HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion baseball team won their fourth in a row Sunday with a doubleheader sweep of Junction City Sunday. The Eagles (4-2) scored 10 runs in the first two innings and won the first game 12-2. They scored four in the first and second then used an eight-run third for a 16-6 win in game two. Both were called after four innings by run-rule.
Ryan Ruder had three hits while Cole Schumacher, Marcus Altman and Dalton Stout all drove in two runs in the first game. Ruder (1-0) pitched three innings and struck out four and walked none for the win.
Stout had three hits and drove in six in the second game. Jared Haynes (1-0) allowed four runs on four hits over two innings but picked up the win.
McPHERSON, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs Junior American Legion committed eight errors Sunday and lost 11-6 to the Butler County Cubs in the semifinals of the McPherson tournament. The Monarchs (8-2) see their four-game win streak snapped.
Butler County scored seven in the first inning. The Monarchs answered with four in the bottom of the first and one in the second but never got any closer.
Cole Zimmerman lasted only an inning, giving up seven runs (two earned) on four hits.
Chase Werth had three hits and Creighton Renz drove in two runs.
The Monarchs are back at home Wednesday for a 6 pm doubleheader with Lincoln.
Severe thunderstorms probable on Monday evening. Large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes possible.
Today Partly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TuesdayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Tuesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 64. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
Photo by Susie Fagan Senate Vice President Jeff King –
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators who want to limit the power of the courts to force changes in how Kansas funds its public schools could revive several long-standing proposals for revising the state constitution.
Lawmakers convene June 23 for a special session called by Gov. Sam Brownback to respond to a state Supreme Court order last month. The court said the state’s school funding system remains unfair to poor school districts.
The court warned that public schools won’t be able to reopen after June 30 unless legislators rewrite school funding laws.
Senate Vice President Jeff King said he’s drafting a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent courts from closing schools. GOP legislators like King have talked about such a change for more than a decade, along with alternatives for curbing the courts’ power.
CHICAGO (AP) — Yordano Ventura pitched seven sharp innings for Kansas City in his first start since he brawled with Manny Machado in Baltimore, and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday for their second straight win following an eight-game losing streak.
Ventura (5-4) struck out a season-high 10 and walked one in his first win since May 17 against Boston, making the most of Kansas City’s run-scoring singles in the first and second. Salvador Perez added a leadoff homer down the left-field line in the ninth.
The 25-year-old Ventura had been 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA in his previous four starts. The right-hander was suspended for nine games by Major League Baseball after he hit Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball in the fifth inning of a 9-1 loss Tuesday, leading to a benches-clearing fight. But he appealed the punishment and is allowed to pitch until the process is complete.
SALINE COUNTY -A body found in the Solomon River Sunday afternoon south of Bennington is believed to be that of a Salina man, according to law enforcement authorities.
Nathan Lancaster, 37, had gone to the river with a group of people on May 27th. He was not reported missing until June 1st.
Areas along the river in Ottawa County were searched several times and there was no sign of Lancaster.
Ottawa County Sheriff Keith Coleman said a family member identified the clothing on the body.
Coleman says a positive identification is awaiting an autopsy.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Lawrence Public Library has introduced a new way of bringing its books and programming into the community this summer.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the library has unveiled its new book bike, which staff hope will enable to library to reach more people by visiting places that are less accessible for the library’s book van.
The bike includes a custom-made box that opens up into shelving. Pattie Johnston, who works in the library’s outreach services department, says the bike will not only be used for checking out books but also for information on library programs and services, such as technology help or e-book checkout.
Johnston says the bike has already visited a local farmers market and preschool.
RUSH COUNTY -Unstable economic times within school budgets in the state of Kansas are causing many school districts to rethink spending strategies.
USD 403 Otis-Bison approached USD 431 Hoisington Superintendent Bill Lowry a couple of years ago to see if he would be interested in pulling double duty as superintendent for both school districts.
Lowry turned down the offer because of the amount of work that was going into Hoisington’s effort to build a new elementary school.
With development on its way for the new Lincoln Elementary School, Lowry has now accepted the opportunity to serve as superintendent for both districts.
“The timing is a little better now for USD 431 and me,” Lowry explained.
Technology allows him to do work for both districts in one location, but he still plans to make trips to both towns throughout the week. USD 431 has over 700 students while USD 403 has roughly 200.
“I’ve got good principals, staff and the teachers do a great job teaching so that I can focus on the budget and not the day to day issues,” said Lowry.
The plan begins July 1. Both school districts share Lowry’s salary.
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has done a relatively weak job of making sure low-income students have nutritious food when school’s out during the summer, but schools, nonprofits and government agencies are making progress.
Advocates expect to have 162 sponsors providing breakfast, lunch or snacks at 575 sites this summer, an increase from 138 sponsors and 484 sites last summer, according to the Kansas Department of Education.
The meals are important, advocates say. Losing school-provided food during the summer is a financial blow to many low-income families, and the loss of nutritious food puts the students at risk for setbacks in health and education. Nearly half of the state’s children qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
The meals are largely funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program.
ORLANDO -A gunman opened fire at a gay night club in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, killing 50 people and wounding 53 more before he was killed in a shootout with SWAT team members. Here’s what we know about the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history:
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MASS CASUALTIES: At least 50 people were killed, and 53 were hospitalized, most in critical condition, officials said. A surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center said the death toll was likely to climb.
Authorities say Mateen was not under surveillance, but that in 2014, they discovered he had ties to an American suicide bomber. They said the ties were minimal and they didn’t think he represented a threat at the time.
They say he also made inflammatory comments to co-workers in 2013.
Authorities also say Mateen legally purchased at least two firearms within the past week or so.
Security company G4S said in a statement to the Palm Beach Post that he had been an employee of the company since September 10, 2007.
Mateen’s father, Seddique Mir Mateen, said his son got angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami a couple of months ago. He said that might be related to the attack. The father said the attack had nothing to do with religion.
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FATHER’S ACTIVITIES: A former Afghan official says Seddique Mir Mateen appears on a television program known for “its anti-U.S. tirades” and “pro-Taliban” remarks. The official says the program is broadcast in the Dari language. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because he did not want to be linked to coverage of the shooting.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Police say Mateen, equipped with an assault rifle and a handgun, opened fire on patrons early Sunday. He also exchanged fire with an officer working at the club about 2 a.m., when more than 300 people were inside. Police say the gunman then went back inside and took hostages. Police sent in a SWAT team to rescue hostages about 5 a.m. and Mateen died in an exchange of gunfire with SWAT officers.
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THE VICTIMS:
The city of Orlando is publishing the names of those killed on its website after their families have been contacted. The list can be found here.
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SECOND DEADLY SHOOTING IN TWO DAYS: The attack follows the fatal shooting late Friday of 22-year-old singer Christina Grimmie, who was killed after her concert in Orlando by a 27-year-old Florida man who later killed himself. Grimmie was a YouTube sensation and former contestant on “The Voice.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County prosecutors have filed charges against an 18-year-old woman accused of forcing two teenagers into prostitution.
Jessi C. Larkie faces two counts of sexual trafficking of a child under 18 in connection with incidents that authorities said occurred between late March and mid-May. Online court records don’t list a lawyer for Larkie.
The Kansas City Star reports court records show that a 15-year-old girl told investigators she met Larkie online and Larkie later suggested the girl move in with her. After moving in, when the girl couldn’t find work, Larkie suggested the girl make money working as a prostitute and told her to stand at a street corner and “look cute.”
A 14-year-old girl who ran away from her Overland Park, Kansas, home told investigators a similar story.
ELLIS–The Ellis St. Mary CYO group will have its monthly fundraising dinner Sun., June 19, 2016, in the Ellis Knights of Columbus Hal, 1013 Washington St., from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m . or until sold out.
The pan-friend chicken dinner includes mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, coleslaw, dinner roll and dessert.
We are starting to make chicken-fried steak for those people that don’t like fried chicken. We allow one steak per person and ask that you allow us 15 minutes to prepare it.
You can also place your order for buckets to go to take to the harvest field.
Dinner prices are:
Ages 5 through 9 $5.00
Ages 10 and over $10.00
For more information, call call Karla Schuster at (785) 259-3992.
Pres. Obama delivers remarks at the White House on Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the nightclub shooting in Orlando was an “act of terror” and an “act of hate.”
He says the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism and that no effort will be spared to determine whether the shooter was affiliated with terrorist groups.
Obama spoke at the White House after 50 people were killed overnight at a nightclub in Florida. Officials have said 53 more are hospitalized.
Obama is noting that the killer targeted a gay nightclub. He says it’s a “sobering reminder” that an attack on any American is an attack “on all of us.”
Today Partly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press
