MLB, USA Baseball modify youth game to pick up pace
NEW YORK (AP) — MLB and USA Baseball are promoting a modified version of youth baseball that picks up the pace and gets players more active with fewer innings, batters and pitches. Hit and Run Baseball...
View ArticleK-State signs Bruce Weber through 2022-23 season
Bruce Weber might be at Kansas State forever the way things are going. The basketball coach signed a two-year contract extension Friday that provides a bump in salary and could keep him with the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman from Larned dies from injuries after rear-end crash into semi
PAWNEE COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 8a.m. Saturday in Pawnee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Chevy Cruze driven by Danielle C. Garcia, 22, Larned, was eastbound...
View ArticleKansas man jailed after fleeing DUI check lane
SHAWNEE COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect who fled a DUI check lane. Norwood-photo KDOC Just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, police were conducting a DUI check lane at the north...
View ArticleMemorial Day Weather
Memorial Day Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Monday Night A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low...
View Article2 adults, 2 children hospitalized after 2-vehicle Kan. crash
RILEY COUNTY — Four people were injured in an accident just after 11:30p.m. Sunday in Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Volo passenger car driven by Michael S. Shivers, 39, Clay...
View ArticleTwo former Kan. leaders release report on international religious freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom (all times local): See the full report here. 10:15 a.m. .@State_IRF Ambassador-at-Large Sam...
View ArticleKan. man critically burned running from house fire
SEDGWICK COUNTY‑ One person was injured in a weekend house fire in Sedgwick County. Weekend house fire in Wichita-photo courtesy KWCH Just before 10p.m. Saturday, crews responded to a fire at a home in...
View ArticleWednesday Weather
Wednesday Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 die in wrong-way Kan. collision including off-duty officer
First responders on the scene of Tuesday’s fatal crash- photo courtesy WIBW TV SHAWNEE COUNTY — Two people, including an off-duty Kansas police officer, died in an accident just after 2p.m. Tuesday in...
View ArticleKan. woman sentenced for making child porn while babysitting
WICHITA – A Kansas woman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography while she was babysitting a seven-year-old girl in her home, according to U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleKHP identifies man who died after motorcycle struck a deer
JEFFERSON COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after just before 12:15 a.m. Friday in Jefferson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1981 Honda motorcycle driven by Robert Allen Nelson,...
View ArticleKan. priest lost money gambling; charged with felony theft
GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — A Catholic priest from Kansas is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $42,000 from his parish after losing a large amount of money gambling. Cramer-photo Johnson Co....
View Article5 dead, nearly 200 sickened in romaine lettuce outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — Four more deaths have been linked to a national food poisoning outbreak blamed on tainted lettuce, bringing the total to five. Health officials have tied the E. coli outbreak to romaine...
View ArticleKansas man dies after thrown from motorcycle
CLAY COUNTY — A Kansas man died in an accident just before 8p.m. Monday in Clay County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Gary D. Riekeman, 60, Abilene, was...
View ArticleFamily starts foundation to honor Kan. woman who died in boat crash
JOHNSON COUNTY —The family of a Kansas woman, one of three who died in a Missouri boat crash, has started a foundation in her honor. Ashley Lamb and Hailey Marie Hochanadel- photo courtesy GoFundMe...
View ArticleJury: Kansas man guilty of Title Loan Store robbery
RENO COUNTY — A jury found a Kansas man guilty for the 2015 robbery at a Title Loan store in the 1500 Block of 17th Avenue in Hutchinson. Anderson-photo KDOC An all-female jury deliberated just over...
View ArticleBarton Ag Instructor Vic Martin – Potential Advances In Crop Yields
Wheat harvest is fast approaching and it will be interesting to see how yields turn out after the challenges of the last nine months. There has been a test cut or two in southern Kansas with...
View ArticleSaturday Sports Headlines
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Frankie Montas pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning to win his third straight start since being called up from the minors and Khris Davis homered twice to lead the Oakland...
View ArticlePolice: 911 call leads to Kansas murder suspect arrest
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing and have made an arrest. Just after 10:30 p.m., Friday, police responded to a cutting call in the 1600 block of south...
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