Today Sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 17 to 24 mph.
Tonight Clear, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 7 to 16 mph.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 58. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday Sunny, with a high near 72.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 52.
SEWARD COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating more counterfeit cash.
Police have taken several reports of counterfeit money from local businesses in Liberal this month. The counterfeit money has been in various denominations with various serial numbers. Please take note of the following tips to spot counterfeit money. The police department released information to assist in identifying counterfeit money.
Color shifting ink
The first thing to do is to look at the bottom right corner and check whether the color shifts when you tilt it. By the “20” on a $20 bill, the color is copper, but when you tilt it, the color changes to green(ish). On the new $100 bills, the color change from copper to green happens on the liberty bell symbol.
Red and blue threads
On an authentic bill, there are threads woven in and out of the note. Most counterfeiters try to achieve this look by printing red and blue threads on the surface of the note. If you look closely at their work, you will see that the threads are on the surface.
Watermark
This is usually a copy of the portrait on the note. The watermark can only be seen when you hold the note up against the light. The watermark should be on the right side of the bill and should be an exact replica of the portrait on the note. If there is no watermark when you hold up the note against the light, then it is definitely counterfeited.
Security Thread
The security strip runs vertically on the note and can be seen when held up against a light. You won’t find this feature on a counterfeit bill.
Compare to a valid note
Compare the notes and make sure that everything is the same, such as the font used to write the serial number, the face on the note, the color, paper, etc. Make sure that the money you are comparing it with is of the same denomination.
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Norton 57, TMP 15
NORTON, Kan.-An early TMP interception turned in to a quick Norton touchdown and things went south from there for TMP in what ended up being their season finale. Norton would get a field goal on their next possession and held a 9-0 lead. The Monarchs would get on the board late in the first quarter on a 27 yard Jace Rueschhoff field goal but Norton would answer. Jace Ruder would go 75 yards into the end zone to put the Bluejays on top 17-3 after the first quarter.
Norton would put the only points on the board in the second quarter and led 24-3 at the break. To make matters worse for TMP star quarterback David McFarland was knocked out of the game late in the first half. Norton outscored TMP 33-12 in the second half and picked up the 57-15 victory.
TMP finishes their season at 3-6. Norton improves to 7-2 and will move on to the 3A Playoffs next week.
JASON CAULEY INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State men’s soccer team outlasted bitter conditions as they defeated the Upper Iowa peacocks 5-2 on Thursday evening. The Tigers improved to 9-5-2 overall and 6-1 in MIAA play as the Peacocks dipped to 5-9 on the year and 0-6 in conference play.
It didn’t take long for the Tigers to get on the board as Fort Hays State utilized the brisk wind behind their backs and junior Tobias Patino connected on a pass to Derick Gonzalez who then set up Abdoulaye Cisse to score the first goal of the game in the ninth minute. Cisse scored his eighth goal of the season and Gonzalez kept his team record streak of consecutive matches tallying a point alive with his 12th assist on the year.
The Tigers went into halftime with a little help from the Peacocks as they scored an own goal in the 45th minute to push the Tiger lead to 2-0. With the wind advantage, the Tigers were able to get 11 shots and five shots on goal in the first period.
The Peacocks were determined to get on the board out of the break with the wind at their backs and got what they ordered. Upper Iowa scored their first goal of the match in the 50th minute as Efrain Gonzalez, Jr set up Italo Martins with a through ball that Martins lobbed over the head of Michael Yantz and found the back of the net to cut the Tiger lead in half, 2-1.
After a sequence of four straight shots from Brian Ness, Benji Granillo, Raul Fierro and Granillo again, Gonzalez was able to sneak one past the keeper for his team-leading ninth goal of the season on the rebound from Granillo’s blocked shot to give the Tigers the 3-1 advantage in the 61st minute. The Peacocks were able to find a hole in the Tiger defense to cut into the lead once again roughly two minutes later on a flick off of a corner kick delivery from Ryan Crabtree with Tate Lofdahl scoring his first goal of the season.
The Tigers struck again in the 72nd minute of the match when Nathan De La Hoya, Gonzalez and Ness dribbled the ball between each other in the box and Ness took advantage and delivered a strike in the back left corner of the net doubling the Tigers lead to 4-2. Ness picked up his second goal of the season and Gonzalez added another assist to his increase his season total to 13 and now owning the season record for most assists in year in program history.
FHSU was not done on this blustery fall night as Fierro earned his seventh score of the year on a blocked shot attempt from Luis Mendez that beat keeper Connor Rortvedt and gave the Tigers the 5-2 lead in the 88th minute.
Yantz earned the victory in goal for the Tigers tonight as he improved his overall record to 7-4-2 on the season. Fort Hays State outshot Upper Iowa 27 to 6 in the match, with a 16-5 advantage of shots on frame.
The Tigers are back in action on Sunday (Oct. 29) as they host the Lindenwood Lions for at least a share of the conference title with a win. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a baseball bat killing in a downtown Topeka apartment.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 31-year-old Ebony Lanay Porter will be sentenced in December after pleading guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and interference with law enforcement. She initially was charged with second-degree murder as an aider and abettor in the killing last year of 52-year-old Mark Everett Johnson.
Co-defendant Arthur Lee Ford IV is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to intentional second-degree murder.
Authorities allege that Porter and Ford plotted to break into Johnson’s apartment. Porter and Johnson lived in the same building.
During the break in, Ford is accused of killing Johnson. Ford subsequently was spotted on an ATM security camera using Johnson’s stolen bank card.
EPA
WASHINGTON — Today, EPA is releasing guidance to assist farmers in reporting air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms. EPA is making this information available to provide time for farmers to review and prepare for the reporting deadline, currently set for November 15, 2017
“EPA is working diligently to address undue regulatory burden on American farmers,” said Administrator Scott Pruitt. “While we continue to examine our options for reporting requirements for emissions from animal waste, EPA’s guidance is designed to help farmers comply with the current requirements.”
On December 18, 2008, EPA published a final rule that exempted farms from reporting air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste. On April 11, 2017, the DC Circuit Court vacated this final rule. In response to a request from EPA, the DC Circuit Court extended the date by which farms must begin reporting these releases to November 15, 2017. Unless the court further delays this date, all farms (including those previously exempted) that have releases of hazardous substances to air from animal wastes equal to or greater than the reportable quantities for those hazardous substances within any 24-hour period must provide notification of such releases.
The EPA guidance information includes links to resources that farmers can use to calculate emissions tailored to specific species of livestock. To view EPA’s guidance and Frequently Asked Questions on reporting air emissions from animal waste: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-guidance-reporting-air-emissions-hazardous-substances-animal-waste-farms
EPA will revise this guidance, as necessary, to reflect additional information to assist farm owners and operators to meet reporting obligations. Interested parties may submit comments or suggestions by November 24, 2017.
SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man after a pair of separate alleged domestic disturbances.
A female acquaintance of Reinbold told police that she was smoking on her front porch in the 800 block of Cedar at around 4 a.m. Monday when she heard 44-year-old Eric Reinbold yelling from the backyard, according to Police Capt. Paul Forrester.
When she tried to go inside, Reinbold stuck his foot in the door before she could shut it.
The woman said she started walking into the living room when Reinbold allegedly threw a flashlight at her, striking her in the back of the head. It left a laceration on the back of the victim’s head.
The woman’s 17-year-old daughter then attempted to get Reinbold to leave the residence. Police say that is when he threatened to get a gun and “take care of you,” according to Forrester.
Reinbold left before police arrived, crashing his vehicle into a metal swing in the backyard.
Just before 4p.m. Wednesday, officers were sent to the same residence after the woman, accompanied by a male acquaintance, returned to gather some belongs and found Reinbold asleep in a bedroom.
A verbal dispute erupted and Reinbold allegedly threatened to put a bullet in the head of the 40-year-old man from Solomon. He again fled before police arrived, this time on foot.
Officers caught up to Reinbold in the 800 block of Spruce in Salina. They arrested him and booked into the Saline County Jail for domestic aggravated battery, two counts of criminal threat, battery, damage to property, driving while suspended and additional requested charges.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City police are investigating the death of a lawyer who was shot in his front yard moments after he walked his children to school.
Neighbors and Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker identified the man as 39-year-old Thomas Pickert, a personal injury lawyer.
Pickert was killed Wednesday in the upscale Brookside area of Kansas City. Police said Pickert’s wife heard a gunshot and then found her husband fatally injured outside.
Investigators interviewed a man who owns a white van seen in the neighborhood at the time of the shooting. Media reports indicate that Pickert recently won a $5.75 million judgment against that man. But police spokeswoman Kari Thompson said Thursday the man is not a suspect in Pickert’s death.
Thompson provided no other details about the investigation.
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a residential robbery and asking the public for help to identify suspects. Just after 10p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to report of a robbery at a home in the 1400 Block of South Waco in Wichita, according officer Charley Davidson
A 64-year-old woman told police that when she arrived home from work, she saw two unknown suspects wearing masks and taking things. One suspect hit her several times and took her purse and a deposit bag she had from her work. They fled the home on foot.
One suspect is described as a dark-skin Hispanic man in his mid 20s. He was 5-foot-1, weighed approximately 120-pounds and was wearing dark clothing and a red bandanna to cover his face. The second suspect was a lighter-skin Hispanic man approximately the same size with a green hooded sweatshirt and a blue bandanna covering his face, according to Davidson.
The victim suffered facial injuries during the robbery, according to Davidson. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
10/24/2017
Out of County Criminal Transport, Topeka, 7:02 a.m.
Suspicious Activity, 2000 block East 8th Street, Hays 10:04 a.m.
Burglary/residence, 1300 block Highway 40, 10:11 a.m.
Burglary/business, 1300 block Highway 40, 10:42 a.m.
Cattle Out, 1600 block 230th Avenue, 12:28 p.m.
Motor Vehicle Accident with a deer, 1400 block Highway 183, 7:40 p.m.
10/25/2017
Abandoned Vehicle, Ellis County, 9:09 a.m.
Out of County Criminal Transport, Larned, 12:55 p.m.
Cattle Out, 700 block 40 Highway, Ellis, 1:31 p.m.
Warrant Service, 100 block West 12th Street, Hays, 5:19 p.m.
Warrant Service, 100 block West 12th Street, Hays 5:27 p.m.
Warrant Service, 100 block West 12th Street, Hays 5:28 p.m.
Warrant Service, 100 block West 12th Street, Hays 5:28 p.m.
Civil Transport, I70 westbound milepost 168, Victoria, 5:51 p.m.
HASKELL COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just before 10:30a.m. Thursday in Haskell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Ford SUV driven by Suzanne R. Ortiz, 39, Ulysses, was eastbound on 50th Road four miles east of Sublette.
The vehicle entered the south ditch, struck a culvert, went airborne, and came to rest on its top facing southwest.
Ortiz was transported to Wesley Medical Center. A passenger Ortiz, Jazmine E. Ortiz, 9, Ulysses, was transported to the hospital in Garden City. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Golden Q at 809 Ash, will be hosting the next United Way of Ellis County Dine Out Day on Wednesday, November 1st, from 10:00 a.m. to close!
A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the cheeseburger special will benefit the United Way and their partner agencies! There will fun social media activities. Come join the United Way and Golden Q!
Upcoming Dine Out Days for the United Way of Ellis County are:
November 7th – Pizza Hut at 1308 Vine from 5-8p
November 13th – Sip n Spin at 209 W. 10th from 10a – 10p
November 28th – Whiskey Creek at 3203 Vine from 5-8p
December 13th – Taco Shop at 333 W. 8th St. from 11a – 11p
Please come out to join these restaurants and the United Way of Ellis County!
RENO COUNTY — Two corrections officers were treated for minor injuries after an altercation with an inmate just after 8:30p.m. Wednesday at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.
Just one inmate was involved, according to Kansas Department of Corrections spokesperson Samir Arif.
The corrections officers were transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and released a short time later. They are back at work on Thursday, according to Arif.
The Kansas Department of Corrections did not release details on additional charges or the name of the inmate involved.
