SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for alleged rape.
Jordan Brehm, 29, Bennington, is alleged to have had sexual intercourse without the consent of a woman in her 20s at a southwest Salina home between 5a.m. and 2:30p.m. Wednesday, according to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney.
The victim called police just before 3:30p.m.
Brehm was arrested at the home.
He and the victim are acquaintances.
The Ellis County Public Works Road and Bridge Division will be placing an asphalt overlay on 41st Street from Hall Street going east to Vine Street beginning at 8 a.m. Monday.
The project will require closing of the road and access to businesses and residents may be restricted at times. Local traffic will also be restricted due to spraying tac oil. The area should be opened to traffic late on Tuesday evening.
For more information, call (785)-628-9455.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All sides of the ethanol and biofuels debate are getting the chance to weigh in on a federal agency’s proposal to boost the amount of renewable fuels blended into gasoline.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding its only hearing Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri, on its announcement last month to boost output of biofuels next year, as well as biomass-based diesel levels for 2018.
The EPA’s final rule is expected by the end of the year.
Next year’s target of 18.8 billion gallons of renewable fuels, mostly ethanol, is less than the 24-billion-gallon threshold set in a 2007 renewable fuels law.
Ethanol advocates largely in farming states want the target raised. Oil companies counter that the market, not the government, should determine how much ethanol is blended into gas.
PAWNEE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Pawnee County are investigating a suspect for growing marijuana.
On Tuesday after a month-long investigation, the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible court order violation in the county, according to a social media report.
Officers made contact with the homeowner, but were unable to make contact with the subject violating the court order.
The subject’s vehicle was on the property and no other vehicles came to the property. The homeowner granted Sheriff’s Officers permission to cut a lock on a shed located on the property where the subject was hiding.
After numerous verbal commands and threatening to release the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office K9, Bodie, the subject showed one of his hands.
The subject refused to show both hands or come to where officers could see his entire body. Officers gained control of the subject and placed him in handcuffs. There were no injuries.
The subject was arrested for violating a court order on the scene.
Officers were able to smell a strong odor of marijuana inside the shed and found a clear plastic bag containing marijuana in plain sight.
Officers also found drug paraphernalia next to the marijuana.
Officers gained information of a marijuana grow taking place on the property owned by the subject. Permission was granted for officers to look on the adjacent property for illegal narcotics. Officers found numerous marijuana plants placed in rows, with water barriers around them. Thirty mature marijuana plants were documented and seized as evidence as a result of the search warrant. No names were released.
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — Junction City police say a 25-year-old Fort Riley soldier was shot during a disturbance at an apartment.
Officers called to an apartment early Thursday found evidence a shooting had occurred. The victim then called officers to report he had been involved in the shooting.
The solider was flown to a Topeka hospital, where he underwent surgery.
A 32-year-old Junction City man was arrested and jailed facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated burglary.
He is being held on no bond pending his first appearance in the Geary County District Court.
Mark Joseph Dolezal, age 47, of Hays passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in Hays, Kansas. He was born December 2, 1968 in Belleville, Kansas to Joe F. and Carol Sue (Nelson) Dolezal. He graduated from Hays High School in 1987 and attended Fort Hays State University and Kansas State University.
Mark was the owner and operator of Dolezal Property Management in Hays. He was a member of Westview Church in Hays, a Sigma Chi member and he enjoyed KU Basketball, racquetball, reading and playing trivial pursuit.
He is survived by his parents, Joe and Sue Dolezal of Hays; a brother, Nelson Scott Dolezal and wife Darlene of Amarillo, Texas; a sister, Jan Dolezal Staab and husband Kirk of Irving, Texas; nephews, Steven Dolezal and wife Kate, Matthew Dolezal and Joshua Dolezal all of Amarillo, Texas, Kaden and Kyler Staab of Colby, Kansas; a grandniece, Sofia Dolezal and a grandnephew Riley Dolezal both of Amarillo, Texas and his grandmother, Marcella Dolezal of Belleville, Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ransom and Ruth Nelson and his grandfather, Elmer Dolezal.
Funeral services will be 2 PM on Friday, June 10, 2016 at the First United Methodist of Hays with burial to follow in Mt. Allen Cemetery in Hays.
Visitation will be 6 PM – 8 PM Thursday at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601. Friday visitation will be 1 PM until service time at the church.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Valley Hope in Norton, Kansas or Westview Church in Hays.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected].
WICHITA – Through its spring 2016 cycle of Recognition Grants, the Kansas Health Foundation has provided $1,055,742.77 in grants to help organizations across the state accomplish 53 projects to help improve the health of Kansans.
Among the recipients were Hays-based First Call for Help and Jana’s Campaign.
Recognition Grants expand KHF’s support to a broad range of health-related organizations throughout the state and are targeted toward organizations and agencies proposing meaningful and charitable projects that fit within the Foundation’s mission of improving the health of Kansans.
Using a competitive application process, KHF allocates up to $2 million every year for the Recognition Grants program. Application deadlines for the two cycles are March 15 and September 15 each year. Any tax-exempt, nonprofit organization using the money for charitable purposes and proposing a project meeting KHF’s mission to improve the health of Kansans is eligible. In addition to supporting projects, KHF also seeks to support initiatives that focus on promoting policy, systems, and environmental transformations that support health.
A list of this cycle’s grant recipients is below. For more information, visit www.kansashealth.org.
American Red Cross North Central Kansas Chapter, $25,000
America’s Dentists Care Foundation, $24,860
Boys and Girls Club of Hutchinson, $24,904
Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, $18,671
Bread of Life Distribution Center, $25,000
Child Start, $24,750
City of Lawrence, $10,500
Climate and Energy Project, $24,956
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, $25,000
Dress for Success Wichita, $20,045
Eisenhower Foundation, $25,000
El Centro, $25,000
First Call for Help, $12,500
Four County Mental Health, $3,705
Friends of Johnson County Developmental Supports, $23,200
Harvey County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Task Force, $24,530
Harvey County Homeless Shelter, $8,538
Heartspring, $24,896
Integrated Behavioral Technologies, $25,000
Jana’s Campaign, $25,000
Kansas CASA Association, $19,631
Kansas City Community Gardens, $25,000
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, $24,997
Kansas Eye Bank and Cornea Research Center, $22,280
Kansas State Research and Extension, $4,845
Kansas State University, $25,000
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, $25,000
Lawrence Sponsoring Committee, $15,000
Leadership Butler, $8,505
Partners for Wichita, $20,000
Prairie Travelers, $9,195
Rainbows United, $25,000
Safehome, $25,000
Safe Kids Kansas, $12,925
Seed House – La Casa de la Semilla, $25,000
Southwest Guidance Center, $25,000
Special Olympics Kansas, $24,552
St. John Lutheran Church, $10,000
Sunflower House, $19,800
TDC Learning Centers, $20,000
TFI Family Services, $1,375
The Family Conservancy, $25,000
Topeka Justice Unity and Ministry Project, $24,750
University of Kansas, $24,918
Urban League of Kansas, $24,994
USD 252 Southern Lyon County, $10,542.77
USD 259 Wichita Public Schools Parents as Teachers, $25,000
USD 366 Woodson, $19,350
USD 500 Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, $10,168
Valeo Behavioral Health Care, $7,610
Van Go, $24,250
Wichita Grant Opera, $25,000
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center, $25,000
About the Kansas Health Foundation
The Kansas Health Foundation is a private philanthropy based in Wichita, but statewide in its focus. Its mission is to improve the health of all Kansans. To achieve this, the Foundation promotes health and wellness in schools, neighborhoods and workplaces. Grows leaders in Kansas communities. Inspires decision makers. Acts as a voice for healthy public policy. And starts and fosters community philanthropy that will see its mission thrive for generations. Together with grantees and partners, the foundation’s goals include making Kansas the healthiest, most productive, most livable state in the nation. To learn more, visit www.kansashealth.org.
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — Dickinson County authorities say laboratory tests found no evidence to indicate how an Abilene man died.
The skeletal remains of 42-year-old Jason Southern were found northwest of Abilene in March 2015. He had been reported missing in July 2014.
The Salina Journal reports Southern worked as a forklift operated for Russell Stover Candies.
Hoffman says the remains were tested by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation laboratory in
Great Bend. He says officers will continue to investigate the death.
Eagle’s Mike Cooper visits with Brenda Meder on upcoming events at the Hays Arts Council.
By DIANE GASPER-O’BRIEN
FHSU University Relations
Most of the talk in the sports world over this past weekend centered on the legacy of all-time great athlete and spokesman Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at the age of 74.
Meanwhile, Fort Hays State University was celebrating the accomplishments of a legendary figure of its own, and another in the making.
Fort Hays State, which has enjoyed the fortune of having a lot of successful coaches during its long history of athletics, had the honor of having not one, but two, coaches inducted into separate Halls of Fame in a span of five days.
Jim Krob, who coached cross country and track and field at FHSU from 1987 to 2005, was honored at the Kansas State High School Athletic Association Track and Field Championships in Wichita on May 28. Krob was inducted into the KSHSAA Hall of Fame in the faculty division.
Then on June 1, current Tiger head football coach Chris Brown, in his sixth year at the helm, was inducted in the Hall of Fame of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Activities Association in a ceremony in Kansas City, Mo.
Brown was inducted as a player in honor of his career at Pittsburg State University, where he was a three-time All-American at safety.
Both Krob, 75, and Brown, 41, are members of other Halls of Fame as well.
Ali won three world heavyweight titles, but the accomplishments of — and personal relationships with — Krob and Brown are near and dear to FHSU Athletic Director Curtis Hammeke.
“We’ve been very fortunate to have those kind of quality people working at Fort Hays State over the years,” said Hammeke, in his 12th year as FHSU’s AD who called it a “pleasure” to have worked with the Hall of Fame duo. Hammeke served as the Tigers’ head baseball coach and assistant director of athletics from 1991-96 during the middle of Krob’s coaching career, then returned to his alma mater as athletic director in 2004. He hired Brown in late 2011 to resurrect a struggling football program.
“That’s what we strive for — to have good leaders,” Hammeke said, “good coaches who really care about the kids.”
Krob came to FHSU from Bethany College in Lindsborg in 1987, where he won seven consecutive league track and field titles, and coached the Tigers to five straight conference championships. He continued to teach for an additional nine years after stepping down from coaching and has been working as a referee for high school track and field meets for the past 12 years.
Krob is still a visible presence on campus. He said he still has a computer in the Tigers’ track and field office, and he served on the planning committee for the new track and field complex currently under construction just south of FHSU’s soccer facility adjacent to the Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex.
“I see him around at Tiger Club (meetings) and around the coliseum,” Brown said. “I know who he is.”
Ditto for Krob.
“He’s one of the nicest football coaches, nicest people, I’ve ever been around,” Krob said of Brown. “He has worked so well with the track program, and not all football coaches do that. We’re fortunate to have him.”
While Brown earned his latest honor as a player for one of FHSU’s MIAA rivals, it’s his coaching success that has Tiger fans excited.
Under Brown, the Tigers have improved by one victory every year since his arrival. Following back-to-back winning seasons in 2013 and ’14, FHSU tied the school record for most victories in a season in 2015 en route to an 8-4 campaign. Under Brown, the Tigers advanced to post-season action last fall for the first time in 20 years.
Following losing seasons in five of the previous six years before Brown’s arrival, his coaching record at FHSU is now above .500 (30-26). The last coach to accomplish that was Bob Cortese nearly 20 years ago. And the Tigers’ overall record last year put Brown in elite company. Only three other coaches in FHSU’s 100-plus years of playing football have won eight games in a season.
All those are just numbers to Brown, who said he gives credit for the Tigers’ success to his coaches and players.
“I enjoy being involved in the kids’ lives and getting to know them as people. They and my coaches are the ones who make this all possible,” Brown said. “When I graduated (from college), that’s what I wanted to do, to teach and coach and try to give back.”
Mission accomplished.
“I don’t think there’s any question about it, he provides leadership and teaches the kids how to conduct themselves on the field, and off,” Hammeke said. “There’s a lot of life lessons to be learned through athletics, and Coach Krob did the same thing.
“I’m really proud of them,” Hammeke added, “how they represent not only themselves but how they represent the university and city of Hays.”
KDOT
The Kansas Byways Program has grown by one with the addition of the newly- designated Land and Sky Scenic Byway in northwest Kansas.
Land and Sky is the 12th Kansas byway to receive official designation from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The byway covers parts of Wallace, Sherman and Cheyenne counties.
“We are excited to extend the byway program into northwest Kansas with the Land and Sky Scenic Byway,” said Kansas Transportation Secretary and Director of the Kansas Turnpike Mike King. “The state designation will create greater awareness of the agricultural significance and scenic beauty of this area for visitors and spur interest in the communities along the route.”
The 88-mile route on K-27 begins in Wallace County in Sharon Springs, runs north through Goodland in Sherman County, and ends in Cheyenne County north of St. Francis at the Kansas/Nebraska border. Travelers along the byway have the opportunity to experience the Wallace Branch of the Great Western Cattle Trail, scale the highest point in Kansas at Mount Sunflower and explore the deep canyons and rugged landscape of the Arikaree Breaks. The byway is also the only one in the state that focuses on agriculture and features thousands of acres of rotating crops, livestock and wildlife along the route.
“With its unique land formations and strong agricultural roots, we feel the Land and Sky Scenic Byway can help tell the story of agriculture to an increasingly urbanized nation,” Secretary King said. “Those driving along the byway will be able to see where some of their food is grown and maybe better understand the work of Kansas farmers and ranchers.”
The state designation will result in the placement of route markers along the byway, inclusion in the Kansas Byways Guide, a page on the Kansas Byways website at www.ksbyways.com and promotion on the Kansas Byways Facebook and Pinterest pages. The byway communities are also eligible for grant applications to enhance the route for visitors.
Local team members who worked on the byway application process include Helen Dobbs of St. Francis, Jayne Pearce of Wallace and Donna Price and Roxie Yonkey of Goodland. The group also received assistance from the Cheyenne, Sherman and Wallace county commissioners and numerous committee members from the area.
The Kansas Byways program, a cooperative partnership of the KDOT; Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; Kansas State Historical Society; and local grassroots teams, identifies scenic and historic routes in the state and preserves, enhances and promotes the routes.
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Larks scored four runs in the first inning then held on the rest of the way for a 6-4 win over El Dorado Wednesday night at Larks Park.
Jax Biggers, Nate Olinger, Austin O’Brien and Mikey Gangwish all had two hits as the Larks improve to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Jayhawk League play. Gangwich and Andy Shadid both drove in two runs.
Starter Stephen Yancey allowed two unearned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk over 6 1/3 innings and picked up the win. Alex Lopez gave up a run in the ninth but struck out two for the save.
The Larks go for the series sweep Thursday night. It’s Little League night with all area Little League players encouraged to attend and wear their uniforms. Admission is free courtesy of Cedar Lodge Dental and Freddy’s Frozen Custard. You can also hear the game on KAYS or catch a video web stream at Hays Post dot.com.
COLBY, Kan. – The Hays Eagles American Legion baseball team scored six runs in the first inning then added four in the fifth for an 11-1 run-rule win in the opener of their doubleheader in Colby Wednesday evening. The Eagles won the nightcap 3-1 to move to 2-2.
The Eagles strung together six of their 16 hits in the first inning of game one. Cole Schumacher and Dalton Stout both had three hits while Ricky Hockett drove in four runs and Cole Murphy three. Marcus Altman struck out four over two innings for the win. Ryan Ruder had five strikeouts in two innings of relief as the Eagles fan 10.
Dalton Stout’s single in the fourth scored two to break a 1-1 tie and lead Hays to the win in the second game. Ricky Hockett allowed one unearned run on three hits with seven strikeouts and no walks over five innings for the win.
The Eagles are at home for the first time Sunday at 1 pm against Junction City.
