Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. South wind 7 to 17 mph.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind 9 to 18 mph.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 98. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 74. South wind 13 to 16 mph.
Wednesday Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. South wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 75.
Thursday Sunny and hot, with a high near 102.
City of Hays
Beginning Monday, July 18, 2016, a contractor for the city of Hays will be doing work on E. 27th Street from Vine to Sherman Street. This work will involve grinding bumps from the concrete pavement surface. This section of road will then be restriped along with 27th & Vine intersection. The road will remain open, and traffic will be routed around the construction. The repairs are estimated to be completed within six weeks (weather permitting).
Signs will be in place to direct the traveling public. The traveling public should use caution and if at all possible avoid this area. The construction is in relation to 2016 street maintenance projects.
The City of Hays regrets any inconvenience this may cause to the public. If there are any questions, please call the Public Works Planning, Inspection, and Enforcement Division at (785) 628-7310.
National Baseball Congress Release
WICHITA, Kan. – Kansas natives Nate Robertson and Adam LaRoche have put together an impressive roster of former big leaguers. The Kansas Stars, sponsored by the Kansas Star Casino will feature seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens. Clemens is one of 11 players on the team that was an MLB All-Star. 24 of the 25 players on the roster played in the Major Leagues. This is the first time in NBC World Series history 24 former Major Leaguers will be on one team.
Joining Clemens as NBC Alumni are Robertson, LaRoche, J.D. Drew, Dan Uggla, Jack Wilson, Koyie Hill and Ryan Kohlmeier.
MLB All-Stars: Tim Hudson (4), Ben Sheets (4), Roy Oswald (3), Dan Uggla (3), Josh Beckett (3), Brad Penny (2), Jason Isringhausen (2), J.D. Drew (2), Jack Wilson (1), Brandon Inge (1).
The Kansas Stars, sponsored by Kansas Star Casino will play in Championship Week of the 82nd NBC World Series. The Stars pool play games will be Saturday, August 6th at 9:30 pm, Monday, August 8th and Wednesday, August 10th , both at 7 pm.
| 1. Adam LaRoche | LaRoche is a Fort Scott, KS native that played 12 seasons in the majors. He was a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger award winner ending with 255 career homeruns. |
| 2. Nate Robertson | A Wichita KS native who stayed home to pitch for the Wichita State Shockers. Robertson played professionally for the Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies. He won 57 major league games and is currently the co-owner if the Wichita Wingnuts. |
| 3. Roger Clemens | Clemens is an 11 time All-Star, 2 Time World Series Champion, 7 time Cy Young Award winner, 1996 MLB MVP, was a member of the MLB All-Century Team, 354 MLB Wins and 4,672 Strikeouts. |
| 4. Tim Hudson | Hudson pitched 17 big league seasons and recorded 222 victories. During his career he was a 4 time All-Star, 2014 World Series Champion, 2010 NL Comeback Player of the Year, and the AL Wins Leader in 2000. |
| 5. Josh Beckett | Beckett pitched 13 big league seasons, won 138 games and was a 2 time World Series Champion. He’s a 3 time All-Star, World Series MVP for the Marlins, 2007 ALCS MVP with Red Sox, 2007 MLB wins leader and tossed a no-hitter 5-25-14. |
| 6. Brad Penny | Penny pitched 14 big league seasons, won 121 games and was a 2 time All-Star. He was a World Series Champion in 2003 and the 2006 NL Wins Leader. |
| 7. Roy Oswalt | Oswalt pitched 13 big league seasons and won 163 games. He’s a 3 time All-Star, the 2005 NLCS MVP, 2004 NL wins leader and 2006 NL ERA leader. |
| 8. Ben Sheets | Sheets was the 10th overall pick in the 1999 MLB Draft. He’s a 4 time All-Star, won 94 games in his 12 year big league career, struck out 1,325 batters and played for Team USA in the Summer Olympic Games. |
| 9. J.D. Drew | Drew play at Florida State University where earned both the Dick Howser Award and Golden Spike Award in 1997. He played 14 big league seasons and had a lifetime batting average of .278 recording 242 homeruns. He was a World Series Champion in 2007 and an All-Star in 2008. |
| 10. Jason Isringhausen | Isringhausen played 18 big league seasons and amassed 51 wins and 300 saves. He was a 2 time All-Star and the NL Saves Leader in 2004. |
| 11. Dan Uggla | Uggla played 10 big league seasons and smashed 235 homeruns. He’s the only second baseman in MLB history to hit 30 homeruns or more in 4 consecutive seasons. He was a 3 time All-Star and a Silver Slugger Award winner in 2010. |
| 12. Jack Wilson | Wilson played 13 years in the big leagues, is a Silver Slugger Award winner, and made the All-Star team in 2004 with the Pirates. |
| 13. Rick Ankiel | Ankiel played 15 professional seasons, won 13 games as a pitcher and recorded 76 career homeruns. |
| 14. Brandon Inge | Inge played 13 big league seasons, hit 152 homeruns, driving in 708 RBIs and was an MLB All-Star in 2009. |
| 15. Adam Everett | Everett played in the big leagues for 10 seasons; he hit 40 homeruns and has 283 RBIs in his career. |
| 16. Laynce Nix | In Nix 10 year professional career, he slugged 69 homeruns and recorded 248 RBIs. |
| 17. Brett Tomko | Tomko won 100 games and had over 1,200 strikeouts in his 14 years as a pro. |
| 18. Pete Orr | Orr played 7 professional seasons and had a career batting average of .257. He represented his home country of Canada in both the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic. |
| 19. Koyie Hill | Hill had a remarkable career at Wichita State University compiling a .384 batting average and 186 RBIs. In 1999 he played for Team USA and an 11 year professional career. |
| 20. Ryan Kohlmeier | Kohlmeier is an Salina, KS native and played 4 professional seasons. |
| 21. Jayson Nix | Nix played professional baseball for 8 years and recorded 38 homeruns. |
| 22. Ryan Langerhans | Langerhans played 12 years of professional baseball and had 33 homeruns. |
| 23. Justin Germano | Germano was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 2000 and also played in Japan and Korea during his 11 year professional career. |
| 24. Koby Clemens | Clemens was drafted in the 8th round by the Houston Astros and is the son of Roger Clemens. |
| 25. Barry Wesson | Wesson was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round in 1995. |
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas delegates to the Republican National Convention are showing little appetite for a struggling, last-minute effort to block Donald Trump’s presidential nomination even though most of the state’s contingent is bound to other candidates.
Some of the state’s 40 delegates take comfort in the conservative national platform drafted ahead of the convention, which opens Monday.
Others contend it’s foolhardy to attempt to deny Trump the nomination following his victories in caucuses and primaries earlier this year.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won the state’s caucuses in March, and 24 delegates are bound to vote for him at the convention, compared to nine for Trump. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has six delegates, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, one.
Kansas delegates said they’ll support Trump in November, regardless of their current affiliations now.
GRANT COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday in Grant County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 International Straight Truck driven by Jerry Lee Breese, 39, Ulysses, was eastbound on U.S. 160 two miles East of Ulysses.
The truck traveled off right hand side of the roadway. The driver made an over correction to the left, made an evasive maneuver to the right to avoid hitting another vehicle and rolled.
Breese was transported to Bob Wilson Hospital Ulysses. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
The crash shut down the U.S. 160 between Ulysses and Hickok for almost 2 hours.
GREAT BEND -Fire officials are investigating the cause of a Sunday morning residential fire in Great Bend.
Fire crews responded to the structure fire in the 5900 block of Eisenhower Court.
Upon arrival units found heavy fire conditions in a bedroom.
The fire was quickly extinguished and there were no injuries.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In June, more than 2,400 Syrian refugees arrived in the United States.
Some have begun settling in Nebraska.
In November, Gov. Sam Brownback issued an executive order forbidding any state agencies or organizations that receive state grant money from helping relocate Syrian refugees in Kansas.
The Omaha World-Herald reports 48 Syrian refugees quietly moved into Nebraska with the help of relief agencies.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts continues to question whether federal authorities are doing enough to check the backgrounds of refugees, but he acknowledges that he has no power to stop their arrival. Federal officials have defended the security procedures they are using.
The refugees that arrived recently are still adjusting to Nebraska. Faedah Karbouj says she has been impressed with how friendly the people of Omaha are.
Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said the well-being of Kansans is a higher priority than helping refugees.
GOVE COUNTY – Three people were inured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Sunday in Gove County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Ram driven by David L. Hazel, 44, Colorado Springs, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of Grinnell.
The vehicle was passing a 2008 Mercury driven by Juanita W. Brogden,78, Mills River, North Carolina.
The Mercury sideswiped the Ram, began to slide sideways in the driving lane and was hit by a semi.
Brogden and passengers in the Mercury Carolyn B. Angel, 65, Mills River, NC., and Jean W. Orr, 75, Henderson, NC.
Hazel and the driver of the semi from Arizona were not injured. They were wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
After Tyler Collins hit a leadoff single in the ninth, Saltalamacchia won it with a drive off Joakim Soria (3-4) that easily cleared the wall in right field. The Detroit catcher raised his right arm in celebration almost immediately as he trotted toward first base.
Those were the only two RBIs of the day for Detroit. The Tigers scored their first two runs of the game on a balk and a wild pitch.
Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) pitched a perfect top of the ninth for the win.
Detroit rookie Michael Fulmer allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings. Kansas City starter Yordano Ventura allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — For the first time in decades, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” has taken to the skies.
The Wichita-built bomber lifted off from a McConnell Air Force Base runway Sunday morning after a more than 16-year volunteer restoration effort.
Airborne! First time since 1956 #DocFirstFlight pic.twitter.com/jvf8D7aTAa
— Doc’s Friends (@DocsFriends) July 17, 2016
The B-29 is best known as the bomber type that dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War II in the Pacific.
The Wichita Eagle reports (https://j.mp/29EBke8 ) that the plane came to Wichita in pieces in 2000 to what was then Boeing Wichita, which made space available at the factory for the bomber’s restoration.
Success! The world’s second flying B-29 Superfortress #DocFirstFlight pic.twitter.com/kQGtxobJrw
— Doc’s Friends (@DocsFriends) July 17, 2016
Since last fall, the restoration effort reached a number of milestones, including a fundraising campaign that netted about $160,000.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge (all times local):
A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation into the shooting deaths of three Baton Rouge police officers says the shooter has been identified as Gavin Long.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Multiple news agencies are reporting Long was from Kansas City, Mo.
The official did not have any other details on Long.
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President Barack Obama says he condemns, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge.
Obama says the attacks on police officers, the second in two weeks, are “attacks on public servants, on the rule of law, and on civilized society, and they have to stop. ”
Obama is responding Sunday after three police officers in Baton Rouge were fatally shot and three others wounded. Obama says he has offered the full support of the federal government to Louisiana state and local officials.
Obama says the motives for the attack are unknown, but there is no justification for violence against law enforcement. He said the attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one.
1:15 p.m.
Police in Baton Rouge say a gas station not far from police headquarters is where three law enforcement officers were shot to death early Sunday. One suspect was also shot and killed.
Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean Mckneely Jr. says the shooting took place outside and possibly inside the B-Quik convenience store on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge.
He says the suspect’s body was found next door, outside of a fitness center.
Three other law enforcement officers were injured. Authorities believe two suspects may still be at large.
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12:45 p.m.
A spokesman for the Louisiana governor says that the governor is at the hospital where police officers were taken following a shooting in Baton Rouge.
Richard Carbo told The Associated Press that Gov. John Bel Edwards was meeting Sunday with officers and their families.
The city is on high alert after three officers were shot and killed Sunday morning. Three others have been wounded in the Louisiana shooting.
A sheriff’s spokesman in Baton Rouge said earlier that one suspect is dead and two others are believed to be at large.
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12:45 p.m.
Police in Louisiana say they are using a specialized robot to check for explosives near the body of a suspect who was shot and killed in Baton Rouge early Sunday.
The suspect is believed to have been involved in the shooting of law enforcement officers in the Louisiana city early Sunday. Three officers are dead and three are hospitalized with injuries. The shooting occurred less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean Mckneely Jr. says authorities do not have an immediate indication that explosives are present.
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12:25 p.m.
Authorities say three law enforcement officers have been killed and three have been injured in a shooting in Louisiana.
A sheriff’s spokesman in Baton Rouge also said that one suspect is dead and two others are believed to be at large.
Spokesman Casey Rayborn Hicks issued a statement asking the public to report anything suspicious in the area to 911. Officers and deputies from the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office were involved in the Sunday morning shooting that took place less than 1 miles from police headquarters.
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Police in Louisiana say that more than one officer has been shot in Baton Rouge.
The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured.
He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on the loose.
By Diane Gasper-O’Brien
FHSU University Relations and Marketing
They’re called “day campers,” the ones who drive from their home to campus each morning for the High Plains Music Camp.
But that name is a little deceiving for Blake and Bianca Lucas, who have spent the past week at Fort Hays State University during their first-ever trip to Kansas.
The Lucas siblings, you see, are from Syracuse, N.Y. Definitely a long commute, and if there was a prize awarded campers who made the longest trip, Blake and Bianca would win hands down.
However, they are still considered day campers because they are spending the nights with their parents, Tom and Lisa Lucas, at a local hotel.
“That is kind of funny that we’re day campers, considering where we’re from,” said 16-year-old Blake, who is participating in the vocal portion of the camp.
“When I tell people I’m from New York, they stare at me,” added 12-year-old Bianca, a flutist.
Bianca was excited after the first two days of camp when she earned the honors of first chair flute in the middle school band.
While campers annually come from all across Kansas and surrounding states for the longest-running camp of its kind, those from thousands of miles away usually have a unique situation surrounding their attendance.
Such is the case for the Lucas family.
Lisa is in her fifth semester of working on her master’s degree in school psychology through FHSU’s Virtual College. When she decided to pursue her master’s, Lisa researched online programs and found FHSU’s program to her liking.
“I discovered that it is a very reputable program that eventually leads to certification as a school psychologist in my state, as well as certification through the National Association of School Psychologists,” Lisa said. “I am grateful for being able to obtain such a high-quality education that gives me the flexibility to maintain my work and take care of my family.”
One of the requirements in Lisa’s master’s curriculum is attending a one-week seminar on the FHSU campus called “Appraisal of Children,” so Lisa knew she would be coming to Kansas this summer. Her family — all native New Yorkers — wanted to come along and see what Kansas, and Fort Hays State, was all about.
“So I Googled camps in the area,” Lisa said, “and I was very, very happy that not only was there a camp on campus this particular week, but it was a music camp.”
Both Blake and Bianca are heavily involved in music — vocal and instrumental — and theater back home, and they were excited to learn about the music camp. They were impressed after the first day on campus.
“It’s pretty intense, a lot of work to do this week,” said Blake, who has been pleased with the quality of instruction at the camp.
“I was nervous at first,” Bianca said, “but then I started making a lot of friends.”
Tom — a songwriter/musician himself — accompanied his family to Hays, and it’s been a vacation to remember for the entire family, Lisa said.
“We were pretty lucky,” she said. “The stars all lined up for us to be here.”
The student concerts will complete the music camp Saturday, but the memories of spending a week at Fort Hays State will last a long time.
“I have really enjoyed talking with everyone here,” said Blake, who said if he had the opportunity, he would like to return to the music camp sometime.
“One night, our daughter said, ‘It feels like we live here now,’ ” Lisa said. “I thought that was a real sign of how welcomed she feels here.”
HUTCHINSON A Kansas man was jailed Thursday after police were called to the report of a domestic disturbance at a home in Hutchinson.
James Garcia, 28, is jailed for possession of cocaine with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school, battery DV, possession of marijuana in what may have been a growing operation, possession of drug paraphernalia and no tax stamp.
The victim of the battery answered the door when police arrived and the officer noted a bruise on her forearm as well as a cut on the side of her face. She alleges she had been slapped, choked and shaken during the altercation.
There was a small child in the home and police decided they needed to check on the welfare of that child. In doing so, they found three small marijuana plants in a container on the stove. That led to a search warrant and they allege they also found what appeared to be a growing operation in the basement.
They also allege that they found .17 grams of cocaine in a bedroom as well as items used to either sell drugs or for personal use.
The arrest came during the noon hour Thursday and Garcia is jailed on a $34,000 bond.
During a court appearance, he denied any knowledge of cocaine and was also concerned whether this case would be presumptive prison. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Allen noted that no formal charges have been filed, nor does she have any knowledge of his criminal background, so it wouldn’t be possible to answer that question. He has drug convictions out of Finney County and was discharged from community corrections last year.
