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Month: November 2013
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Add a little to your cart for community Thanksgiving (VIDEO)
When you go grocery shopping Saturday, the Ellis County Ministerial Alliance (ECMA) s asking you to pick up a couple extra items for their annual food drive as part of the community Thanksgiving dinner.
Church volunteers will be at the two Dillons grocery stores and Wal-Mart today until 5p.m. asking shoppers to add a little more to their list.
Linda Mills, First Call for Help Executive Director, says the extra purchases of non-perishable food items will be bagged by more volunteers next Wednesday night and distributed to people attending Thursday’s annual community Thanksgiving Day dinner sponsored by ECMA:
The ECMA Thanksgiving Day Feast starts at noon Thursday in the Rose Garden Banquet Hall, which is the former Fanchon Ballroom, 2350 East 8th Street, Hays.
All are welcome to the free event.
Health Information Please Show ((AUDIO)) November 23rd 2013
Listen to Mike Cooper interviewing Suzanne Bollig, from the Sleep and Neurodiagnostic Institute at HaysMed, by clicking the link above and then clicking the play button
Second bank employee involved in embezzlement and robbery
A second former bank employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling from a bank in Grant County, and helping stage a robbery to cover up the theft, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Friday.
Ashley Cravens, 29, Ulysses, pleaded guilty to one count of theft from a bank. In her plea, she admitted that she and other former bank employees embezzled from the bank and staged a robbery.
From 2008 to July 24, 2010, while Cravens worked at Western State Bank in Ulysses, she and two co-defendants embezzled approximately $84,200. On July 24, 2010, Cravens aided and abetted a staged bank robbery. Subsequent to the staged bank robbery, Cravens and co-defendants embezzled another $24,450 from the bank.
Cravens is set for sentencing Feb. 7. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.
Co-defendants are: Amber Gutierrez, who is set for sentencing Feb. 4; Hattie Wiginton, set for jury trial Dec. 17; and Linda Wise, who is set for jury trial Dec. 17.
Grissom commended the FBI, the KBI, the Grant County Sheriff?s Office, the Ulysses Police Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Smith for their work on the case.
(AUDIO) Holthus Hotline
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Kansas man injured in Friday rollover crash
A 45-year-old Salina man was taken to a Wichita hospital Friday night after a one vehicle accident on K-61 northeast of Hutchinson.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Gary Alden was southbound when he dropped something on the floorboard of his vehicle. He reached to pick it up and drove off the roadway into a river. His vehicle rolled end over end landing on the passenger side.
Alden was wearing a seat-belt, but was injured badly enough that he was taken to Via-Cristi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita for treatment.
The accident occurring around 9:20 p-m, 4-miles northeast of Hutchinson.
Kansas Woman Sentenced In Attempted Murder Case
A Kansas woman convicted for the shooting of a Hutchinson area man on January 30, was sentenced Friday to 77-months in prison by District Judge Tim Chambers.
Barbara Youngblood had entered a “no contest” plea to attempted 2nd degree murder and a “guilty” plea to aggravated robbery.
She had faced charges of attempted 1st degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery for shooting Kevin Tinin while in his home east of Hutchinson. With the plea, the burglary and battery charges were dropped.
Judge Chambers sentenced her to 77-months for the attempted murder count and 59-months for the aggravated robbery. He then ran the sentences concurrent to each other for a total of 77-months or 6-years, 5-months.
She did apologize for her actions prior to the sentence being handed down. Judge Chambers told the defendant that a lot of people have had a rough life, but don’t shoot people and leave them for dead. He also noted the robbery was probably an after thought.
He also ordered that Youngblood pay 25-thousand dollars in restitution to the victim who nearly died as a result of the shooting.
The case centers on the victim phoning 911 and told of being shot. After a search by various law enforcement officers, he was located in a wooded area and flown to a Wichita hospital.
Wednesday Police Activity Log
The Hays Police Department conducted 13 traffic stops and received 8 animal calls Wednesday November 20th according to the Police Activity Log.
Animal Call
- 11:14 AM – Animal At Large reported in the 1500 block of Vine St
- 2:13 PM – Lost Animals reported in the 2100 block of Lincoln Dr
- 10:45 PM – Animal Call reported in the 300 block of W 11th St
Abandoned Vehicle
- 8:38 AM – Abandoned Vehicle reported in the 3200 block of Ash St
Drug Offenses
- 11:04 AM – Drug Offenses reported in the 200 block of E 6th St
Unwanted Person
- 8:49 AM – Unwanted Person reported in the 500 block of W 36th St
MV Accident
- 11:16 AM – MV Accident-City Street/Alley reported in the 3200 block of Hall St
- 5:52 PM – MV Accident-City Street/Alley reported in the 1300 block of Hall St
Water Use Violation
- 11:37 AM – Water Use Violation reported in the 3300 block of Thunderbird Dr
Burglary / Theft, Lost/Found/Stolen
- 08:00 AM > 04:39 PM – Burglary/residence reported in the 700 block of E 6th St
- 12:36 PM – Bicycle – Lost,Found,Stolen reported in the 400 block of E 19th St
- 3:37 PM – Shoplifting reported in the 4300 block of Vine St
- 7:08 PM – Found/Lost Property reported in the 1300 block of Vine St
Traffic / Driving
- 2:27 AM – Driving Under the Influence reported in the 1000 block of E 27th St
- 11:11 AM – Traffic/Driving Complaint reported in the 200 block of E 11th St
Civil Dispute
- 8:16 PM – Civil Dispute reported in the 1000 block of W 28th St
Kansas man sentenced in wife’s death and home fire
(AP) — A 26-year-old southeast Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, injuring his son and burning the family’s home down near Fort Scott.
Brent Bollinger of Fort Scott was convicted in September of first-degree murder, aggravated arson and aggravated child endangerment.
His wife, Brenna Nicole Bollinger, was found dead after a fire at the couple’s home on Oct. 13, 2011. Their 2-year-old son, Bryson Bollinger, was hospitalized for treatment of burns for about a month after the fire. Bollinger also suffered serious burns in the fire.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Bollinger will not be eligible for parole for 25 years and eight months.
New Neighborhoods At HPL
The Hays Public Library’s Youth Services is excited to introduce Neighborhoods, a new layout in the Children’s Department. Youth Services will hold a Grand Opening for Neighborhoods on Monday, November 25 at 10:30 a.m.
With over 4,000 books in the Children’s collection, staff members wanted to make it easier for children to find exactly what they are looking for. A survey was created to find how they could better serve their patrons. It showed that children like to look up books according to the topic rather than the author. Thirteen neighborhoods were created to correspond to the most popular book topics that children check out. Each topic will be color coded as well as listed in the catalog according to their Neighborhood.
Neighborhoods include: Things that Go, Learning Time, Wordless, Favorite Friends, Dinosaurs, Growing Up, Everyday Pets, Once Upon a Time, Popular, Holiday, Look and Find, Board, and Foreign Language.
The Grand Opening will include a ribbon cutting followed by cake and punch. Staff members will be available all day for tours of Neighborhoods and to show patrons how to find books in the online catalog.
FHSU Men’s Soccer Falls in NCAA II Central Region Championship
Second-seeded Fort Hays State University fell, 1-0, to first-seeded Lindenwood in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Central Region Championship on Friday (Nov. 22).
The Tigers finish the season at 12-5-3, while LU moves to 15-0-2 and will take on the winner of the Midwest Regional on Sunday.
FHSU fired 17 shots in the game, including 15 in the second stanza, but couldn’t break through the Lions’ defense. A total of eight Tigers launched shots on the night, led by Diego Cabral with six shots (one on goal) on the night. Ricardo Yeverino added three shots (one on goal).
Jason Babyak played all 90 minutes, notching one save.
After a scoreless first half, LU’s Ignacio Romero found the net on a chip shot at 51:08 to give the Lions a lead.
In the final 10 minutes of the game, FHSU fired three shots, including an opposite net attempt from Yeverino that sailed just inches right of the post at 82:21.
The Tigers’ 12 wins in 2013 were a school record as the team has now competed in the NCAA Tournament each year it has been eligible (2012 and 2013). FHSU was ranked as high as No. 14 on the season by the NSCAA and had seven athletes named All-MIAA.
— FHSU Sports Information —
Kansas flies past Towson
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Every time that Towson missed a shot, it seemed as if somebody from Kansas was there to corral the rebound, throw an outlet pass and start the Jayhawks on the fast break.
Usually it ended up with a dunk.
Andrew Wiggins and the high-flying Jayhawks put together a highlight reel in the first half Friday night, rolling to a big lead over the overmatched Tigers. The nation’s No. 2 team cruised in the second half to an 88-58 win in its opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.
”When we’re playing our game, no one can stop us,” said Wiggins, the star freshman who led the Jayhawks (4-0) with 16 points. ”When we play in the flow of the game, no one can stop us. We have too many tools to use. When we’re playing like we did today, nobody can stop us.”
Andrew White III finished with 13 points, Wayne Selden added 12 and Perry Ellis had 10 for the Jayhawks, who used a 22-2 run to take a 49-16 lead by halftime. From there, they might as well have started to look ahead to their game against Wake Forest in the Bahamas on Thanksgiving Day.
The Jayhawks are scheduled for three games in the rest of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
”Hopefully this will be a good stretch for us to start putting some stuff together,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. ”We’re making steps in the right direction.”
Jerrelle Benimon had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Towson (3-2), the favorite in the Colonial Athletic Association. Rafriel Guthrie scored 15 points off the bench.
”They’re deep, they’re athletic, and unfortunately for us, they were locked in,” Towson coach Pat Skerry said with a shake of his head. ”If there’s a better team in the country, I’d like to find out who they are, and I certainly don’t want to play them.”
After stumbling a bit out of the gate, the uber-athletic Jayhawks reeled off 11 straight points to seize control. Six of the points came on rim-rattling dunks, two of those by Tarik Black.
Towson quickly became rattled and started to settle for a cacophony of quick 3-pointers, ill-advised shots in the paint and tightly contested jumpers. All of its misses only served to fuel the Kansas fast break, which piled up 22 points in the first 20 minutes.
”All of them run,” Benimon said. ”They just get up and down.”
The Tigers were still within 27-14 with 7:42 left in the half, but they only managed one field goal from there as Kansas used a 22-2 finishing flurry to blow the game open. Wiggins scored nine of his 14 first-half points during the run, and was involved in both of the highlights.
The first came after a miss by the Tigers’ Timajh Parker-Rivera. The ball ended up with Frank Mason, whose pretty one-bounce, cross-court pass to Wiggins resulted in an easy dunk.
The second highlight came after Mike Burwell missed and Mason again got the ball in the open court. He fed it to fellow freshman Conner Frankamp who, rather than take a mildly contested layup, added one extra pass like a seasoned veteran that Wiggins slammed with two hands.
By the time White was fouled in transition and made the second of two free throws with 1.4 seconds left on the clock, the Jayhawks had built their huge halftime advantage.
Kansas wound up shooting 69 percent from the field over the opening 20 minutes, had a 23-11 advantage on the boards and outscored the smaller Tigers 26-10 in the paint.
Towson shot 20.7 percent from the field and missed all 10 of its 3-point tries.
The Jayhawks didn’t slow down much in the second half, racing up and down the court like it was a YMCA pickup game. Black had another big dunk during one stretch, Frankamp curled in a 3 and Kansas coasted to its 66th consecutive non-conference win at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks won’t return to the friendly confines of the Phog for close to a month. After the Bahamas, they visit Colorado and Florida along with playing New Mexico at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. They return home to play Georgetown on Dec. 21.
”I think potentially we could be one of the better teams, no question,” Self said. ”I think by the end if our young kids get better, we have a chance to be in the conversation. … There’s a lot of nice teams out there but certainly when we play with energy we can be one of the better ones.”
— Associated Press —