Month: May 2017
Sunny, mild Wednesday with a chance for thunderstorms
Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
Tonight Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 54. South southeast wind 13 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three 
quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. North northeast wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 44. North northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
FridaySunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind around 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Friday NightClear, with a low around 48.
SaturdaySunny, with a high near 81.
Voters in another Kansas school district pass bond issue
BUTLER COUNTY – Voters in another Kansas school district approved a pair of bond issues on Tuesday worth over $188 million.
One bond for USD 385 in Andover will use money to build two schools and provide storm shelters to schools, according to the district web site.
The money for the other bond will provide funds to build a swimming pool, add artificial turf for athletic fields and more.
We’re SO EXCITED for this results! Thank you Andover Community!! #WeAreAndover #385bond https://t.co/Kc4sinmVHk
— Andover USD 385 (@AndoverSchools) May 10, 2017
In April, voters in USD 265 Goddard approved a $52-million-dollar bond for security enhancements and storm shelters. USD 264 Coldwater also passed a $15 million dollar bond for school safety upgrades.
Sen. Moran reacts to Trump firing FBI director James Comey
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.In a statement, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI.
Kansas Senator Jerry Moran in an email did not support or condemn the President’s action.
“The American people deserve more information about the circumstances of Mr. Comey’s dismissal. The next FBI Director must be an impartial law enforcement professional dedicated to carrying out the Bureau’s critical mission of protecting the United States and its citizens.”
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts and First District Congressman Roger Marshall did not comment on the firing.
The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.
In a statement, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.”
I believe @POTUS was justified in terminating #Comey as @FBI director. #RT if you agree with me! pic.twitter.com/GtBziOtaLW
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) May 9, 2017
Comey’s firing comes days after he testified on Capitol Hill about the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s
election meddling and possible connections between Russia and Trump’s campaign.
HHS boys golf sets new school record; wins Liberal Invite
LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team set a new school record and won the Liberal Invitational by one stroke over Garden City Tuesday at the Willow Tree Golf Course. The Indians shot a 291 which was six shots better than the old mark of 297 which was set in 1978 then matched in 2011.
Hays placed four in the top-10 led by Allen Zollinger and Tradgon McCrea who both fired a 1-under-par 71. Zollinger finished third and McCrea fourth. Peyton Kieffer was ninth with a 74 and Josh Norris 10th after a 75.
The Indians finish second in the final Western Athletic Conference standings. Zollinger and McCrea were both named First Team All-WAC with Josh Norris honorable mention.
Team Results
1. Hays High-291
2. Garden City-292
3. Dodge City-298
4. Liberal-318
5. Great Bend-372
Individual Top-10 Medalists
1. Taylor Larsen-Garden City, 66
2. Logan Durst-Garden City, 68
3. Allen Zollinger-Hays, 71
4. Tradgon McCrae-Hays, 71
5. Kelby Titus-Great Bend, 72
6. Luke Gleason-Dodge City, 72
7. Matthew Vogel-Dodge City, 73
8. Cameron Riley-Liberal, 74
9. Peyton Kieffer-Hays, 74
10. Josh Norris-Hays, 75
WAC STANDINGS
| Place | Points: | Team Standings: | HY | GC | GB | GC | LB | Total | ||||||||
| Strokes | WAC CHAMPIONS: Garden City | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 22.5 | Garden City | 307 | 312 | 294 | 302 | 292 | 1507 | ||||||||
| 2 | 20.5 | Hays High | 318 | 312 | 301 | 315 | 291 | 1537 | Player of the Year: Taylor Larsen | |||||||
| 3 | 17 | Dodge City | 328 | 308 | 322 | 324 | 298 | 1580 | ||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Liberal | 348 | 352 | 328 | 334 | 318 | 1680 | Coach of the Year: Jacob Waller | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | Great Bend | 402 | 378 | 352 | 394 | 376 | 1902 | ||||||||
| 75 | Tournaments | Hays | Dodge City | Great Bend | Garden City | Liberal | ||||||||||
| Place | Points: | Player: | school | score | points | score | points | score | points | score | points | score | points | TOTAL | ||
| 1 | 66.5 | Taylor Larsen | GC | 78 | 10.5 | 76 | 12 | 70 | 14.5 | 72 | 14.5 | 66 | 15 | 66.5 | All-WAC | |
| 2 | 59.5 | Sion Audrain | GC | 73 | 15 | 74 | 15 | 70 | 14.5 | 74 | 13 | 77 | 2 | 59.5 | All-WAC | |
| 3 | 56 | Allen Zollinger | HA | 76 | 13 | 75 | 14 | 73 | 12 | 80 | 4.5 | 71 | 12.5 | 56 | All-WAC | |
| 4 | 55 | Logan Durst | GC | 74 | 14 | 79 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 76 | 12 | 68 | 14 | 55 | All-WAC | |
| 5 | 48 | Kelby Titus | GB | 77 | 12 | 77 | 9 | 73 | 12 | 80 | 4.5 | 72 | 10.5 | 48 | All-WAC | |
| 6 | 43 | Tradgon McCrae | HA | 85 | 2 | 78 | 7 | 73 | 12 | 78 | 9.5 | 71 | 12.5 | 43 | All-WAC | |
| 7 | 41.5 | Cameron Riley | LB | 80 | 7.5 | 77 | 9 | 80 | 3 | 72 | 14.5 | 74 | 7.5 | 41.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 8 | 32.5 | Luke Gleason | DC | 82 | 5.5 | 77 | 9 | 78 | 7.5 | 86 | 0 | 72 | 10.5 | 32.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 9 | 31 | Matthew Vogel | DC | 80 | 7.5 | 79 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 78 | 9.5 | 73 | 9 | 31 | HM-WAC | |
| 10 | 27.8 | Dylan Ratts | DC | 83 | 3.5 | 76 | 12 | 81 | 0.75 | 78 | 9.5 | 77 | 2 | 27.8 | HM-WAC | |
| 11 | 26.5 | Josh Norris | HA | 78 | 10.5 | 79 | 5 | 79 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 26.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 12 | 21.5 | Canyon Owens | DC | 83 | 3.5 | 76 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 1.5 | 76 | 4.5 | 21.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 13 | 21 | Brent Koenigsman | HA | 79 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 79 | 5 | 79 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 17.75 | Peyton Kieffer | HA | 88 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 81 | 0.75 | 78 | 9.5 | 74 | 7.5 | 17.75 | |||
| 15 | 13 | Mason Shaddix | GC | 82 | 5.5 | 83 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 82 | 1.5 | 81 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 12.5 | Justin McCullick | HA | 86 | 0.5 | 80 | 3 | 76 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 12.5 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Alex Carrasco | LB | 91 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 78 | 7.5 | 88 | 0 | 76 | 4.5 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 5.75 | Sean Titus | LB | 86 | 0.5 | 98 | 0 | 81 | 0.75 | 80 | 4.5 | 86 | 0 | 5.75 | ||
| 19 | 4.75 | Adam Kessen | DC | 89 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 81 | 0.75 | 94 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 4.75 | ||
| 20 | 4.5 | Reid Richmeier | GC | 88 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 80 | 4.5 | 90 | 0 | 4.5 | ||
| 21 | 0 | Aaron Schafer | GC | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | 0 | Jared Divis | GB | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 0 | Payson Hatfield | DC | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | 0 | Dylan Shellenberger | LB | 91 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 0 | Tyler Morren | GC | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 600 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 600 | ||||||||||
| WAC Golf is a round robin competition with points awarded at each tournament hosted by a league school. | ||||||||||||||||
| The top five players are chosen for ALL WAC Conference Players. Players 6-10 are recognized as Honorable Mention. | ||||||||||||||||
| The team with the most points at the end of the competitions is declared the WAC champ, | ||||||||||||||||
TMP splits in Great Bend
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Game 1: Great Bend 3, TMP 2
Game 2: TMP 3, Great Bend 2
GREAT BEND, Kan.-TMP held a 2-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the 6th inning in game one in Great Bend. The Lady Panthers’ Emma Cape stepped to the plate with two on and two outs and drove a pitch over the fence in left center field. TMP was not able put a run across in the top of the 7th and fell 3-2 in game one.
Game 2 saw Great Bend take a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Baylee Beck solo home run. The Lady Panthers took a 2-1 lead to the top of the fourth inning and almost made it through without damage. TMP opened the inning with two ground outs and that’s when they made a charge. Bridget Heimann go on base with a bloop single to left and scored on an RBI double from Alison Helget. TMP would take the lead for good when Meagan Brin singled home Helget.
Helget took the loss in the circle in game one while Bailey Lacy picked up the win in game two. TMP is now 14-6 and will start 3A Regional play next week in Russell.
MELISSA SCHOEPF INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Moustakas homers in 12th, Royals beat Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Mike Moustakas homered in the 12th inning, and the Kansas City Royals came back from a four-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Tuesday night.
Moustakas connected against Diego Moreno (0-1), the eighth Tampa Bay pitcher, on a 1-2 pitch with one out. Moreno was promoted from Triple-A Durham before the game.
Kansas City right-hander Jakob Junis (1-0), recalled from Triple-A Omaha, worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the 11th. Kelvin Herrera got three outs for his fifth save.
Salvador Perez had a two-run homer for the Royals. The All-Star catcher went 3 for 4 and walked
HHS baseball swept at Andover Central
ANDOVER, Kan. – Andover Central scored the game-winning run on a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Hays High 3-2 in game one of their doubleheader. The Jaguars then scored three in the third and hold off the Indians 4-3 in game two for the doubleheader sweep Tuesday in Andover.
Trey Riggs had two hits including a double and drove in a run in the first contest. Grant Coffman allowed all three runs on five hits with two strikeouts and four walks and takes the loss.
The Indians rallied with two in the sixth and had the tying run on base with one out but a couple of flyouts ended the second game.
Trey Riggs, Palmer Hutchison and Grant Coffman all had three hits with Coffman driving in two. Nick Fisher allowed three runs on four hits in an inning of relief and takes the loss as the Indians fall to 8-8.
Hays hosts Liberal Thursday at 2 pm then closes out the regular season at home against Valley Center on Friday.
Gilbert J. Augustine Jr.
Gilbert J. Augustine Jr., 71, Hays, died Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Hays Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
2 hospitalized after semi blown off I-70 in NW Kansas
SHERMAN COUNTY –Two people were injured in an accident early Tuesday when the truck was blown off Interstate 70 just east of the U.S. 24 exit in Sherman County.
The passing lane of both east and westbound lanes were briefly blocked for crews to complete the cleanup, according to the Sherman County Sheriff’s Department.
The semi driver and passenger were transported to the hospital for treatment and released.
No additional details were available Tuesday.
Kansas sheriff’s K-9 helps deputies find 28-pounds of pot
SEWARD COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Seward County are investigating a suspect on drug violatons.
Just before 1 a.m. Thursday, May 4, deputies stopped a vehicle in the 300 Block of West Pancake Boulevard in Liberal, according to Undersheriff Gene Ward.
The deputies requested K-9 officer Niko. The dog indicated there were illegal drugs in the vehicle and deputies found over 28 pounds of marijuana in the trunk.
No details were available on an arrest, according to Ward.
Hays, Ellis students inducted into FHSU Eta Sigma Delta Honor Society
FHSU UNIVERSITY RELATIONS AND MARKETING
Ten tourism and hospitality management students were recently inducted into the Fort Hays State University chapter of Eta Sigma Delta Honor Society.
Eta Sigma Delta, sponsored by the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education, recognizes outstanding tourism and hospitality management students and provides opportunities for them to distinguish themselves in the eyes of educators, recruiters and industry executives. The honor society currently has more than 90 active chapters around the world.
Inductees are listed alphabetically by hometown.
Ellis (67637): Alicia Kroeger, senior.
Garden City (67846): Ricky Carrasco, senior.
Hays (67601): Rachel Luedders, senior.
Kansas City, Mo., (64129): Gilbriana Bowls, senior.
Leavenworth (66048): Emma Forgey, senior.
Littleton, Colo., (80120): Emily Price, junior.
Salina (67401): Chelsie Andrews, senior.
South Hutchinson (67505): Kensley Blanton, junior.
Wichita (67203): Lorien Buser, senior.
Yates Center (66783): Richard Mentzer, junior.
Kan. man sentenced; used Snake Slayer derringer in drug crime
WICHITA – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.
Daniel Christian Thomas, 32, Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, he admitted he was driving a PT Cruiser that had been reported stolen when the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office stopped him.
A search of the car turned up a .45 caliber Bond Arms Snake Slayer derringer and .410 shotgun shells as well three baggies containing methamphetamine, two digital scales and approximately $1,000 in cash.