Reno County — A Kansas felon has been formally charged after an incident at a motel in Hutchinson.
Andes -photo Reno Co.
On February 12, Hutchinson police officers were called to the Sunflower Inn on the report of an armed subject. Two employees at the motel told police they were threatened by 37-year-old Marten Alan Andes and that he put them in fear for their safety.
According to police Andes also allegedly forced his girlfriend into a car at gunpoint and threatened to kill her and their 8-month-old child. He is accused of putting the gun to her head while making the threats.
During the incident, Andes fired the gun in the air a couple of times.
Andes remains jailed on a bond of $242,500 for aggravated kidnapping, criminal threat, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
He has nine previous convictions including aggravated robbery, aggravated arson, theft, burglary, weapons violations and for drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic Lady Celtics used a 9-0 run to end the first quarter and open the second quarter to build an eight-point with 5:45 to play in the first and they would never trail again on their way to a 53-37 win Thursday at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.
Rose McFarland postgame
The Monarchs opened the game with back-to-back threes from Jillian Lowe and Adell Riedel to go up 6-0 but the Celtics answered with a pair of threes of their own to tie the game at six. The two teams were tied two more times in the first quarter, including at 13-13 before the Celtics put together that 9-0 run.
In the second quarter Hutchinson-Trinity built a double-digit lead with 4:20 to play in the second before leading 29-19.
The Celtics opened the second half on a 6-0 run and outscored the Monarchs by 12 in the third quarter as they built on their double-digit lead on their way to the 53-37 win.
On Senior night Emily Schippers collected 12 points to lead the Monarchs and Trinity’s Olivia Shank lead all scorers with 22.
Game highlights
The loss ends the Monarchs’ eight-game win streak and drops them to 15-5 on the season. They will host Hoisington on Monday at 7 p.m.
Hutch-Trinity boys 74, TMP 54
The Hutch-Trinity boys opened the game on a 14-2 run and Kaleb Hammeke poured in a new season-high 32 points to lead the Celtics passed the TMP boys 74-54 Thursday at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.
Bill Meagher postgame
After jumping out to the 12-point first quarter lead Trinity went up by 15, at 22-7 with just under two minutes to play but TMP was able to cut the deficit to eight at the end of one when Ryan Stoecklein came off the bench and hit three straight threes.
Stoecklein, who missed much of the season with an ankle injury would re-injure it late in the first quarter and not return to the game.
The Celtics were able to build their lead back up to 12 on two separate occasions in the second quarter but the Monarchs never went away and a Jackson Schulte three-pointer coupled with a Ryan Karlin fast break bucket cut the Trinity lead to 36-30.
But every time the Monarchs made a run the Celtics had an answer. This time they outscored the Monarchs 16-2 over a five-minute stretch of the second and third quarters to go up 52-32.
A lead the Monarchs could never overcome as they fall 74-54.
Game highlights
Kaleb Hammeke, who committed to Fort Hays State this week, lead all scorers with 32 points and his brother Lucas added 17.
The Monarchs were led by Ryan Karlin who finished with 12 points. Fellow senior Jack Johnson finished with seven points, nine rebounds and five blocks.
TMP drops to 10-11 on the season and will host Lyons in the first round of sub-state Tuesday.
EDMOND, Okla. – Brady Werth scored 22 points, Jared Vitztum added 15 and hit a key 3-pointer with less than a minute to play to lift Fort Hays State to a 69-66 win over Central Oklahoma Thursday night at Hamilton Fieldhouse. Devin Davis came off the bench to add 13 as the Tigers (16-9, 10-6 MIAA) moved into sole possession of fourth place in the MIAA and clinched a spot in next month’s MIAA Tournament.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
FHSU, who played most of the game without Marcus Cooper who’s was sidelined wth an ankle injury, trailed by five at halftime and were down eight early in the second half before a 10-0 run capped by a Jared Vitztum three put them up 43-41. UCO (10-15, 3-13 MIAA) scored the next seven to go up five but a 7-0 FHSU run put them up 50-48.
The two teams would exchange baskets before a 7-0 run by the Tigers put them up 67-61 with 34 seconds to play.
After a couple of Brady Werth free throws pushed the lead to 69-63 with 28 seconds to play, the Bronchos got a three from Adarius Avery to pull within three.
The Tigers turned the ball over in the back court but Josh Holliday missed a wide open corner three. Avert had a chance to tie the game following a missed Kyler Kinnamon free throw but his 75-foot have at the horn bounced off the backboard.
Avery led all scoring with a career-high 36 points.
Hays High visited Dodge City on Thursday night. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was rescheduled due to winter weather. Both this game in Dodge City and Friday Night’s game versus Abilene counted towards sub-state tournament records.
The Hays girls will host Kapaun next Wednesday to open up postseason while the boys will be on the road to Salina Central next Thursday.
Both teams will finish the regular season with senior night against Abilene tomorrow night.
Girls
Hays 56 – Dodge City 49
A 7-0 run during first quarter put Dodge City in front 9-4 as the Indians made just two of their first ten shots. Hays trailed much of the first half and nearly the entire second quarter. However, the Indians stayed in the game despite shooting just 29% in the first half. Hays tied the game four different times before taking the lead on an Isabel Robben layup with five seconds left in the second quarter. The basket gave the Indians a 26-24 lead at halftime.
Highlights
Hays trailed just once in the second half. Leading by five in the early stages of the third quarter Hays saw Dodge City go on a 8-2 run to regain the lead at 32-31. Hays though answered right back on a 7-0 run to grab the lead for good in the third quarter. Though the Indians did not trail again, doesn’t mean things were easy. Hays led by six early in the fourth quarter before the Red Demons scored six straight points to tie the game at 41 with 5:15 left in the game. Hays scored the next ten points of the game with the help of full court pressure that forced four straight turnovers. The ten point lead and free throw shooting provided enough cushion to win 56-49.
Coach Alex Hutchins
The Indians finish second in the Western Athletic Conference at 6-2 and move to 13-6 overall. Savannah Schneider scores a team high 16 in the victory.
Boys
Dodge City 41 – Hays 37
Hays never trailed in the first half against Dodge City. Following game opening three pointers from each team, the Indians went on a 9-0 run to build their largest first half lead of 12-3. The Indians scored just eight points in the remaining ten minutes of the half. The Hays defense though kept Dodge City from doing much on their end of the offense. A 14-5 run tied the game for the Red Demons but it took 6:20 to do so. Hays outscored Dodge City 3-2 in the final ninety seconds of the half for a 20-19 halftime lead.
Highlights
Dodge City took their first lead of the second half after scoring first in the third quarter. Trailing 21-20 and 23-22 the Indians established a lead once again and lead 29-28 heading to the fourth quarter. Hays opened the fourth quarter with a Braiden Meyers three pointer and a three point play from Tradgon McCrae to build a seven point lead at 35-28.
The Indians would only score one more basket the rest of the game. The field goal with 4:10 left lifted Hays to a 37-33 advantage. Dodge City didn’t have much offense to close out the game but it was just enough. The Red Demons took the lead at 39-37 on their third three pointer of the quarter and seventh of the game. Hays still stood a chance in the final minute as Dodge City made just two of four free throws but the Indians couldn’t get a shot to go through the rim losing 41-37.
Coach Rick Keltner
Hays falls to 9-10 and finishes 4-4 in the WAC. Dodge City finishes the year at 11-9 and 4-4. Tradgon McCrae led the team with 16 points. The Indians will be at home on Friday for Senior Night against Abilene.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 17-year-old Olathe girl has been charged along with an adult suspect in the death of an Overland Park teenager.
Alan Hicks -photo Johnson Co. Sheriff
The girl was charged as a juvenile with first-degree felony murder in the January death of 17-year-old Ben Workman-Greco, who was fatally shot at his apartment. Prosecutors have filed notice that they will seek to have her tried as an adult.
Prosecutors allege Workman-Greco was killed during a robbery.
Her co-defendant, 21-year-old Alan MIchael Hicks, is charged in Johnson County District Court with first-degree felony murder. He was arrested in Las Vegas last week and booked into the Johnson County jail Wednesday night.
Hicks made his first court appearance Thursday. He’s being held on $1 million bond.
EDMOND, Okla. – Lanie Page scored 20 points and tied a career-high with nine rebounds to lead the fourth-ranked Fort Hays State women to a 70-48 win over Central Oklahoma Thursday night. Their victory coupled with a Washburn loss at Lindenwood locked up a share of the MIAA regular season title for the Tigers (14-1, 15-1 MIAA) and snapped a three-game Hamilton Fieldhouse losing streak.
Tony Hobson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
The Tigers took control with a 32-13 run during the second and third quarters and led by as many as 19 in the second half.
UCO (15-11, 6-10 MIAA) used a 12-0 run to pull within seven early in the fourth quarter but FHSU outscored the Bronchos 16-2 the rest of the way to seal the victory.
Page went 7-for-15 from the floor including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc and hit both of her free throws. She also dished out two assists and blocked two shots.
Kacey Kennett added 14 points and nine rebounds. Belle Barbieri chipped in with 11 points and 10 boards while Tatyana Legette scored 11 points.
The Tigers can clinch the outright league title with a win at Northeastern State Saturday afternoon.
TOPEKA – While there has been attention in the media recently related to outbreaks of measles in multiple states, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) can verify that there are no current outbreaks of measles in Kansas. There have been five outbreaks of measles in the United States reported in 2019 in the following states: New York (three outbreaks, including one in New York City and two in other counties), Washington and Texas. These outbreaks are linked to travelers who brought measles back from other countries such as Israel and Ukraine, where large measles outbreaks are occurring.
“The majority of people who have developed measles in these outbreaks have not been vaccinated against measles, or have not completed the recommended measles vaccine series,” said KDHE Acting Secretary and State Health Officer Lee A. Norman, M.D. “While measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, measles is still common in many parts of the world including some countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Travelers with measles continue to bring the disease to the United States. Measles can spread in the United States when it reaches a community in this country where groups of people are unvaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages vaccination before traveling internationally,” said Dr. Norman.
Most people in Kansas are fully vaccinated against measles. To protect against the potential of outbreaks in the state and to protect those who are too young to be vaccinated or are unable to be vaccinated because of certain health conditions, KDHE encourages all people in Kansas to be fully vaccinated. The CDC recommends that children be vaccinated with a two-dose series of Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 – 15 months of age and an additional dose of MMR at 4 – 6 years of age. Other children and adolescents who have no history of vaccination are recommended to receive two doses of MMR at least four weeks apart. Adults born after 1957 who have no history of vaccination are recommended to receive one dose of MMR.
“When people get vaccinated, they are protecting themselves and their community. This concept is called herd immunity. It is an important reason for you and your family to get vaccinated — so you can help keep yourselves and your community healthy. Germs can travel quickly through a community and make a lot of people sick. If enough people get sick, it can lead to an outbreak. But when enough people are vaccinated against a certain disease, there are fewer germs in the communities, and when people are exposed to them, they are much less likely to become infected — and the entire community is less likely to get the disease,” said Dr. Norman.
Through herd immunity, even people who cannot get vaccinated will have some protection from getting sick. In this situation, if a person does get sick, there is less chance of an outbreak because it is harder for the disease to spread.
JEFFERSON COUNTY (AP) — A man already facing state charges of animal abuse is now facing federal charges, too.
Garcia -photo Jefferson Co.
A federal indictment announced Thursday charges 39-year-old Paul Garcia of Barnhart with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment alleges Garcia already had a felony record when he possessed a weapon on Sept. 14. No further details about that crime were released.
Garcia was charged earlier this month after a Jefferson County deputy found a small dog in a ditch and wrapped in tape. Fingerprints from the tape led police to Garcia, who allegedly told authorities he believed the animal was spying on him for police.
The dog recovered and was reunited with its owner.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY (AP) A man faces charges accusing him of binding a dog’s legs and mouth with tape and throwing the animal into a ditch, where it was found 12 hours later in the bitter cold.
Jefferson County Missouri Sheriff Dave Marshak on Thursday announced the arrest and charges against 39-year-old Paul Garcia of Barnhart. He is jailed on $50,000 bond on charges of animal abuse and armed criminal action.
The rescued black and brown dachshund, Jimmy, is improving.
The small dog was found early Saturday along Highway M. Marshak says electrical and duct tape was wrapped around Jimmy’s mouth and muzzle; the front legs were bound together by tape, as were the back legs.
A deputy found the dog. Authorities believe Jimmy had been at the spot for around 12 hours.
HARPER COUNTY—An earthquake shook portions of Kansas Thursday evening. The quake at 5:20p.m. measured a magnitude 3.2 and was centered approximately four miles east of Harper, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Image courtesy Kansas Geological Survey
This follows a series of seven small earthquakes Wednesday and again Thursday in Oklahoma including 2.8 magnitude quake near Oklahoma City.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Court documents say a former volunteer volleyball coach at the University of Kansas stole dozens of pairs of underwear from players and catalogued them in labeled plastic storage containers.
Yee -photo courtesy University of Kansas Athletiecs
Police affidavit released Wednesday says that a search of 23-year-old Skyler Yee’s home uncovered a 40-drawer clear plastic storage container. Drawers with underwear tucked inside were labeled with the names of current and former university players and one member of an under-18 volleyball league that he coached. The search also yielded other storage containers, shoes, bras and sex toys from “unidentified owners.”
Yee was charged this month with 15 counts, including burglary and theft. He resigned last month from his university coaching duties. Defense attorney Casey Meek said previously that Yee maintains his innocence.
Elton Earl Beougher, 78, Hays, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 at HaysMed.
He was born March 22, 1940 in Gove, Kansas, the son of Merlyn E. and Vivian V. (Smith) Beougher. He married Cecile Nola LaSalle on Aug. 21, 1960. She preceded him in death. He later married Wendy Morton on Sept. 30, 1994.
Elton graduated from Gove Consolidated Grade School in 1953, Gove Rural High School in 1957, Fort Hays State University in 1961 (BS) and 1964 (MS) and the University of Michigan in 1968 (PhD). He also attended Kansas State University and Winona State University in Michigan.
Elton taught junior and senior high school in Winona, Kansas, 1961-1964, senior high in Garden City, Kansas, 1964-1965, and college mathematics at Fort Hays State University, 1968-2000. He was a proud Tiger and proud of his association with FHSU. Elton served professionally as president and treasurer of the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics and chairman of the Kansas Section and Kansas Governor of the Mathematical Association of Mathematics.
Elton became a member of the Methodist Church in 1952 and accepted Christ as his personal savior in 1972. He served as a teacher and youth leader on many committees, drove the bus for the Kid’s Club, played in the Handbell Choir and sang in the Chancel Choir. He was an early member of the group Crossroads and had a passion for its music ministry.
Elton enjoyed history and nothing more than a day on the prairie with his metal detector. He was a past president of the Smoky Hill Trail Association and served on the board of historic Fort Hays for many years. Hunting, fishing, and traveling were his interests. He worked crosswords daily but gave up Sudoku after he constructed an algorithm to solve the puzzles. He read physics books for fun.
Elton’s family was dear to his heart. He is survived by his wife Wendy, daughter Tracea Collins and husband Alan and grandchildren Alexis and Robyn, son Timothy and wife Ronda and grandchildren Shelbie (Jason), Courtney (Adrian), Laci, Josie, Luke, and Levi; also Chandler Morton and grandchildren Aidan and Mason and Jeremy Morton and wife Carmon and grandchildren Coby, Cole, and Will, brother Marvin and wife Marilea, two great-grandchildren Brooks and Graves, and many special nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Loren and sister-in-law JoAnn, a sister Ima Lee Heier, and his wife Cecile.
The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church, 305 W. Seventh St., Hays, with Rev. Michael Rose officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in the Gove Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays and from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Monday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Hays First United Methodist Church or the Fort Hays State University Math Department for scholarships, in care of the funeral home.
Condolences and memories of Elton may be shared with the family at www.haysmemorial.com.
