay, Geary and Dickinson counties. Both have blue-green algae blooms, and KDHE says people should avoid wading, swimming and skiing at both. The department says people have been sickened and three…
Susie, a 56-year-old chimpanzee, made headlines last year when she gave birth to a baby named Siri last year at Sunset Zoo in Manhattan. But since then, things for that family have changed. Ella Todd, Marketing Development Officer with the Sunset Zoo, talks about having to send Siri to Oklahoma, to get more nourishment from a younger surrogate mother. The Oklahoma Zoo is hoping to present Siri to the public in the spring. Oklahoma news reports indicate Siri weighed only three and a half pounds when she arrived at the zoo, which was a newborn weight for an eight month old.…