SUMNER COUNTY- Two people were injured in an accident just after 3p.m. on Wednesday in Sumner County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Hyundai Accident driven by Wallace, Nichole Renee Wallace, 30, Arkansas City, was southbound on Kansas 15 at First Road.
Vehicle 2 slowed down to turn north on 1st Road.
The driver did not see a southbound 1990 Chevy pickup Shields, Chase Christopher Shields, 22, Mulvane, slow to turn north.
The Hyundai rear-ended the pickup at a high rate of speed.
Shields was transported to William Newton Memorial Hospital.
Wallace was transported to Wesley Medical Center. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
Christmas tree delivered today to Cedar Crest- Photo Kansas Governor
TOPEKA -Kansas Governor Sam Brownback issued a proclamation declaring this a “A Week of Reconciliation”.
“As we approach the holiday season, we are once again reminded of the power of forgiveness and the joy of reconciliation,” said Governor Brownback. “I encourage all Kansans to find the strength to build a path to reconciliation this Thanksgiving week.”
The proclamation recognizes that while our nation may face many challenges and trials, reconciliation offers hope for a better future.
“It is my hope that Kansans will recall the words of Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr. who said ‘forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning’,” the Governor said.
The Board of Directors of Kansas Next Step Inc. is pleased to recognize Vern Gross as the Star Support Team Member of the Month for November.
Vern is a member of the maintenance and kitchen staff at TMP-Marian Junior/Senior High School and has been with the school for 11 years. Some of his duties include assisting with daily lunch service, cleaning the dining room daily, painting, and general maintenance.
When asked why he chose to work at TMP, Vern responded, “I just love the students and all the people I work with!”
In nominating Vern for the Support Team Member of the Month Award, TMP staff members stated, “He has a heart of gold,” and “he is genuine, All-American help!”
As November’s honoree, Vern received a certificate of recognition and a monetary award.
Kansas Next Step is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting and facilitating the exploration of unique and exciting educational opportunities for motivated learners.
OVERLAND PARK — Faculty, staff and students from more than 90 colleges, universities and community organizations gathered at Johnson County Community College on Nov. 3 and 4 to learn how they can better reduce and respond to gender and relationship violence on their campuses.
More than 285 attendees from 12 states participated in the third annual Heartland Campus Safety Summit hosted by Hays-based Jana’s Campaign Inc. and JCCC. These schools represent a total enrollment of 506,774 students. Over the past three years, the Summit has hosted more than 750 attendees from 123 institutions in 12 states.
“The Heartland Campus Safety Summit was designed as a regional, affordable way for colleges and universities to learn about preventing and responding to gender and relationship violence, as well as to share knowledge, ideas and best practices,” said Kelley Parker, Executive Director of Jana’s Campaign. “We are thrilled to have such broad representation from across the region and across the country. By working together, we can make our college and university campuses safer for all students.”
Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, co-founders of End Rape of Campus, presented a motivating keynote presentation on the importance of student advocacy on campus. Dr. Debbie Wilson, Associate Athletic Director at George Mason University, led the lunch keynote focused on the role athletics programs play in campus safety.
National experts also led sessions with the latest information on prevention programming, climate surveys, student activism, and guidance on fulfilling Title IX and Clery Act requirements. The summit was generously sponsored by a HopeLine grant from Verizon Wireless of Kansas and Missouri.
Jana’s Campaign is a Hays-based national education and gender violence prevention organization created in honor of the late Jana Mackey of Lawrence, Kan. Mackey, a 25-year old law student at the University of Kansas, was killed by an ex-boyfriend in 2008. To learn more about Jana’s Campaign, visit www.janascampaign.org.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Black Leadership Council is asking the state to allow people to register to vote on Election Day.
The Wichita Eagle reports the proposal was included in the council’s 2016 legislative agenda and is a response to the state’s requirement that people provide proof of citizenship in order to register.
State law requires voters to register at least 21 days before the election.
Bonita Gooch, the council’s president, said in a statement that allowing people to register to vote on Election Day would eliminate an extra step for those who don’t have the proper documentation when trying to register before the election, and address concerns about voter fraud. Voter fraud concerns prompted the citizenship requirement.
Secretary of State Kris Kobach said he strongly opposes same-day registration and that it leaves the door open for voter fraud.
Phillipsburg resident Margaret L. Judd passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 80.
She was born in Lenora, KS on December 23, 1934, the daughter of Albert & Marie (Cox) Simmons. Her husband, Francis, preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 2011.
She is survived by her sons: Delvan, of Phillipsburg, KS; Mark, of Great Bend, KS; and Gene, of Abilene, KS; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; three brothers: Raymond and Allen Simmons of Phillipsburg, KS and Robert Simmons of Goodland, KS; and two sisters, Lucille and Eleanor Simmons, both of Phillipsburg.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, at 2:00 p.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Josh Foster officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Phillips County.
Mrs. Judd will lie in-state on Friday from noon – 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Online condolences to www.olliffboeve.com.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Phillipsburg resident Billie Stapel passed away Tues., Nov. 24, 2015 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 75.
He was born April 19, 1940 in Phillips County, the son of William Albert & Marie Hazel (Voight) Stapel. His infant daughter, Hollyann, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Hilda, of the home in Phillipsburg; sons, David and Jason, and daughter, Danette Lyon, all of Phillipsburg; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Monday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Chris Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg.
Mr. Stapel will lie in-state Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 28 & 29, from noon – 9 p.m. at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Presbyterian Church or Phillipsburg Estates. Online condolences to: www.olliffboeve.com.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – The NCAA will allow freshman Cheick Diallo to begin playing for No. 5 Kansas beginning next week, ending a months-long investigation into the five-star prospect’s background.
In a statement Wednesday, the NCAA said Diallo received a limited amount of impermissible benefits. The result is a five-game suspension that includes four games already missed and the Maui Invitational title game Wednesday night against No. 19 Vanderbilt.
Diallo will be allowed to play Tuesday night against Loyola.
The 6-foot-9 Diallo has been allowed to practice with Kansas, but he had been barred from participating in games while the NCAA examined his coursework from a New York prep school and his relationship with his guardian, Tidiane Drame.
The NCAA said Kansas provided new information last week that helped it render a decision.
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State head softball coach Adrian Mohr has announced five signings for the 2017 season. Signing in the early period with the Tigers are Lexie Kimminau, Lily Sale, Jeni Mohr, Bailey Boxberger, and Tess Gray. Three are from Colorado and two are from Kansas.
Kimminau, the younger sister of former Tiger pitcher Kelsey Kimminau, is currently a senior at Pomona High School in Arvada, Colo. She was an all-state selection and all-conference first team selection as a pitcher in her senior year. She helped her team to a second-place finish at the Class 5A State Tournament as a senior. To go with a 2.87 ERA, she also hit .333 with nine home runs and 33 RBI as a hitter.
Sale, a teammate of Kimminau’s at Pomona High School, is a three-time all-league selection at shortstop. She earned all-league second team honors as a senior, but also garnered first team honors as a junior. As a senior in 2015, she hit .369 with four home runs and 26 RBI.
Mohr is currently a senior at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. She was an all-league first team selection at third base, but can also play the middle infield. As a senior in 2015, she hit .329 with four home runs and 17 RBI.
Boxberger is currently a senior at Olathe South High School in Olathe, Kan. She can play both first and third base. She was a Kansas Class 6A All-State Second Team selection in 2015 as an infielder, while also garnering all-league honors. She helped Olathe South to the 6A State Championship in 2015.
Gray is currently a senior at Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kan. She was an all-league selection at catcher as a junior. Over her last two years, she has hit .480 with 48 hits, 27 RBI, and two home runs.
Boxberger and Gray have yet to complete their senior seasons in softball as Kansas high schools play softball in the spring.
Caring for the environment used to be tough duty. During the last couple decades however, it’s become a marketing opportunity.
Manufacturers are churning out more and more green products and retailers are finding in many cases they can be sold at a premium. But beware – not everything sold in the green garden is all roses. Over the long haul, selling green may be a lot more difficult than selling soap flakes.
Phosphate-free detergent, lead-free gas, aerosol sprays minus the chlorofluorocarbons and other green garden goodies have been available in some form or another since the early ‘80s. Today, they are nearly as common, or in some cases, more so than farm-fresh eggs, free-range chickens, hogs and cattle, fresh vegetables – you name it.
During this nearly 30-year growing period, consumers embraced the notion of buying green with a zeal that was almost patriotic. As they became more environmentally tuned in day by day, week by week, month by month and year by year, greenies bought beyond what was even required by law.
Some companies have launched their own label green brands. Needless to say, many of these companies have grown their green products by the hundreds.
Many of these items are simply repackaged old ideas; what’s old becomes new when introduced to a new generation of consumers especially those who choose to paint themselves green. One such item is baking soda, which has been marketed as a more environmentally friendly way to scour pots and pans.
Can you believe it?
My mother and her mother before her understood that baking soda was the only real way to keep their kitchens clean or green nearly a century ago.
Another green product that has rocketed off the supermarket shelves are biodegradable garbage bags made from corn extract.
One item that’s become green is dishwasher detergent. It’s worthless. The only way to clean your dishes, knives and forks and pots and pans with today’s detergent is to run your machine half full or a couple times. I know this is the truth, because I’ve had to do so.
I’ve even visited with appliance dealers who have told me today’s dishwasher detergents no longer have phosphates (banned as unsafe for our environment) which cleaned our tableware and did it right. Today’s dishwasher detergents are not formulated to remove hard water minerals during the main wash cycle. Lemi Shine solves this problem.
Combined with your auto dish detergent, Lemi Shine removes tough hard water spots, stains and film during the main wash cycle, so says the product commercial. You will be pleased to know that Lemi Shine is comprised of 100 percent all natural fruit acids and oils. That’s right, Lemi Shine contains no phosphates or fillers.
Now don’t you feel better? I know I do.
I could go on, but I know I may be losing some of you, dear readers and that is not my intent.
One last thing, even that revered group that I now belong to, the aging Baby Boomers, is boarding the green train.
Just the other day I read that U.S. residents older than 55 are opting for unbleached bathroom paper. Not only is it the correct way to help Mother Earth, it’s also softer and easier on the ole’ bottom. I swear to God I didn’t make this up, although I kinda’ wish I had.
When will the pendulum swing the other way – toward a common-sense compromise?
Maybe it already is. Some companies who have wrapped themselves in green are finding doing so has not seemed to raise their credibility with consumers. Some in the public who walk among us are skeptical of any large organization that board the green bandwagon, particularly those that have little direct contact with the environment.
Although consumers, myself included, may want to accept social responsibility, few want to forgo quality in the products they buy.
To green or not to green?
John Schlageck, a Hoxie native, is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.
SALINA- Officials at the Saline County jail reported two batches of homemade alcohol were found in the kitchen of the jail this week.
They found a dispenser filled with about two gallons of the clear homemade liquor commonly known as “hooch’ during an inspection on Monday, according to Saline County Sheriff’s Captain Brent Melander.
On Tuesday jail officials found a mustard jar of homemade wine inside a tea dispenser. Crushed tomatoes were still fermenting inside the jar with a rubber glove attached to the top of the jar to help the fermentation process.
The inmates involved in the incident were assigned to the kitchen and were being supervised by CBM Food Services, a company that is contracted by the Sheriff’s Office for meal preparation at the jail.
Melander said that jail staff often assists CBM with the supervision, but understaffing often complicates the matter.
Melander says charges aren’t likely, but the inmates involved will be reassigned and moved away from the kitchen.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Motion Picture Association of America says “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” may not be entirely suitable for young kids.
The organization on Tuesday gave the J.J. Abrams-directed film a PG-13 rating because of sci-fi action violence.
The designation tells parents that some scenes might be inappropriate for those younger than 13 but doesn’t restrict attendance. The film comes out Dec. 18.
“Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” also got a PG-13 rating in 2005. The five other films in the series were rated PG, but the first three were released before PG-13 was created in 1984.
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Junction City man faces life in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring in northeast Kansas.
The office of the U.S. Attorney for Kansas said Wednesday that 33-year-old Albert Dwayne Banks was sentenced to life in federal prison after he was convicted in June on charges of distributing crack cocaine and being involved in a conspiracy to distribute crack in Manhattan and Junction City.
Prosecutors say another defendant, 34-year-old Martye Madabuti Madkins III, was sentenced to nearly 22 years for his convictions for distributing crack cocaine, and doing so within 1,000 feet of an elementary school.
Prosecutors say Banks and Madkins were among three men convicted of operating a large cocaine trafficking ring in Geary and Riley counties during late 2012 and early 2013.
SUMNER COUNTY- Two people were injured in an accident just after 3p.m. on Wednesday in Sumner County.
