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Month: January 2016

HACC will offer free developmental screenings

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HACC_LogoHays Area Children’s Center, in cooperation with Hays Interagency Coordinating Council, will offer free developmental screenings for children in Ellis and Rush counties.

Screenings will be Friday, Jan. 8, at Hays Area Children’s Center in Hays.

The screenings are for children ages birth to 3. Children ages 3 to kindergarten-age can be screened at no cost if parents have a specific concern about the child’s development.

The screenings help track progress in several developmental areas, including speech, language, vision, hearing, thinking, motor skills and personal-social behavior. Parents who have any concerns about their child’s development are encouraged to make an appointment, as screening can help catch possible problems at a younger age and lead to better outcomes.

To make an appointment or for more information, call Hays Area Children’s Center, (785) 625-3257. Appointments should be made at least 24 hours in advance, as some paperwork is required.

Family Bingo at the Hays Public Library in January, February

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Get ready for some family fun, courtesy of the Hays Public Library. During January and February, you can stop by the library’s children’s department for a family bingo sheet.

To play family bingo, all you need to do is take the sheet home and complete the activities listed in the bingo squares. There are 16 squares with a range of activities appropriate for all members of the family. As you complete the activities, mark them off the sheet.

When you’ve completed all the activities, return the sheet to the Hays Public Library and you’ll receive free movie tickets for your whole family! Family fun and free movie passes? You can’t beat that!

All bingo sheets must be completed by the end of February. Sheets will be limited one per family. For more information please contact [email protected] or call 785-625-9014.

Cloudy, wet Wednesday

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Mostly cloudy today with periods of light rain/drizzle possible through this afternoon. Highs expected in the 40s.

Screen Shot 2016-01-06 at 5.39.43 AMToday Areas of drizzle and fog before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 43. South southeast wind 7 to 13 mph.

Tonight Areas of drizzle between 9pm and 2am, then areas of drizzle with a chance of showers after 2am. Areas of fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 33. East southeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Rain likely, mainly after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 42. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday NightSnow likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

FridayA 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35.

Friday NightA 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 21.

SaturdayMostly cloudy, with a high near 27.

FHSU wrestling drops MIAA opener at Central Oklahoma

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EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State held a brief lead but gave away too many bonus points in a 30-13 loss at Central Oklahoma on Tuesday evening (Jan. 5) in the first conference dual of the season. The Tigers are now 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the MIAA, while UCO went to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the MIAA.

Final Results

Adam Ludwin gave the Tigers their only lead of the night by scoring a 16-4 major decision over Josh Breece at 125 pounds to open the dual. However, the lead went away immediately with the Tigers open at 133 pounds forfeiting six points to the Bronchos. The UCO two-point lead grew to eight at 12-4 when Noah Killip was pinned in 1:49 by Josh Ailey at 141 pounds.

The Tigers were able to make a run with consecutive decision wins. William Homalon won a high-scoring match at 149 pounds 16-13 over No. 7 ranked Spencer Rutherford, then Joey Dozier followed with a 6-5 decision over Jeromy Davenport at 157 pounds. Dozier was down two late, but scored a reversal then tacked on a riding time point for keeping control the majority of the first period. FHSU trailed by two once more, 12-10, heading into the 165-pound match.

Kregg Clarke  avoided giving up bonus points at 165 pounds, dropping a 9-3 decision to Danny Carillo, but Dylan Wiesner fell victim to a pin by Mason Thompson at 174 pounds as UCO pushed its lead out to 11, 21-10, with three matches to go.

Jon Inman  pulled the Tigers within eight scoring a 7-2 decision over Brock Warren at 184 pounds. Inman remains the No. 6 ranked wrestler nationally at 184 pounds with just one loss on the season.

The final two matches went to the Bronchos’ way as Cash Drylie  lost by a 6-3 decision to Brody Largent at 197 pounds and  Dakota Gulley  was pinned by Kyle Factor late in the third period (6:37) at 285 pounds.

Fort Hays State returns home for non-conference action against Adams State on Saturday (Jan. 9) at 2 pm.

Man in prison for Kan. murder charged with killing teen girl

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Priest-photo Kan. Dept. of Corrections

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man in a Kansas prison for the 1984 murder of a Sedgwick County man now faces another murder charge in the Missouri death of a teen who disappeared more than 30 years ago.

The Wichita Eagle reports that 57-year-old Martin Priest has been charged with capital murder in Missouri.

Court documents say Priest killed the teen, identified as “T.R.,” by strangling her in May 1984 in Eldon, Missouri.

Priest could face life in prison if convicted.

Priest has been in prison since being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of 25-year-old William Mayhugh on Christmas 1984. He could be released on that charge as early as August.

Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Adam Pfannenstiel says Priest could be transferred to Missouri to face the charge.

 

Tuesday’s high school basketball results

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreBOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 68, Chapman 37
Andale 53, Clearwater 38
Andover Central 73, Maize South 58
Ashland 48, Kiowa County 33
Atchison 76, Atchison County 41
Augusta 52, El Dorado 36
Axtell 62, Wetmore 26
Basehor-Linwood 75, Mill Valley 56
Beloit 69, Phillipsburg 35
Bennington 45, Moundridge 39
Berean Academy 43, Inman 42
Blue Valley Stillwell 58, St. Thomas Aquinas 51
Buhler 47, Rose Hill 39
Burlington, Okla. 55, Attica 50
Burlington 56, Eureka 50
BV North 71, Gardner-Edgerton 49
Caldwell 73, Norwich 39
Central Plains 66, Smith Center 37
Chanute 62, Labette County 53
Chaparral 52, Medicine Lodge 22
Chase County 49, Herington 41
Circle 87, Mulvane 57
Concordia 72, Clay Center 54
Conway Springs 48, Douglass 44
Cornerstone Family 50, Topeka Heritage Christian 43
Council Grove 78, Mission Valley 47
Crest 77, Northeast-Arma 68
Deerfield 70, Satanta 68
Dodge City 63, Garden City 50
Doniphan West 59, Centralia 55, 2OT
Ellsworth 47, Russell 25
Emporia 58, Topeka West 57
Erie 64, Cherryvale 35
Eudora 79, Baldwin 33
Falls City, Neb. 56, Marysville 45
Frankfort 64, Clifton-Clyde 45
Frontenac 49, Prairie View 42, OT
Galena 76, Baxter Springs 66, OT
Garden Plain 54, Cheney 45
Girard 59, Oswego 23
Goddard-Eisenhower 66, Andover 61
Goessel 45, Peabody-Burns 39
Halstead 66, Kingman 29
Hanover 81, Linn 22
Hartford 57, Marais des Cygnes Valley 34
Hesston 72, Nickerson 51
Hiawatha 46, Perry-Lecompton 31
Highland Park 89, Shawnee Heights 80
Hill City 80, Quinter 49
Hillsboro 49, Lyons 37
Hodgeman County 56, Fowler 31
Holcomb 66, Cimarron 34
Horton 59, Oskaloosa 47
Humboldt 59, Marmaton Valley 29
Hutchinson Central Christian 71, Fairfield 37
Hutchinson Trinity 51, Ell-Saline 35
Idalia, Colo. 56, St. Francis 36
Independence 60, Coffeyville 50
Jackson Heights 46, Valley Falls 37
Jayhawk Linn 57, Uniontown 49
Jefferson West 39, Holton 19
Kapaun Mount Carmel 63, Wichita East 57
KC Christian 64, Maranatha Academy 33
KC Piper 51, Tonganoxie 30
LaCrosse 63, Western Plains 47
Lansing 48, KC Turner 46
Larned 71, Smoky Valley 61
Lawrence 63, Leavenworth 42
Lawrence Free State 80, SM East 73, OT
Lebo 53, Burlingame 45
Liberal 63, Perryton, Texas 43
Logan 58, Stockton 45
Lyndon 48, Northern Heights 34
Macksville 73, Cunningham 62
Manhattan 75, Topeka Seaman 61
Marion 67, Canton-Galva 51
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 59, McLouth 16
McPherson 81, Winfield 31
Ness City 53, Ellis 45
Newton 43, Wichita Campus 34
Norton 39, Cambridge, Neb. 36
Olathe East 52, SM West 47
Olathe South 54, SM Northwest 43
Olpe 51, Madison/Hamilton 18
Osage City 70, West Franklin 31
Osawatomie 46, Santa Fe Trail 37
Otis-Bison 63, Stafford 26
Ottawa 65, Louisburg 50
Paola 67, DeSoto 38
Pike Valley 54, Tescott 39
Pittsburg 67, Parsons 52
Pratt 60, Hoisington 52
Pratt Skyline 60, Bucklin 35
Pretty Prairie 68, Burrton 62
Rock Creek 74, Riley County 50
Rock Hills 33, Sylvan-Lucas 26
Rossville 37, Silver Lake 34
Royal Valley 44, Nemaha Central 41
Rural Vista 60, Little River 43
Sabetha 45, Riverside 42, OT
Salina Central 72, Hutchinson 31
Salina Sacred Heart 62, Southeast Saline 55
Salina South 59, Derby 49
Scott City 59, Southwestern Hts. 52
Sedgwick 64, Remington 52
SM North 80, Olathe North 73
SM South 54, Olathe Northwest 43
Solomon 62, Centre 36
South Central 63, South Barber 60
Southeast 48, St. Paul 37
Spearville 50, South Gray 47
St. John 80, Kinsley 21
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 58, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 20
Sterling 69, Haven 68
Topeka 76, Junction City 57
Ulysses 61, Lakin 47
Valley Center 72, Arkansas City 50
Valley Heights 43, Onaga 36
Veritas Christian 64, Heritage Christian 44
Victoria 46, Plainville 32
Washburn Rural 60, Topeka Hayden 48
Washington County 69, BV Randolph 16
Waverly 53, Southern Coffey 44
Wheatland-Grinnell 57, Trego 48
Wichita Collegiate 71, Wellington 46
Wichita Independent 61, Belle Plaine 47
Wichita Northwest 72, Wichita North 63
Wichita South 57, Wichita West 44
Wichita Southeast 69, Wichita Heights 51
Wichita Trinity 58, Bluestem 28
Wilcox-Hildreth, Neb. 62, Northern Valley 42
Wilson 47, Natoma 38
Yates Center 71, Flinthills 39

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 50, Chapman 41
Andale 44, Clearwater 26
Anderson County 49, Iola 42
Andover 42, Goddard-Eisenhower 40
Andover Central 65, Maize South 54
Atchison County 54, Atchison 40
Attica 74, Burlington, Okla. 49
Axtell 52, Wetmore 41
Baldwin 72, Eudora 13
Baxter Springs 50, Galena 45
Beloit 62, Phillipsburg 33
Berean Academy 35, Inman 29
Bishop Miege 68, St. James Academy 28
Bucklin 43, Pratt Skyline 28
Burlington 56, Eureka 35
Burrton 40, Pretty Prairie 38
Cambridge, Neb. 52, Norton 47
Caney Valley 57, Sedan 46
Carthage, Mo. 61, Columbus 43
Central Plains 45, Smith Center 23
Centralia 55, Doniphan West 26
Cherryvale 60, Erie 34
Cimarron 46, Holcomb 29
Circle 45, Mulvane 29
Clay Center 46, Concordia 40
Conway Springs 48, Douglass 31
Council Grove 56, Mission Valley 19
Cunningham 46, Macksville 23
Derby 45, Salina South 21
Dodge City 72, Garden City 31
El Dorado 39, Augusta 33
Ell-Saline 39, Hutchinson Trinity 31
Ellis 62, Ness City 36
Elyria Christian 44, Wakefield 32
Emporia 62, Topeka West 26
Flinthills 56, Yates Center 25
Frankfort 45, Clifton-Clyde 37
Frontenac 38, Prairie View 36
Garden Plain 43, Cheney 32
Girard 54, Oswego 30
Goessel 63, Peabody-Burns 17
Hanover 41, Linn 32
Herington 53, Chase County 40
Hesston 65, Nickerson 25
Hiawatha 52, Perry-Lecompton 35
Hill City 65, Quinter 47
Hillsboro 53, Lyons 46
Hoisington 38, Pratt 33
Holton 44, Jefferson West 33
Horton 45, Oskaloosa 34
Humboldt 60, Marmaton Valley 30
Hutchinson Central Christian 39, Fairfield 32
Idalia, Colo. 56, St. Francis 33
Independence 68, Coffeyville 34
Ingalls 68, Minneola 26
Kapaun Mount Carmel 57, Wichita East 41
KC Christian 52, Maranatha Academy 29
KC Piper 70, Tonganoxie 36
KC Sumner 61, KC Schlagle 46
Kingman 45, Halstead 20
Kinsley 43, St. John 41
Kiowa County 42, Ashland 18
Labette County 46, Chanute 44
LaCrosse 58, Western Plains 29
Lansing 57, KC Turner 19
Lawrence Free State 59, SM East 44
Lebo 54, Burlingame 48
Liberal 45, Perryton, Texas 26
Lincoln 53, Chase 33
Manhattan 75, Topeka Seaman 41
Marais des Cygnes Valley 51, Hartford 37
Marion 48, Canton-Galva 30
Marysville 66, Falls City, Neb. 37
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 54, McLouth 18
McPherson 60, Winfield 18
Medicine Lodge 43, Chaparral 24
Mill Valley 51, Basehor-Linwood 40
Minneapolis 49, Republic County 34
Moundridge 59, Bennington 30
Nemaha Central 53, Royal Valley 51
Newton 55, Wichita Campus 24
Northeast-Arma 64, Crest 31
Northern Heights 60, Lyndon 35
Norwich 49, Caldwell 34
Oakley 59, Oberlin-Decatur 11
Olathe East 45, SM West 25
Olathe South 44, SM Northwest 41
Otis-Bison 55, Stafford 32
Ottawa 41, Louisburg 36
Paola 57, DeSoto 42
Pike Valley 53, Tescott 43
Pittsburg 44, Parsons 36
Pittsburg Colgan 53, Miami, Okla. 37
Pleasant Ridge 66, Jefferson North 61, OT
Pleasanton 59, Chetopa 32
Remington 56, Sedgwick 37
Riley County 52, Rock Creek 51
Rose Hill 48, Buhler 39
Rural Vista 31, Little River 28
Russell 65, Ellsworth 32
Sabetha 65, Riverside 23
Salina Central 66, Hutchinson 41
Santa Fe Trail 38, Osawatomie 25
Satanta 50, Deerfield 8
Shawnee Heights 67, Highland Park 35
Silver Lake 73, Rossville 49
SM South 47, Olathe Northwest 43
Smoky Valley 53, Larned 40
Solomon 42, Centre 37
South Central 50, South Barber 46
Southeast Saline 56, Salina Sacred Heart 28
Southwestern Hts. 32, Scott City 31
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 48, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 29
St. Paul 54, Southeast 21
Sterling 42, Haven 23
Stockton 43, Logan 38
Sylvan-Lucas 51, Rock Hills 47
Topeka 59, Junction City 54
Troy 41, Immaculata 20
Ulysses 35, Lakin 29
Uniontown 39, Jayhawk Linn 35
Valley Center 47, Arkansas City 36
Valley Falls 50, Jackson Heights 12
Valley Heights 64, Onaga 15
Victoria 53, Plainville 43
Washburn Rural 43, Topeka Hayden 40
Washington County 57, BV Randolph 43
Waverly 54, Southern Coffey 25
Wellington 69, Wichita Collegiate 31
West Franklin 53, Osage City 36
Wheatland-Grinnell 51, Trego 24
Wichita Heights 74, Wichita Southeast 20
Wichita Independent 57, Belle Plaine 19
Wichita Northwest 40, Wichita North 31
Wichita South 63, Wichita West 21
Wichita Sunrise 71, Derby Invasion 37
Wichita Trinity 47, Bluestem 27
Wilcox-Hildreth, Neb. 41, Northern Valley 38
Wilson 46, Natoma 42

Kan. congressional delegation reacts to Obama’s action on guns

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WASHINGTON — President Obama wants to require background checks for guns purchased from dealers even if they’re bought online or at gun shows.

On Tuesday, he announced a series of long-awaited executive steps aimed at curbing gun violence despite opposition in Congress to new gun laws. Several members of the Kansas congressional delegation reacted to the move on social media.

 

   

Scott City man dies after crash with a semi

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Screen-Shot-2016-01-05-at-8.34.13-AM.pngFINNEY COUNTY – A Scott City man died in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Peterbilt semi driven by Clark T. Anderson, 56, Holdrege, NE., was southbound on U.S. 83 nine miles south of U.S. 50 junction.

The semi swerved to avoid a collision with another southbound vehicle that had slowed or stopped to turn.

The semi entered the northbound lane and struck a northbound 2012 Ford F150 driven by Colter J. Berry, 28, Scott City.

Anderson and Berry were transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital where Berry died.

Anderson was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

Kansas to start new mentoring program for poor, foster kids

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Kansas Department for Children and FamiliesTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is preparing to start a new program to provide mentors for poor residents receiving cash assistance from the state and for foster children reaching adulthood.

Gov. Sam Brownback and officials from the state Department for Children and Families officials were having a Wednesday afternoon news conference to discuss the details of the new program. First lady Mary Brownback also was expected to participate.

Brownback said in October that his administration was working on a mentoring program for the poor after seeing similar programs help hundreds of adult prison inmates and juvenile offenders. Brownback said then one issue would be finding enough volunteer mentors.

The department said the new mentoring program also would help formerly abused and neglected children who are too old to stay in foster care.

Late run lifts Texas past Kansas State

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By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Isaiah Taylor scored 17 points and Texas overcame a tough shooting night with some key late-game 3-pointers to beat Kansas State 60-57 Tuesday night.

Javan Felix scored 14 for Texas (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) and his 3-pointer with just under 4 minutes left gave Texas its first lead of the second half. Barry Brown scored 15 for Kansas State (10-4, 0-2), but two 3-point attempts in the final seconds were both partially blocked.

The win let Texas and new coach Shaka Smart avoid the program’s third 0-2 start in the Big 12 in four years.

The Longhorns still struggled to find offensive rhythm after losing senior center Cam Ridley to a foot injury for 8-to-10 weeks three games ago. But despite a 6 of 23 shooting effort on 3-pointers, the Longhorns got key long-range baskets from Felix and Connor Lammert down the stretch to secure the win.

Kansas man sentenced to life for child sexual abuse

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 31-year-old Johnson County man will serve at least 40 years in prison for sexually molesting an 8-year-old girl.

Robert Donovan Burton was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years for abusing the girl at an Olathe home in late 2012 and early 2013.

The Kansas City Star reports it was Burton’s second conviction for a sex crime involving a child. In 2005, he pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court to attempted rape of a child younger than 14. In that case, his 12-year-old victim later gave birth to a child fathered by Burton.

The girl in the latest case reported to authorities that Burton molested her after showing her pornographic videos on his cellphone.

Online food directory aims to link Kan. farmers with consumers

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Screen Shot 2016-01-05 at 3.43.03 PMWICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A Wichita native has developed an online directory of farmers in hopes of connecting them with digital consumers.

The Wichita Eagle reports that 31-year-old Mikel Bowyer started working on the ICT Food Circle project after joining a civic hacking organization that aimed to improve the community through public data projects.

The site currently allows consumers to browse and contact farmers based on what products they sell. In the future, Bowyer wants to offer consumers a look at each farms’ real-time inventory.

Bowyer has been working on ICT Food Circle as a side project to his part-time and full-time jobs. He hopes to eventually register the site as a nonprofit.

Kan. woman, child hospitalized after rollover accident

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KHPRILEY COUNTY- Two people were injured in an accident just before 4:30p.m. on Tuesday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Suzuki Equator driven by Isis Iantha Mueller, 39, Herington, was eastbound on Kansas 18 four miles west of Manhattan.

The vehicle left the roadway. The driver overcorrected. The vehicle went back into the south ditch, rolled several times and the driver was ejected.

Mueller was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. A passenger in the Suzuki Athena Mueller, 8, Herington, was transported to Via Christi in Manhattan.

The driver was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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