LOGAN — A domestic disturbance in Logan turned into an active shooter incident early Monday morning in Logan and the arrest of a 45-year-old Logan man, according to the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office.
In a news release on social media, the sheriff’s office reported dispatchers received a call at approximately 3:50 a.m. of an active shooter incident at 101 N. Franklin in Logan.
Deputies determined the incident began as a domestic dispute and that the victim was able to exit the residence without injury. Shots were fired inside and outside the residence prior to officers arriving on the scene.
A perimeter was established, and assistance was requested from the Kansas Highway Patrol Emergency Services Unit. Logan USD 326 was notified of the incident at approximately 5:30 a.m. in order to implement security protocols.
There was no immediate danger to schools or the community, law enforcement officials said in the release.
The suspect — Troy Kitzke, 45, Logan — was taken into custody without incident at approximately 8:30 a.m. He has been booked into the Phillips County jail with pending charges of domestic battery, aggravated assault, criminal threat and unlawful discharge of a firearm. Kitzke is being held on $70,000 bond.
Fort Hays State University’s Office of Admissions and the Office of Financial Aid invite high school seniors from Ellis county to an evening of college and financial aid preparation from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in Picken Hall on the FHSU campus.
The event allows for one-on-one, personalized help to answer questions about college applications, financial aid, housing and getting involved on campus.
Knights of Columbus Council #11492 in Munjor will be hosting their Annual Stag on Tuesday, Nov. 13, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Ellis County Fair Grounds Unrein Building.
Tickets for the event are available by calling David at 785-623-0094
Hays KHC Humanities discussion for the documentary film ‘Kansas: An Eclogue’.
PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Leo Oliva (host)
Patrick Ross (Co-Director of Kansas: An Eclogue)
Lil Grizz
Angela Bates
Kenneth McClintock
Barbara Shelton
Chuck Bonner
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say things went from bad to worse for a suspect in a hit-and-run crash in Kansas City, Kansas.
Officers were working a H&R Accident at 75th & State. When they were talking to the suspect he had a list of names on his arm, turns out to be buyers of his products – marijuana, shrooms, & ecstasy. pic.twitter.com/QIxyuZapYI
Police Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted Sunday afternoon that he had a list of names on his arm that turned out to be buyers of marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and ecstasy. Police also tweeted a picture of the drugs in glass mason jars.
Things are fixing to get “hairy” at the Hays Police Department. Thirty officers have joined the fight against cancer and are participating in No-Shave November. Go to https://no-shave.org/team/HaysPD to help support the cause.
Chief Don Scheibler shaved off his “Cop Stache” in preparation for No-Shave November. This month, the department also will be sharing the Top 10 cop mustaches of all time.
Mary Lee Casey, age 95, of Weslaco, TX, (formerly of Grainfield) died Friday, November 2, 2018, in Scottsbluff, NE. She was born January 16, 1923 in Lawrence County, MO to Jamie and Bertha (Brooks) Johnson. She grew up and went to school in Missouri. Mary married David Edward Casey on December 17, 1942 in Albuquerque, NM. They had one son, Douglas.
During World War II, she traveled with her husband to New Mexico, South Dakota, Florida, and Georgia.
She moved to Grainfield in 1945 and that remained her home until 2007, when she moved to Texas. She was a faithful member of the United Methodist Church in Grainfield. In earlier years, she worked with the Red Cross, American Cancer Society and the Gove County Mental Health Association.
In 1989, she started spending her winters in Texas, where she was very active in sports. She tutored in a school, was a lay leader and sang in the choir in Leisure World Retirement Park Church.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, David, son, Douglas Casey, brothers: Ray, Carol, and Ron Johnson: and sister, Jill Thomas.
Survivors include her grandchildren: Jon Casey of Loveland, CO and Julie (Milo) Cardenas of Bridgeport, NE, six great grandchildren, brother-in-law, Art Thomas, Fairfield, CT, several nieces and nephews, and her beloved friend and companion, Lloyd Walker, St. Charles, LA, and many friends in Kansas and Texas.
Funeral service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Grainfield United Methodist Church. Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to service time at the church. Interment in Grainfield Cemetery. Memorials: Grainfield United Methodist Church and Youthville, Newton, KS in care of Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, P.O. Box 221, Oakley 67748.
Miriam L. Wilborn passed away November 4, 2018 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 29, 1950, to Oswald and Hazel Schremmer at St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Virgil L. Schremmer, two nephews, Shawn Schremmer and Kevin Wilborn.
Survivors include husband, Keith Wilborn, of the home. Children, Brian (Cindy) Wilborn of Hoisington, Krista (Ben) Brewer of Hoisington and Kari (Chad) Bloomer of Ottawa, KS. Nine grandchildren, Hannah (Colton) Lagerman of Altanta, GA, Madison Wilborn of Hays, KS, Nolan Wilborn, Hoisington. Avery Brewer and Livvy Brewer of Hoisington. Chandler Bloomer of Great Bend, Chase Bloomer and Boston Bloomer of Ottawa, KS. Sister, Marcia Schremmer of Hoisington.
Miriam’s civic interest was very obvious. She was past president of the Hoisington Chamber of Commerce, past president of Chamber Ambassador Club, past president of Hoisington Business Professional Women organization, member of V.F.W. Auxillary. She was very active in St. John Catholic Church and parish council.
Her professional endeavors included 28 years as a professional Real Estate agent. She worked with Keenan Real Estate and later Keller Real Estate Inc. until her retirement in April 2015.
In her spare time, she enjoyed working her beautiful flower garden and relaxing with her friends on a weekly bowling league. Miriam was also a big supporter of her grandchildren in both their academic and athletic accomplishments.
Friends may call 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with family to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m., and
Vigil and Rosary at 7 p.m., all at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30a.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Anselm Eke. Burial will follow in St. John Catholic Cemetery, Hoisington.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Kans for Kids or The Clara Barton Foundation c/o Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Marvin J. Rupp, 88, Hays, died Sunday, November 4, 2018 at HaysMed.
He was born March 25, 1930 in Schoenchen, the son of Andrew and Adeline (Rupp) Rupp. He was a graduate of Hays High School in 1948 and was united in marriage to Shirley A. Rupp on October 9, 1950 in Hays. They celebrated 68 years of marriage. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the third degree Knights of Columbus Council #1325, and the Senior Companion Program.
Marvin was a farmer, dairyman and cattleman and sold and installed dairy equipment. He loved wheat and other crops, and while farming, he received the outstanding farmer award for conservation. He was the co-owner of Ellis County Implement and a custom cutting business, and the owner and operator of Rupp Dairy Farm and Ellis County Dairy Supply. He was a jack of all trades, could fix anything, built houses, was innovative, and always served others. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and storyteller, and he enjoyed genealogy, vegetable gardening, and welding animals out of stainless steel. He had a strong faith in God and often said, “Don’t forget to pray”.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, of the home in Hays, a son; Andrew Rupp and wife Kathy of Hays, a daughter; Amy Perez and husband Leonel of Wichita, a daughter-in-law; Elaine Rupp of Hays, a sister; Blanche VonLintel of Hays, eight brothers and sisters-in-law; Connie Wallace, Ron Rupp and wife Marie, Fred Rupp and wife Alicia, Bernie Rupp and wife Dottie, Marlene McGuire, Mary McNamara and husband Mike, Stan Rupp, and Larry Rupp and wife Marq, ten grandchildren; Stephen Rupp, Thomas Rupp, Jonathon Rupp and wife Amanda, Dr. Aaron Rupp, Matthew Applequist, Alex Perez, Vanessa Rupp, Elizabeth Rupp and fiancé Kyle Goetz, Annaka Applequist, and Isabella Perez, two great grandchildren; Ivan Rupp and Amelia Rupp, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son; Stephen Rupp in 1996, an infant daughter; Karen Rupp, and four brothers; Michael M. Rupp, Henry “Hank” Rupp, Francis “Frannie” Rupp, and an infant brother Harland Rupp.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th Street, with Fr. Fred Gatschet officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 on Tuesday, and from 10:00 am until 10:45 on Wednesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 5:30 pm and a vigil service will be at 6:30 pm followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:00 pm, all on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to TMP-Marian High School, the Senior Companion Program, or St. Joseph Church, in care of the funeral home. Condolences and memories of Marvin may be shared with the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Margaret K. “Margie” Colbert, 80, passed away November 2, 2018 in Hays.
She was born January 2, 1938 to Alonzo Richard and Alice Olive (Clark) Bell. She married Alvin Roy Colbert, October 28, 1956.
Survivors: husband, Alvin; son, Stanley Alvin, Colbert of New London, Iowa; daughter, Janet Katherine (John) Scott of Riverside, Rhode Island; two grandchildren; and sister, Wilda Winthe Mattke of McPherson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister Bernice Fountain.
Moderate Republican Rep. Steve Becker of Buhler lost his primary in August, but he hasn’t conceded his Kansas House seat to his conservative challenger just yet. He’s mounting a write-in campaign.
State Rep. Steve Becker, a Republican from Buhler, tries to convince people on the streets of Hutchinson, Kansas to write in his name in the general election. BRIAN GRIMMETT / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
Two years ago, when Becker was elected to his third term, a slew of moderate Republicans won seats in the Kansas House. Democrats made equally substantial gains. The Legislature shifted significantly toward the center.
The Senate isn’t up this year, but conservative candidates and political groups are trying to reclaim some of the more than two dozen House seats they lost in 2016.
A rare write-in campaign
In this summer’s GOP primary, conservative Paul Waggoner beat Becker by a measly nine votes in the 104th District.
The 22 votes written in for Becker on Democratic ballots, according to The Hutchinson News, didn’t count in the partisan primary. But with no Democrat running, Democratic voters could push Becker over the top in the general election.
“He’s just a really nice person and he believes in people,” said Riley Withrow, himself a Democrat. “And I believe that he will look out for his constituents more than Paul Waggoner will.”
Withrow grabbed a yard sign from Becker’s booth at the October Third Thursday event in Hutchinson.
Becker was there with a group of supporters working to convince passersby to fill in his name on the Nov. 6 ballot. They handed out leaflets with instructions on how to do it and the tagline, “Don’t write him off, write him in!”
“It seems to me that everybody in my district ought to have a vote on who their representative is, not just Republicans,” Becker said.
He says Paul Waggoner is just too conservative.
Waggoner, on the other hand, calls Becker a “RINO”: Republican In Name Only.
“You know, maybe identity theft is not only about finances, it’s also about politics,” Waggoner said.
He says Becker’s views are too far left and out of step with most of this central Kansas district.
During the primary campaign, he sent out mailers against Becker, including one with a picture of a bucking donkey labeled with the incumbent’s name in large letters.
“We had pin the tail on the Democrat,” Waggoner explained.
Political action committees are postcarding
The Kansas Chamber and Americans For Prosperity Kansas — political groups that advocate for lower taxes and smaller government — have also spent tens of thousands of dollars on mailers, door knocking, and online ads, including more than $2,000 for Waggoner, in an effort to oust moderates.
A Kansas Chamber PAC expenditure report from August 2018.
The Chamber’s political action committee endorsed candidates in GOP primaries for seven seats that moderates took two years ago. Their candidates won six of those primaries.
“I just think this is more, in a lot of these districts, just reverting back to the political mean,” Waggoner said.
Republican Rep. Joy Koesten of Leawood was one of those moderates who unseated a conservative in 2016 and then lost this August. But she doesn’t think her defeat is an indication of the direction her Johnson County district is leaning.
“I think what happened this year is that the ultra-conservatives had two good years to try to figure out who was the most vulnerable in the Republican caucus,” she said.
Now the conservative candidate in the 28th District, Kellie Warren, has serious competition from Democrat Brian Clausen for Koesten’s seat.
63 general election races for House seats, many could be close
There are at least a dozen competitive matchups between conservatives and Democrats in legislative districts across the state.
It also includes three districts where Democrats are now vying for seats held by first-term moderates who the Chamber’s candidates knocked off in August. Thosecandidates have been endorsed by the Mainstream Coalition, which advocates for greater health care access, public school funding, and gun control.
In a couple of races, trouble for Republican nominees have spelled opportunity for Democrats. The GOP has withdrawn its support for Michael Capps in the 85th District in Wichita amid allegations he abused his foster children, giving Democrat Monica Marks a chance. In Olathe’s 26th District, Democrat Deann Mitchell is running against Republican Adam Thomas. Thomas was arrested and charged for election fraud following allegations that he falsified information about his residency on his candidate filing.
“This election will be a measure of how engaged people truly are and whether or not they’re paying attention to the policies that were created in 2016 and 2017 and whether or not they want to stay the course or go back to the Brownback era,” Koesten said.
Outcomes will matter
The margins are razor thin. On the last day of the legislative session this spring, the House deadlocked 59 to 59 on a bill that would have marked a return to cutting taxes.
Of course, who controls the Legislature won’t be the only factor determining which direction Kansas goes. Who is governor will matter too. And voters across the state have a lot on their minds in deciding.
“I really don’t see myself voting for anybody who doesn’t support gun rights and who is for abortion,” said Kansas State University student Ryan Bare.
“Education and health care are usually pretty important for us,” Trista Crawford said as she stood along the sidelines of the Overland Park Fall Fest parade.
CREDIT BRIAN GRIMMETT / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
If Democrat Laura Kelly comes out on top in the governor’s race, the 2019 legislative session could see another attempt at Medicaid expansion. If it’s conservative Republican Kris Kobach, lawmakers will likely fight over spending and tax cuts.
That one legislative race could matter in determining the eventual outcomes on those issues is a big reason why Becker is mounting an improbable write-in campaign to keep his House seat.
LOGAN — A domestic disturbance in Logan turned into an active shooter incident early Monday morning in Logan and the arrest of a 45-year-old Logan man, according to the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office.
