BARRY COUNTY, MO- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Barry County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Mazda 5 driven by Patrick A. Jordon, 28, Clearwater, was traveling on U.S. 60 one mile south of Monett
The driver made a u-turn in front of a 2004 Pontiac GTO driven by Louis M. Soto, 22, Verona, Missouri.
The Pontiac hit the driver’s side of the Mazda.
A passenger in the Mazda Tammy A. Coe, 37, Eldorado, was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Joplin.
She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.
An emergency medical helicopter flew Coe to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
The 2016 FHSU homecoming royalty finalists have been announced, and voting commenced Wed., Sept 28., and will continue until noon Friday, Sept. 30, on TigerLink. Students can also vote in the Memorial Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 29.
The King finalists:
Lorenzo Basa, Saint George senior, representing VIP Ambassadors. Stephen Foster, Roeland Park senior, representing Sigma Chi. Adam Schibi, Hays junior, representing Alpha Kappa Psi. Ricardo Zamora, Kansas City junior, representing Stripes for Hope. Jacob Schoenfeld, Salida, Colo., junior, representing University Activities Board.
Finalists were selected from 26 nominees representing 18 different student organizations.
The finalists will lead the Victor E. March to the bonfire Thursday where they will be introduced. The march begins at 7 p.m. at Stadium Place Apartments and will weave through campus before arriving at the Robbins Center for the start of the bonfire at 7:30 p.m.
Finalists will also participate in the homecoming parade through downtown Hays at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.
The king and queen will be announced at halftime of the homecoming football game against Lindenwood University on Saturday, Oct 1. The football game kickoff is at 2 p.m.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that its infant mortality rate decreased in 2015 to the state’s lowest annual figure ever.
The state Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday that there were 230 infant deaths last year for a mortality rate of 5.9 for every 1,000 live births.
The figure was 6.3 deaths for every 1,000 live births in 2014, when 246 infant deaths were reported. The department also said the figure last year was 28 percent lower than it was in 1996.
The state’s rate also is slightly below the national figure of 6 deaths for every 1,000 live births.
KDHE Secretary Susan Mosier attributed the decline to ongoing work by more than 20 organizations to research and raise awareness about infant mortality.
Currie, nn employee of the Munson Army Health Center at Fort Leavenworth was arrested for allegedly assaulting two employee-photo courtesy KCTV
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A civilian employee accused of setting a co-worker on fire at a health center at Kansas’ Fort Leavenworth is facing an additional charge in a new federal indictment.
Grand jurors on Wednesday in Kansas City, Kansas, indicted 54-year-old Clifford Currie of Leavenworth with one count each of assault with intent to commit murder and of assault with a dangerous weapon.
The indictment replaces a complaint that charged Currie only with assault to commit murder.
Prosecutors allege Currie threw a flammable liquid on his female supervisor, lit her on fire and assaulted her with a straight edge razor and scissors. Authorities say another worker was injured when she tried to stop the assault before other hospital employees subdued Currie.
Messages left Wednesday with Currie’s public defenders weren’t immediately returned.
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have charged a teenager in connection with a reported sexual assault at a high school in suburban Kansas City.
The Johnson County district attorney’s office said Wednesday that the 15-year-old male is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, which is a felony, and lewd and lascivious behavior, a misdemeanor.
A female freshman at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village reported being groped and fondled in a boys’ bathroom at the school on Sept. 14.
The Kansas City Star reports that prosecutors did not release the name of the teen charged, and no court date has been set for him.
On Sept. 21, many students wore black in support of the victim.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A former Lawrence mayor has admitted to stealing money from his old job as executive director of a food pantry.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 33-year-old Jeremy Farmer pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Topeka to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds.
He was hired at Just Food in 2011 and resigned from that position — and from his seat on the Lawrence City Commission — in August 2015. His resignation came about after it was revealed he had not paid more than $50,000 in federal and state payroll taxes on behalf of Just Food. At the time Farmer said the taxes were unpaid due to an oversight.
Farmer now lives in Kansas City, Kansas. Sentencing will be set at a later date.
RENO COUNTY— One of four Kansas men charged in association with the August 3, robbery of several teens at knifepoint in a Walmart parking lot entered a guilty plea in the case on Wednesday.
Blake Bryant, 18, pled guilty to robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery in a Reno County courtroom.
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Police say Bryant and three others suspects were drinking and smoking marijuana and decided they needed more cash for cigarettes.
They allegedly went to Walmart and tried to break into vehicles, but then spotted a group of teens on the side of the store.
Two of the suspects wrapped their shirts around their heads, pulled a knife and robbed the four teens of $85.
Sentencing for Bryant is scheduled for Nov. 18.
The cases against the other three are still pending a preliminary hearing.
BUNKER HILL – Learn more about the candidates vying for state elections through Smoky Hills Public Television’s Kansas Candidates program.
With the Nov. 8 election approaching, Smoky Hills Public Television has scheduled several candidate forums for positions in the Kansas Legislature and a forum providing information about the Kansas Supreme Court.
This week’s forum will feature Republican John Doll and Democrat A. Zacheriah Worf, candidates for the 39th Senate District seat. Earlier this week, Worf withdrew from the race and endorsed Doll. The program will air Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 2, at 12:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Oct. 6, Kansas Candidates will focus on the Kansas Supreme Court. Justices Marla Luckert and Carol Beier participated in a forum at Kansas Wesleyan University. Five Kansas Supreme Court justices, including Beier and Luckert, are facing retention votes in this election. This program will air Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. with a rebroadcast on Oct. 9 at 12:30 p.m.
The next candidate forum will air on Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. This will feature the candidates for the 40th Senate District, Republican Rick Billinger and Democrat Alex Herman. The forum will be rebroadcast on Oct. 16 at 12:30 p.m.
A two-hour episode to air on Oct. 27 at 9 p.m. will include several candidates. This forum takes place in Salina.
All of the Kansas Candidates forums will air again on Nov. 6 and are available for viewing at www.smokyhillstv.org.
NORTON COUNTY – A Ness County man was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. on Wednesday in Norton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Kenworth Straight Truck driven by Duane Sylvan Pool, 61, Ness City, was westbound on Kansas 9 two miles east of Edmond.
The truck traveled north striking the ditch at the intersection with County Road E6.
The truck went airborne, landed in the north ditch and rolled in a milo field.
Pool was transported to the hospital in Norton.
He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration says it intends to withdraw a proposed regulation limiting the amount of sick leave state workers could donate to peers and a rule reducing the opportunity to appeal annual employee evaluation ratings after.
Officials say the decision was made based on feedback.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Kansas Department of Administration will go forward with other amendments, including establishing an exemption from layoffs for select employees regardless of performance scores, overriding a process entitling laid-off staff to priority status when rehiring occurs and authorizing paid administrative leave to be used as a reward mechanism.
State officials say the changes are an attempt to make the terms and conditions of state government employment more comparable to the private sector.
On Wednesday morning, Fort Hays State University and the FHSU Foundation announced the launch of the Journey Campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the university.
“This is why we are here today, to safeguard our futures and our university,” FHSU President Dr. Mirta Martin said.
The Journey Campaign is a five-year comprehensive campaign and is the most aggressive fundraiser in the history of FHSU. The campaign has set a goal of $100 million dollars.
“This is unprecedented, never one that large, but we will get there,” Steve Shields, co-chair of the campaign said.
The campaign is being chaired by three individuals all whom have Fort Hays ties, former students Tyler and Jessica Thompson and Shields
Times are changing, said Shields, as he spoke at a packed Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center.
“The reason why this journey campaign is so important … is because times are changing quickly and not every university is clearly of understanding how they need to rethink, who, what, how, where, we are and what we do and how we do it,” Shields said. “I think Fort Hays State University — and I mean this from the bottom of my heart — this place was always steeped in relationships.”
The changes are already starting to be noticed. Recently, Fort Hays was announced as the third largest university in the state of Kansas with a record enrollment. That is because the university has a value based on belief in people and connectedness to people, according to Shields.
“We have diversified, we’re not afraid of new, we’re not afraid of failure, we’re not afraid of innovation, and we are not afraid of creating,” he said. “We’re a nimble university”
The campaign is built around four pillars: scholarships, student life, programs of distinction and athletics.
“It is with my hope that, with these pillars, we can bring attention and funding to every college, every program, every faculty and staff member, and most importantly every student,” said Jason Williby, president and CEO of the FHSU Foundation.
The money raised is to be disbursed through the different pillars. Currently, $45 million is set to go to scholarships, $39 million is for programs in the academic colleges, and athletics and student life each would get $8 million.
Martin, who had just got off a plane after arriving back from China, spoke on how every little amount of money donated helps.
“It doesn’t matter whether you are giving a dollar, $10,000, $1 million or $100 million,” Martin said. “Each give counts.”
She said each gift signifies that you are solidly and confidently behind Fort Hays State and in support of the most precious assets, which are the students.
FHSU student body President Emily Brandt and Vice President Vivian Agnew are both recipients of student scholarship dollars and said private funding goes a long way to help out students.
“We understand the value that these gifts have not only on our time here at Fort Hays State, but on the time for all Fort Hays students, Brandt said.
Agnew would add that college is a unique experience that is mobile and adaptable as long as the students have the means.
“Donors make it possible for us to have those means,” Agnew said.
Private support fuels Fort Hays State, Williby said. With private dollars, he said, FHSU can improve and the university can continue to be an exceptional place for the students, faculty, staff and alumni.
“Our university is amazing,” Williby said. “Filled with talented and caring faculty and staff, students with amazing potential on a beautiful and safe campus, and with some of the best facilities in America, but we can be better.”
More information will be released in the coming months as the campaign begins.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian volleyball team dropped one spot in the latest KVA rankings Wednesday. The Monarchs are now ranked fourth in 3A after a loss Saturday at the Hoisington tournament.
The rankings do not reflect their two wins on Tuesday.
The Monarchs are 23-2 with their only losses to Abilene who is ranked No. 1 in 4A Division I and Central Plains who is first in 2A.
Cheney and Silver Lake flip flop at the top with Cheney taking over the No. 1 spot. Kingman, who was ranked second in 4A Divisoin I is third after dropping to Class 3A earlier this week.
La Crosse is up one to No. 3 in the 1A Division I poll and Wheatland-Grinnell continues to hold down the top spot in 1A Division II.
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley West 20-0 (1)
2. Olathe Northwest 11-3 (3)
3. Shawnee Mission East 18-5 (4)
4. Blue Valley Northwest 15-4 (7)
5. Blue Valley North 12-6 (2)
6. Lawrence-Free State 17-4 (6)
7. Garden City 21-4 (8)
8. Manhattan 17-8 (9)
9. Blue Valley 10-6 (NR)
10. Wichita Northwest 15-2 (NR)
Class 5A
1. Shawnee Heights 16-1 (1)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 20-5 (2)
3. Lansing 13-2 (3)
4. Maize 22-5 (5)
5. Newton 23-3 (4)
6. Andover 15-5 (10)
7. Goddard-Eisenhower 13-3 (7)
8. DeSoto 19-5 (2 in 4A Div 1)
9. Emporia 10-2 (8)
10. Blue Valley Southwest 12-5 (9)
Class 4A – Division 1
1. Abilene 15-3 (1)
2. Rose Hill 15-4 (4)
3. McPherson 14-6 (3)
4. Louisburg 15-9 (8)
5. Ulysses 17-4 (6)
6. El Dorado 15-8 (7)
7. Andover Central 7-8 (9)
8. Kansas City-Piper 10-8 (10)
9. Wamego 7-11 (NR)
10. Augusta 8-5 (NR)
Class 4A – Division 2
1. Topeka-Hayden 19-5 (1)
2. Santa Fe Trail 16-3 (5)
3. Girard 18-5 (3)
4. Burlington 19-5 (7)
5. Andale 15-9 (5 in 4A Div 1)
6. Concordia 15-7 (9)
7. Baxter Springs 16-6 (6)
8. Rock Creek 15-7 (4)
9. Frontenac 10-3 (8)
10. Smoky Valley 10-7 (10)
Class 3A
1. Cheney 19-2 (2)
2. Silver Lake 19-5 (1)
3. Kingman 23-3 (2 in 4A Div 2)
4. Thomas More Prep-Marian 21-2 (3)
5. Hesston 14-3 (4)
6. Beloit 17-2 (7)
7. Garden Plain 14-4 (5)
8. Wellsville 14-4 (6)
9. Douglass 12-3 (8)
10. St. Marys 15-3 (NR)
Class 2A
1. Central Plains 20-0 (1)
2. Heritage Christian 20-0 (2)
3. Jefferson County North 17-2 (4)
4. Kiowa County 19-2 (3)
5. Wabaunsee 20-3 (5)
6. Flinthills 24-2 (6 in 1A Div 1)
7. Valley Falls 14-6 (NR)
8. Hoxie 14-3 (8 in 1A Div 1)
9. Oswego 20-2 (7)
10. Chase County 22-3 (6)
Class 1A – Division 1
1. Centralia 19-0 (1)
2. Goessel 19-1 (3)
3. LaCrosse 19-3 (4)
4. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton 14-2 (2 in 1A Div 2)
5. Hanover 17-3 (5)
6. Lakeside 13-4 (NR)
7. Immaculata 14-6 (7)
8. South Barber 15-1 (10 in 1A Div 2)
9. Dighton 15-4 (5 in 1A Div 2)
10. South Central 16-4 (10 in 2A)
BARRY COUNTY, MO- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Barry County, Missouri.
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