January 2018 – Page 53

Kan, Child Welfare Wants More Money So Children Can Sleep In Homes Instead Of Offices

Posted on January 13, 2018January 12, 2018

Gina Meier-Hummel started her job as secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families on Dec. 1, and announces plans to address some of the the high-profile problems with Kansas’s foster care system.
Photo by MADELINE FOX / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

By MADELINE FOX

Kansas’ troubled child welfare agency asked lawmakers Monday for money to solve mounting problems — foster kids sleeping on offices, children lost in the system, and a skyrocketing caseload.

Legislators and advocates expressed outrage earlier at news that children slept in foster care contractors’ offices because foster homes had no room. Department for Children and Families secretary Gina Meier-Hummel said some of the requested money would go toward holding beds open for hard-to-place kids.

The money, $16.5 million over two years, would also allow DCF to hire more people to find kids who have run away or otherwise disappeared from their foster care placements.

Meier-Hummel’s predecessor, Phyllis Gilmore, was criticized for being seemingly unaware that three sisters had been missing from their foster home in Tonganoxie for months. Meier-Hummel has been getting a daily report of missing kids since taking office Nov. 1. She said about 70 kids are currently missing from their foster care placements.

The secretary said $6.55 million of the added money would go toward keeping children safely with their families — and out of foster care.

“We (should) do the right thing by keeping children in families, but first, they have to be safe,” Meier-Hummel said.

Colyer said the appointment of a new DCF secretary, as well as the legislative interest around a child welfare task force that was created last year, has created an opportunity for change.

“We’re at a juncture where we have legislative support, we have some new ideas and we’re going to be doing a top-to-bottom review – we want to deal with problems,” said Colyer, who’s taking the lead on child welfare in the expectation that he’ll soon replace Sam Brownback as governor. He’s also running to be elected governor in November.

Rep. Linda Gallagher, a Lenexa Republican, said the recommendation for more money tells her Brownback intends to make child welfare a priority this legislative session.

“All of the additional funds are needed, and they all address problems areas that we heard about last year,” said Gallagher, who is a member of the Child Welfare Task Force. “Most of the legislature is aware of the problems in the system, and has the willingness to address it with additional funding.”

Madeline Fox is a reporter for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. You can reach her on Twitter @maddycfox. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org.

🎥 Police chief, Hays High principal hang out for human trafficking fundraiser

Posted on January 13, 2018January 12, 2018

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

Police Chief Don Scheibler and Hays High School Principal Martin Straub hung out for a good cause on Friday.

Both of the men agreed to be taped to the wall of the HHS gym with duct tape as a part of a human trafficking prevention fundraiser.

Hays High seniors Kaitlyn Schaben and Lisa Schoenberger with their peers in the HHS DECA club organized a week-long awareness campaign complete with speakers, posters and the fundraiser on Friday.

The students raised $1,500, which will be donated to Options Domestic and Sexual Violence Services in Hays.

The local Kiwanis organization supported Scheibler with a $500 donation and Auto Collision Specialists’ Mary Schoenberger gave $125 with the majority of the rest of the money coming from individual students at the high school.

Schoenberger will be attending college in Lincoln, Neb., in the fall and found through research Lincoln is a top city for human trafficking. This sparked her interest in informing her fellow students about the dangers of human trafficking.

Schaben said, “We have had some very positive feedback, and students said they did not know that went on and how easy it is to be a victim to that.”

Scheibler said the students and the local media have helped spark a discussion in the community about human trafficking.

“Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry next to only drugs. One reason it is so successful is the high profit and the lack of information and the lack of education,” he told the students Friday. “This group and Hays High has made the city of Hays safer today.”

Straub said he received several emails from parents who said their students came home and talked about the human trafficking issue after attending one of the assemblies at the school this week.

“Whether people think this is a good or bad idea, it has let people talk about the issue,” he said. “Hopefully, it helps keep our kids safe when they leave us and go to communities where it is may more prevalent.”

Although Straub said he got rather hot being stuck in the duct tape for a half hour, he wanted to support the students.

“It is really not about me,” Straub said after he came down off the wall. “It is about trying to make a difference. We can humble ourselves and be part of some fun. I don’t think it was a thing of disrespect. I think it was a thing of fun, and sometimes we just have to have fun with the kids.”

FHSU Virtual College again named a gold-level Military Friendly® school

Posted on January 13, 2018January 9, 2018

FHSU University Relations and Marketing

Fort Hays State University’s Virtual College has once again been named a Military Friendly® Gold School by Victory Media, originator of a family of Military Friendly employment, entrepreneurship and education resources for veterans and their families.

Fort Hays State also earned Military Friendly-Gold recognition in 2017.

Military Friendly is the standard that Victory Media uses to measure an organization’s commitment, effort and success in creating sustainable and meaningful benefit for the military community.

“Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey completed by the school,” says the Victory Media website.

Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey completed by the school, and for the first time, data from a student satisfaction survey was included this year in the material evaluated.

The student survey was voluntary this year, but institutions will be required to provide student satisfaction data for next year’s rankings. More than 1,300 schools participated in the 2017-2018 survey with 849 earning the Military Friendly designation, said Victory Media.

Less than 200 earned Gold level recognition across the 11 categories. That number includes Victory Media’s Top 10 institutions in each category and the institutions in each category that scored within 10 percent of the point value awarded to No. 10 institution.

The categories are Online/Vocational; Non-Traditional; Graduate School, Small Community College; Large Community College; Small Public; Large Public; Private Offering Doctorate; Private Not Offering Doctorate; Tier 1 Research Institution; and Tier 2 Research Institution.

Fort Hays State is listed in the Online/Vocational category by Victory Media.

The Military Friendly® Schools list, now in its 16th year, is a comprehensive guide for veterans and their families using data sources from federal agencies, veteran students and proprietary survey information from participating organizations.

The 2017-2018 Military Friendly® Schools list is in the December issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com.

The statement on methodology issued by Victory Media says, “Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Victory Media with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey scores with the assessment of the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.”

“Our ability to apply a clear, consistent standard to colleges creates a competitive atmosphere that encourages colleges to invest in programs to provide educational outcomes that are better for veterans,” said Victory Media’s chief product officer Daniel Nichols.

About Military Friendly® Schools:
The annual Military Friendly® Schools list is based on extensive research using public data sources for more than 8,800 schools nationwide, input from student veterans, and responses to the proprietary, data-driven Military Friendly® Schools survey from participating institutions.

About Victory Media:
Victory Media, founded in 2001, is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities through its G.I. Jobs® and Military Friendly® brands. Victory Media and its brands are not a part of or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Defense or any federal government entity. Learn more about Victory Media at www.victorymedia.com. Media Contact: Brian O’Malley, [email protected] or 602-274-1988

Partly cloudy, cold Saturday

Posted on January 13, 2018January 13, 2018

Today
Partly cloudy, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -7. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as 3. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 47. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north northeast 13 to 18 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

M.L.King Day
A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 15 by 5pm. Blustery, with a north wind 14 to 20 mph.

Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around -3.

Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 21.

Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 5.

Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 34.

Sewer cleaning continues Sat. and Mon. in east-central Hays

Posted on January 13, 2018January 12, 2018

CITY OF HAYS

The City of Hays Water Resources Department has contracted Infra Track to conduct sewer line cleaning and inspections at the locations described and shown on the map.

On Saturday, January 13, 2018 and Monday, January 15, 2018, crews will finish working on Highway 40 heading west and continue in the areas of:

On Fort Street between 16th St. & 15th St.
Between Elm St. & Canal Blvd.from 35th St. South to 33rd St.
Between Haney St. & Henry St. from 25th St. & 24th St.
Between Whittier St. & Marshall St. from 20th St. to 19th St.

Door hanger notices will be placed on homes and businesses affected before the cleaning.

The City of Hays apologizes for any inconvenience this may impose. Performing this preventative maintenance by cleaning the sanitary sewer will improve the sewer’s performance and significantly reduce the chance for future sewer backups and related problems.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at the Water Resources Office at 785-628-7380 or via email [email protected].

KDHE: 300 drug poisoning deaths in 2016

Posted on January 13, 2018January 12, 2018

KDHE

TOPEKA – This week the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) began promoting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Rx Awareness media campaign. The goal of Rx Awareness is to raise awareness of the risks of prescription opioids, as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ five priorities to address the national opioid crisis.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, drug poisonings are the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. In 2016, the number of drug poisoning deaths reached an all-time high of more than 63,600 deaths – reducing life expectancy in the U.S. for the second consecutive year. This increase in drug poisoning deaths also placed unintentional injuries as the third leading cause of death in 2016, as compared to the fourth leading cause in 2015.

The majority of drug poisoning deaths involve either a prescription or an illicit opioid. Every day in the U.S., over 1,000 people receive treatment in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids, and 40 individuals die from prescription opioid overdose. From 1999 to 2016, the total number of U.S. poisoning deaths related to all non-heroin opioids exceeded 340,000.

The opioid epidemic is affecting Kansas. In 2016, there were more than 300 drug-poisoning deaths, and approximately one-third involved a prescription opioid. In addition to other efforts to address this public health crisis, KDHE is promoting Rx Awareness.

The campaign will utilize the tagline, “It Only Takes a Little to Lose a Lot” in videos, digital and social media, and out-of-home advertisements to highlight the physical, emotional, and economic toll opioid use disorder and overdose can take on individuals, families, and communities. Rx Awareness will target high-risk regions in Kansas based on the Kansas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (K-TRACS) opioid prescription dispensing data.

This project is supported by the CDC’s Prescription Drug Overdose: Data-Driven Prevention Initiative program. For more information on Rx Awareness, visit CDC.gov/RxAwareness. For more information on Kansas’ efforts to prevent prescription opioid overdose, please visit preventoverdoseks.org.

Friday night high school basketball scoreboard

Posted on January 12, 2018

Girls

Western Athletic Conference
Hays 54 Garden City 30
Buhler 38 Great Bend 52
Dodge City 27 Liberal 47

Mid-Continent League
Hill City 61 Ellis 36
Norton 49 Phillipsburg 54
Stockton 56 Oakley 46
Smith Center 41 TMP 55

Central Prairie League
LaCrosse 31 Otis-Bison 41
*Trego 55 Ness City 26
Victoria 29 Central Plains 95
Macksville 41 Ellinwood 30

North Central Activities Association
Sacred Heart 39 Ellsworth 62

Northwest Kansas League
Hoxie 52 Decatur Com. 20

Central Kansas League
Nickerson 60 Lyons 50
Pratt 37 Larned 23

Western Kansas Liberty League
Logan 41 Triplains 53
Northern Valley 68 Palco 41
Golden Plains 66 Western Plains 19
Wheatland-Grinnell 47 Cheylin 52

Great Western Kansas League
Scott 50 Hugoton 41
Ulysses 52 Goodland 22
Holcomb 39 Colby 43

Northern Plains Tournament 1^st Round @ Lincoln
Lincoln 19 Chase 37
Natoma 24 St. Johns-Tipton 58
Lakeside 46 Rock Hills 24
Southern Cloud 40 Pike Valley 37
Osborne 56 Tescott 25

Western Athletic Conference
Hays 82 Garden City 53
Buhler 44 Great Bend 36
Dodge City 59 Liberal 56

Mid-Continent League
Hill City 40 Ellis 56
Norton 22 Phillipsburg 66
Stockton 34 Oakley 65
Smith Center 42 TMP 75

Central Prairie League
LaCrosse 39 Otis-Bison 38
*Trego 32 Ness City 60
Victoria 27 Central Plains 80
Macksville 54 Ellinwood 26
*Kinsley 46 Kiowa Co. 51

North Central Activities Association
Sacred Heart 62 Ellsworth 47

Central Kansas League
Nickerson 32 Lyons 34
Pratt 49 Larned 42

Western Kansas Liberty League
Logan 50 Triplains 39
Golden Plains 70 Western Plains 54

Great Western Kansas League
Scott 65 Hugoton 67
Ulysses 54 Goodland 53
Holcomb 66 Colby 41

Northern Plains Tournament 1^st Round @ Lincoln
Chase 25 Lakeside 53
Tescott 27 Pike Valley 52
Thunder Ridge 44 Wilson 51
Southern Cloud 58 Natoma 31
Lincoln 23 St. Johns-Tipton 47

*Non-league
AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores, 2nd Ld-Writethru,1088
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 62, Clay Center 48
Augusta 35, Wellington 26
Basehor-Linwood 44, KC Turner 42
Baxter Springs 58, Neodesha 40
Beloit 56, Minneapolis 40
Bonner Springs 73, KC Piper 61
Buhler 44, Great Bend 36
Burrton 63, Attica 52
BV West 49, Mill Valley 47
Caney Valley 83, Fredonia 33
Central Plains 80, Victoria 27
Chanute 54, Parsons 35
Chaparral 68, Garden Plain 65
Cheney 58, Belle Plaine 37
Cherryvale 61, Humboldt 54
Circle 68, Clearwater 53
Concordia 62, Chapman 55
DeSoto 65, Louisburg 48
Dodge City 76, Liberal 68
El Dorado 54, Mulvane 42
Ellis 56, Hill City 40
Elyria Christian 53, Goessel 29
Emporia 61, Junction City 51
Eudora 45, Ottawa 31
Fort Scott 70, Independence 57
Frontenac 63, St. Paul 33
Galena 62, Uniontown 14
Goddard-Eisenhower 57, Andover Central 44
Hays 82, Garden City 53
Hays-TMP-Marian 75, Smith Center 42
Hillsboro 63, Haven 53
Holcomb 66, Colby 41
Holton 44, Hiawatha 39
Hugoton 67, Scott City 65
Hutchinson Central Christian 69, Stafford 46
Jefferson West 58, Perry-Lecompton 53
KC Schlagle 73, Atchison 44
KC Wyandotte 59, KC Washington 57
Kingman 67, Smoky Valley 61
Kiowa County 51, Kinsley 46
La Crosse 39, Otis-Bison 38
Labette County 55, Coffeyville 48
Lawrence 72, SM North 64
Lawrence Free State 56, Olathe Northwest 50
Lyons 34, Nickerson 32
Maize 52, Salina Central 29
Maranatha Academy 82, Pleasant Ridge 46
Marmaton Valley 65, Pleasanton 54
McLouth 60, Valley Falls 35
McPherson 36, Andale 34
Medicine Lodge 51, Douglass 46
Oakley 65, Stockton 34
Pratt 49, Larned 42
Pratt Skyline 56, Fairfield 37
Riverside 45, Atchison County 38
Rock Creek 65, Wabaunsee 29
Sabetha 68, Royal Valley 44
Salina Sacred Heart 62, Ellsworth 47
Sedan 79, Oswego 19
Sedgwick 68, Moundridge 52
SM Northwest 54, SM East 51
Solomon 65, Canton-Galva 34
Southeast Saline 69, Republic County 53
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Bishop Miege 51
Sterling 74, Remington 37
Topeka Seaman 62, Topeka Hayden 47
Udall 44, Flinthills 31
Wellsville 66, Iola 31
West Elk 78, South Haven 39
AVCTL – GWAL Challenge
Hutchinson 67, Wichita West 59
Wichita Bishop Carroll 56, Arkansas City 53
Wichita South 80, Derby 68
Northern Plains League Tournament
Play-In
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 58, Natoma 31
Lakeside 53, Chase 25
Pike Valley 52, Tescott 27
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 47, Lincoln 23
Wilson 51, Thunder Ridge 44
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Andover Central 53, Goddard-Eisenhower 43
Atchison County 63, Riverside 26
Augusta 35, Wellington 26
Baldwin 61, Spring Hill 44
Basehor-Linwood 53, KC Turner 26
Beloit 47, Minneapolis 37
BV Southwest 54, St. James Academy 43
Canton-Galva 57, Solomon 18
Central Plains 95, Victoria 29
Chanute 54, Parsons 35
Cheney 71, Belle Plaine 17
Cherryvale 36, Humboldt 32
Cheylin 52, Wheatland-Grinnell 47
Cimarron 33, Syracuse 7
Circle 60, Clearwater 17
Clay Center 60, Abilene 55
Colby 43, Holcomb 39
Council Grove 49, West Franklin 35
DeSoto 54, Louisburg 40
El Dorado 34, Mulvane 22
Ellsworth 62, Salina Sacred Heart 39
Emporia 54, Junction City 31
Eudora 40, Ottawa 30
Eureka 66, Erie 61
Fairfield 45, Pratt Skyline 36
Fredonia 46, Caney Valley 36
Galena 62, Uniontown 14
Garden Plain 50, Chaparral 18
Goessel 45, Elyria Christian 28
Golden Plains 66, Western Plains-Healy 19
Great Bend 52, Buhler 38
Haven 59, Hillsboro 41
Hays 54, Garden City 34
Hays-TMP-Marian 55, Smith Center 41
Heritage Christian 59, University Academy, Mo. 50
Hill City 61, Ellis 36
Holton 58, Hiawatha 18
Hoxie 52, Oberlin-Decatur 20
Hutchinson Central Christian 38, Stafford 31
Hutchinson Trinity 44, Inman 40
Jefferson North 61, Oskaloosa 30
Jefferson West 55, Perry-Lecompton 16
KC Piper 59, Bonner Springs 20
KC Schlagle 68, Atchison 41
KC Sumner 86, KC Harmon 5
Kingman 57, Smoky Valley 31
Labette County 74, Coffeyville 26
Lansing 48, Tonganoxie 31
Lawrence 62, SM North 30
Liberal 47, Dodge City 27
Little River 50, Herington 32
Macksville 41, Ellinwood 30
Madison/Hamilton 31, Southern Coffey 21
Manhattan 47, Topeka West 23
Marion 35, Bennington 25
McPherson 50, Andale 46
Medicine Lodge 41, Douglass 31
Nickerson 60, Lyons 50
Northern Valley 68, Palco 41
Olathe East 58, Gardner-Edgerton 44
Olathe North 42, Leavenworth 25
Olathe Northwest 60, Lawrence Free State 50
Osage City 43, Lyndon 38, OT
Osawatomie 48, Prairie View 39
Otis-Bison 41, La Crosse 31
Oxford 40, Cedar Vale/Dexter 32
Pawnee Heights 49, Satanta 37
Phillipsburg 54, Norton 49
Pittsburg 56, Girard 25
Pleasant Ridge 60, Maranatha Academy 28
Pleasanton 41, Marmaton Valley 11
Pratt 37, Larned 23
Pretty Prairie 36, Norwich 23
Republic County 55, Southeast Saline 43
Rolla 42, Deerfield 27
Royal Valley 41, Sabetha 33
Rural Vista 59, Centre 33
Salina Central 49, Maize 45, OT
Scott City 50, Hugoton 41
Sedan 57, Oswego 32
SM Northwest 63, SM East 37
SM South 57, Olathe West 50
South Barber 29, Cunningham 18
South Central 72, Ingalls 40
South Gray 58, Ashland 18
St. Paul 48, Frontenac 44
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Bishop Miege 51
Stockton 56, Oakley 46
Sublette 47, Southwestern Hts. 29
Trego 55, Ness City 26
Triplains-Brewster 53, Logan 41
Udall 64, Flinthills 47
Ulysses 52, Goodland 22
Valley Falls 62, McLouth 9
Wabaunsee 50, Rock Creek 27
Washburn Rural 58, Shawnee Heights 25
Wellsville 66, Iola 31
West Elk 46, South Haven 45
Wichita Independent 47, Wichita Trinity 39
Yates Center 51, Jayhawk Linn 44
AVCTL – GWAL Challenge
Arkansas City 54, Wichita West 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 64, Andover 44
Wichita East 34, Goddard 29
Northern Plains League Tournament
Play-In
Chase 37, Lincoln 19
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 40, Pike Valley 37
Lakeside 46, Rock Hills 24
Osborne 56, Tescott 25
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 58, Natoma 24

TMP takes a pair from Smith Center

Posted on January 12, 2018

By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Girls: TMP 55, Smith Center 41

HAYS, Kan.-Defense was the name of the game for the TMP Lady Monarchs as they forced Smith Center into 12 first half turnovers and held the Lady Red to just two first half field goals in a 55-41 victory. 12 of Smith Center’s first half points came from the free throw line. TMP led 32-16 thanks to 13 points in the first half from Kayla Vitztum and 6 points from Savannah Yost and 5 points from Jillian Lowe.

Smith Center closed the gap to 15 points by the end of the third quarter and they came out firing in the fourth quarter. The Lady Red scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to make it a single digit game at 41-32. TMP would score the next five points to build the lead back to double digits and would not see the lead dip again.

Vitztum finished with a game high 18 points. Kendra Maydew led Smith Center with 13 points. Smith Center drops to 8-1 on the year and 4-1 in the Mid Continent League. TMP improves to 9-1 on the year and 5-0 in the league. Both teams are off until Monday when they will host opening round games of the MCL Tournament.

ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Boys: TMP 75, Smith Center 42

HAYS, Kan.-Foul trouble plagued TMP as David McFarland and Creighton Renz picked up two first quarter fouls and Smith Center took advantage as they raced to a six point lead in the first quarter. TMP would close the gap to three points, 18-15, after the first quarter. TMP would turn the tables in the second quarter as they would regain the lead and push it to nine at the end of the first half, 33-24 thanks to a 12-2 run to end the first half.

Colby Benoit paced Smith Center with 11 first half points, Jesse Staples had 9. David McFarland led a balanced TMP attack with 9 points in the opening half.

TMP extended their lead to 19 points after three quarters of play and slammed the door shut in the fourth quarter outscoring the Redmen 24-10 in the 75-42 victory. Benoit and Jesse Staples led the way for the Redmen (2-7, 1-4) with 13 points each. Michael Lager led TMP (8-2, 5-0) with 16 points. Smith Center will open up MCL Tournament play on Saturday against Trego. TMP will play the winner of Stockton and Hill City on Tuesday.

JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Hays basketball sweeps in Garden City

Posted on January 12, 2018

Girls

Hays 54 – Garden City 30

Garden City scored off the tip-off before Hays High held the Buffaloes scoreless for the rest of the quarter. The Indians took the lead on back to back Tasiah Nunnery three pointers. Those two shots sparked a 12-0 run through the remainder of the first quarter. Kallie Leiker opened the second quarter with a three to put the Indians up 15-2.

Garden City then started to get a hold of the offense and went on a 13-4 run that cut the Indian’s lead down to four points at 19-15. The Buffaloes had the ball down five but could not score to get any closer. The Indians scored the final three points of the first half to take a 25-17 lead at half time.

Highlights

The Indians held Garden City to just two points for a second time on the night when they outscored the Buffaloes 23-2 in the third quarter. The big quarter put Hays up by 29 enter the fourth quarter. Hays would cruise to a 54-30 win.

Coach Kirk Maska

Savannah Schneider led the Indians with 12. Mattie Hutchison scored 11 and Tasiah Nunnery added 10, their same point totals from Tuesday’s game against Great Bend.

#7 in 4A-1 Hays improves to 8-1 on the year and 3-0 in Western Athletic Conference play. Garden City falls to 3-6 and 0-3. The Hays High girls are off until they host Salina Central on January, 23rd.

Boys

Hays 82 – Garden City 53

The first half belonged to Tradgon McCrae. The junior guard scored a career high during the first half on seven three pointers on the way to 23 points. Garden City led 4-0 in the first fifteen seconds of the game. Three straight threes gave the Indians a lead they would never relinquish. Hays led after the first quarter 25-20 and pushed their lead to a first half high 16 by halftime at 47-41.

Highlights

The Indians never let up in the second half outscoring Garden City in the 20-13 in the third quarter and 15-9 in the fourth. The majority of the fourth quarter had a continuous clock after Hays pushed their lead above 30.

McCrae ended the night with 36 points including nine three pointers and sinking seven of eight free throws. Ethan Nunnery added 14 points in the victory. Hays as a team hit a season high 17 three pointers.

Coach Rick Keltner

Hays moves to 7-2 on the year and 3-0 in Western Athletic Conference. Garden City drops to 6-3 and 2-1.

The Indians move on to the Dodge City Tournament of Champions next Thursday where they will face state ranked Manhattan at 2:00 in the United Wireless Arena.

Kan. woman sentenced in theft of vehicle with 3-year-old inside

Posted on January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

Surveillance video of the the suspect-courtesy KCK Police

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for stealing a car from a Kansas City, Kansas, gas station as a 3-year-old girl slept in the back seat.

The Kansas City Star reports that 30-year-old Karri Reich was sentenced Friday for attempted kidnapping. She pleaded no contest to the charge last month in Wyandotte County District Court.

KSHB-TV station crew aboard a helicopter spotted the abandoned vehicle in nearby Tonganoxie about an hour after the July theft. Video showed the girl as she ran to an officer. Police say the girl wasn’t hurt but went to a hospital as a precaution.

A co-defendant seen on surveillance video pointing the car out before the theft was previously sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.

Drunken driver who killed Kansas deputy sentenced

Posted on January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A drunken driver who killed a Johnson County sheriff’s deputy will spend years in prison and then be deported.

The Kansas City Star reports 39-year-old Adrian Espinosa-Flores was sentenced Friday to 12.5 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed.

Prosecutors say Espinosa-Flores was driving a pickup truck that hit Master Deputy Brandon Collins’ patrol car in Overland Park in September 2016. The patrol vehicle was pushed into a vehicle Collins had pulled over. A fire broke out and three people in the vehicle were injured.

Espinosa-Flores pleaded guilty in October to reckless second-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery.

Tests found his blood-alcohol content after the wreck was .160, twice the legal limit in Kansas.

Espinosa-Flores was in the country illegally and will be deported after prison.

Police: Kan. burglary suspect tried to run over security guard

Posted on January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

SEDGWICK COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a burglary and asking for help to identify a suspect.

Just after 5:30a.m. Thursday, police responded to report of a burglary that had just occurred at Sutherlands in the 2200 Block of North Amidon in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson. At the scene, a 22-year-old security employee told police he was checking the business as part of his responsibilities and located a suspicious late ‘90s to early 2000s single-cab pickup with Kansas tags 309 FVL.

The truck had a large dent on the right rear bumper, stock, silver wheels and was occupied by an unknown suspect identified as 40-50-year-old white male with a grey mustache and approximately 6-foot tall. The man attempted to strike the security employee with the vehicle while fleeing the scene, according to Davidson.

Investigators determined forced entry had been made into the business and heaters had been stolen. In addition, detectives learned the tags on the truck had been reported stolen, according to Davidson.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Wichita Police.

Hill City at Ellis (Watch or Listen LIVE)

Posted on January 12, 2018January 11, 2018

Hill City at Ellis (Girls)
6:00pm Tipoff

Hill City at Ellis (Boys)
7:30pm Tipoff

Click below to listen: