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Due to the observance of Memorial Day on Monday, city of Hays refuse/recycling route collection schedules will be altered as follows:
Monday and Tuesday routes will be collected on Tuesday. Although collections might not occur on your normal day, collections will be completed.
There will be no change to Wednesday, Thursday or Friday collection schedules.
City of Hays customers that may have any questions regarding this notice should contact the Solid Waste Division of the Public Works Department at (785) 628-7357.
We remind you to always have your polycarts out by 7 a.m.
It is anticipated that heavy volumes of refuse/recyclable will be encountered around the holidays. Make sure polycarts are out by 7 a.m., and keep in mind that the trucks have no set time schedule.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer, Lorenzo Cain had four hits and two RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals picked up where their bats left off the night before while beating the tumbling Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Tuesday.
Wade Davis worked a wobbly ninth inning for his 12th save in 13 attempts, preserving the seventh win for the Royals in their last nine contests. They raised their two-game total in Minnesota this week to 30 hits and improved to 5-0 against the Twins this season.
After going 5 for 5 in the series opener, missing the cycle by a home run, Perez went deep just one day and a couple of innings too late. The three-time All-Star catcher followed a leadoff walk by Kendrys Morales in the second inning with a soaring drive off his 2013 teammate Ervin Santana that landed in the grass behind the wall in center field for a 2-0 lead.
Thunderstorms could develop again this afternoon around Pratt, Coldwater and Medicine Lodge, however the more probable threat for severe weather will be farther east into central Kansas. A more significant threat for severe weather returns on Thursday for areas along and east of a Scott City to Meade line. Tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are all possible again on Thursday afternoon.
Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South southeast wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East southeast wind around 9 mph.
ThursdayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South southeast wind 9 to 17 mph.
Thursday NightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 22 mph.
FridayA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Friday NightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.
FORD COUNTY -Areas in Southwest, Northwest, and South Central Kansas have sustained various levels of damages including downed trees, downed power poles and lines, and various levels of damages to outbuildings and rural homes. Storm damages occurred as a result of large hail, wind, and tornadoes.
County emergency management officials in Ford County reported two persons were critically injured and taken to Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, according to the state emergency operations center.
Other damages reported by the Kansas Highway Patrol includes emergency vehicles damaged due to baseball sized hail, a semi-trailer blown over at US 50 bypass with no injuries, and roadway damage on a bridge over U -56 where tornado ripped up asphalt.
Rural buildings, and homes also suffered damage along U.S. 283 in Ness County. Power lines are down in many areas.
Storm Damage on Road 110 north of Dodge City- photo KHP
Additional information will be collected as ongoing damage assessments occur in affected areas on Wednesday.
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FORD COUNTY -A spring storm brought several tornadoes, large hail and heavy rain to areas of Ford County on Tuesday evening.
After the community was under a tornado warning for over an hour, the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Dodge City and surrounding communities just after 6:30 p.m.
The primary part of the storm moved just west of Dodge City.
There were reports of some damage to rural buildings, homes and power was out in many areas, according to the sheriff’s department.
There were reports of possible injuries.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a truck on the U.S. 50 bypass was blown over during the storm.
Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City credit union employee has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation for embezzling more than $34,000 she now must repay.
Twenty-five-year-old Susan Wooten-Robb was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas. That’s where she pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud.
Authorities say that Wooten-Robb was working at the Community America Credit Union branch in Overland Park in February 2014, when two account holders complained about unauthorized debits from their accounts.
Prosecutors say that in one instance, Wooten-Robb tried to cover up an unauthorized debit by filing a false currency transaction report. She claimed the account holders took out the money to assist a family member with paying tuition.
WICHITA, Kan.-The Hays High Lady Indian soccer team ran out of time in their 4-3-2-1A State Quarterfinal match against Wichita Trinity Academy on Tuesday night in Wichita, losing 3-2. It didn’t take Trinity long to score as Julia Rogg struck first in the 6th minute of the match. The Lady Knights were able to tack on another goal in the 26th minute off the foot of Baylor signee, Ally Henderson. The lead was 2-0 at halftime.
Rogg would score again midway through the second half to give Trinity a commanding 3-0 lead. That is when the Hays High game came to life. Sydney Sulzman smoked one through the back of the net in the 71st minute to tally the first score for the Lady Indians. Hays High was not done yet. Following a hand ball in the box, Allie Rome was able to convert the penalty kick in the 78th minute. The Lady Indians were able to get the ball deep in the Trinity zone in the final minute but were unable to get a shot on goal.
With the loss Hays High ends their season with a record of 11-7. Trinity improves to 14-3 and will take on DeSoto in the state semi-finals on Thursday in Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been ordered to spend more than two decades in prison in the shooting deaths of a man and woman at a Topeka, Kansas, apartment.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Nicholas Storm Phillips of Topeka pleaded guilty in March to two counts of reckless second-degree murder. Phillips also pleaded guilty to a felony count of criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling.
Prosecutors say he fired multiple shots through an apartment door last December, killing 20-year-old Daquhan Jackson and 29-year-old Mary Thomas.
Phillips told a detective he was upset because the victims were stealing his clothes, which had been thrown into a grassy area after he fought with a girlfriend.
As part of his plea agreement, two counts of felony first-degree murder were dismissed.
MONGTOMERY COUNTY – A Kansas woman died in an accident just before 1p.m. on Tuesday in Montgomery County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Mazda Protégé driven by Janice Vineyard, 67, Independence, was westbound on County Road 2800 eight miles north of Coffeyville.
The driver failed to yield at the stop sign and crossed U.S. 169
A northbound semi broadsided the Mazda.
Vineyard was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.
The semi driver Gordon, Casey Gordon, 37, Tecumseh, NE., was not injured.
Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two men prosecutors say stole nearly $2 million worth of merchandise from stores across the U.S. have pleaded guilty.
Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say 40-year-old Alionis Perez, a Cuban citizen who most recently lived in New Jersey, and 30-year-old Yoandrys Cue, a Cuban citizen who most recently lived in Florida, pleaded guilty Monday to burglary charges.
Authorities say in 2013 they stole $250,00 worth of watches from a Fossil store in Clinton, Connecticut; $750,000 in watches from a Fossil store in Hagerstown, Maryland; $500,000 worth of watches and bags from a Michael Kors store in Lee, Massachusetts; and almost $200,000 in watches from a Fossil store in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Perez also pleaded guilty to burglaries at stores in Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee.
DETROIT (AP) — Muscle cars may look cool, but they don’t offer the best protection in a crash.
The Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger didn’t get the highest ratings in new tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The institute, which is funded by insurers, tested 2016 models.
The Mustang earned the highest rating on four of the five tests, but didn’t do as well on the small overlap test, which simulates what happens when a small portion of the car’s front end hits a pole at 40 miles per hour.
The Camaro did well on that test but had a lower rating for roof strength. The Challenger was the worst performer, with lower ratings for roof strength, seat and headrest strength and the small overlap test.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A veteran who served in Iraq is the latest person to file a lawsuit accusing a former physician assistant at a Veteran’s Administration hospital in Kansas of sexual abuse.
The Kansas City Star reports that the suit filed Monday in federal court is the seventh this year against Mark E. Wisner. He is accused of performing unnecessary and improper genital examinations at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center.
The hospital has said it stopped Wisner from seeing patients and began an investigation after the allegations surfaced.
Wisner surrendered his medical license last year after at least seven patients accused him of abuse. Criminal charges that include sexual battery are pending in Leavenworth County.
Wisner is seeking to have the civil proceedings stayed until the criminal case is resolved.
WICHITA — A 70-year-old Hillsboro man was indicted Tuesday on charges of carrying out a $7.9 million oil and gas fraud scheme, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.
David K. Lawson is charged with one count of wire fraud. The indictment alleges the crime occurred while Lawson was the owner and director of Sonstone Trading, LLC.
Lawson made a deal for Sonstone to sell 90 barrels a day of crude oil to Parnon Gathering, Inc. Crude oil is unrefined oil produced from oil wells. What Sonstone provided to Parnon was in fact not crude oil. It was raw gas oil (RGO), which is a mixture of various refined petroleum products with a very low vapor pressure and a lesser commercial value.
If convicted, Lawson faces a penalty of up to 20 years in federal prison, a fine up to $250,000 and restitution. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger is prosecuting.
