INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bam Adebayo had a double-double and swatted away the final shot on Sunday as Kentucky sent Wichita State to yet another second-round heartbreak, 65-62 in the South region.
The youngest team in the NCAA Tournament grew up in the closing minutes.
Adebayo had 13 points and 10 rebounds. De’Aaron Fox had 14 points, including a late steal and dunk. Malik Monk blocked a shot and made a pair of free throws in the final 13 seconds. Adebayo clinched it by blocking Landry Shamet’s 3-pointer shot at the buzzer.
Yes, Kentucky’s freshman trio did it all.
Wham, Bam, move on ‘Cats (31-5), right into the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in nine years.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee has advanced a bill that would protect public employers from liability for employees carrying concealed handguns while working outside of a public building.
The House Federal and State Affairs Committee passed the bill Friday. Under the bill, a public employer could not be sued if their employee acted wrongfully or negligently with their concealed gun while out of the building for work. Employers are already protected from liability when an employee is in a public building.
Wichita Republican Rep. John Whitmer says employers shouldn’t be held responsible for an employee’s personal choice to carry a concealed weapon. Overland Park Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton didn’t support the bill and says a victim would be able to sue for more damages from the employer than the employee.
Darrel Dean Lamb, 86, of Colby, died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. He was born July 9, 1930, in Downs, KS, to C.O. and Ethel (Nauman) Lamb.
Darrell grew up near Beaver City, NE, where he graduated from high school in 1948. He went on to attend McCook Community College, were he graduated with an Associate’s Degree in Arts and Sciences. Darrel and his parents moved to Atwood in 1951 and built the Snack Shack on Highway 36.
Darrel enlisted in the marines and served in the Korean War, in Japan, from January 1952 – December 1953. He was a Sergeant in the U.S.M.C. Marine Air Group 16 and was honorably discharged in 1960. Darrel was a patriot who was very proud of his service and his country.
Darrel married Sylvia J. Urban in July 1958, in Loveland, CO. To this union five children were born; Charles Craig, in 1959, Ethel Margaret, in 1960, Kimberly Jean, in 1961, Jennifer Ann, in 1963 and Darrel Dean II, in 1968.
Darrel had many careers in his lifetime. He was everything from a barber in his own shop, in Beaver City, NE, to a bus driver for the local school in Atwood. Darrel also worked as manager of the Atwood Grain Company for several years. He spent most of his adult life working for the United States Postal Service, from which he retired in 2004.
Darrel was an avid reader of the news. He loved to talk politics and visit with anyone who would lend an ear. Darrel enjoyed spending time with his family and following his children and grandchildren’s sporting events. He loved family gatherings and anytime he could share a meal with friends. Darrel always enjoyed the companionship of his dogs and you would often see him running them in the country or around the lake.
Darrel was preceded in death by his parents, C.O. and Ethel Lamb; brother, Bill Lamb; daughters, Ethel and Jennifer Lamb and grandson Gabriel Franklin.
He is survived by his son Craig (Robbyn) Lamb, of Atwood; daughter Kim (Dennis) Franklin, of Atwood; son Darrel Lamb, of Denver, CO; nine grandchildren; six great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many friends.
Visitation is 4-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood. Funeral Service is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 also at the Mortuary, with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Legion, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For condolences or information visit www.baalmannmortuary.com.
HAYS, Kan. – No. 15 Emporia State scored seven runs in the first inning and finished off a three-game series sweep of Fort Hays State, 12-0 in a seven inning run-rule game Sunday afternoon at Larks Park. The Tigers, who have lost seven straight, fall to 7-17 overall, 1-11 in the MIAA, while the Hornets improved to 19-4 overall, 8-1 in the MIAA.
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Four walks and two errors led to the big first inning by ESU which was all Matt Slauter needed in his first start of the season. The Hornet senior allowed just two hits over four innings with five strikeouts to pick up his first win of the season.
Emporia State added a run in the second, three in the third, and one in the fifth, with only four of their runs earned. The Tigers had just four hits in the game, all spread between four players.
Sophomore Austin Liverant took the loss in his first start of the season. He allowed four runs (three earned), walking three batters with one hit while recording only one out. The Tigers used three pitchers in the first inning before Alex Ruxlow settled in with four innings of relief, allowing five runs with only one earned.
The Tigers are back at home Tuesday against Washburn at 4 pm Larks Park. You can hear the game on KJLS with the Auto World Pregame Show at 3:40 pm.
When asked where her passion for weddings comes from, Kayla Rathbun simply replied, “I loved planning my wedding.”
Rathbun, owner of Something Blue, 1008 Main specializes in wedding and event decor with unique gifts for any special occasion from paper roses to bridal shower items to dresses, Something Blue has something for you.
“Just doing paper roses in Hays, Kansas, wouldn’t be as successful and just needed a few more items, so incorporating rentals which is the first thing we wanted to do and then pre-owned items and new items and it just all came together,” Rathbun said.
While Something Blue has all the items needed for a wedding, its niche is the paper flowers.
Rathbun, who got married in 2015, had paper roses at her wedding. It was after the wedding when Rathbun found them online and started looking at them more closely.
“They really stood out to me and I thought that I could probably make these,” Rathbun said.
Rathbun said the first flower took her about five hours to make, but she was so proud of it she went up to her mom like a little kid.
“It took forever to make the one flower, but I ran up to my mom like I just made a cool picture. I was so proud of it,” she said.
From there, Rathbun continued to work on the paper flowers. Rathbun said she now can make a single paper flower in five minutes or less.
“It has taken me a lot of flowers to get to that point,” she said.
In October 2015, she decided to start a Etsy page to sell the paper flowers. By June 2016, according to Rathbun, she had sold between 4,000 and 5,000 paper flowers from the comfort of her own home.
“From there, I kind of wanted to do something outside of my house and just incorporating the paper flowers into the whole wedding vision, I thought would work out perfect,” Rathbun said. “It just all came together.”
Rathbun has stuck with the handcrafted theme for Something Blue, as about 70 percent of its items in the store are handcrafted. Most of what Something Blue ships is handcrafted and, with the Etsy page, it is not uncommon to work on 40 to 50 orders at a time.
“I think the difference between handcrafted items and owning a store that does that versus a store that only has items you order in, the difference is you put a lot of pride into your work,” Rathbun said. “When you make something and people want to spend their hard-earned money on it, I just get a real good feeling about it.”
Rathbun takes her work seriously and puts her heart into what she does. She said she will not ship something unless it is absolutely perfect.
“It has to be perfect to me, and I am willing to remake it if I have to. There is just a difference when somebody puts their time, handwork and energy into building something for you versus just ordering it. I like to put my time into things,” she said.
Rathbun is especially appreciative of the three employees she has to help her run her store.
“I love my employees,” Rathbun said.
The three Something Blue employees are all sorority members at Fort Hays State University and have started to help with the making of the paper flowers and more of the handcrafted items.
“They’ve been helping with the flowers, the T-shirts, run the store, the brides, the prom girls, and my online things … so they have been great,” Rathbun said.
Rathbun is always thinking down the line when it comes to Something Blue. She has what she calls “idea notebooks” and whenever she has an idea she writes it in the notebook.
“I have a notebook that is full and sometimes I’ll go back through and be like, ‘Oh yeah, thats a good idea,’ ” she said.
In the future, Rathubun hopes to expand and bring in more bridal gowns and also offer big wallpaper flowers.
“I want to do more. I want to do everything, but with it being wedding season right now, we are bombarded with orders,” she said.
Something Blue has recently added prom gowns and bridals gowns to its store and will be adding bridesmaid dresses and mother of the bride dresses soon to go along with rentals.
Something Blue is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday.
The Ellis County Commission will continue preparing for upcoming budget discussions at Monday’s commission meeting.
The commission will discuss and set its priorities for the 2018 budget at Monday’s meeting. County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes will then communicate the commission’s priorities to the department heads, elected officials and outside agencies that receive funding from Ellis County.
In other business, the commission will get a Kansas County Association Multiline Pool report from Chief Executive Officer David Luke.
Kansas Workers Risk Cooperative for Counties Deputy Administrator and Loss Prevention Manager Carl Eyman is also scheduled to talk with the commission.
Monday’s commission meeting is at 5 p.m. at the County Administrative Center in Hays.
SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County are mourning the loss of a K-9 in the line of duty on Saturday.
Just after 8 PM on Saturday, police were dispatched to a disturbance with a weapon at a residence inside the Lamplighter Mobile Home Park in the 2300 block of E. MacArthur in Wichita, according to a social media report.
Shortly after officers arrived on scene the suspect of the disturbance came outside and had a gun, according to officers at the scene.
A Wichita Police K-9 Handler released K-9 Rooster to apprehend the suspect. The suspect started shooting and killed Rooster.
Officers returned fire and wounded the suspect.
The suspect was transported to an area hospital and died from his injuries.
K-9 Rooster had served with the Wichita Police Department for five years.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas might chart its own legal path on abortion.
It would happen through a lawsuit that could turn a state in which the anti-abortion movement has won a long string of legislative victories into fairly friendly territory for abortion rights.
The state Supreme Court heard arguments this past week in a legal challenge to a 2015 law that bans a common second-trimester procedure. The key issue is whether the Kansas Constitution protects abortion rights independently of the U.S. Constitution.
If the justices say the state constitution does, Kansas courts could strike down abortion restrictions that federal courts have or would uphold.
The only certainty in such a case appears to be that Kansas courts would deal with additional legal disputes on abortion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –A Kansas man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to robbing a bank in Excelsior Springs, Mo, according to Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
Kishahn Lewis, 20, of Topeka, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to the charge contained in a Sept. 20, 2016, federal indictment.
By pleading guilty today, Lewis admitted that he stole $150 from the National Bank of Kansas City, located in Excelsior Springs, on Sept. 12, 2016. Lewis handed a note to a bank teller that demanded money and claimed he had a weapon. The teller complied with the demand by giving Lewis three $50 bills.
According to court documents, a witness saw Lewis run from the bank and through a parking lot before getting into a gray Volvo. Lewis then drove south to 69 Highway. An Excelsior Springs police officer spotted the Volvo as it entered southbound Interstate 35 from 69 Highway and pulled his patrol car alongside Lewis’s vehicle. When Lewis saw the police officer, he immediately exited onto 291 Highway, and then exited that highway. The police officer located the Volvo parked at the intersection of A Highway and 291 Highway but did not see anyone inside the car. The officer passed the Volvo and radioed to other units that the car was abandoned. However, when the officer circled back, the car was gone. A few minutes later, Pleasant Valley police officers located the Volvo and stopped the car at a Quik Trip at Interstate 35 and Pleasant Valley Road.
Lewis was arrested with the demand note and the three $50 bills in his possession.
Under federal statutes, Lewis is subject to a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
COUNCIL GROVE – If you know a youngster who is interested in learning about turkey hunting, keep reading. This spring will mark the 17th year of the Council Grove Youth Turkey Hunt. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), in cooperation with area chapters of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will host a workshop and special turkey hunt on Saturday, April 1, 2017.
The hunt is part of KDWPT’s Pass It On program, and wildlife area manager, Brent Konen, designed this event to provide beginning hunters with a safe and high-quality spring turkey hunting experience. The event is open to youngsters age 11-16, who should be accompanied by a parent or mentor. Spaces are limited, so hunters must register no later than March 22 by calling Konen at (620) 767-5900.
Young hunters, accompanying adults and guides will gather Friday evening, March 31, to pattern shotguns and scout hunting areas. In the predawn of Saturday morning, April 1, hunters and guides will venture to area locations on public and private land where turkeys have been located during preseason scouting efforts. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and there will be door prizes and a turkey hunting presentation. Hunters will learn why spring turkey hunting is so exciting and addicting, hearing toms gobble from the roost, witnessing birds strut and display and hopefully seeing one called to within shotgun range. If past hunts are any indicator, participants will have exciting stories of turkey encounters to tell.
Spring turkey hunting might be the perfect way to introduce a youngster to hunting. It’s safe, the weather is mild, and few hunts can match the excitement felt when a tom gobbles closer and closer.
Lodging is available in nearby Council Grove and camping is available at Council Grove Lake. Participants are encouraged to explore historic Council Grove, scenic Morris County and travel the Flint Hills National Scenic Byway while visiting the area.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department for Health and Environment (KDHE) has scheduled additional public comment sessions to discuss extension of the KanCare program.
In addition to previously announced sessions in Topeka and Wichita, the agency will conduct additional sessions Wednesday, March 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Hays at the Fort Hays State University Memorial Union, Fort Hays Ballroom, Room 228, 700 College Drive, Hays, Kansas and in Johnson County from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 24 at Embassy Suites, Salon DEF, 10401 S. Ridgeview Road in Olathe, Kansas.
The State of Kansas is asking the federal government for a one-year extension of the current KanCare waiver. KanCare, the state Medicaid system, is currently operated under a five-year demonstration waiver approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
KDHE plans to submit its extension request by the end of April, 2017. The extension, if approved, would be effective January 1, 2018 for one year. The state plans to submit its application for renewal of the KanCare waiver later this year.
Feedback or questions about the extension also may be submitted by email to: [email protected].
You may also mail them to KanCare Renewal, c/o Becky Ross, KDHE-Division of Health Care Finance, 900 SW Jackson, LSOB – 9th Floor, Topeka, Kansas, 66612.
All comments from these meetings, along with those sent by e-mail or regular mail, will be collected and posted at www.KanCare.ks.gov.
KanCare extension public comment sessions are scheduled for:
· Monday, March 20, 2017, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Wichita Marriott, Kansas Grand Ballroom, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive, Wichita, Kansas
· Tuesday, March 21, 2017, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ramada Convention Center, Regency Ballroom, 42SE 6th Street, Topeka, Kansas
· Wednesday, March 22, 2017, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Fort Hays State University Memorial Union, Fort Hays Ballroom 228, 700 College Drive, Hays, Kansas
· Friday, March 24, 2017, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Olathe, Salon DEF, 10401 S. Ridgeview Road, Olathe, Kansas
· Monday, March 27, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. during the quarterly KanCare Advisory Council meeting, Curtis State Office Building, Room 530, 1000 SW Jackson, Topeka, Kansas
Darrel Dean Lamb, 86, of Colby, died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, in Colby. He was born July 9, 1930, in Downs, KS, to C.O. and Ethel (Nauman) Lamb.
