Authorities at the scene of a home near Assaria early Sunday (Photo Courtesy of Christine Womochil)
SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities, including the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office were conducting an investigation on Sunday in the 10000 Block of South Hopkins Road, southeast of Assaria, according to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan
Just before 8 p.m. on Saturday, Salina EMS and Saline County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 10525 S Hopkins Road in rural Saline County in reference to a death at the residence.
Lori J. Heimer, age 57, was pronounced dead at the scene by Salina EMS.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Scene Response Team has been called in to assist with this investigation.
If you have information in reference to this incident please contact the Saline County Sheriff’s Office at 785-826-6500 or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KSCRIME.”
More information will be released at a media briefing at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning.
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SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities, including the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office were conducting an investigation on Sunday in the 10000 Block of South Hopkins Road, southeast of Assaria, according to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan
He declined to release any specific details concerning the investigation.
More information is expected from law enforcement on Monday.
Check Hays Post for details as they become available.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County prosecutors have dismissed felony first-degree murder and other charges against an 18-year-old man in connection with a 2015 shooting death.
The Wichita Eagle reports the district attorney’s office cited lack of cooperation from witnesses when the office dropped charges against Emmanuel E. Crosby. The case was dismissed without prejudice, which means prosecutors reserve the right to file charges later.
Crosby had been accused of killing 23-year-old David Ingram, who was fatally shot last October.
Court records show the court dismissed the case on June 16 at the request of prosecutors. A judge also signed off on Crosby’s release from jail that same day.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas is midway through a multimillion project to renovate the university’s eight older scholarship halls.
The scholarship halls being renovated were built between the 1920s and the 1950s.
Housing director Diana Robertson told The Lawrence Journal-World the work includes overhauling heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical infrastructure. The work will also include remodeling the halls’ community kitchens as well as cosmetic updates like new paint and furniture.
The cost to renovate all eight halls to about $15.3 million.
Renovations to four of the halls were completed in 2014 and 2015, at a cost of about $1.8 million apiece. This summer, work is underway at the university’s two oldest scholarship halls: Miller, built in 1927, and Watkins, built in 1926.
Kendrys Moralez hits the second of his 2 home runs vs. Houston Sunday. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals / Jason Hanna)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ian Kennedy struck out 11 over seven innings, Kendrys Morales hit two home runs and the Kansas City Royals snapped the Houston Astros’ seven-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory Sunday.
After Royals starters Edinson Volquez and Chris Young were roughed up in blowout losses in the first two games of this series, Kennedy allowed one run and three hits with one walk.
Kennedy (6-6) struck out his final four batters and finished one shy of matching his career best in strikeouts.
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The 22nd annual Wild West Festival in Hays is scheduled for June 30 to July 4.
Hays Post is partnering with the Wild West Festival committee to offer a sneak peak at the performers taking the stage this year.
He’s a new voice for every man. Actually, make him an honest new voice for every man. That would be country-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Logan Mize. Just listen to his current single “Can’t Get Away from a Good Time,” which was just released to country radio by his label Arista Nashville.
The anticipation is building, particularly since Mize spent a good part of 2013 behind the camera in a couple of high profile turns on the small screen. The Kansas native serendipitously found himself guest starring in two nationally- watched TV appearances that undoubtedly introduced him to new audiences.
He ended up in a widely viewed “Fabric Of Our Life” cotton commercial with Hayden Panettiere of ABC TV’s lauded Nashville. Mize and his band are shown performing on stage at Music City’s legendary Station Inn. But there’s more: Mize played himself and sang, also with his band, in an episode of The CW’s hit drama Hart of Dixie starring Rachel Bilson.
Mize, 28, saw both tube assignments as great ways to trumpet his debut national CD release, 2012’s Nobody In Nashville, an auspicious 10 song collection that highlights Mize’s rugged voice, his earthy songs and his ability to merge mainstream country with front porch rock ‘n’ roll. ‘I was just happy to get the gigs,” Mize said about the TV exposure. “I was real excited about them. It helped promote Nobody In Nashville. The commercial with Hayden was more just fun, singing some songs for a commercial. We were just playing the songs while she was shooting the commercial.” About Hart of Dixie, he has this to say: “I just played myself in the series. I had no lines but I was in a battle of the bands club scene and I won the battle of the bands.”
Making Nobody In Nashville, which is the follow-up to Mize’s very independent, regional 2009 self-titled first effort, was a musically organic experience. The disc was released on Big Yellow Dog Music, the imprint of his publishing company. It is an earthy project that puts the emphasis on Mize’s voice, guitar playing and songs. Unpolished gems include “State Of Your Heart,” “Hey Carolina,” “Sunflowers,” “Good Life” and the autobiographical “Rock N Roll Band.” “It wasn’t auto-tuned or anything,” Mize said about Nobody In Nashville. “The vocals are really raw. There are parts where I cringe a little bit. It’s a really dry sounding record, but I like it because it’s really simple. We didn’t hire the biggest names in Nashville. We kept it very grassroots.” “Sunflowers,” which is an ode to his home state, will be used as an official state tourism song promoting Kansas. Logan, has also been named an official Kansas Brand Ambassador by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and will promote Kansas as a premier visitor destination.
There are no artifices. Mize’s real guy-next-door demeanor is exactly the reason why Nobody In Nashville garnered immediate attention from Roughstock, The Boot, Billboard.com, Keepin’ It Country, and Music & Musicians magazine. He also has a fan in country and pop superstar LeAnn Rimes, who not only tweeted about Mize’s previous single, “Used Up,” but also invited him to open her 2013 Fall Tour in Europe.
Award-winning country vocal group Little Big Town also blew up Twitter with praise for Mize’s “Used Up.” No stranger to touring, Mize delivers a blistering live show with his commanding onstage presence. He has opened shows for headlining household names Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Blake Shelton, Billy Currington, LeAnn Rimes and Hank Williams, Jr.
That’s pretty lofty company for the kid born in Wichita, Kansas who grew up in nearby Clearwater immersed in the music of Tom Petty, Elton John, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, The Wallflowers, Nirvana, the Foo Fighters and Stone Temple Pilots. “If it sounded good to me, I would listen to it,” Mize said about his eclectic musical tastes. “I am a song guy. There is no bias. I like it all.” His arms-open-wide philosophy extends into family, naturally. Mize, who is married to country singer-songwriter Jill Martin and has a 2-year-old son Lincoln, slowly soaked himself in the history of his great uncle Billy Mize.
The elder Mize, now 84, is considered a pioneer in the Bakersfield country sound that emerged in California and was popularized by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Mize didn’t learn of his revered kin until he was in his early 20s. “When I found out about him I really researched the Bakersfield sound. Buck Owens was in Billy’s band. He also got Merle Haggard recognized. He was a behind-the-scenes guy.” Logan Mize, however, is not only behind a microphone; he’s also in front of the cameras. In characteristically every man fashion he’s getting priceless VIP attention.
Mize takes the stage July 1.
Check HaysPost.com for more acts in the coming days.
KIOWA, Kan. (AP) — Two women are turning an old southern Kansas hospital into an oasis for unwed mothers during and after their pregnancies. See more on the project here.
Miranda Allen and Brenda Myers paid $1 for the old Kiowa hospital after voters decided to build a new one. They are transforming the facility into what they’ve named Project Pink House, which will take in its first resident in mid-July.
The two breast cancer survivors say residents will take steps to better themselves while they’re there, including doing volunteer work and attending classes.
Allen and Myers figure women who need them will find their way to the town of fewer than 1,000 residents a few miles from the Oklahoma border.
The Hutchinson News reports they’re willing to buy bus tickets for applicants who need help getting there.
McPHERSON, Kan. – The Hays Eagle Sr. American Legion baseball team grabbed the early lead but couldn’t hold on and lost 5-3 to McPherson Sunday morning in bracket play at the McPherson tournament.
Hays lead 3-2 after three innings but McPherson took advantage of two errors and scored two runs in the fourth inning to take the lead then added an insurance run in the seventh.
Ricky Hockett allowed four runs, three earned, on five hits and takes the loss.
Dalton Stout had three hits and drove in a run.
The Eagles go 2-2 in the tournament and are now 12-7 overall.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County jury has convicted a 59-year-old man in the death of his former wife.
Colin Edward Pritchard was convicted Friday evening of intentional second-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of his former wife, 51-year-old Cindy Pritchard.
The jury had the choice either to find Colin Pritchard not guilty or guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, intentional second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Colin Pritchard claimed the shooting was an accident.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced he is accepting applications for congressional internships in his Washington, D.C., Manhattan and Olathe, Kan., offices for fall 2016.
“My first experience in Washington, D.C., was working as a congressional intern,” said Sen. Moran. “Internships offer Kansas students a great opportunity to learn about the legislative process and work on behalf of our great state.”
An internship in Sen. Moran’s office provides a unique opportunity to work closely with Senate staff on behalf of the state of Kansas. Legislative interns will gain a better understanding of the legislative process in the U.S. Congress, and develop knowledge and professional skills valuable to future career pursuits.
The intern program is open to qualified undergraduate and graduate students – or recent graduates – who have strong interest in public service and government and have achieved academic excellence.
The application deadline for fall 2016 internships is July 1, 2016.
Application forms can be obtained and completed under the “Services” section of Sen. Moran’s website at www.moran.senate.gov. Applicants should submit a completed application form, resume, academic transcript, two letters of recommendation and a cover letter explaining the applicant’s interest in public service and goals of serving as an intern. Please submit required materials to: [email protected].
For questions, please contact Sen. Moran’s office at [email protected] or call (202) 224-6521 and request to speak with the intern coordinator.
Another summer shower appeared on the horizon Saturday, offering up more than 2 inches of rain to portions of Hays.
There was more than 2.25 inches in rain gauges in the northwest part of the city, while the southeast areas of Hays received about an inch less.
Victoria reported 1.17 inches, while Ellis saw reports of 0.21 to 0.4 inches. North of Hays, there was a report of 1.09 inches near Catharine.
Most of eastern Russell County received between a quarter- and half-inch of rain, although there was a report of 2.12 inches in the western portion of the county. Southwest Trego County also had a report in excess of 2 inches of precipitation.
Chances for rain continue Sunday, with strong “microburst” winds and small hail possible.
HUTCHINSON– One of three people charged with aggravated intimidation of a witness, aggravated battery, aggravated burglary was ordered to prison in another case Thursday.
Joshua Rund, 39, who entered pleas in three cases was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, but then granted three years community corrections.
However, Judge Tim Chambers, who found Rund had violated the conditions of his corrections, ordered him to prison and reduced the sentence to ten years.
Rund was convicted in a number of drug cases in 2012 and 2013.
Rund, Joshua Bradbury and Michala Cooprider are accused of attacking a Hutchinson woman in her home while she was in bed.
Lacy Lomax was beaten so badly, she had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. She was allegedly attacked because she may have given information to law enforcement in McPherson County over a burglary case.
An officer from McPherson testified Thursday morning about the burglary during a corrections violation hearing.
James H. “Jim” Zordel, 59, of Russell, Kansas, died on Friday, June 24, 2016, from a motorcycle accident while enjoying an evening ride on Pioneer Road, south of the Smokey Hill River.
Services are pending at this time. Please check back later for a full obituary and funeral service dates and time. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.
Clarence Pete Schneider, 89, of Wilson, Kansas and formerly of Russell, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas.
Pete was born August 10, 1926, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Pete and Anna (Herdt) Schneider. He grew up and attended school in Hoisington.
Pete served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII, stationed in the Pacific. After the war he returned to the Russell area.
Pete was united in marriage to Mary R. Wolfers in 1972. They made their home in Russell. Mary preceded him in death on November 30, 2013.
Pete worked in construction and as a carpenter in the Russell area for many years. He was a life member of the Russell V.F.W. Post #6240. He enjoyed square dancing with Mary,; winning fishing tournaments; raising chickens, quail and pheasants; and tinkering in his shop where he always had a project going.
Surviving family include his three grandchildren, Tami Fuller (Chad) of David City, Jana Cook (Lonny) of Salina, Kansas, Nebraska and Bobbie Bieker of Kilgore, Texas; step son, Kenneth Bieker of Nickerson, Kansas; brother LeRoy Schneider of Jamestown, Kansas; five great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Mary.
Celebration of Pete’s Life will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, June 27, 2016 at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell. Burial will follow at the St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Russell where Russell V.F.W. Post #6240 Honor Guard will conduct Military Rites. Visitation will be from Noon to 8:00 PM Sunday, June 26, 2016 at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary. A Memorial has been established with the Russell V.F.W. Post #6240. Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.
