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⚾🎥 WATCH LIVE Hays Larks host Junction City
The Hays Larks return home Thursday for a non-league contest against the Junction City Brigade. Thursday's game is set to start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Larks Park. You can catch on the action on the Larks YouTube channel. Hays Larks baseball on HaysPost.com is courtesy of the Hays Larks....
Police found drugs, children at Kansas woman's home
SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating three suspect on multiple allegations after. On July 3, members of the Topeka Police Department Narcotics Unit served a search warrant in the 2100 Block SW 10th Avenue related to an ongoing investigation, according to Police Lt. Ronnie Connell. While conducting the search...
As bird flu spreads on dairy farms, an ‘abysmal’ few workers are tested
Dairy workers are in rural areas, often with little access to transportation and no sick leave. Public health officials are concerned about bird flu, which so far has been detected in three dairy farmworkers — two in Michigan and one in Texas — as well as in cattle in a dozen states.
Homicide: KCPD IDs man who died in apartment shooting
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement investigating another deadly shooting in Kansas City have identified the victim as 28-year-old Christopher Henderson. just after 6am Wednesday, police were dispatched to a shooting at an apartment in the 1400 block of NW. 80th Terrace, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina. First responders were...
Kansas man dead, 3 hospitalized after storm at Wilson Lake
RUSSELL COUNTY—A Kansas man died in the storm that rolled through Russell County late Wednesday. Just before midnight, Russell County dispatch received numerous 911 calls reporting multiple campers at Lake Wilson blown over, according to a statement from Russell County Sheriff Andrew L. VanDerWege. Christopher Montoya, 64, Hollyrood, was...
LETTER: Protecting U.S. energy independence
July is a special month for many Americans. Most of us will eagerly take a break from our busy summer schedules to celebrate Independence Day once again. There will be much fanfare with fireworks, parades, picnics and other patriotic events. But when the festivities have ended, only a few will have reflected upon the true meaning of independence and the role it has played in shaping our nation’s character.
2 dead after Kansas driver strikes 3-vehicles including school bus
CLAY COUNTY, Mo. —Two people died in an accident just after 3p.m. Wednesday in Clay County, Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Toyota Scion driven by Delmy A. Vasquez, 26, Kansas City, Kansas, was westbound on MO 92 at County Road A. The driver failed to...
US will give Ukraine another $2.3 billion in military aid
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense (DoD) announced Wednesday afternoon an additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs, according to a media release. This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package valued at up to $150 million to provide Ukraine with key...
Political signs not allowed on highway right of way
TOPEKA - It’s a sign of the season – political campaigning and the posting of campaign signs. The Kansas Department of Transportation reminds the public that all political campaign signs or billboards are prohibited from being placed on state highway right of way. By law, all right of...
Governor Kelly announces $8.6 Million awarded to cost share program projects
EDWARDSVILLE – Governor Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed today announced that $8.6 million will be awarded to 14 transportation construction projects through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Cost Share Program for spring 2024. “These new Cost Share projects will repair and modernize transportation infrastructure in communities...
MADORIN: Sky tyrants
Regular readers know we love our yard’s inhabitants. Our robins, orioles, finches, sparrows, and kingbirds both western and eastern fascinate us. Like proud grandparents, we ooh and aah over nesting parents and their fledglings. This year, we’ve enjoyed western kingbirds raising young in our mulberry tree. Unfortunately, a young squirrel who’s made our seed stations, bird baths, and shady ash tree his restaurant, libation source, and climbing gym finds them aggravating.
⚾ Salvador Perez drives in 2 as the Royals beat the Rays
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha allowed one run on two hits over six innings, Salvador Perez drove in a pair of runs and the Kansas City Royals got a spectacular defensive play from Kyle Isbel in the ninth to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Wednesday night.
KBI: Child's report led to Kansas sex crime arrest
NEMAHA COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man for multiple child sex crimes. Just after 11 a.m.,Tuesday, KBI agents arrested 51-year-old Robert Motto Jr., 51, of Wetmore on a warrant for four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, rape, and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, according to the KBI.
Kansas City man drowns at Table Rock Lake
STONE COUNTY —A Kansas City Man drowned Tuesday at Table Rock Lake. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 61-year-old Christopher D. Moore exited a 2022 Pontoon boat in Cow Creek Cove four miles south of Kimberling City. The boat drifted away where he was unable to grab it again. Moore began to struggle and went under water.
2nd Kan. man admits scheme to illegally sell avionics equipment to Russia
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas businessman has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting sensitive aviation technology to Russian companies in violation of U.S. sanctions. Douglas Edward Robertson, who lives in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, was the second Kansas business executive to plead guilty to charges after being accused of smuggling, money laundering, violating U.S. export regulations, submitting false or misleading information to export regulators and conspiring to commit crimes against the U.S., all for profit. Their arrests and the arrest of a Latvian associate in March 2023 came as the U.S. ramped up sanctions and financial penalties on Russia over its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Police: Kan. suspect battered man, kidnapped woman and endangered child
SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged violent crime and have a man in custody. While sitting in the basement of his residence Tuesday afternoon with a woman, a 32-year-old Salina man heard some glass break upstairs. Soon after, a man entered his basement, allegedly beat him and left, forcefully taking the 22-year-old woman with him.
KC Zoo announces birth of Masai giraffe
KANSAS CITY —A female Masai giraffe was born to mom Makali on Sunday, the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium announced on their social media page Wednesday. The calf weighs in at 125 pounds and already stands 5 feet 6 inches tall. It will be a while before this adorable girl makes her public debut, but the zoo will keep fans updated on the Zoo’s social media pages.
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