A shorthanded Barton Community College Volleyball team made the short trip south to Pratt Community College, returning home after an equally short night on the court as the Cougars were swept 25-22, 26-24, and 25-21.
Playing all freshman in the contest, Barton was in all three sets but couldn’t close out as Pratt dominated the latter stages of each frame to secure the win improving to 2-0 and 3-7 on the year while sending Barton to its fourth straight loss to open the conference schedule.
Now 8-5 on the season the Cougars will head even further south to Odessa, Texas, for the weekend’s Odessa College Tournament.
DETROIT (AP) – Salvador Perez homered twice as the Kansas City Royals broke open a close game to rout the Detroit Tigers 13-2 on Wednesday night.
The Royals broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the seventh, then scored seven in the eighth. Perez drove in three runs, while Whit Merrifield had three doubles and three RBIs. Alcides Escobar had four hits, falling a homer short of the cycle.
Jason Hammell (8-10) got the win, giving up two runs, nine hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six while winning for the third time in four starts.
Tigers starter Matthew Boyd pitched six-plus innings, allowing four runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out four.
DETROIT (AP) – Salvador Perez homered twice Wednesday night as the Kansas City Royals routed the Detroit Tigers 13-2. Whit Merrifield added three doubles and three RBIs for the Royals. Jason Hammell got the win after allowing just two runs in six innings.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Rookie Jack Flaherty tossed five innings of one-run ball Wednesday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the San Diego Padres 3-1. Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run home run for the Cardinals, who have won four straight games. Reliever Ryan Sherriff got the win and Tyler Lyons picked up the save.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired right-hander Juan Nicasio from Philadelphia in exchange for minor league infielder Eliezer Alvarez. The 31-year-old Nicasio joined the Phillies last week on a waiver claim from Pittsburgh. Nicasio won’t be eligible for postseason play.
NEW YORK (AP) – Jack Harrison scored his ninth goal of the season late in the game Wednesday night to give New York City FC a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. New York City is 8-0-2 in its last 10 home games. Both teams were short-handed. NYC’s David Villa was injured during his call-up for Spain’s World Cup qualifiers and Sporting KC had four players out on international duty.
UNDATED (AP) – Defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma has won 11 games in a row since its last game against Ohio State. The fifth-ranked Sooners put the nation’s longest winning streak on the line when they travel to the second-ranked Buckeyes’ famed Horseshoe. Oklahoma went on to win the Big 12 title without a league loss after going 1-2 in nonconference play last year. That included the three-touchdown loss at home to the Buckeyes.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley is just 34 years old. He will be thrown into the fire immediately in his second game as head coach. He’ll take the fifth-ranked Sooners into Columbus to face No. 2 Ohio State. The man who won the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant in 2015 believes he is ready for Saturday’s showdown.
UNDATED (AP) – The college football season opened with marquee matchups in NFL stadiums, giving a bowl-game feel to regular-season games. In week two, it’s back to campus. Four games involving eight ranked teams have the potential to set an early season course for the College Football Playoff race. No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 2 Ohio State tops the list.
UNDATED (AP) – A lot of teams have stunk on special teams as the college football season has gotten under way. Coaches around the country are in fix-it mode. Through two games, South Florida has had two punts blocked and other problems. Florida State had a field goal and punt blocked and fumbled on a kick return in its loss to Alabama. Coaches say they spend plenty of time on special teams in practice.
AMES, Iowa (AP) – This year’s Iowa-Iowa State game might feature more in-state talent that any Cy-Hawk matchup in recent memory. The Hawkeyes’ most recent depth chart featured 23 players from Iowa. Many of the Cyclones’ top players – including seniors Allen Lazard, Joel Lanning and Jake Campos – went to high school not far from Ames. The two teams play at Iowa State on Saturday.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery.
Just before 4:30 a.m. police responded to a convenience store in the 5700 Block of SE 21st Street in Topeka after report of an armed robbery, according to a media release.
The store employee told police a black male described as 5-foot 6-inches tall and weighing approximately 150-pounds, wearing black clothing, a mask and carrying a knife entered the business and demanded money.
The suspect then fled the business on foot. There were no injuries. A police K9 team responded to the scene to assist with a search for the suspect.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Shawnee County Sheriff’s detective will spend four days in jail and be on two years’ probation for interfering with law enforcement.
Erin Thompson, who was a sheriff’s deputy for more than 15 years, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday on two counts of misdemeanor interference with law enforcement. She also was ordered to pay $5,000.
Prosecutors say Thompson lied in 2014 about two interviews she conducted, claiming she talked to or tried to talk to people involved in cases she was investigating. At a preliminary hearing in January, witnesses testified they never talked to Thompson.
Thompson’s last day with the sheriff’s office was Aug. 30, after she served nearly two years of paid administrative leave.
Thompson was originally charged in May 2016 with three counts of felony perjury.
GEARY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on drug charges after traffic stop on Interstate 70.
On Tuesday, police stopped a vehicle on Interstate 70 approximately 10-miles east of Junction City for speeding and no turn signal, according to a media release.
They arrested Melanie Asantewa Obeng, 41, and Jerry Antoine Jones, 41, both of Seattle on suspicion of Possession with Intent to Sell, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and No Drug Tax Stamp.
Jones also faces allegations including suspicion of Speeding and No
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Turn Signal. They are being held in the Geary County Jail.
TOPEKA– A Kansas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving the getaway car during an armed robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.
Jermaine Tyrell Patton, 29, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting a commercial robbery and one count of aiding and abetting an armed robbery.
In his plea, Patton admitted taking part in a Nov. 5, 2016, robbery at Oakmark Convenience Store at 2518 N.E. Seward Avenue in Topeka. Patton’s accomplice, who was carrying a firearm, entered the store and demanded money. Patton was behind the wheel of a blue PT Cruiser when he and the robber fled the scene. When police stopped the car, both men fled on foot. Patton was quickly arrested.
The other man, Christopher Curtis Harris of Topeka, was arrested and charged in Shawnee County District Court with shooting Topeka Police Detective Brian Hill when Hill tried to arrest him.
Patton is set for sentencing Nov. 27. Both parties have agreed to recommend a sentence of not less than five years and not more than 15 years. Beall commended the Topeka Police Department, the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Maag for their work on the case.
HARVEY COUNTY — A Kansas man facing three counts of capital murder and three counts of first-degree murder waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning in Harvey County District Court.
Jereme Nelson, 35, is accused in the October 2016 shooting deaths of 37-year-old Angela Graevs, 33-year-old Travis Street and 52-year-old Richard Prouty in rural Harvey County.
Arraignment is set for Nov. 3 in front of Judge Joe Dickenson.
Nelson’s co-defendant Myrta Rangel, 31, had similar charges dismissed in Harvey County and faces federal charges related to the case including possession of a firearm, obstruction and providing a firearm to a felon.
After the alleged murders, Nelson and Rangel fled to Mexico. They were arrested in January and returned to the U.S.
First responders on the scene during the prison disturbance and fire Tuesday night-photo courtesy KWCH
NORTON, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a disturbance at a state prison in northwestern Kansas (all times local):
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A Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman is confirming that part of a building for housing inmates at a prison in the state’s northwest is not livable following a disturbance.
Spokesman Samir Arif also said the department increased the number of inmates it transferred out of the Norton Correctional Facility on Wednesday to 100, up from 90 earlier.
But Arif said the inmates were transferred for security reasons, not because part of the housing building was damaged.
The disturbance occurred Tuesday night. Arif said it began when an inmate or inmates set fire to a mattress and about 250 spilled into the yard. Windows were smashed in several buildings and inmates broke into a tool shed.
The low-security prison is about 320 miles (515 kilometers) west of Kansas City.
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A Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman says it has transferred 90 inmates from a prison in the state’s northwest following a disturbance there.
Spokesman Samir Arif said Wednesday that the inmates were moved from the Norton Correctional Facility to other Kansas prisons.
Arif says the disturbance at Norton began Tuesday night when an inmate or inmates set fire to a mattress in a housing unit and as many as 250 inmates spilled into the yard. He said inmates broke into a tool shed and smashed several prison windows.
Arif says two staff members suffered minor injuries that required no medical attention.
The disturbance drew law enforcement officers and firefighters to the prison just south of the Nebraska state line and about 320 miles west (515 kilometers) west of Kansas City.
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NORTON —The inmate disturbance at Norton Correctional Facility has been brought under control, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
All inmates have been secured. Two minor staff injuries were reported, although no medical attention was required.
An investigation into the incident is underway.
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NORTON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Corrections has confirmed that an inmate disturbance occurred at a state prison in western Kansas and that local law enforcement officers are on the scene.
Department spokesman Samir Arif provided no other details about the disturbance Tuesday night at the Norton Correctional Facility.
Norton City Administrator Chad Buckley says all of the town’s firetrucks and his entire police department responded to the scene to assist corrections officials.
The Norton prison housed 848 inmates as of Friday, with another 125 at a satellite unit in Stockton, to the east. Most of the inmates are either “low” medium-security inmates or minimum-security inmates. The prison is about 320 miles west of Kansas City.
Rec’d call from @KSCorrections cancelling union visit to Lansing b/c 50 inmates from Norton are transferring to Lansing b/c of riot. #ksleg
DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in an aggravated assault and after a week made an arrest Tuesday night.
According to a social media report officers jailed 27-year-old John Robert Berry in connection with a Wednesday August 30, disturbance with weapons at a mobile home in the 100 Block of Maple Street in Lawrence.
Berry was barricaded inside the home with a gun. A second individual was inside and unable to leave due to health reasons. Officers set up a perimeter and attempted to contact the suspect.
Officers ultimately deployed an investigative robot into the residence and determined Berry had escaped. He is wanted for aggravated assault and has previous convictions for criminal threat, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
A shorthanded Barton Community College Volleyball team made the short trip south to Pratt Community College, returning home after an equally short night on the court as the Cougars were swept 25-22, 26-24, and 25-21.
