PHILLIPS COUNTY — The Phillips County Sheriff’s Office reported the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a former sheriff’s department employee.
According to a social media report, Sheriff Charles Radabaugh learned of the allegations a couple of weeks ago. A deputy assigned to investigate the allegations against the former employee was also allegedly implicated.
Sheriff Radabaugh then contacted KBI and requested their assistance and they took over the investigation.
KBI agents have been in Phillips County and have interviewed witnesses.
“We expect them to return soon and complete their investigation,” according to the social media report. “Should the allegations prove to be true, appropriate personnel action will be taken and the case will be forwarded to the County Attorney for charges against the individuals.”
KANSAS CITY (AP) – A man has been charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and two others last year during a drug deal in Kansas City.
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Twenty-seven-year-old Deaundre Brown, of Kansas City, was charged Monday in a warrant with three counts of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Prosecutors say he killed his ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Yessenia Ahumada, along with 30-year-old Jennifer Zimmerman Portillo and her husband, Victor Portillo, in November.
A police detective wrote in the probable cause statement that a witness said Brown wanted to buy 20 pounds of marijuana from Portillo. But Portillo didn’t have that much and told Brown to return the next morning. Police say the shooting happened during that meeting.
The witness said Ahumada was to receive $2,000 for setting up what was supposed to be a $30,000 sale.
Shirley Anne Woodside, age 88, died on August 3, 2018 at Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born on November 5, 1929 in Quinter, Kansas the daughter of Leon and Adeline Cates Coleman.
On June 24, 1951 she married Forrest Woodside in Denver, Colorado. He preceded her in death on March 5, 2017.
Shirley is survived by her son, Eric Woodside of Ness City and three daughters, Georganne and Gail Melton of Andover, Holly and James Hertel of Bazine, and Paula and Jon Allen of Edmond, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Richard and Charles Coleman.
Funeral service will be held at the Cedar Village Care Center, Ness City on Friday, August 10, 2018, 10:00 A.M. followed by burial in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Kansas. Viewing will be held at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family present from noon until 6:00 P.M.
Memorial Contributions may be given to Praise Ranch, Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
Wilma Maxine (Jarvis) Zordel, age 84, passed away August 2nd, 2018 at Grisell Memorial Long-Term Care Unit a few blocks away from her longtime home in Ransom Kansas.
A come-and-go memorial service will be held October 13th and 14th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at her home in Ransom.
She was born in Arnold Kansas October 14th, 1933, she grew up in the Ness county area and graduated from Arnold High School in 1951. Wilma was a life-long member of the United Methodist Church in Ransom, Kansas. She worked at Grisell Memorial in her younger years as a Certified Medication Aide and lived as a homemaker raising her two children with her husband.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ethel, and her soulmate Walter Zordel Jr.
Wilma leaves behind her brothers, Keith Jarvis of Rolla, KS and Basil Jarvis of Bunker Hill, KS; her sister, Ramona Brooks of Saratoga, CA; her two children, Steve Zordel and Kelly Ancar; four grandchildren: Melissa Dible, Isaac North, Victoria Flax and James North, and ten great-grandchildren: Emerald, Lisa, Cora and Adam Dible; Destiny, Elizabeth, Anabelle and Alexander North; Maddix Randa and Xavier Flax.
By STACY CAMPBELL Cottonwood Extension Dist. Ag Agent
Agriculture producers should be scouting their grain sorghum fields now due to insects being detected in fields.
Chinch bug activity
Chinch bug populations continue to increase dramatically throughout much of Kansas. Adults are still active, mating, and ovipositing (laying eggs) in both the developing heads and around the base of plants. There are also large numbers of nymphs, mainly feeding in and around the base of plants, but some are on the developing kernels. There is really nothing that can be done about controlling second generation chinch bugs on large plants, it is difficult for contact insecticides to reach them because of their habit of hiding behind leaf sheaths.
Headworms in milo
“Headworm” activity
‘Headworms’, both fall armyworms and corn earworms, are showing up in many fields. On August 6th, there were all different sizes of larvae detected in milo heads in north central Kansas, according to Whitworth. Many fields are in the reproductive stages, so these ‘headworms’ will continue to be problematic in any field that is in the flowering to soft dough stage. Past research has indicted that ‘headworms’ may cause approximately 5% loss/worm/head. It is important to sample in a timely manner to detect these pests while they are still small, before most of the feeding damage has been done.
Corn leaf aphid activity
Corn leaf aphids (CLA) continue to cause considerable concern throughout north central Kansas as these populations are still very widespread and become more apparent as the heads start to extend out of the whorl. However, there are many beneficials present as well. CLA should have little to no negative impact on plant development or yield other than potentially a few individual plants.
Sugar cane aphid
Sugar Cane Aphid
Sugar Cane Aphids (SCA) have been confirmed in Barton Co. as well as other counties in the state. The numbers of SCA found in Barton Co. in fields is at a low numbers. It is important that you start scouting your milo fields at least weekly for the SCA. There are also a good number of beneficial insects in the milo fields, so it is hopeful that the aphids will not build-up to damaging levels.
myFields
If you would like to sign up to myFields which is a Multi-state monitoring effort using myfields.info to track SCA and to give you other insect information relative to Kansas. You can track county movement by visiting themyFields distribution map, or sign up for an account to receive an email alert when SCA has been detected in your area. There is other agronomy and insect related information on this sight and it is being updated on a regular basis with production information.
SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting, have made two arrests and are asking the public to help locate another person of interest for questioning.
Calhoun -photo Topeka Police
The Topeka Police Department would like to speak with 23-year-old Isaiah James Calhoun.
Just before 5:30p.m. August 16, police were dispatched to the 400 Block of SW Taylor in Topeka in the west alley in reference to several gunshots being heard and a man down in the alley, according to Lt. Robert Simmons.
Officers located the man identified as 20-year-old Gianni Sabastian Noriega of Topeka, with several apparent gunshot wounds and he was transported to a local hospital where he died.
Gayer -photo Shawnee Co.Alston -photo Shawnee County
On Sunday police arrested Brandon L. Gayer 18, in connection with the shooting. Late Monday morning, police reported a second suspect, 21-year-old John F. Alston, was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections as part of the investigation.
Calhoun is described as 5-foot-11, 150 pounds. Anyone with information on Calhoun or his whereabouts should call 911, according to police.
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man is suing after he was mistakenly diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and began planning his funeral.
52-year-old Pasquale Michael Fatino, of Pleasant Hill, filed the lawsuit against three doctors at ProPartners Healthcare, his former primary care clinic in Leawood, Kansas.
He says their misdiagnosis caused him and his family, including his 12- and 13 year-old children, unnecessary pain and suffering last year before a specialist told him he didn’t have a terminal cancer of his lungs and liver. The specialist said he probably had an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis, which could be treated with a common steroid.
An employee reached by phone at the clinic said they could not comment on Fatino’s case because of the pending litigation.
BELLEVILLE – Pam Hartsock, age 68, passed away at the Republic County Hospital on July 29, 2018. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband Leon Hartsock Sr. of the home; a son Cort Stewart of Tenn.; daughter Angie Faron of IL; step daughters Marsha Gardner of KS and Joy Bronson of NE; stepson Leon Dale Hartsock JR of NE; 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
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“Great things are done when a series of small things are brought together.” – Vincent Van Gough
You may have heard of a new co-working concept launched in August in downtown Hays called BriefSpace, https://www.briefspace.com/. It is a nonprofit organization associated with Grow Hays (formerly known as the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development). This co-working space is a best kept secret, and this is why:
• If you office from home, BriefSpace eliminates the distraction of combining your work area with your home & family space. In my case, it may have saved my marriage. More importantly, It eliminates the feeling of isolation you get when working from home.
• It is the lowest cost option to office outside of the home. It has all the amenities of a world class office space without the costs of paying for them yourself: 1 Gigabyte wireless internet speed, networked color printer, private meeting room/conferencing space and utilities to name just a few.
• All membership options are month-to-month commitments. If you know someone coming into Hays from out of town (or you just want to get out of the house for a few days a month), there are weekly and daily passes available.
However, the most overlooked benefit for making your office at a co-working space is the power of community. When different professionals and businesses come together under one roof, the results can be extraordinary.
If you are a start-up, there is free advice around almost every corner. If you are a service-based business, there are potential customers that may be right next to you. If you are thinking about starting a business, there are resources and people that can and want to help. Maybe you are between jobs and want the BriefSpace Executive-in-Residence to provide you with resume and interview tips.
If you simply want to join a thriving community of people that love to live and work in Hays, they will be there as well. I have been working out of BriefSpace for a few weeks now, and there is a positive energy that you feel when you step into the building. That energy will continue to build with every new member.
It is hard to explain, but you need to come down to 219 W. 10th in downtown Hays to experience it for yourself. Until Sept. 1, it is completely free to work or hold a meeting at BriefSpace. As the BriefSpace community grows, we will keep more of our talent local. We will launch more local businesses, and they will stay local. We will create more opportunities for existing local businesses to thrive. As Van Gough says, when these small things come together, great things will begin to happen for Hays and Ellis County.
I may not have grown up in Hays, but my love for this area is as much as if I did. I have been asked why I got involved in this project. The answer is simple: whatever little I can do to make sure my children’s children’s children call Ellis County home … I’m in. I hope to see you down here!
Tim Speno
Local Entrepreneur and BriefSpace Executive–in–Residence
If you want more info on the BriefSpace, please call 785-628-3102 or email [email protected]. You can also find us on Facebook.
By DIANE GASPER-O’BRIEN FHSU University Relations and Marketing
There should be a lot of gold seen across the Fort Hays State University campus this year.
Students lined up 45 minutes before the start of the 2018 back-to-school picnic Monday to check in and swarm the first booth in line at the annual event on the Quad.
It took just a little more than 28 minutes for personnel from the admissions office to distribute 500 gold TGOF shirts to promote the wearing of Tiger Gold on Friday.
“Fastest ever,” said Hugo Perez, assistant director of admissions. “We decided to set a stop watch this year. We were out of shirts at 28:25.”
The annual event began in the late 1980s as a way to welcome freshmen to campus. Now, 30 years later, the event immerses community members into the entire campus community, with several of the tables represented by businesses and organizations in town.
“It’s all about us supporting the community because the community supports us,” Dr. Tisa Mason said.
“I think it’s fantastic,” she said. “It’s a very symbiotic relationship to have the businesses and non-profits help our students understand and be aware of their role in supporting our university.”
Those relationships will continue to grow next week when students walk from campus to downtown Hays, taking part in an event called March2Main.
State Representative Eber Phelps of the 111th District, who grew up in Hays and is an FHSU alum, said he has enjoyed watching the communities of Hays and Fort Hays State become closer over the years.
“I’ve been coming to this picnic forever, and this has got to be the biggest crowd ever,” he said. “It’s great to see the community and campus connection here.”
“And,” he added, “how great is this for businesses and organizations – set up a booth and have 3,000 people walk by.”
While that number might have been a little high, the crowds were large nonetheless. Several hundred people were served a barbecue dinner, and many more browsed the Quad, checking out the booths and socializing.
A total of 169 campus organizations and clubs, city businesses and non-profits were represented. In addition to T-shirts, there were numerous other giveaways, including drawstring bags that could be packed with freebies such as pens and candy and cups – and all sorts of swag imaginable.
“My aunt is here on campus,” Bucklin freshman Hunter Hearne said of Robyn Brungardt, a financial aid advisor. “She told me to come today because there are lots of things to pick up.”
It wasn’t just freshmen who came to check out the booths.
Alicia Wondra from Buhler was busy guiding her 5-year-old daughter, Trysten, through the crowds. A non-traditional student, Wondra is in her second year at FHSU, seeking a degree in education with an emphasis in early childhood development.
Wondra’s parents, Korey and Leann Wondra, are both Fort Hays State graduates and spent their careers as teachers. That was part of the reason she chose FHSU to continue her education after working for several years after high school. The main reason, she pointed out, was because “it’s a better program than anywhere else. And everyone here is so friendly.”
Mason said that welcoming nature is something she has always enjoyed about FHSU and Hays. She was impressed Monday when two freshmen from Wichita approached her at the picnic, asking her if she was the new president.
“They shook my hand and said hello,” Mason said. “I was so pleased to see they felt comfortable enough to do that.”
The UWEC will digitize and distribute the Ellis County Community Resource Directory thanks to a grant from the Heartland Community Foundation and the Dane Hansen Foundation Strategic Doing.
UWEC
The United Way of Ellis County has received a $6,980 grant from Heartland Community Foundation to fund the digitizing and distribution of the Ellis County Community Resource Directory. This collaborative endeavor was through the Social Services Group of the Strategic Doing Initiative. This group is a collaborative effort of various social service entities in Ellis County who identified the need to have access to and provide access to community resources.
The Heartland Community Foundation grant will be used to develop an app for first responders, social and human service entities and individuals to be able to have contact information for referral of services. The United Way of Ellis County will be overseeing completion of the project.
Abigail Crandall, Regional Operations Manager for KANSASWORKS said “KANSASWORKS Hays staff are excited about the new Ellis County Community Resource Directory app. Having this directory available in an app form will allow our staff and customers to have access to the most current information on housing, transportation and other community resources when they need it most.”
Pam Greenleaf, individual community volunteer said “All people in our community, no matter their background or social status, can come to points of need, seeking resources they aren’t familiar with – whether childcare, relationship help, counseling services, food assistance, or more. I care about these social needs being met in our community. It is easy to assume more resources are needed in certain areas, but the first step in adequately meeting needs is to be effectively using the resources and services in Ellis County and promote collaboration among our county’s social services and support area agencies and programs in reaching the people they have a heart to serve.”
Heartland Community Foundation builds stronger communities and improves the quality of life for all residents of our region. Each year, the foundation distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars through grants and scholarships, helping thousands of donors achieve their philanthropic goals and many nonprofits carry on their good work. The Heartland Community Foundation is an affiliate foundation the Greater Salina Community Foundation which is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit public charity.
The United Way of Ellis County is accepting donations for their current campaign to assist nonprofit service agencies. For more information on how you can support their community efforts, please visit www.liveunited.us or call 785-628-8281.
According to a social media report, Sheriff Charles Radabaugh learned of the allegations a couple of weeks ago. A deputy assigned to investigate the allegations against the former employee was also allegedly implicated.
