The Royals traded slugger Carlos Santana and nearly $4.3 million to the Seattle Mariners for right-handers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming on Monday, clearing the way for Kansas City to bring up hot prospect Vinnie Pasquantino . The Royals optioned Mills, a 27-year-old veteran, to Triple-A Omaha while designating right-hander Ronald Bolaños for assignment. Fleming was assigned to Class-A Quad Cities. Kansas City agreed to send $4,269,231 to Seattle, leaving the Mariners to pay just $1.5 million of the remainder of Santana’s salary in the second year of a two-year, $17.5 million contract. After hitting 19 homers in 158 games…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion is stirring alarm among LGBTQ advocates. They fear that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry. In the majority opinion issued Friday that overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Justice Samuel Alito said the decision applied only to abortion. But critics discounted that statement. In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should review other precedents, including decisions legalizing same-sex marriage and striking down laws criminalizing gay sex. A…
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita couple decided to get married Saturday at a pride event instead of waiting until later this year after a Supreme Court justice suggested the court should consider overturning rulings legalizing same-sex marriage and striking down laws criminalizing gay sex. Elliot and Juniper Chibs got married in front of hundreds of people at Naftzger Park in Wichita. Their marriage is legal now, but they worry that could change. Elliot Chibs told the Wichita Eagle that she’s afraid the court will take away the right to gay marriage. Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple, who attended the pride event…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft in the 2000 block of Fort Riley Ln. in Manhattan on June 24, 2022, around 12:50 p.m. Officers listed a 57-year-old female as the victim when it was reported a…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/27/22: Sunset Zoo, UFM, Fly MHK Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:47 Segment 3 – 22:21 Segment 4 – 35:45 Monday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the Sunset Zoo, UFM Community Learning Center, and the Manhattan Regional Airport. The show opened with a conversation with Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood. She spoke in segment 1 about recent outings at Sunset Zoo, including the end of Pollinator Week and a movie night for Zoo members. Kirkwood gave some animal updates in segment 2, talking about Susie the Chimp’s recent…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seth Brown hit his 10th home run of the season, Nick Allen had two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Sunday. Brown leads the team in HRs, and belted a solo shot to right in the sixth inning to make it 2-0. “I’ve faced (Royals starter Brady Singer) quite a few times now and I felt confident going in,” Brown said. “I knew what I wanted to do with my approach and I worked out well today.” Kansas City responded in the bottom of the sixth with three runs, including…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke tossed six innings of one-run ball, Edward Olivares hit two solo homers and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Friday night. Both Grienke (1-4) and Olivares were activated from rehab assignments on Friday. After missing 43 games with a right quad strain, Olivares belted homers to left field in his first two at-bats — in the third and fifth innings — for his first career multi-homer game. “I was super excited,” Olivares said. “I had been waiting for this day for a long time. I’m here and happy to…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 06/24/22 Hour 1 – Dylan Edwards Compared to Deuce Vaughn 00:00 – Abayomi Iyioa’s Story/Trevor Hudgens 18:30 – Dylan Edwards compared to Deuce Vaughn 30:47 – K-State football starts NIL Club 38:20 – Movie preview with Sam Honey Buns The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 06/24/22 Hour 2 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 00:00 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 18:03 – Manhattan boys basket coach Benji George 31:18 – #1 Song of the Day/ Ask Us Anything
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang continued the process of building his first team on Friday morning (June 24) with the signing of graduate transfer Abayomi “Baybe” Iyiola (Ibadan, Nigeria/ Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy (Ga.)/Stetson/Arkansas/Hofstra) to a Financial Aid Agreement with the program for the 2022-23 season. Iyiola is the seventh player to sign with the Wildcats since Tang was introduced as the program’s head coach on March 21, including the fifth Division I transfer following Cam Carter (Mississippi State), Jerrell Colbert (LSU), David N’Guessan (Virginia Tech) and Desi Sills (Arkansas/Arkansas State). Overall, Iyiola is the eighth newcomer added to the team for the 2022-23 season. A 6-foot-10, 215-pound…
Maryville, MO (Northwest Missouri State Athletics) – Two-time NCAA Division II player of the year Trevor Hudgins has signed a two-way deal with the National Basketball Association’s Houston Rockets. Manhattan native Hudgins becomes the first Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball player to sign an NBA contract. Hudgins left his mark on Bearcat basketball as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,829 points. Hudgins also owns Northwest school records for three-pointers made in a career (435), three-pointers made in a season (168), three-pointers made in a game (11), points scored in a season (897), most consecutive free throws made (48) and…