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Tigers Walk Off Royals in Extra Innings Despite DeJong’s First Kansas City Home Run

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August 3, 2024

Tigers Walk Off Royals in Extra Innings Despite DeJong’s First Kansas City Home Run

It took 11 innings to decide, but the door is not shut on the Detroit Tigers securing a split in the first series of the month of August. The Tigers (53-59) walked off the Royals in a come-from-behind test at Comerica Park on Saturday.

Scoring did not commence until the sixth inning, when Royals (62-50) first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino hit his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot; it was his third long ball of the series. The Tigers struck back with an RBI single by Andy Ibanez in the bottom half, scoring Bligh Madris to tie things up.

In the seventh inning, recent trade acquisition Paul DeJong had his first moment of major impact in a Royals uniform. He hit a two-run home run off Kenta Maeda, crushing a hanging pitch into left field. That gave Kansas City a 3-1 lead, and against a Tigers offense that has not been among the best in baseball this season, that’s the position in which the Royals entered the bottom of the ninth.

Relief pitcher Hunter Harvey struggled, giving up a solo home run to Bligh Madris. Up two, solos aren’t fatal, but Detroit kept the inning going and that culminated in a game-tying RBI double by shortstop Javier Baez. Royals superstar shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. scored Kyle Isbel on a sacrifice fly in the 10th, but again the feisty Tigers came back, leveling the score once more with a Justyn-Henry Malloy double in the home half.

The 11th and final inning initially played out in a similar fashion, with Kansas City getting the first run. Extra-innings runner Dairon Blanco stole third base, initially being called out until a challenge from the dugout and reached home on a single from Hunter Renfroe. Royals manager Matt Quatraro sent out closer James McArthur to get the last three outs, and lock up the series.

That outcome was not in the cards. Instead, the Tigers reaped the benefits of an RBI triple by Parker Meadows, scoring 11th-inning runner Ryan Vilade, and a walk-off single from right fielder Wenceel Perez. McArthur had induced a double play on the prior batter, but that wasn’t enough to finish the deal, and the Royals blew the save on an evening where another new face (former Oakland Athletic Lucas Erceg) pitched in relief.

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for Kansas City. The series finale in Detroit is scheduled for a 12:40 p.m. CT first pitch Sunday.

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

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March 4, 2026

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.

Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.

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BOYS

5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)

5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)

3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)

3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)

GIRLS

6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)

4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)

2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

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March 3, 2026

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.

The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.

The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.

“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

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March 3, 2026

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Kansas City man sentenced for cocaine trafficking, possession of illegal firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of an illegal firearm.

According to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 22-year-old Antoine R. Gillum was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole.

His sentencing stems from a June 2024 incident in a metro gas station. KCPD investigators contacted Gillum inside and found that he had discarded a 9 mm pistol in an aisle between the merchandise. He also discarded a pill bottle containing multiple illegal substances: cocaine base, oxycodone/acetaminophen and oxycodone.

Officers searched the vehicle Gillum had arrived in and found approximately 32 grams of cocaine base.

On May 6, 2025, Gillum pleaded guilty to one count each of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Jennings. It’s a part of ‘Operation Take Back America,’ a nationwide Department of Justice initiative to eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

No further information has been released.

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