Today A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind 6 to 16 mph.
Tonight A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind 7 to 15 mph.
Friday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South southeast wind 8 to 15 mph.
Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South southeast wind 11 to 13 mph.
SaturdayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 20 mph.
Saturday NightA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.
SundayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy.
SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are asking the public for help to locate a person of interest.
Jesse Hughes, 19, Topeka, is wanted for two counts of Aggravated Battery, Aggravated Assault and Child Endangerment as a result of a shooting on Southwest 37th Terrace in Topeka, according to a media release.
The suspect left the area in a brown 4-door car. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Authorities advise those with information on Hughes to contact Topeka Police or Crimestoppers
NEW YORK (AP) — A study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that people who put their cars up as collateral for what are supposed to be short-term emergency loans are being hit with interest rates of 300 percent.
Like payday loans, borrowers have a high likelihood of renewing the loan instead of paying it off. They wind up getting mired in debt and have a high rate of repossession.
HAYS – The Hays High Indians beat Buhler and McPherson Wednesday to win the 4A-D1 Regional softball tournament at the Bickle Schmidt Sports Complex in Hays. The Indians improved to 10-10 on the season and have qualified for the state tournament next week in Salina.
Championship game Hays 14, McPherson 11
Hays High hit three home runs in the championship game and come from behind to beat McPherson 14-11.
McPherson jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning as the first five hitters reached base and came in to score.
Hays would chip away at the Bullpups lead scoring one in the first and four in the third inning, highlighted by an Albany Schaffer two-run home run making it 6-5 McPherson after three innings.
After McPherson scored three in the top of the fourth to go up 9-5 the Indian bats came alive scoring eight runs on seven hits. The Indians got a pair of two-run home runs from Nicole Dinkel and Shannon Schumacher, her first of the season putting Hays up 13-9 after four innings.
Post-game Interview with coach Erin Wagner
Freshmen Jaysa Wichers allowed just two runs on three hits and struck out four in three and two-thirds innings to earn the win in relief.
Schaffer was two-for-two, scored three times and drove in two. Tessa Stickel was three-for-three scored twice and drove in two.
Game Highlights
Semifinal Game Hays 11, Buhler 3
In the first game of the day, the semifinal matchup with Buhler the Indians scored six runs in the sixth inning in the 11-3 win.
Tessa Stickel was three-for-four with a two-run home run and scored three times. Albany Schaffer was also on base three times and scored three runs.
Jaysa Wichers allowed three runs on six hits and struck out seven in a complete game victory.
Hays will play in the first round of the 4A-D1 state softball tournament at Bill Burke Complex in Salina Thursday.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Colleagues of a slain Kansas police detective say the late officer’s handcuffs will be used on the man charged in the killing when the suspect is released from the hospital.
Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Terry Zeigler described the plan in a tweet that says “words cannot express what this means to our department.”
The Kansas City Star reports that it’s not yet clear when 28-year-old Curtis Ayers will be released from the hospital.
Ayers is accused of fatally shooting Kansas City, Kansas, police Detective Brad Lancaster. Ayers has been hospitalized since being shot by police hours later in Kansas City, Missouri, during his May 9 arrest.
McPHERSON, Kan. – Buhler scored five runs in the fifth inning to break open a one-run game and defeat the Hays High Indians 6-0 in the McPherson 4A Division I regional semifinals at the Grant Sports Complex.
Hays High coach Frank Leo
Marcus Altman allowed all six runs, five earned, on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks in 4 2/3 innings and suffered the loss.
The Indians (12-9) were held to three hits, two of them in the sixth inning, and had only four runners get past first base.
LARNED, Kan. – TMP-Marian was held to one hit and lost 7-1 to Lakin Wednesday afternoon in the semifinals of the Larned 3A regional. The Broncs scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break open a 1-1 tie. The big frame came after the Monarchs scored a run off an error in the top of the inning.
The Monarchs committed three errors in the inning that kicked the door wide open for the Broncs.
Lakin’s Ryder Yakel struck out 11 and walked none in the complete game victory.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor says claims of sexual discrimination raised in a lawsuit by two former employees are inaccurate and unsubstantiated.
The two-term Democrat said Wednesday the lawsuit had nothing to do with his decision, announced earlier this month, not to seek re-election. He says he made it clear when he ran that he would only serve two terms.
Recent filings in the 2012 federal lawsuit have made public alleged sexist comments and other issues the two women contend created a hostile work environment. Those details surfaced as Taylor seeks to have the case decided in his favor.
The fired employees say Taylor made derogatory comments about women. Taylor says their court filing is nothing more than muckraking, and he looks forward to the judge’s summary judgment.
Alcides Escobar saves a run with a diving stop and throw in the Royals win over Boston. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Chris Vleisides)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Hosmer homered for the second straight day, the Royals turned their first three hits off Boston’s Steven Wright into runs, and Kansas City held off the Red Sox 3-2 on Wednesday to open a split-doubleheader.
Hosmer followed a single by Alcides Escobar with a homer in the first inning, and Lorenzo Cain added a sacrifice fly following a triple by Jarrod Dyson in the sixth for the Royals’ only offense.
It proved to be enough for Ian Kennedy and their bullpen.
Kennedy allowed two runs on six hits and a walk over 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine, before Brian Flynn — who earned his first career win — and Luke Hochevar combined to strike out four consecutive batters.
Wade Davis worked around a single in ninth for his ninth save.
Wright (3-4) surrendered five hits without a walk in a complete game for Boston.
MCPHERSON COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities were on the scene of an incident in the unincorporated McPherson County community of Roxbury late Wednesday afternoon. A suspect was arrested, according to the sheriff’s department.
The Kansas Highway Patrol assisted the McPherson County Sheriff’s Department after reports of shots fired.
Multiple Troopers have gathered in Roxbury, Ks to ASSIST McPherson County Sheriffs Dept following reports of gun shots in town.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering legislation that could lower the number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals at school.
Legislation debated by the House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday aims to save money by scaling back the number of schools in which all students receive free or reduced meals.
A proposed Republican amendment to the bill would go even further, allowing a trial period of so-called block grants for school meals in three states. That would mean those states wouldn’t receive unlimited federal dollars for students who qualify for the free and reduced-price lunches.
Hunger and nutrition advocates from the American Academy of Pediatrics to the American Heart Association have criticized the legislation.
The committee was scheduled to vote on the amendment and the overall bill Wednesday.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a couple from India and now living in Kansas illegally obtained their U.S. citizenship and committed bank fraud.
Sixty-year-old Ajay Dave and 59-year-old Parul Dave of Overland Park are charged with two counts each of bank fraud and making false statements on their U.S. citizenship applications. They also are charged with four counts involving obtaining U.S. citizenship by fraud.
Court documents allege the Daves provided false financial information and tax returns to a bank to get a $417,000 mortgage loan on their home. They also allegedly provided false information to obtain a $238,500 loan to refinance a Topeka home.
Prosecutors allege the Daves came to the U.S. in 1999 and didn’t reveal the alleged bank fraud while applying to become naturalized U.S. citizens in 2012 and 2013.
Tonight A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind 7 to 15 mph.
