By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled Legislature’s scheduled adjournment for the year Tuesday. Supporters of each measure fell short of the 24 of 40 votes required to pull a bill on each subject out of committee. Backers of both proposals argue that they have popular support yet have been thwarted ..read more

Cheney, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The Scott City track team made their way to Cheney on Friday for the annual Vernon Ferguson Invitational, as they started off their second half of the season. In a meet that featured several Class 3A, and a few 4A, schools, the Beavers would see their boys take the team title, and the girls were fifth. Scott City’s boys won the meet with 118 points, while Cheney was second with 100.  On the girls side, Cheney won the meet with 144 points, Garden Plain was in second with 96 and Clearwater was third with 84.5 Scott City had 52.5. Boys Team Scores Scott C ..read more

Great Bend, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–We are less than a week away from regional competition, and on Friday, several area schools made their way to Great Bend for the Hoisnington Invitational. The meet was moved from Thursday, because of the potential threat of severe weather. Scott City would win the meet, defeating Meade by 12 points and Great Bend was third. Scott City swept the singles titles, as Avry Noll took the No. 1 Singles title and Houston Frank won the No. 2 Singles division. Noll collected his 100th career victory during the tournament. Meade took the No. 1 Doubles title with O ..read more

Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–Scott City has been on a tear as of late. On Friday, they would face a brand new opponent in the Ellis Lady Railers. The Lady Beavers wouldn’t trail, as they picked up a pair of wins, taking the first game in five innings 10-0, and completed the sweep in game two by pulling away 11-1.   Scott City 10, Ellis 0, Game 1 (5 Inn.) Scott City wasted little time to get on the board. After they retired the side in the top of the first, the Lady Beavers batted around in the bottom of the first, and scored five runs in the bottom of the first. They took a ..read more

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Seth Lugo pitched seven scoreless innings and the Kansas City Royals won their fourth straight game, beating the Detroit Tigers 8-0 on Friday. Lugo (4-1) allowed three singles and matched a career high with nine strikeouts in a game played at 1:10 pm due to the NFL draft festivities in downtown Detroit on Friday evening. “Being aggressive is always part of my plan, but I just had really good fastball command,” he said. “They took some early swings that gave me an idea of what their approach was going to be throughout the game.” Tigers starter Reese ..read more

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Elias Díaz capped Colorado’s six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking RBI double, and the Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 10-9 on Thursday. Elehuris Montero and Hunter Goodman homered for Colorado, which earned a split of the four-game series. Brenton Doyle and Brendan Rodgers each had three of the Rockies’ 14 hits. “Everybody put everything together, took a good (at-bat), and the results came,” Díaz said. Rodgers started Colorado’s big rally with a one-out double. Sean Bouchard then walked before Goodman greeted Wandy Peralta (1-1) with a 448 ..read more

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs traded up to select Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the No. 28 pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, giving Patrick Mahomes the kind of speedy deep threat they have not enjoyed since Tyreek Hill was on the roster. The Chiefs were supposed to pick last in the first round after winning their second consecutive Super Bowl and third in five years, but they managed to trade up with one of their biggest AFC rivals in Buffalo. The Chiefs sent the 32nd pick along with a fourth-rounder and seventh-rounder to the B ..read more

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The sixth quarterback selected in the 2024 NFL draft was No. 1 in the Denver Broncos’ eyes. The Broncos bypassed a bevy of blue-chip defenders to draft former Oregon quarterback Bo Nix with the 12th pick Thursday night. “He stood out in a lot of areas,” coach Sean Payton said. “His arm strength, we saw it at his pro day, but then even in the private workout was very good. And he’s super smart.” Denver has churned through 13 starting quarterbacks since Peyton Manning retired as a Super Bowl champion following the 2015 season. Non ..read more

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals manager Matt Quatraro was frustrated that his team was left hanging in limbo. Blue Jays counterpart John Schneider was equally perturbed that his team wasn’t being given a chance to finish out a game it was losing. At least Quatraro felt a bit better in the end. After playing five innings, then waiting out a bizarre rain delay that stretched to 3 hours, 38 minutes, the Royals finally were declared a 2-1 winner Thursday — their third straight one-run victory to wrap up their four-game set with Toronto. Salvador Perez provided both ..read more

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state’s National Guard a “border mission” of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday whether their chamber can muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of immigration provisions in the next state budget. The Senate’s top Republican promised to mount an override effort, but the House would vote first. Kelly ..read more