The Hays City Commission signed off on the project to rehab the airport’s runway over a month ago, but work hasn’t started. City Manager Toby Dougherty says the FAA grant is being held up in Washington.
If the grant isn’t approved by July 31st, the city will have to rebid the project. Even if it is approved, construction may be pushed back to next spring
A 23-year-old southeast Kansas woman has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in the April death of her newborn son.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Karen Marie Bailey of LeRoy was sentenced Thursday to 13 years and seven months in prison. She pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder and aggravated endangerment of a child.
Prosecutors say Bailey gave birth April 2 in her car and left the baby unattended there for several hours, which resulted in his death.
Three area blood drives have been scheduled as the American Red Cross deals with an emergency shortage of blood and platelets. The first will be in Phillipsburg Tuesday at the First Assembly of God from noon to 6:30. The next blood drive is in Quinter on July 17th from noon to 5:30 at the Church of the Brethren, and the third will be on the 18th at the Stockton City Hall from noon to 6:00.
All blood types are needed. Donors ages 16 to 21 can register to win a $5,000 scholarship.
The Wild West Tournament gets going Friday at Larks Park as well as the Hays High and TMP fields. 18 teams are taking part in the three-day tournament with six of those teams from Hays.
In the Senior Division, the Hays Monarchs take on the Kansas Crush at 9am Friday morning at the TMP field. The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion goes up against Colby at 11:15am at Hays High.
In the Junior Division, Hays will play Great Bend at 9am at Larks Park and the Hays Rangers also play Great Bend at Larks Park at 11:15am. The Hays Renegades will open at 9am against the TMP Junior Legion at Hays High.
The Senior Division championship game is slated for 3:45pm Sunday at Larks Park and the Junior Division championship is set for 3:45pm Sunday at Hays High.
TORONTO — The All-Star break next week is arriving at just the right time for Luke Hochevar.
The Kansas City right-hander won for the third time in four starts after leaving the game with a sprained ankle, Eric Hosmer had three RBIs and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 on Thursday night.
Hochevar (6-8) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings before leaving with his injury. He sprained his right ankle while covering first base on Colby Rasmus’ infield single in the fifth.
“I hit the bag on the inside and just rolled it in,” Hochevar said. “It wouldn’t have been bad if it wasn’t on the inside. When I was pushing off the rubber it extended it and it was biting me pretty good. It’s a good thing we have the All-Star break coming up and I’ve got eight days (of rest).”
Hochevar stayed in the game and struck out Jose Bautista to finish the inning, but was replaced by Tim Collins in the sixth.
“He was fine but I didn’t like the look on his face,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “When he came in (to the dugout) he lobbied to go back out for the sixth but I wasn’t going to.”
Hochevar, who improved to 4-1 in seven career starts against Toronto, said his ankle isn’t so sore that he couldn’t pitch again before the break if he was scheduled for another start.
“It’s stiff and it’s tender and it bother me to push off the rubber but I think it would be fine,” he said.
All-Star Billy Butler snapped a season-long 0-for-24 hitless streak against Toronto pitching and Yuniesky Betancourt homered as the Royals won for the second time in six games. Salvador Perez tied a career-high with four hits, all singles, and extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games. Kansas City finished with a season-high 16 hits.
“(Perez) has been a big boost to our club, both defensively and offensively,” Yost said.
Collins worked 1 1-3 innings and Greg Holland got the last two outs of the seventh. Aaron Crow got two outs in the eighth but gave up Yunel Escobar’s RBI single before Jose Mijares came on and surrendered a two-run triple to pinch-hitter Ben Francisco before Kelvin Herrera got J.P. Arencibia to ground out to end the threat.
Jonathan Broxton finished in the ninth for his 21st save.
“Each guy we put out there got into a little bit of trouble but we found a way to make it work,” Broxton said.
Arencibia hit two home runs for the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez (5-7) gave up five runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings. Toronto lost for just the ninth time in 14 meetings against Kansas City dating to last season.
Kansas City opened the scoring with in a five-run, 10-batter third against Alvarez, an inning that started and ended with Jeff Francoeur grounding out to third base.
In between, Alcides Escobar, Hosmer and Billy Butler hit RBI singles. A fourth run scored on Brett Lawrie’s throwing error and Mike Moustakas capped the rally with a sacrifice fly.
“We put that big inning together and that was huge for us,” Hosmer said. “We capitalized on the mistakes and that’s key for us.”
Butler’s infield single to third base was his first hit against the Blue Jays this season. Lawrie tried to throw Butler out from foul territory behind third base, but sent his throw into right field, allowing Escobar to score.
“I thought it was going to be a double down the line and clear the bases and (Lawrie) snared it,” Butler said. “I could have easily had 10 hits this year against them but I got one.”
Arencibia cut it to 5-2 in the third when he followed Kelly Johnson’s leadoff double with a two-run drive into the second deck in left, his first career homer off his former University of Tennessee batterymate.
“Arencibia’s been a thorn in my side the last couple of times I’ve faced him,” Hochevar said. “I’ve got to figure out a way to get him out.”
Toronto’s catcher went deep again in the seventh with a one-out solo drive, his 13th homer of the season, off Collins. It was his third multihomer game of the season and sixth of his career.
Kansas City made it 8-3 with a three-run eighth against reliever Francisco Cordero. Alex Gordon had an RBI single and two runs scored on Hosmer’s base hit to shallow right, with Jarrod Dyson racing around to score from second when the throw went to first base.
Toronto cut it to 8-6 in the bottom half on Escobar’s RBI single and Francisco’s triple, but Betancourt led off the ninth with a solo homer off Drew Carpenter, his sixth.
“Tack on runs in the eighth and ninth inning were huge for us, obviously,” Yost said.
NOTES: The Blue Jays purchased the contract of RHP Sam Dyson from Double-A New Hampshire. Dyson replaces RHP Scott Richmond, who was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday. Dyson made his major league debut in the seventh, pitching to two batters. … Blue Jays RHP Brandon Morrow (strained left oblique) has reached 150 feet while throwing on flat ground. Morrow has been out since June 12, and there is no timetable for his return. … The Royals released C Humberto Quintero, who was designated for assignment June 27. … Earlier Thursday, Broxton lost out to Texas RHP Yu Darvish in fan voting for the final All-Star Game roster spot. … Toronto released veteran LHP Jamie Moyer after the 49-year-old went 1-1 in two starts at Triple-A.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – National runner-up Kansas will have high-profile games against Big Ten heavyweights Michigan State and Ohio State during the nonconference portion of its schedule next season.
The school officials announced the slate of games on Thursday.
Kansas will open the season Oct. 30 with an exhibition against Emporia State. The regular season will start against Southeast Missouri State on Nov. 9, the first of two preliminary games of the CBE Classic. Washington State, Texas A&M and Saint Louis also are involved in the tournament.
The Jayhawks play Michigan State in Atlanta as part of the Champions Classic on Nov. 13, and visit Ohio State on Dec. 22 in the return game of a series that began last season in Lawrence.
Kansas finishes its nonconference schedule Jan. 6 against Temple.
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Breezy southerly winds will continue this afternoon and again on Saturday afternoon with high temperatures around 100 degrees.
As early as Saturday, a cold front will approach the region, but the confidence is low on the frontal timing. By late Sunday night, the boundary should be shifted to the south of the area, while easterly surface winds become established. Along with the surface front, will come chances for widespread thunderstorms, most likely Sunday night. Temperatures will cool closer to normal for early July.
Highs for Monday through Thursday are forecast in the upper 80s.
Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 103. South southwest wind 13 to 17 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. South wind 8 to 16 mph.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. North northwest wind around 7 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. East northeast wind around 8 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Kansas officials say the death of a 43-year-old man in northwest Kansas was heat-related, making it the state’s third such fatality this year.
The state Department of Health and Environment confirmed Thursday the latest heat-related death was reported last week but declined to provide additional details to protect the victim’s privacy. The state’s other two heat-related deaths occurred in May.
Health department officials also said hospitals have voluntarily reported about 40 heat-related injuries and illnesses since the beginning of June.
High temperatures in northwest Kansas have hit or exceeded 100 degrees for most of the past two weeks, and Gov. Sam Brownback has declared a drought emergency in the western third of the state, including northwest Kansas.
Law enforcement officials have issued an attempt to locate for a suspect in a first degree murder case in Garden City.
Officials are searching for 26-year-old Miguel Angel Herrera who is believed to be driving a black 2003 Dodge Ram 1500.
Few details have been released on this case, but Kansas Bureau of Investigation records show Herrera is also a listed offender for a kidnapping case in 2010.
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UPDATE: Law Enforcement Officials have reported that a missing 16-year-old girl, who authorities issued an Amber Alert for Thursday, has been found safe in Hiawatha, KS, along with the teen who reportedly abducted her.
A deputy pulled over the vehicle Thursday and found both teens, shortly before 8pm.
UPDATE: An Amber Alert has been issued for a Leavenworth, KS teen.
16-year-old Jenna Marie Hord was last seen in Leavenworth, KS.
Jenna Hord was last seen about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday in Leavenworth, KS, and may have been forced into a car by her ex-boyfriend, 17-year-old Logan Burris.
According to the Leavenworth Police Department, they responded to a call of a disturbance at a convenience store involving Burris and another man who were fighting. Burris was then reportedly seen grabbing Hord and forcing her into the passenger side of a white ’96 Toyota Camry with TAG 168DHH.
Law enforcement officials said they believe Hord is in extreme danger because Burris was seen with a handgun earlier in the day and was reportedly threatening people with the weapon.
A Stockton sixth-grader is a state winner in the national Fight the Bite Poster Contest, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
There were 75 entries from Kansas. The 2012 Kansas fifth-grade winner is Kassidie Womack from Lawrence, and the sixth-grade winner is Kyra Horn from Stockton.
Each winning artist received $50 and a certificate. Their posters will be used in educational materials nationwide to help motivate others to Fight the Bite.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced in February the invitation to all fifth- and sixth-graders in Kansas to participate.
This contest encouraged students to use art to show the ways they can protect themselves and their families from the diseases spread by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas by using avoidance behavior, proper clothing or repellent while outdoors.
