Buchanan County officials are seeing a growing number of homeless people throughout the county. &nbsp;

Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Lee Sawyer says there's no sure-fire way to solve the problem&nbsp;

"It's a difficult situation and I think these things kind of tend to go into long term cycles," Sawyer tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "But, certainly a lot of what seems to be done is not working great."&nbsp;

Sawyer says while part of the problem is due to mental health, another cause of the problem is the opioid crisis in Buchanan County&nbsp;

"It's the root of a lot of crime, it's the root of a lot of homelessness, it's the root of a lot of financial disaster for people," Sawyer explains. "It's a very difficult thing."&nbsp;

Sawyer says both the homeless and opioid problem in Buchanan County are ongoing issues that are becoming more difficult to solve. &nbsp;

Sawyer says some relief could come from funds the county will receive as part of an opioid settlement. &nbsp;

Sawyer says city and county officials will get together once that money is received to find the best way to use that money to help with the opioid situation.&nbsp;

"And that's really complicated," Sawyer points out. "But there are people that are doing good work, we just want to try to not be to fragmented, you know there's a lot of groups with really good intentions that are doing good things, but how can we take that money and really try to hit as much of a bullseye on various aspects of that as we possibly can."&nbsp;

Sawyer says he hopes that money will be seen in the near future and it will need to be used towards things such as opioid rehabilitation and prevention.&nbsp;

Sawyer says it's a hard situation to solve with the growing number of deaths in the county, many of them due to fentanyl. &nbsp;

"Young people or people unaware that they're getting something like that and the lethalness of fentanyl and those kinds of things, it's scary," Sawyer says. ."You know you worry about people that kind of unknowingly do something maybe they shouldn't even be doing but still they're not expecting anything like that."&nbsp;

Sawyer says it's an ongoing effort working with medical and law officials to try to curb the problem.&nbsp; He says funds were expected earlier this year, but officials are still waiting for them to become available&nbsp;

Buchanan County officials seek to aid ongoing opiod problem

The Department of Agriculture plans to invest $8 million to support and expand carbon monitoring in soils. The investment also supports the assessment of how climate-smart practices affect carbon sequestration. The investment is part of USDA's efforts to build out a national soil carbon monitoring network, which was kicked off with soil carbon monitoring on Conservation Reserve Program acres in 2021. 

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service requests proposals for regional projects focused on soil organic carbon stock monitoring, which are due November 28, 2022. The investment in building out the soil carbon monitoring network is part of USDA's comprehensive effort to address climate change through climate-smart agriculture and forestry. 

NRCS Chief Terry Cosby says, “Soil health management practices and activities are a tremendous part of our strategy when it comes to climate-smart agriculture and forestry.” Additional information is available in the notice of funding, which will appear on grants.gov

USDA to invest $8 million to expand monitoring of soil carbon

Senators Chuck Grassley and Sherrod Brown introduced legislation this week to prevent foreign individuals from obtaining credit and financial services through the Farm Credit System. The Iowa Republican and Ohio Democrat content that currently, certain foreign individuals and entities are eligible to receive credit through this government-sponsored enterprise. 

Grassley states, “The expansion of foreign-owned farmland is a justified cause for concern among many family farmers and ranchers. Brown adds, “American taxpayer dollars should not be used as a financing tool for foreign governments to undermine our national security and take our family farms.” 

FCS was established in 1916 to provide credit to rural areas when commercial lenders were avoiding farm loans. It is mandated and limited by statute to serve agriculture. In 2021, FCS had a portfolio of roughly $210 billion in farm loans. Since 1997, regulations have allowed FCS associations to extend credit to certain foreign nationals who are not permanent residents of the United States and to foreign-owned entities.

Grassley, Brown propose banning foreign individuals from obtaining U.S. farm credit

The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday proposed updated criteria for labeling foods with the nutrient content claim "healthy" on their packaging. The proposal comes the same day as the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. 

The rule would align the definition of the “healthy” claim with current nutrition science, the updated Nutrition Facts label and the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans. FDA says more than 80 percent of people in the U.S. aren’t eating enough vegetables, fruit and dairy. And most people consume too much added sugars, saturated fat and sodium. 

The proposed rule is part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to helping consumers improve nutrition and dietary patterns to help reduce the burden of chronic disease. The proposed rule would update the “healthy” claim definition to better account for how all the nutrients in various food groups contribute and may work synergistically to create healthy dietary patterns and improve health.

FDA proposes updated definition of ‘healthy’ claim on food packages

The long-awaited White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convenes Wednesday. 

The goal of the conference is to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030. 

The White House Tuesday released its national strategy with actions the federal government will take to drive hunger solutions. 

Pillars of the strategy include improving food access and affordability, integrating nutrition and health, empowering consumers to make healthy choices, supporting physical activity and enhancing nutrition and food security research. 

President Joe Biden says, “This important conference and the commitment to a national strategy on ending hunger and healthier eating will build on the research and knowledge we now have to make America truly a stronger, healthier nation.” 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack added, “The Strategy lays out big goals, and we need everyone - local, state, and tribal governments, Congress, private companies, nonprofit organizations, and everyday citizens - to work together to achieve them.”

White House Hunger Conference 

A new federal grant program announced Tuesday seeks to increase American-made fertilizer production. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the $500 million in grants, intended to spur competition in the fertilizer sector and combat price hikes on U.S. farmers. 

The Fertilizer Production Expansion Program is part of a government-wide effort to promote competition in agricultural markets. 

The Commodity Credit Corporation grants will support independent, innovative and sustainable American fertilizer production to supply American farmers. Funds also will expand the manufacturing and processing of fertilizer and nutrient alternatives in the U.S. and its territories. 

USDA plans for a 45-day application window for applicants to receive priority for projects that increase the availability of fertilizer and nutrient alternatives for farmers to use in crop years 2023 or 2024. 

USDA will also offer an extended application window for financial assistance to significantly increase American-made fertilizer production to spur competition and combat price hikes.

USDA funding seeks more US fertilizer production

By ALLISON KITE <a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2022/09/28/longhorned-tick-that-can-cause-illness-to-cattle-found-in-northern-missouri/">Missouri Independent</a>

A species of tick known to cause severe weight loss in cattle has been discovered in northern Missouri, researchers from the <a target="_blank" href="https://showme.missouri.edu/2022/longhorned-tick-discovered-in-northern-missouri-for-first-time-mu-researchers-find/">University of Missouri reported this week</a>.&nbsp;

The longhorned tick was found in 
southern Missouri last year, according to a press release from the 
university. But Rosalie Ierardi, an anatomic pathologist at the MU 
College of Veterinary Medicine, discovered two of the ticks in Linn 
County, near the Iowa border.&nbsp;

Longhorned ticks can reproduce more easily than other tick species as females can lay eggs without a male.

“Studying the prevalence of invasive 
ticks in different geographical regions can help veterinarians and 
farmers take proactive, preventative steps that may ultimately protect 
the health of livestock, which has huge economic implications,” Ierardi 
said.&nbsp;

The university says the threat to 
humans, cattle and pets in Missouri remains low, but the species has 
been known to cost millions of dollars in lost agricultural revenue 
around the world. An infestation of the ticks can cause outbreaks of 
bovine theileriosis, which kills red blood cells in cows.

There are no confirmed cases of bovine theileriosis in Missouri, according to the university.&nbsp;

Ram Raghavan, a professor in the MU 
College of Veterinary Medicine and MU School of Health Professions, has 
been studying and predicting the spread of various types of ticks and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37205-2">forecast the regions where the longhorned tick would take hold</a> in 2019. The tick was first discovered in the U.S. in 2017.&nbsp;

Raghavan warned the impacts of climate change could cause a continued increase in tick infestations.&nbsp;

“Warmer temperatures in the Midwest 
seem to be creating perfect conditions for ticks and the pathogens they 
carry to thrive, and this problem may get worse going forward as the 
planet continues to warm, which is concerning,” Raghavan said. “We must 
be vigilant and devote resources toward trying to prevent these ticks 
from spreading diseases that harm the health of cattle, humans and their
 pets.”

Cattle ranchers whose animals show 
signs of weakness or jaundice or lose pregnancies should contact their 
veterinarian and the MU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, 
Ierardi said.

Ierardi said the symptoms can be 
mistaken for anaplasmosis, a different and widely prevalent bovine 
disease, and ranchers should get their animals tested whenever they are 
in doubt.&nbsp;

“Although these longhorned ticks are 
known to transmit a number of human disease pathogens,” leradi said, “at
 the moment the threat from them appears to be mostly bovine 
theileriosis, which impacts cattle.”

Tick that can cause illness to cattle found in northern Missouri

USDA’s Economic Research Service Tuesday reported the ongoing Western drought is the most extreme drought in the region since 2000. 

As of September 19, 2022, the U.S. Drought Monitor classified more than 18 percent of land in the Western States as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. 

In July of this year, more than 32 percent of land was in those categories. Drought conditions in the Western States gradually subsided in the latter months of 2021 but began intensifying again during the first half of 2022. 

The U.S. Drought Monitor categorizes drought in a region according to soil moisture, streamflow, and precipitation levels. Regional designations are primarily based on historical weather patterns. 

For agriculture, drought can mean diminished crop and livestock outputs, as well as reduced farm profitability. Drought also reduces the quantity of snowpack and streamflow available for diversions to irrigated agricultural land. These impacts can reverberate throughout the local, regional, and national economies.

Ongoing Western drought most intense in 20 years

The Biden administration Monday announced two new Department of Agriculture efforts to support fair and competitive meat and poultry markets. 

The efforts include publishing the proposed Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Rules Under the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect farmers and ranchers from abuse, and a new $15 million Agricultural Competition Challenge to ramp up collaboration with the State Attorneys General on enforcement of competition laws, such as laws against price-fixing. 

The two efforts come from the White House Competition Council, which held a meeting Monday. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says, "USDA is focused on building new, fairer, and more resilient markets, protecting producers, and reducing food costs." 

Earlier this year, USDA and the Department of Justice announced their commitment to work closely together to effectively enforce federal competition laws, including by launching the FarmerFairness.gov complaint portal for reporting suspected violations of federal competition law.

USDA announces action to spur competition, protect producers and reduce costs

Officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada met last week as part of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Environment Committee. 

The committee was established as part of the USMCA to oversee the Environment Chapter's implementation and provide a forum to discuss and review chapter implementation. 

At the meeting, the officials discussed progress and challenges faced in implementing the environmental obligations since the Agreement's entry into force in 2020. 

The committee also discussed follow-up items from the first Committee meeting, including the findings of a mapping exercise to identify gaps and opportunities for trilateral collaboration for implementing Chapter 24 commitments, recognizing the need to ensure complementarity and avoid duplication with efforts already underway by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 

In addition, the committee held a public session to share information and hear from stakeholders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States regarding the implementation of Chapter 24.

USMCA partners host Environmental Committee meeting

Ending the 14-week stretch of gas prices declining, the nation's average gas price posted a rise of 3.2 cents from a week ago to $3.67 per gallon. 

The national average is down 17.5 cents from a month ago but 49.3 cents higher than a year ago. 

The national average diesel price declined 5.1 cents the last week and stands at $4.88 per gallon. 

Refinery snags in some areas of the country contribute to wild fluctuations as areas of the West Coast, Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes and Plains have seen significant refinery issues leading to supply challenges. However, the Northeast and Gulf Coast continue to see normal activity at refineries and prices there have dropped. 

The disconnect between regions grows larger and will likely remain abnormal for the next few weeks. Gas Buddy’s Patrick De Haan says, “A slew of unexpected refinery disruptions, including fires and routine maintenance, have seemingly all happened in a short span of time.”

Mixed week for fuel prices

ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon on new charges after an arrest.

On Wednesday, police arrested 38-year-old Perez D. Smith of Atchison, on a Community Corrections detain order, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Smith has two previous drug convictions, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections. 

Earlier this month, police arrested Smith on a requested charge of meth possession, according to online jail records.&nbsp;

Kansas felon accused of meth possession, jailed on a detain order

DEKALB COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 7:30a.m. Thursday in DeKalb County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Nissan Murano driven by Titus T. Whitelow, 34, Glendale, Arizona, was northbound on Interstate 35 one mile north of Cameron.

The SUV traveled off the road, struck a ditch and rolled onto its roof.

Cameron Ambulance transported Whitelow to Liberty Hospital. He was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.

Driver hospitalized after DeKalb Co. rollover accident

ATCHISON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on drug charges after an arrest.

Just after 10:30a.m. Tuesday, police arrested 50-year-old Dwight A. Downing, Jr., of Atchison, in 1200 block North 5th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Downing is being held for a Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear in court and requested charges of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia which was found on his person during the warrant arrest.

Police found drugs on suspect during warrant arrest

Charlie Phillips and his mother, Tina Schoonmaker, attended the Missouri Western football season opener on September 1 against Central Oklahoma at Spratt Stadium in St Joseph.

Phillips and the Special Olympics Missouri flag football team were honored on the field prior to kickoff. The team&nbsp;competed against Special Olympics Kansas at Spratt Stadium during Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp.

However, there was a special, surprise announcement for Phillips right after for the entire stadium to hear.

"Charlie Phillips from Savannah, Missouri - you&nbsp;have been nominated to represent Special Olympics Missouri and Special Olympics USA in&nbsp;powerlifting&nbsp;at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany!"

"After they announced it," Charlie recalled, "I saw myself on the jumbotron. Then, I got the letter. I was on the news a couple of times. I was so happy that night."

The 25-year-old Phillips will compete in the Special Olympics Team USA trials in San Antonio November 14-18 in an attempt to qualify for&nbsp;the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.

"He's, I would say, very deserving of it," Schoonmaker said. "Ever since he's gotten into powerlifting, he's been very focused on that sport and still does it when it's out of season for Special Olympics.&nbsp;

Phillips has competed in Special Olympics for close to 15 years. He started by competing in soccer, speed skating and track and field. But from an early age, he was drawn to powerlifting. Once he got a little older, he finally got his chance.

He's been powerlifting regularly for the past seven years.

"I never quit doing it," Charlie said, "because it's...my life. It's a passion. It's like, anyone can do it."

Schnoonmaker says Charlie's love for competition and lifting goes well beyond Special Olympics.

"He belongs to the United States Powerlifting Association," she said. "He competes along with other lifters. He doesn't just do Special Olympics in powerlifting. He still does flag football and basketball."

Phillips says anyone can take up powerlifting if they wanted. Yet, he acknowledges that simply getting the opportunity to try out for Team USA required a lot of ups and downs.

"It's like a mountain," Charlie said. "Lots of ups and downs. It's very difficult, but after you compete for those first years, and your competition is complete, you just want to do more and that's what I'm doing now."

All of that work has now led to a moment Charlie has dreamed about for years.

"I've been working so hard to achieve my goals," he said. "This is one of my dreams. Ever since I started Special Olympics, I told my parents, my siblings, I said, 'One day, I will go to a World Games.' And, I'm almost there."

Schoonmaker has noticed an uncanny work ethic with Charlie when it comes to powerlifting. Every Monday, he sees coach J.P. Price at Strong Barbell Club in North Kansas City. He lifts at his home every Wednesday and Friday.

"During COVID, Charlie continued," she said. "He just never stopped."

Charlie's drive to compete is ever present as well. In fact, he helped organize a powerlifting meet on Sunday, November 13 - the weekend before he leaves for San Antonio for the&nbsp;Team USA trials.

With the help of Price and Liz Strain at&nbsp;Strong Barbell Club, lifters from both Missouri and Kansas Special Olympics came together last year for a 'Border War' meet, and it's expected to be bigger this year with more competitors.

Phillips has not only forged a path for himself to compete and do what he loves, but his story and his drive is making that path possible for other Special Olympians also.

"He's opening more doors and introducing more people to Special Olympics as volunteers," Schoonmaker said. "Seeing them as athletes and seeing that they're serious just like the other athletes out there in powerlifting."

You can follow Tommy on Twitter @TommyKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Savannah man preparing to compete at Special Olympics USA team trials

The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce has heard misconceptions about the job market in St. Joseph, but officials say those are unfounded. &nbsp;

Chamber President and CEO Natalie Redmond says there is a number of good jobs in St. Joseph with an average wage of $52,754. &nbsp;

"That actually compares, we're seventh across the state, that puts us better than areas like Springfield and Joplin a lot of same size or a little bit bigger communities," Redmond tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "Really the only counties that were higher than us were the counties in major metropolitan areas like St. Louis and Kansas City&nbsp;

Redmond says a lot of the reason she believes St. Joseph is doing well is because of the number of skilled manufacturing jobs available.&nbsp;

Redmond says many people may not understand that manufacturing jobs are nothing like what they used to be. &nbsp;

"Things that make it a lot easier where you're not doing heavy lifting, you’re problem solving, you're maybe using some robotics, or computer skills I mean the manufacturing of today is way different than the manufacturing of 30 or 40 years ago," Redmond explains. "And having manufacturing in your community is so vital to impact the local economy."&nbsp;

Redmond says manufacturing is one of the most vital sectors in helping the economy with how much it contributes to small business.&nbsp; She says it's also great because it's an industry that's largely recession proof.&nbsp;

"It boded us well in 2008 and it boded us well during COVID because you have to have pharmaceuticals and you have to have transportation with places like Altec, you have to have different food so we have a lot of food manufacturers and pet food manufacturers and those are all items that people have to have," Redmond says. "So, you're going to be resilient in a time where other folks jobs might be on the line."&nbsp;

Redmond says many of those manufacturing jobs are also high paying jobs, contributing to that seventh place starting wage ranking.&nbsp;

St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce calls bad job market a misconception

ATCHISON COUNTY, Mo.—A Missouri man was injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Tuesday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1993 GMC passenger vehicle driven by John D. Pitts, 43, Fairfax, was westbound on Highway 136 at Interstate 29 in Rock Port.

The GMC rear-ended a 1998 Volvo semi driven by Scott A Langley, 58, College Springs, Iowa, who was slowing in traffic to turn onto Interstate 29.

Atchison-Holt EMS transported Pitts to Fairfax Community Hospital. Langley was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.

Missouri man injured after rear-end crash

On Monday, police arrested 33-year-old&nbsp;Jeremiah E. Crouch of Atchison&nbsp; on a Community Corrections detain order, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Earlier this month, police arrested him on a requested charge of domestic battery for the second time in five years.&nbsp;

He has three previous convictions for domestic battery; recklessly causing bodily harm and had been out of prison since March of 2020, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. Online jail records show he has a history of arrests in Atchison County dating to 2007.&nbsp;

He posted bond and is not currently in custody.

Kansas man with a history of violent crime arrested again

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley
acknowledges that some advocates of free speech care more about their political
agenda that the actual concept of free speech.

Turley, this year’s Convocation on Critical Issues speaker at
Missouri Western State University, says that’s the nature of those who support
free speech.

“As free speech advocates, we’re used to having unreliable
allies,” Turley tells the news media prior to his speech. “Our allies always
tend to be in the minority. When you’re in the minority, it’s when you get
sensitive about free speech.”

Turley, also a legal analyst for Fox News, titled his speech “The
Rise and Fall of Free Speech." He spoke Tuesday at the 28th annual
R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues on the St. Joseph campus.

Turley tells media members he hopes this isn’t the fall
of free speech in the country, but he does see troubling trends in society. Turley says American
society seems to have become unmoored from the rights that define the United
States, free speech being the most important. Turley asserts all the other
rights Americans hold dear hinge on free speech.

A promising trend Turley sees is in the courts, which have
consistently struck down speech codes as a violation of the First Amendment.
The discouraging trend Turley sees is on college campuses.

Once bastions of free speech, universities have become
campuses of intolerance, according to Turley. Free speech, Turley says, is targeted
in times of rage, in times of tension. Turley says that universities once upheld the rights of free speech against those who wanted to
silence certain voices.

“But there came a tipping point at universities about 20 years
ago where suddenly we saw a pronounced decline in conservative and libertarian
faculty,” Turley says. “Now, it’s the rule. A recent study came out that showed
that Harvard’s faculty self-identifies; 83% self-identify as liberal or very
liberal.”

And, he says that lack of diversity drives the current campus
intolerance.

He says it has had a noticeable effect. Turley says some
faculty now are cowered into silence, because they worry if they speak their mind,
it will ruin their careers.

“If you’re tagged in one of these cancel campaigns, they will
take everything that matters to an intellectual life away from you,” Turley
says. “They’ll bar you from conferences. They’ll bar you, effectively, from
publications. If you get tagged in one of those campaigns, you become radioactive.”

Turley says conservative faculty and conservative students
must be willing to take the risk and speak up or free speech will die.

Free speech is in danger, according to MWSU Convocation speaker

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Maryville and Bishop LeBlond have been the class of the field in the Midland Empire Conference in boys' soccer this season.

When the two got together for a match, the Spoofhounds separated themselves from the Eagles shortly after it started.

Maryville (7-2) scored two goals within the first 2:34 at Eagle Stadium and came away with a 5-0 win Thursday - the fifth straight win and third consecutive shutout victory for the Spoofhounds.

"They played an excellent game," LeBlond coach Chad Thompson said of Maryville. "We fell short and once we fell short, we fell a little shorter."

Maryville's Kason Teale got the scoring started with a header into the goal just 91 seconds into the match with an assist from Truett Haer. Just 63 seconds after that, Quinn Pettlon scored from long distance to give the Spoofounds a 2-0 advantage less than three minutes in.

"That kind of changes the entire mindset of everything we try to do," Thompson said of the early deficit. "Kind of try to play the long ball instead of passing the ball. Got beat by a really good team today."

LeBlond (9-2) went on the defensive after that and kept the Hounds off the board for awhile, but Haer found the back of the net with 1:07 left in the first half, thanks to a strong cross from Tuan Jacobson.

LeBlond had a handful of chances offensively especially in the first half, getting through Maryville's backline, but the Eagles were unable to finish once they got in the Spoofhounds' goalie box.

The Eagles finished with three shots-on-goal, while Maryville had 12.

"What (Maryville) was doing really great was keeping pressure (on the LeBlond goal)," Thompson noted. "Off of their defense. Like I said, they're a really good team and we got beat."

LeBlond keeper Cole Stevenson had a busy, and impressive day, finishing with seven saves, including several diving and high jumping stops to keep the game within a reasonable margin for some time.

After nearly 30 scoreless minutes of play in the second half, Maryville essentially put the match away with a goal from Boyd Gallaher to make it 4-0 with 10:58 remaining.

The Hounds also got late insurance with a midrange goal from Teale, his second of the match, to make it a 5-0 margin with 3:49 to play.

The loss snaps a six-game win streak for LeBlond, who still has the best record in Class 2 District 8.

The Eagles are back home on Oct. 5 to host Kansas City Lutheran. With just four regular season games remaining, LeBlond hopes to finish strong and have another deep postseason run - just like they've done the last couple of seasons.

"We'll just hit the fields," Thompson said. "We'll be out here practicing every day that we don't play. So, that's about what the rest of the season is."

Maryville scores two goals in first three minutes, gets by LeBlond Thursday

(AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit his 507th home run, Detroit got nine innings from its bullpen and the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. 

MJ Melendez led off the game with a home run for Kansas City, and Cabrera hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning. Scheduled Tigers starter Matt Manning was scratched just before game time because of arm fatigue. 

Will Vest pitched the first inning, allowing Melendez’s homer, and the next six relievers combined for eight shutout innings. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his 29th save. The Tigers need one win in their last eight games to avoid 100 losses.

The Royals take on the Tigers again Thursday afternoon with first pitch at 12:10 central on KFEQ Radio (680, 95.3) in St. Joseph.

Miguel Cabrera hits 507th homer, Tigers beat Royals 2-1

(AP) — Harold Castro singled in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning after tying it with a two-run single in the eighth in the Detroit Tigers’ 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. 

Tucker Barnhart bunted pinch-runner Ryan Kreidler to third and Anthony Misiewicz (3-2) intentionally walked pinch-hitter Eric Haase. Riley Greene struck out, and the Royals decided to walk Javy Báez to pitch to Castro with the bases loaded. He hit a soft grounder up the middle to win it. 

In the top of the 10th, Alex Lange (6-4) retired Salvador Perez before getting Vinnie Pasquatino to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

The Royals take on the Tigers again Wednesday evening with first pitch at 5:40 central. Coverage begins at 5:00 on KFEQ Radio (680, 95.3) in St. Joseph.

Castro has 2 late singles, Tigers beat Royals 4-3 in 10

Volleyball Bishop LeBlond 3 East Buchanan 0 Lafayette 3 Maryville 1 St. Joseph Christian 3 Lathrop 0 Mid-Buchanan 3 Orrick 0 Falls City Sacred Heart @ Savannah - missing

Softball Bishop LeBlond 2 West Platte 1 Plattsburg 4 DeKalb 1 Winston 17 Stewartsville-Osborn 5 Northeast Nodaway @ East Buchanan - missing Mid-Buchanan @ Savannah - missing

Boys’ soccer Maur Hill 6 Benton 1 St. Joseph Central 3 North Kansas City 2 - OT

Girls’ golf The MEC meet took place Monday in Cameron. Maryville won the meet in dominant fashion with a team score of 365. Savannah was second with a 412. Maryville's Cailyn Auffert was the medalist with a score of 83, while Savannah’s Mollee Olszowka finished second with a 90.

Girls’ tennis Bishop LeBlond 8 Maryville 1 St. Joseph Central 6 Savannah 3 Benton 6 Trenton 3 Cross Country Mound City’s Keaton Zembles won the Rock Port Invitational with a time of 18:18. The LeBlond boys finished second as a team at the meet. Jonathan Eckstein medaled second.

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