HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State closed on an 11-3 run after Emporia State tied the game at 47 with 4:38 to play and beat the Hornets 58-50 at Gross Coliseum to end their three-game losing streak. Trey O’Neil scored five straight points including a corner 3-pointer to push the lead to five. Grant Holmes hit four straight free throws and Brady Werth knocked down two from the charity line.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Grant Holmes Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
Werth, who missed the last four games because of mononucleosis, led the Tigers (13-8, 6-6 MIAA) with 15 points. Grant Holmes added 10 points and five boards.
Hadley Gillum, who leads the Tigers in scoring at over 17 points per game, was held to four but pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Hassan Thomas led Emporia State (8-13, 3-9 MIAA) with 12 points and nine rebounds. Stephaun Limuel added 11.
HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State women scored 17 unanswered points to close out the second quarter as they rallied from a 15-point first half deficit to beat rival Emporia State 90-63 in front of 2,187 at Gross Coliseum. It’s the Tigers (17-4, 8-4 MIAA) fifth straight win and third straight at home over the Hornets (13-6, 8-4 MIAA).
Tony Hobson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
ESU hit 16 of their first 21 shots and used a stifling zone defense to go up 15 with 4:25 to play in the second quarter, but FHSU would score the next 19 points to take the lead back for good.
After the Hornets tied the game at 46 early in the third, Fort Hays State answered with a 19-3 run to take control.
Emma Stroyan and Tatyana Legette both scored 21 points as the Tigers tie their season high for points. Stroyan was 10-of-12 from the floor and blocked a career-high six shots. Legette also grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out four assists.
Carly Heim added 16 points and Whitney Clampitt 10. Clampitt scored seven in the second quarter including a 3-pointer at the horn to give the Tigers a 42-40 lead.
Victor Hugo Fimbres Pesqueir and Diana Aracely Manjarrez Beltran
DICKINSON COUNTY—Deputies of the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop Monday on I-70 east of Abilene. During the traffic stop, deputies gained consent to search a 2011 Nissan passenger car with Mexico tags. according to a media release.
During the search of the car, deputies located a kilogram (2.5 pounds) of pure Fentanyl . The two people in the car were then taken into custody.
27-year-old Victor Hugo Fimbres Pesqueir and 32-year-old Diana Aracely Manjarrez Beltran both of Mexico was arrested for possession with intent to distribute an opiate (fentanyl), possession of drug paraphernalia and no drug tax stamp.
The estimated street value of the seized Fentanyl is $1.3 million dollars.
According to the release the case is ongoing and further arrest are possible.
Opportunities Await: Medical Doctor or Mid-Level Practitioner
The City of Logan, Kansas, is looking for a medical doctor or mid-level practitioner to run its rural medical clinic.
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The city owns a fully furnished medical clinic and will provide a medical assistant, billing services and support. All we need is an ambitious practitioner looking to serve patients in a friendly small-town environment. We have a 36-bed nursing facility adjacent to the medial clinic, with patients who need served, and we are situated in the corner of four rural counties with four rural hospitals within a 30- to 45-minute drive from our town.
This is an opportunity to practice medicine on your own terms and create a lifestyle that will be the envy of your friends in the big city.
If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, contact Max Lowry, Mayor, at [email protected]
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 27-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for the child abuse-related death of an infant girl in Shawnee.
Aaron Peck pleaded no contest in November to intentional second-degree murder in the 2015 death of 7-month-old Analeece McHenry-Widmer.
The Kansas City Star reports Peck was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and 11 months in prison.
Peck shared an apartment with the baby’s mother.
Paramedics called to the apartment said the baby was having convulsions. Doctors determined she suffered severe head trauma.
Peck initially told police that a 2-year-old child in the home injured the girl but doctors said a young child could not have inflicted the injuries she suffered.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The parents of a toddler fatally injured at a traveling carnival in Kansas have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the carnival’s Missouri-based operator.
Shaun Bartonek and Rheannon Babcock sued Evans United Shows last year in Clinton County Circuit Court in Missouri. Their 15-month-old daughter, Pressley Bartonek, touched an electrically charged fence last May in Wichita and died five days later.
An autopsy report says that a test by an electrical company showed 290 volts coming from the fence. The lawsuit seeks damages of more than $25,000.
Attorney Russ Hazlewood is representing Evans United Shows in Plattsburg, Missouri. He says the lawsuit remains in the early stages and that the business has asked to have the case transferred to Kansas where some key witnesses are.
TOPEKA— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges.
On Tuesday, the Topeka Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant in the 900 Block of SE Highland Avenue, according to Lt. Colleen Stuart.
Officers located and confiscated Methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and two handguns.
Police also arrested 35-year-old Jessica L Albright. She was transported to the Department of Corrections on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal use of a firearm.
Hays native and soon-to-be Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer (R) talks with team members at Westside Alternative School in Hays Wednesday morning.
By BECKY KISER Hays Post
Although they say you can’t go home again, Jeff Colyer did.
He was back home in Hays Wednesday morning before he was sworn in this afternoon as the next governor of Kansas.
The Hays native started the day with a 9 a.m. Mass at TMP-Marian, where he attended Catholic high school. Several of his former classmates were able to join him.
“That was very special,” said Colyer.
Mass was celebrated by priests who had been Colyer’s teachers.
“Fr. Mike Scully was my calculus teacher and also taught religion,” Colyer noted, “and he will also give the invocation at my swearing-in ceremony in Topeka today.
“I also had Fr. Gilmary Tallman who taught Shakespeare, Fr. Earl Befort who taught economics and Fr. Blaine Burkey, who was the yearbook and journalism adviser. To have those very special men come back and spend a little bit of time with us was important.”
Colyer graduated from TMP in 1978. He also attended John F. Kennedy Middle School, which is now closed. He describes himself as a “fifth-generation Hays kid who never imagined he would become the governor.”
Living in Hays and being a student at TMP is where Colyer says he got his sense of service.
“You got idealism, and that was the great secret here in Hays. You wanted to serve to make a difference in people’s lives. I decided I wanted to be a doctor and I also got interested in public policy.”
Colyer is a Johnson County plastic surgeon who has traveled to war-torn countries to fix the battle wounds of children.
As lieutenant governor, Colyer has recently been touring mental health facilities and programs in the state. While in Hays, he visited Westside School, 323 W 12th St., an alternative mental health center for severely emotionally disturbed K-12 students in Hays USD 489.
The Westside program was just the second in Kansas when it began 25 years ago.
“We identified these kids who were being placed in foster care outside the community,” explained Walt Hill, High Plains Mental Health Center executive director.
“They couldn’t stay at home, couldn’t stay in school. We wanted to do something locally to keep kids at home and coordinate intensive services for them, along with educational support,” Hill said. “We also provide support for the parents as well. The program started as and remains a partnership of the Hays schools, the local courts, HPMHC, and the state child welfare department.”
During a roundtable discussion that included Westside Program Coordinator Mark Dinkel, USD 489 Superintendent John Thissen, Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees, and 23rd Judicial District Chief Judge Glen Braun, Colyer was told Westside would expand its 30-student population if space became available in the district.
Colyer toured a couple classrooms and met several students and invited them to “come visit me in the state capitol.”
“This is one of the great things that is happening in Kansas, thinking outside the box to help kids with mental health issues,” Colyer said after his tour. “I really like the concept that ‘local problems need local solutions,’ and you guys did that. This is an amazing program.
“As you know, I’m serious about solving problems and empowering people to do so. I think these are ways we can tackle tough problems. It takes a long time, but there’s a lot of commitment in the state.”
Joining Jeff Colyer (right) at Al’s Chickenette for lunch were Hays residents Ron and Elaine Adams, along with Errol Wuertz (back to camera).
Following his stop at Westside, Colyer and his entourage ate lunch at Al’s Chickenette. Front of the House Manager Jessie Frasier served up his fried chicken, fries and corn. Colyer joked he “needed another plate,” adding that “my daughters will be really jealous I got to eat here.”
Colyer’s lunch companions included Hays residents Elaine and Ron Adams, along with Errol Wuertz. Elaine Adams chairs the Ellis County Republican Party. The three were also invited to greet Colyer at Westside, where they held signs that read “Welcome Home, Governor Colyer!” and “To the Next 5 Years, Gov. Colyer!”
Before departing Westside, Colyer reflected on this important day.
“In the path that has led me to governor, I grew a lot. I see great things happening in the state. Being in Hays today was a way for me to say thank you to a lot of friends and highlighting just what a great state we are.
“I had to come home today and just touch base,” he ended with a smile.
RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating two additional cases of alleged rape in Manhattan and the Riley County.
On Tuesday, officers filed a report for rape, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery of a 31-year-old woman in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department Activity report. The victim reported she knew the suspect.
On Monday, a 21-year-old woman reported rape by a known male suspect, according to the RCPD.
In July, Riley County authorities said the number of rapes reported in Manhattan and surrounding areas had doubled during the first quarter of the year compared with the same time in 2017.
Sixteen rapes were reported in the first quarter of 2017, up from eight in the same period in 2016.
It is with great sadness that the family of Leonel Hector Herrera, MD, LTC, announces his passing after a brief fight with cancer. He died peacefully while surrounded by his family in his home in Volin, SD on Friday, January 26th 2018, at the age of 67.
Leonel was an accomplished healer, educator, coach, loving husband, and fan of his children and grandchildren. His Catholic faith provided a foundation for how he lived, raised his children, and loved his wife.
He was born on November 13, 1950 in San Antonio, TX to David and Carmen Herrera. He graduated from St. Louis University with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy; University of Nebraska College of Medicine with a Doctorate of Medicine; University of Nebraska College of Medicine / Creighton University Neurology Residency Program.
In 1970, he married Yolanda and enlisted in the US Air Force. He quickly excelled and was offered the opportunity of going to school to further his education. After graduating from St Louis University in 1976, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 55th Medical Group at Offutt AFB as a Physical Therapist where he attained the rank of Captain in 1980. He held this position until 1985 when he graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Creighton University Hospital. He finished his Neurology training in the Creighton University-University of Nebraska Joint Residency program. In 1990, he opened up his own private practice, Midwest Neurology and Rehabilitation Associates P.C. in Sioux City, IA. In 1999, Capt. Herrera was recommissioned as a Major in the US Army Reserves. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 2004 and held that rank until his retirement in 2010 where he commanded the 388th Medical Battalion, Army Reserve Unit in Hays, Kansas. Starting in 2000, he began working at Great West Casualty Company in South Sioux City, NE where he held his position as Vice President and Medical Director until his final days. He also remained active in private practice on a part-time basis at Tri-State Specialists in Sioux City, IA.
In the 80s and 90s, he was an enthusiastic soccer player, who enjoyed the pleasure of playing on a team aptly named the Holy Name “Wheezers” where he and Yolanda formed many long lasting friendships.
He was preceded in death by his parents David and Carmen Herrera and his brother David Herrera.
Leonel is survived by his wife, Yolanda Herrera; four sons, Leonel Herrera (Stephanie) of Bahrain, LD Herrera (Colleen) of Vermillion, Daniel Herrera (Andrea) of Vermillion, David Herrera of Colorado Springs, CO; three daughters, Katie Herrera of Vermillion, Kathy Herrera of Vermillion, Kelsie Herrera of Yankton, SD. Leonel will also be fondly remembered by his eight grandchildren, Carolanne, Quinton, Josie, Dominic, Brooklyn, Kiara, Natalie, and Micah.
Viewing will be from 5 – 7 pm and will be followed by a Rosary and Prayer Service on Wednesday, January 31st at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Vermillion.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 10:30am, at St. Agnes Catholic Church, with Fr. John Fischer officiating. Interment will follow at St. Agnes Calvary Cemetery. A reception will follow at the parish hall. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Leonel’s life.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on Kansas swearing in a new governor (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
Republican Jeff Colyer has been sworn in as the new Kansas governor.
Colyer took the oath of office Wednesday in a Statehouse ceremony after former GOP Gov. Sam Brownback resigned.
Brownback stepped down to become U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. Colyer was Brownback’s lieutenant governor for seven years.
The 57-year-old Colyer was the state’s longest-serving lieutenant governor.
He is facing a skeptical, Republican-controlled Legislature that is deeply divided over a court mandate to increase spending on public schools.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in October that funding for public schools remains constitutionally inadequate. Brownback proposed phasing in a $513 million increase over five years and relying on growth in state revenues to pay for it.
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Kansas Democrats aren’t waiting until incoming Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer takes office to launch a website criticizing him.
The state Democratic Party unveiled its website Wednesday ahead of Colyer’s swearing-in. The site ties Colyer to the policies of departing GOP Gov. Sam Brownback and is www.BrownbackClone.com .
Colyer has served as Brownback’s lieutenant governor for seven years. Brownback is stepping down as governor to become U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
Brownback’s popularity waned after his 2014 re-election because of the persistent state budget problems that followed aggressive income tax cuts that Brownback championed in 2012 and 2013. Legislators rolled back most of the tax cuts last year.
Colyer was Brownback’s running mate in 2010 and 2014. He is running for a full, four-year term as governor this year.
Wilson Elementary School teachers and staff will tie on aprons from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McDonald’s, 3406 Vine St., during a McTeacher Night to raise funds for the school.
Wilson will earn a portion of the proceeds of all sales at the front counter and the drive thru.
The school will also earn 100 percent of all the two for $1 chocolate chip cookie sales sold by the school personnel.
There is no coupon or flyer required for the fundraiser.
KANSAS CITY— The U.S. Marshals service captured a federal prisoner who escaped from a Kansas City hospital.
Larence Garth, 33, Kansas City, was captured at a home in the area after a tip from the public, according to the Marshal’s Service.
Garth escaped Tuesday from Truman Medical Center, where he was receiving medical treatment. Authorities say he ran east from the hospital and tried to solicit at a ride from at least one person, who refused.
He was being held on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Marshals are searching for a federal prisoner who escaped from a Kansas City hospital.
The Marshals service says Larence Garth, of Kansas City, escaped Tuesday from Truman Medical Center, where he was receiving medical treatment. Authorities say he ran east from the hospital and tried to solicit at a ride from at least one person, who refused.
He was being held on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Garth is in his 30s. He is described as a black male, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds.
He was last seen wearing black jeans, black and white sneakers, and a blue paper shirt. When he escaped, he was handcuffed to a chain around his waist.
