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Month: April 2017

Sunny, mild Thursday

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Today Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 8 to 14 mph.

Tonight Increasing clouds, with a low around 47. East wind 5 to 9 mph.

screen-shot-2017-04-20-at-5-27-57-amFridayA chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. East wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday NightA 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 41. North northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.

SaturdayMostly cloudy, with a high near 61. North northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 37.

SundaySunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 49.

MondaySunny, with a high near 80.

Kan. High School cancels classes, teen arrested after alleged threat

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OSAGE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged threat at a high school.

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of a possible threat to USD 434-Santa Fe Trail High School in Scranton, according to a media release. An investigation began immediately.

At 7 pm, deputies arrested a 15-year-old boy.

This was a verbal threat; no weapons or explosives were involved. The case will be forwarded to the Osage County Attorney’s Office Thursday to determine formal charges.
The Santa Fe Trail School District opted to close the school Thursday due to the threat.

Despite closing, the district did report that SFTJH track athletes will participate in the meet at Sabetha Thursday. Officials felt it would be safe for students to meet and to load busses

Vargas pitches Royals to shutout over Bumgarner, Giants

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jason Vargas dazzled for the third straight start, the Royals finally scored off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner and Kansas City beat San Francisco 2-0 on Wednesday night to split their two-game series.

Vargas (3-0) scattered four hits over seven innings with nine strikeouts and no walks, his 12th straight start allowing two runs or fewer – the longest streak by a left-hander in franchise history.

The veteran is also unbeaten in his last eight home starts.

Joakim Soria pitched a perfect eighth inning in relief of Vargas, and Kelvin Herrera worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to earn his third save and finish a 5-3 homestand for the Royals.

Despite watches, warnings no major damage from Wednesday storms

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ELLSWORTH- Wednesday’s spring storm brought strong winds, hail and significant rainfall to many areas of central and south eastern Kansas.

The National Weather Service issued numerous severe thunderstorm warnings for 50-60 mile-per-hour winds and hail throughout Wednesday evening.

Other than some water over the roads and minor hail damage, there are no reports of significant damage from the storm.

 

More rain is in the forecast. On Thursday, the National Weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of south central and southeast Kansas from 12 a.m. April 21 through April 22.

Tiger softball splits with Newman

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State split a doubleheader at home with Newman University on Wednesday. The Tigers rallied in the final inning to take game one, 4-3, before falling in game two, 9-5. FHSU is now 14-38 overall, while Newman moved to 14-32 overall.

Game 1: Fort Hays State 4, Newman 3
Fort Hays State could not solve Newman pitcher Jensen Cromer through the first six innings of the game, but put together a furious rally in the final inning to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 walk-off win.

Newman put together single runs in the second, third, and seventh innings to build its 3-0 lead in the game. The final run in the seventh came in courtesy of a Tiger error.

In the bottom of the seventh, Veronica Knittig triggered the Tiger rally with a single to open the inning. Collette West walked, then the game-turning play occurred with Claudia Vazquez at the dish with one out. Vazquez laid down a well-placed bunt for a single, but the pitcher’s late throw to first base sailed down the right field line allowing Knittig and West to score. Vazquez motored all the way to third. Bailey Kennedy tied the game with another well-placed bunt for a single and Vazquez dashed home to get around a potential tag from the catcher to tie the game.

Jeni Mohr added an infield single to set the stage for Candace Bollig to deliver the walk-off heroics. She drove a ball into the right-center field gap for a double, plating Kennedy from second.

Hailey Chapman benefitted from the late rally for the win in the pitching circle. She earned her ninth win with a complete game, allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits and a walk. She struck out six.

Game 2: Newman 9, Fort Hays State 5
Five Tiger errors led to seven unearned Newman runs, making a difference that the Tigers could not overcome.

The game saw eight runs scored between the teams in the first inning. Two of the Newman runs in the first frame were unearned, but the Tigers rallied for five in the bottom half of the inning to take a 5-3 lead. FHSU had six hits in the inning. Candace Bollig started the run-scoring parade with an RBI triple. Bailey Boxberger knocked her home with a single. Veronica Knittig notched an RBI double and later Kylie Strand brought two home with a single.

A throwing error by the Tigers in the second led to Newman taking the lead back for good at 6-5. Two more runs were unearned in that frame. The final three runs of the game for Newman were unearned, picking up two in the third and one in the fifth.

Carrie Clark took the loss, allowing nine runs (two earned) on 11 hits and three walks. She struck out three. Newman pitcher Kate Smith settled in after a rough first inning, holding the Tigers scoreless the rest of the way. She allowed 12 hits (half of that total in the first inning) with two walks and two strikeouts.

Fort Hays State will host Nebraska-Kearney in the final MIAA doubleheader of the season on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The doubleheader, which will serve as Senior Day, starts at 2 pm.

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FHSU men’s golf finishes ninth at Tiger Classic; Tebo ties for 11th

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HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State men’s golf team wrapped up competition at the 2017 Tiger Classic Wednesday afternoon (April 19) at Smoky Hill Country Club. The players battled blustery winds all day, leading to a tournament scoring average nearly three strokes higher than Tuesday (Round 3 – 78.52, Rounds 1 & 2 combined – 76.0).

The Tigers placed ninth in the home event, dropping two spots from seventh after day one. FHSU posted a 325 in the final round, bringing its three-round total to 927. Individually, Skyler Tebo finished in a tie for 11th after posting a 7-over 77 on day two and finishing 11-over 221 for the tournament.

Isaiah Grover signed for an 82 in round three, finishing 36th with a 231. Colton Bobek matched Isaiah’s round of 82, placing 50th with a 236. Cash Hobson shot 84 to place 53rd (239) with Dalton Ayres rounding out the scoring with an 86, finishing 65th (252).

Competing as an individual, Marcus Willey posted the second-best round for a Tiger Wednesday, carding a 10-over 80 to finish 59th (241). Marshal Hutchins recorded a third round score of 81, rounding out the week with a 248 (63rd). Jake Weller finished round three with an 82 to shoot 239 for the week (53rd).

Central Missouri took the team title, finishing 12-over 852 through three rounds, 29 strokes better than second place Lindenwood (881). UCM had individuals finish first, second and tied for third, including individual champion Alex Springer (2-under 208).

The Tigers will regroup and head to Spring Hill, Kan. next week for the MIAA Championship (April 24-26). The team will play a single round each day, Monday through Wednesday, at Sycamore Ridge Golf Club.

Kan. man sentenced; held jewelry store owner at gunpoint, robbed bank

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WICHITA, KAN. – A man who held a jewelry store owner at gunpoint was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Terence L. Thomas, 25, Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of brandishing a firearm during a jewelry store robbery and one count of bank robbery in a separate incident

In the jewelry store robbery, Thomas admitted he had a knife when he approached the owner of Kim Chee Jewelry at 2038 N. Broadway as the owner and his wife arrived for work.

The owner drew a handgun in self-defense. The two men wrestled and shots were fired before Thomas got the gun. He forced the owner to open the door to the business. When Thomas tried to drag the owner’s wife into the business, she fell to the ground, feigning a heart attack. Thomas fled the scene after the owner locked him out of the business. A witness took photos of Thomas’ car as he fled, which helped police to identify Thomas and arrest him.

In a separate incident a month earlier, Thomas robbed the Fidelity Bank at 3525 E. Harry. He told the teller, “This is a robbery,” and counted down from twenty while the teller put cash in his bag. He fled the bank with the money.

Kan. students who raised concern about new principal invited to D.C. correspondents’ dinner

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PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Six Kansas high school journalists who published a story that led to the resignation of their school’s new principal will be special guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The Pittsburgh High School students and their teacher, Emily Smith, are receiving an all-expenses paid trip to the April 29 dinner in Washington D.C., courtesy of the Huffington Post.

The group made national news after a story published last month in the student newspaper questioned the credentials of Amy Robertson, who had been hired to become principal at the school. The questions eventually led Robertson to resign.

Pittsburg Superintendent Destry Brown told the Pittsburg Morning Sun he’s excited the students will get a “once in a lifetime” experience.

The students will be in Washington from April 28 to April 30.

Feds charge Kansas teen for buying explosive on dark web

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Kansas teenager who used bitcoin to buy a grenade on the dark web.

A criminal information filed Wednesday charges Carlos Francisco Martin of Coffeyville with receiving an explosive meant to destroy property.

Defense attorney Steven Gradert says his client is just “kind of a dumb 18-year-old kid” who wanted to blow up a truck as revenge because someone had damaged his mom’s car.

He says his client plans to plead guilty.

Gradert says the purchase initially drew the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s terrorism task force because of the method of purchase.

Bitcoins is a digital currency for use in peer-to-peer online transactions. The dark web is a collection of websites on an encrypted network that cannot be found using traditional search engines.

Board of Regents appoints Fort Hays State presidential search committee

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TOPEKA — On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents appointed 20 individuals to assist and advise the Board in the selection of the next President of Fort Hays State University. The search committee includes representation from university students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the wider Hays community. The Board named Jeffrey D. Peier of Wichita, who currently serves as Chair of the Fort Hays State University Foundation Board of Trustees and is a Managing Member of the law firm Klenda Austerman LLC, to chair the committee.

“The Board of Regents has assembled an incredibly talented Search Committee representing Fort Hays State University’s administration, faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners,” stated Jeffrey Peier, chair of the Presidential Search Committee. “I am extremely confident that this diverse Search Committee will be successful in presenting the Board of Regents with a slate of highly qualified candidates from which the Board will select the next leader of Fort Hays State University.”

The Board also approved the hiring of the search firm Wheless Partners to assist with identifying and recruiting potential candidates for the position of President. Over the next several weeks, Wheless Partners will visit with members of the Fort Hays State University community to better understand what attributes and characteristics will be desired in the next President.

In addition to approving the committee’s membership, the Board also approved a formal charge which instructs the search committee to identify “three to five candidates who are the most qualified for Board selection as President of Fort Hays State University.”

Click here to review the full charge.

Search committee members representing the campus include: Dr. Paul Adams, Dean of the College of Education; Ms. Melanie Arellano-Luna, a student studying Social Work; Dr. Jill Arensdorf, Chair of the Department of Leadership Studies; Ms. Emily Brandt, Student Government Association President, studying Political Science; Dr. Greg Farley, Dean of the College of Science, Technology and Mathematics; Ms. Shannon Lindsey, Director of Human Resources; Ms. Denise Orth, Incoming Faculty Senate President and Associate Professor of Allied Health; Mr. Feysel Rahmeto, a student studying Business Education; Dr. Craig Smith, Associate Professor of Agriculture, and Dr. Dosse Toulaboe, Chair of the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting.

Search committee members representing the Alumni Association, Foundation Board, and wider Community include: Mr. Daron Jamison, Alumni Association Member and CFO of HitchPin LLC; Mr. Curtis Longpine, FHSU Foundation Board of Trustee Member and Co-Owner of DaMar Resources, Inc.; Mr. W.R. Robbins, FHSU Foundation Board of Trustee Member and President & CEO of Farmers Bank & Trust; Dr. Ed Stehno, FHSU Professor Emeritus of Educational Administration and Counseling; Mr. Tyler Thompson, Alumni Association Member and Senior Specialist of IT Client Services at Merck Animal Health; Ms. Tammy Wellbrock, Executive Director of the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce; and Mr. Jason Williby, President & CEO of the FHSU Foundation.

The Board of Regents is represented by: Regent Joe Bain, partner of Cure & Bain, P.C.; and Blake Flanders, President & CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents.

Kan. official seeks to stay order over voter plan given to Trump

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ top elections official has asked a magistrate judge to stay his order requiring him to turn over proposed changes to voting rights laws that he took to a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach filed the motion Wednesday. That was the deadline U.S. Magistrate James O’Hara had set to turn over two documents to plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring voters provide proof of their U.S. citizenship when registering.

O’Hara gave the American Civil Liberties Union until Friday to respond to Kobach’s request.

Kobach wants time to appeal the magistrate’s decision to U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson.

After examining the documents, O’Hara ruled Monday that parts were relevant to the lawsuit and chastised Kobach for misrepresenting the contents

Wichita State hires former UCF coach Donnie Jones as assistant

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Wichita State has hired former Marshall and Central Florida coach Donnie Jones as an assistant for coach Gregg Marshall, filling the spot opened when Chris Jans took the head job at New Mexico State.

Marshall announced the hiring in a statement Wednesday.

Jones spent last season working as a college scout for the Clippers. He spent the previous nine years as a head coach, first for the Thundering Herd and then for UCF from 2010-16.

Marshall said he’s known Jones for more than 20 years, and that they had talked about working with each other for a while. Jones’ expertise in recruiting will be helpful as the Shockers make the move to the American Athletic Conference beginning next season.

USD 489 conducts phone survey about facilities

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USD 489 is currently in the planning process of an upcoming bond issue.  In order to gather feedback from citizens within USD 489’s district boundaries, the district is conducting a phone survey.  Those randomly selected to participate in the survey will receive a phone call from the district’s phone number 785-623-2400.  Participants will be asked to provide feedback on three questions.

  1. When thinking about the quality of the Hays USD facilities, generally, which building level has the greatest need?  Elementary Buildings, Middle School, High School
  2. To solve facility issues long term, would you be in favor of smaller, more frequent bond elections or larger less frequent bond elections?
  3. What’s the largest amount of additional property taxes per month you would be willing to pay to address the district’s most pressing facility needs if a vote was held later this year?  The range is from $0 to $30 per month for a home valued at $150,000.        $0, $10, $20, $30

 

USD 489 would like to thank all citizens in advance for participating in the planning process for the future of Hays Public Schools.

 

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