Mike Moustakas hits a 2-run HR vs. Baltimore Wednesday night. (Jason Hanna)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop each hit a two-run homer off Johnny Cueto, and the Baltimore Orioles totaled five long balls in all Wednesday night to power their way to an 8-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals that snapped a six-game skid.
Wei-Yin Chen (8-6) allowed three runs for the Orioles while scattering nine hits over six innings. The losing pitcher against the Royals in Game 3 of last year’s AL Championship Series, he has now gone seven straight starts without a defeat.
Cueto (9-9) labored through five innings for Kansas City, allowing 10 hits and a walk. It was his second consecutive shoddy start after yielding a career-high 13 hits in a loss at Boston.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback plans to hold a town hall meeting next week to discuss concerns about the potential transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Fort Leavenworth.
Brownback’s office announced that the meeting would be 4 p.m. next Thursday at the Riverfront Community Center. The Republican governor is a vocal opponent of any effort to move prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the Kansas post’s prison.
The Pentagon has confirmed that a team surveyed Fort Leavenworth’s prison last week and planned a similar assessment later this month of the U.S. Navy’s bring in Charleston, South Carolina.
Closing Guantanamo’s detention center is a top priority for President Barack Obama, but Brownback and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are threatening to sue if its prisoners are moved to their states.
Friends of the Hays Dog Park is embarking on its third and final phase, installation of two shelters. (Photo simulation by Hays Parks Department)
By BECKY KISER Hays Post
The third and final phase of creating the Hays Dog Park involves installation of two shade shelters.
“We’re proud to announce the first two phases are done,” Hays Parks Director Jeff Boyle told Hays city commissioners last week.
“Friends of the Hays Dog Park worked diligently to get that done. Some evenings there are 25 people out there with their dogs and it’s ‘standing room only.'”
The Friends of the Hays Dog Park group approached the Hays City Commission in 2011 requesting permission to build a dog park in Hays in three phases. The city provided space at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.
Kim Perez, FHDP president, at last week’s city commission work session.
The entire project has been funded by donations and grants to FHDP.
Phase 1 and Phase 2 are completed and include fencing, a parking lot, staging area, dog water stations, waste stations and signage at a total cost of $53,342.65.
FHDP is now requesting approval to transfer $18,840.75 from the Friends of the Hays Dog Park fund to the city of Hays Park Development Fund for installation of a 16 foot x 16 foot shelter in the small dog area and a 20 foot by 20 foot shelter in the large dog area.
“They like the shelter that we have in Ekey Park (19th and Holmes Road.) It’s a very good shelter and economical to put it in,” Boyle said. “So they contacted the company that installed it, Quality Structures Incorporated, which actually agreed to donate part of the project to Friends of the Hays Dog Park.”
Both shelters would be installed for $15,000. Another $3,840.75 would pay for concrete pads and sidewalks. Boyle suggested the city donate the labor costs for laying the concrete after the shelters are installed.
The money transfer and permission to proceed with the shelter project is on the Hays City Commission agenda for Thursday, Aug. 27.
The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., an hour later than usual. City commissioners will be participating in the Core2Campus event in downtown Hays which starts at 5:30 p.m.
KANSAS CITY- A teen driver was injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Johnson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Chevy passenger vehicle driven by Blaine M. Shapley, 18, Smithville, MO.,
was southbound on Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 435.
The driver failed to maintain a single lane to the right and struck the rear of a 2014 Kansas Highway Patrol Chevy Tahoe.
The Tahoe with emergency lights activated was legally parked on the right shoulder. The KC Metro trooper was outside the vehicle assisting a 2005 Peterbilt semi driven by Michael J. Gibson, 73, Oskaloosa, that had been involved in a non-injury collision.
Shapley was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
The trooper and Gibson were not injured. Shapley was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Bilat Salat awaits a pass from Treveon Albert during Wednesday’s scrimmage.
The Fort Hays State football team held their final intrasquad scrimmage prior to their season opener Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Field.
The Tigers used the scrimmage to work on their game day routine including pregame warmups and a halftime break.
“We tried to make it as live as possible” fifth-year head coach Chris Brown said. “It didn’t go great today but I’m glad we did it today so we get our kids on the same page of how game day is”. “Hopefully they see today that they’ve got to get a lot better”.
Coach Chris Brown discusses Wednesday’s scrimmage
Quarterback Treveon Albert connected with redshirt freshman Codaryl Pandolfo on a 35-yard touchdown pass on the first play after a short halftime break to highlight the offense.
Head coach Chris Brown addresses his team following Wednesday’s scrimmage.
Backup quarterback Jacob Mezera guided the No. 2 offense on a 15-play scoring drive then culminated with a 20-yard Drew O’Brien field goal.
Senior linebacker Justin McPhail intercepted a Treveon Albert pass in the two-minute drill to highlight the defense.
The Tigers open the season on the road Sept. 3 at Central Oklahoma.
Former Kansas State quarterback Jake Waters has been released by the Seattle Seahawks Wednesday, eight days after they signed him. Waters did not play in Seattle’s 14-13 loss to the Chiefs Friday in Kansas City.
Waters, who set the Kansas State single-season passing record at Kansas State last season, has now been released by two teams. After not being drafted, Waters signed a free agent contract with Jacksonville but was let go after just a couple of days.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — RadioShack has reached a tentative settlement in a dispute over the treatment of gift card holders in the electronics retailer’s bankruptcy case.
Under a settlement outlined Wednesday, holders of roughly a third of the $46 million in outstanding gift cards would receive priority status and be paid in full.
Other holders of gift cards would be lumped in with general unsecured creditors, meaning they likely would receive pennies on the dollar, if anything.
The difference between the two groups depends on how they received their cards.
The agreement stems from a complaint filed by the Texas attorney general’s office, which is working with attorneys general in several states on behalf of RadioShack gift card holders.
Attorneys for some gift card holders say they may still try to press their claims.
The Hays Police Department will be hosting a bike safety event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at McDonald’s, 3406 Vine,with several services offered to promote safe biking for children.
The event will feature bike inspections, an obstacle course, helmet fitting and refreshments.
Attendees will also be able to register to win a bike helmet.
The event is sponsored by McDonald’s and the Hays Police Department.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas Medical Center is beginning work on a $75 million building.
Gov. Sam Brownback is among the dignitaries scheduled to attend a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning for the new Health Education Building. It will serve as the primary teaching facility for the KU schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions.
Funding comes from $25 million in state bonds, $15 million from the University of Kansas Medical Center and $37.3 million in private gifts. The Hall Family Foundation was the largest donor, chipping in $25 million. Dr. David Zamierowski, of Overland Park, also will be honored after he and his wife gave money for simulation equipment and facilities.
Even after construction begins in mid-September, fundraising will continue to help pay for technology and equipment for the building.
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will stop selling the AR-15 and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them.
The retailer says it will replace them with more hunting rifles and shotguns. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the semi-automatic weapons were sold at fewer than a third of its 4,600 U.S. stores.
Walmart Stores Inc. is removing the semi-automatic weapons this week as it prepares its stores for fall merchandise. The Bentonville, Arkansas company says it made the decision earlier this year.
SALINA -Two vehicles stolen in Salina on Tuesday evening have been recovered.
A 1993 Jeep Wrangler owned by 19-year-old Jordyn Mullins of Gypsum, was taken from the parking lot of Kansas Wesleyan University between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
It was recovered at a convenience store in Concordia around 1:00 a.m. and Concordia Police have a suspect in custody.
The keys had been left in the vehicle. The value of the Jeep is listed at $2,500.
Keys were also left in a 1991 Ford Fiesta which was stolen from the 800 block of Vassar around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday night.
The car was recovered at the intersection of Illinois and Sherman around 5 a.m. Wednesday morning. The value of the Fiesta is listed at $1,500.
Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney urges vehicle owners to never leave the keys in their vehicles.
This mountain lion was visible on a trail cam Aug. 3 in Rooks County. (Photo courtesy KDWPT)
By JAMES BELL Hays Post
A trail camera in Rooks County captured a picture of a rare sight in northwestern Kansas – a mountain lion on the prowl north of Webster on Aug. 3.
“Yeah, there was one, we confirmed it,” said Ron Kaufman, director of information services for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
The sighting was captured on a privately-owned trail cam, but other than the picture there is no information about the animal.
“We don’t know a whole lot about this one,” Kaufman said. However the department of did take their time in confirming the sighting.
“We always take time for our biologist to try to confirm that these are actually what they say they are,” he said.
“This is the 11th verified sighting of a mountain lion in Kansas since 2007,” according to the department’s Facebook page attached to the image.
“Although people often report seeing them, mountain lions are only occasionally confirmed in Kansas. The first confirmed mountain lion in Kansas in modern times was shot and killed in 2007 in Barber County in south-central Kansas,” according to information from the department.
“Prior to 2007, the last mountain lion documented in Kansas was killed in 1904 in Ellis County.”
While the sighting is out of ordinary, it is likely to be due to travel rather than a permanent home being set up in the area.
“So far, the animals appear to be passing through Kansas, rather than staying and establishing home ranges. KDWPT has no evidence of a breeding population in the state,” according to KDWPT information.
There is no hunting season for mountain lions, and so they cannot be killed without reason and reasonable efforts must first be made to alleviate problems caused by wildlife, before attempting to destroy the animal.
If a sighting is believed to have occurred the KDWPT asks the sighting be reported here, or by calling (620) 342-0658.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A recycling facility for plastics and electronics has been ordered to pay restitution plus a fine for mishandling dangerous chemicals at its premises in El Dorado.
The U.S. attorney’s office says Integrated Plastic Solutions, LLC, was sentenced to pay $97,612 in restitution and a $10,000 fine at its sentencing in federal court in Wichita. It must also serve three years of probation to include participating in a compliance and ethics program.
The company pleaded guilty in June to one count of unlawful storage of hazardous waste.
Its owner, Sean M. Riley, was sentenced last month to 18 months of unsupervised probation. Its general manager, Brian J. Riley, received three years of probation in May. The court also ordered the two men to pay $118,807 in restitution.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A recycling facility for plastics and electronics has agreed to pay restitution after admitting it stored hazardous wastes such as paints and solvents at its premises in El Dorado.
Integrated Plastic Solutions faces sentencing Wednesday in federal court in Wichita on one count of unlawful storage of hazardous waste. Its plea agreement requires the company to pay restitution in the amount of $118,807.
The company pleaded guilty in June after striking a deal with prosecutors for three years’ probation and no fine.
Its owner, Sean M. Riley, was sentenced last month to 18 months of unsupervised probation. Its general manager, Brian J. Riley, received three years of probation in May. The court also ordered the two men to pay $118,807 in restitution.
