Today A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. East wind 6 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
WednesdayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South southeast wind 8 to 14 mph.
Wednesday NightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 6 to 14 mph.
ThursdayA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
Thursday NightA 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
FridayA 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80.
Friday NightA 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
SaturdayA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
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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.
At its core, as well as at first glance, Warrant is an American rock band through and through. Formed in 1984, the Hollywood, CA based band rose through the ranks of the local and regional club scene to the level of multiplatinum selling, chart-topping success. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album produced the massive hit “Heaven” which reached #1 in Rolling Stone and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Warrant’s sophomore album Cherry Pie was released in September 1990. This album, which spawned the hits “Cherry Pie,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and “I Saw Red,” reached the Top 10 in the United States and went on to sell 3 million copies. Over the course of their career, Warrant has sold over 10 million albums internationally.
Warrant’s music has undergone significant evolution throughout the band’s 20-year history. Their style is typical of many Sunset Strip glam metal bands, and remains the band’s signature sound. In September 2008, Robert Mason replaced Jani Lane as lead vocalist. Their current album Rockaholic (May ’11), released on Frontiers Records has been highly regarded and reviewed peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart.
Warrant has been headlining festivals, casinos and clubs all over the country in support of the new album not to mention their support slot on the summer 2011 tour with Motley Crue & Poison, and will continue to tour into 2012. The band can’t wait to play not only all the hits fans know by heart, but also new tunes like “Life’s A Song” and “Sex Ain’t Love.”
Warrant takes the stage July 2.
Check HaysPost.com for more acts in the coming days.
RENO COUNTY – A Reno County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured in an accident during a high-speed chase just before 6 p.m. on Monday.
Reno County Sheriff Deputies and South Hutchinson Police officers attempted to stop a Chevy Tahoe driven by Dominic Vargas, according to a media release.
Vargas was known to have an active warrant for his arrest, Parole Violation through the State of Kansas.
He refused to stop for initial officers and attempted to elude them. He drove into the city of Hutchinson where Hutchinson Police Officers took part in the pursuit.
Mr. Vargas took officers on a pursuit that encompassed the northeastern part of the city, eventually left Hutchinson, not before driving off the roadway in order to avoid tire deflation devise that was deployed at the intersection of 30th Street and Apple Lane.,
He then went east on 30th Street and exceeded speeds up to 90 miles per hour, on a couple of occasions almost caused accidents to innocent persons traveling the road on 4th Street and Airport Road.
When he came upon the intersection of 30th Street and Buhler Rd Vargas turned southbound on Haven Road and topped speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
Vargas
At the intersection of U.S. 50 and Haven Road, a Sheriff Deputy lost control and rolled his vehicle into a field. He was wearing his seatbelt and airbags deployed.
He was later transported by another Sheriff depart vehicle to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center where he was checked out and released.
The pursuit continued south on Haven Rd approximately 5 more miles where a Haven Police Officer had tire deflation devise deployed. Mr. Vargas drove off the roadway again to avoid devise when Sheriff Deputies collided with the suspect’s car. The Tahoe eventually rolled and ended up on its side.
Vargas denied any treatment from medical personnel. He was booked into the Reno County Correctional Facility on two State Warrants, Felony Flee and Elude, and Aggravated Battery of LEO. Additional charges are also possible.
SHAWNEE COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a shooting incident.
Police are asking the public for help to locate Jessie Hughes, 19, a person of interest for two counts of Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Assault and Child Endangerment in connection with the shooting at SW 37th Terrace on May 17, according to a media release.
The suspect left the area in a brown 4-door car. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Any information on this suspect please Email the TPD Criminal Intelligence Unit ([email protected]) or TPD DET Brian Hill ([email protected]) or call 785-368-9024 or Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A government snapshot shows farmers have now harvested about 58 percent of their winter wheat crop in Kansas.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that the harvest this year is well ahead of both the 37 percent cut statewide at this time a year ago as well as the five-year average of 50 percent for this date.
Harvest activity extends across Kansas.
Southeast Kansas has cut 91 percent of its wheat, with the south-central Kansas harvest now 74 percent finished. Central Kansas has cut 78 percent. Harvest in northwest Kansas reached 13 percent.
For the wheat still out in the field, the report rated its condition as 64 percent good to excellent. About 28 percent is in fair condition and 8 percent remains in poor to very poor shape.
Some tired pups, handlers, and backup officers including K9 handler Lance Hockett and K9 meg, K9 handler Scott Stoughton and K9 hunter with Jackson County deputies, Dennis Immenschuh and Cecil Mercer-photo KDWP&T Game Wardens
JACKSON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities were busy looking for a missing child on Monday in rural Jackson County.
Two Game Warden K9 units assisted other responders in the search for a 3-year-old girl. She had been missing since early Monday morning, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Game Warden K9s successfully tracked the girl over a mile and a half and finally located her.
Early indications were that she was doing well, according to a social media report.
K9 Hunter tracked the first mile when K9 Meg stepped in and completed the track.
Camber was barefoot at the time of her disappearance.- photo Topeka Police She was last seen wearing pink shorts with orange polka-dots and a pink tank top. The family dog may also be with her. His name is Skyler and is black and tan in color.
DENVER (AP) — The American Red Cross issued an apology Monday for a water safety poster that some suggested had a racist message.
The cartoon poster showed children playing in a swimming pool. Nearly all of the white children’s activities were labeled as “cool,” while the children of color were depicted acting in unsafe ways and were labeled “not cool.”
BARTON COUNTY – A Central Kansas bank reports they were able fend off a fraudulent wire transfer in the amount of $15,000.
First Kansas Bank President Paul Snapp says the case was the reverse of what recently happened with Barton County involving a wire transfer scam.
Unlike when the Barton County Treasurer was asked to fraudulently send money, First Kansas Bank had a customer open an account to receive the fraudulent wire transfer.
The customer would be paid a fee to pass the money to someone else.
Trying to get a handle on all the cases of fraud can be like playing the game “Whac-A-Mole.” Once you stop one case, another comes right back up.
Snapp said this is the first time First Kansas Bank has seen the back end of the deal, receiving illegally transferred money.
Snapp said they noticed the customer acting strangely and made unusual comments when opening the account.
When the wire request came into the bank on June 24, they noticed it was formatted incorrectly. The bank asked more questions before figuring out it was a fraudulent case.
Snapp said the bank sees similar fraudulent wire transfers, at the beginning stages, at least 2-3 times a week.
In May, Barton County Treasurer Kevin Wondra wired $48,600 after receiving an e-mail scam. Wondra thought the request was from the Barton County Administrator. It was not. Barton County was able to recover $34,360.70 from a bank in Georgia.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 25-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting four of his family members then burning their bodies in northwestern Missouri.
Grayden Denham is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 19 deaths of two of his grandparents, his sister and her 3-month-old son at their home near Edgerton, 30 miles north of Kansas City.
Authorities say all four were shot in the head then set alight.
Denham also is charged with animal abuse, armed criminal action, tampering and second-degree arson.
He was taken into custody Feb. 21 after being found walking naked in northwestern Arizona. He was returned earlier this month to Missouri, where he was arrested on suspicion of stealing his grandparents’ car.
Denham’s attorney, John P. O’Connor, says his client plans to plead not guilty.
Brownback signed Substitute for House Bill 2001 ensuring that Kansas schools remain open.- courtesy photo
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation that would increase aid to poor school districts to meet a court mandate and end a threat that the state’s public schools might shut down.
The bill signed Monday increases poor districts’ state funding by $38 million for the 2016-17 school year by diverting funds from other parts of the budget. It also redistributes some funds from wealthier districts, which is in line with a state Supreme Court ruling last month.
The court said Kansas’ school funding system is still unfair to poor districts and gave lawmakers until Thursday to make further changes. It had warned schools might not be able to reopen otherwise.
The bill had broad bipartisan support when the Republican-dominated Legislature passed it last week during a two-day special session.
The scene of the May 9 accident -Photo courtesy 6News Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed last month after diving into a retention pond near a Lawrence high school has been released from a rehabilitation facility.
The Lawrence Journal World reports that Kaleb Hatman is paralyzed from the chest down.
Hatman was a sophomore at Free State High School at the time of his May 9 accident, when he dove into the pond during lunch.
He was released from a rehabilitation center on Friday. He will live with an aunt and uncle in Gladstone, Missouri, after previously being in the Kansas foster care system.
Hatman has learned to use a manual wheelchair and was recently able to stop wearing neck brace.
The teen says he now feels positive about the progress he has made since the accident.
PHILLIPSBURG — Tickets go on sale July 1 for the 87th annual Phillipsburg Rodeo.
Kansas Biggest Rodeo, as it is known, kicks off August 4-6 at the rodeo grounds north of Phillipsburg. Tickets can be purchased by phone or in person at Heritage Insurance in Phillipsburg (685 Third; 785-543-2448) or at the gate the nights of the rodeo.
One Phillipsburg man has seen both sides of rodeo. Tommy Hadley was a rodeo contestant for years and now serves on the Phillipsburg Rodeo Association. Hadley, who grew up in Hill City, began riding bareback horses in high school, and connected with Danzey Price, another Phillipsburg man who also rodeoed. Together, he and Price, a bull rider, competed in the amateur associations and in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Hadley rode barebacks at the Phillipsburg Rodeo several times, and joined the Phillipsburg Rodeo Association in 1995. For thirty years (before he joined the association), he ran the out-gate. His duties also include lining up 26 volunteers to help in and around the arena, and if one of them doesn’t show up, he takes their place. During the day, he helps wash bleachers and chute gates, and makes sure the chutes and the pens are all functioning. He’s at the rodeo grounds most of the day during the week of rodeo, helping with whatever tasks need to be done.
This year’s rodeo features two rodeo clowns: Slim Garner and Mark Swingler. Garner has entertained in Phillipsburg before. This will be Swingler’s first year. Bennie and Rhett Beutler return with their bucking horses and bulls, and Randy Corley will take care of announcing duties. Bullfighters will be Dusty Tuckness and Weston Rutkowski.
Dusta Kimzey rounds a barrel at the 2015 Kansas Biggest Rodeo. Tickets go on sale for the rodeo July 1 at Heritage Insurance in Phillipsburg. Photo by JJJ Photos
A barbecue for all ticket holders will be held on August 4, and live music by the Dirty Bourbon Band will entertain after the rodeo on August 5-6. The annual parade will be at 2 pm on August 6. Slack, the extra competition that doesn’t fit into the performances, is at 7 pm on August 2-3.
Associate memberships are available through First National Bank and Trust in Phillipsburg, Cliff’s Welding, Matteson Motors, and any committee member. They are $125 and include reserved parking for the rodeo, a rib cookout on August 3, and the chance to win a 2016 John Deere Gator or one of two trips to the National Finals Rodeo. Only 300 associate memberships are sold each year.
Hadley still rides, but it’s saddle horses now, and “I hope they don’t buck,” he laughed. “Sometimes they do, and it kind of gives you a thrill, but I don’t want to hit the ground, that’s for sure.”
Tickets for the rodeo are $16 for reserved adult seating and $12 for reserved child seating .General admission tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for children. For more information, visit the rodeo’s website at KansasBiggestRodeo.com or find the rodeo on Facebook and Twitter.
A $116,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will expand the reach of paleontology studies at Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 3000 Sternberg Drive.
“The grant will allow the Sternberg Museum to hire FHSU graduate and undergraduate students to work in the paleontology collection and to purchase imaging equipment,” said Dr. Laura Wilson, curator of paleontology and assistant professor of geosciences. “Eventually, specimen data, images, and geographical and temporal information will be published online in research databases and used for the development of Web- and classroom-based educational materials.”
The three-year grant is under NSF’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program, which includes digitizing and geo-referencing a portion of the paleontology collection for research and education use nationally.
Wilson, the principal investigator for the grant, said the project is called “The Cretaceous World: Digitizing Fossils to Reconstruct Evolving Ecosystems in the Western Interior Seaways.”
“Specifically, the project focuses on fossils from the Western Interior Seaway – the ocean that covered the middle of North America, including Kansas, 100 to 66 million years ago,” she said.
The Sternberg Museum’s efforts are part of a $2.1 million collaboration grant to eight institutions: Yale University, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the University of Kansas, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of New Mexico, San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif., and Fort Hays State.
The Sternberg Museum has a “phenomenal fossil collection, especially of the specimens representing life in the Western Interior Seaway,” said Wilson. “This grant provides us the opportunity to increase the scientific and educational potential of the collection by improving the quality of and access to specimens and specimen data.”
Today A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. East wind 6 to 10 mph.
