Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Interstate 70, mile marker 302 westbound Friday morning for a single vehicle versus deer accident.
Fale Spurlock, Topeka, was traveling west when a deer ran out in front of his vehicle. Spurlock was not injured.
Junction City police are reporting the arrest of three men on multiple allegations.
They have reported that Cody Grant Steinkruger, 20, Christian Tyler Hall, 21, and William Thomas Govoni, 22, all of Junction City have been arrested on suspicion of Criminal Damage to Property in three cases, and suspicion of Aggravated Battery in one case.
Steinkruger was also arrested on one count of suspicion of Making A False Report.
The arrests occurred Friday afternoon at 610 Goldenbelt Boulevard on the south side of the city.
Following Friday’s POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony in Heritage Park Quilts of Valor were awarded to 14 veterans in front of the Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The 14 recipients included Jordan “Jay” Lindsey, Robert J. 
Stoddard, Lonnie Crockett, David R. Sites, Samuel Kleinbeck, Kevin L. Walker, Michael Amidon, Thelma M. Guice, Servendo (Kiko) Silva, Jerry Ray Lovett, Logan Martin, David Wesley, Dennis Shumate and John T. Bondacorda.
Donna Martinson, QOV Chairman explained that each veteran that is awarded a quilt has their own story.
“When you’re awarding a quilt to an individual, you know that their story is very, very special. There is a lot of honor to being able to say ‘Thank you, we are grateful for what you did and we want you to know that your service is honored,'” said Martinson.
Through the Quilts of Valor Project over 80 quilts have been presented to veterans from the surrounding area. Once complete Martinson said they hope to award 125 Quilts of Valor.
Quilts of Valor are made by local quilter’s as a way of honoring service members who have been touched by war. The Quilts are intended to help with comforting and healing.
The annual POW/MIA Recognition Day program was held Friday in Heritage Park in front of the Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The ceremony included the traditional table setting ceremony,
reading of names of Kansas POW/MIA, a 21 gun salute and the playing of Taps.
This years guest speaker was Donna Martinson, Chairman of the Quilts of Valor Project.
She said of the ceremonies conducted during the recognition ceremony,”remind’s us that those that are missing, or that are prisoners of war, are not and will not be forgotten.”
There are still 24 military service members and one civilian from Kansas who remain missing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating longtime Pentagon official Eric Fanning to be the Army’s new secretary. If confirmed, Fanning would be the nation’s first openly gay leader of a military service.
Obama says Fanning brings years of experience and leadership to the role. He says in a statement that he’s confident Fanning will lead U.S. soldiers with distinction.
Fanning is currently the Army’s acting under secretary and has served as the Air Force’s acting secretary and chief of staff to the Defense secretary.
The nomination comes as the Obama administration works to eliminate barriers to military service based on sexuality or gender.
Fanning’s nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. He would replace John McHugh, who has said he plans to step down no later than November 1.
Those planning on attending tonight’s home football game between the Junction City Blue Jays and Shawnee Heights may want to go a little early due to increased security measures.
According to a press release from the Executive Director of 
Communications at USD 475, Hugh Davis, additional safety measures will be put in place. The release stated,”We want to be proactive in implementing measures to assure the safety and security of our patrons.”
It goes on to encourage those planning to attend tonight’s game to come a little early, stadium gates open at 5 pm.
The Flint Hills Regional Council has announced the hiring of Jennifer Jordan to fill the position left open following the departure of Jeff Adams this past June.
Jordan is a native of the Flint Hills Region and is a Graduate of 
Council Grove High School and Kansas State University.
Gary Stith, FHRC Executive Director explained that Jordan has 19 years of planning experience in the St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
“Her primary experience is in housing projects, housing programs, and economic development. Those are two areas that we really feel like are important for us to be able to provide capacity in and be able to help communities with,” said Stith.
Jordan’s first day on the job has been set for November 2nd.
The new Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley has included Public Partnerships in his new mission statement.
Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr. had the attention of the Flint Hills 
Regional Council Friday morning in Junction City after being asked about public partnerships. He explained that he’s currently adjusting the mission statement at Fort Riley and part of it does include working in the environment of the Joint Intergovernmental Multinational Environment.
“You’re the intergovernmental environment, so it’s in my mission statement now that we’re going to do that, and be better partners at that. I put it in the mission statement, it’s in there, that’s how important it is,” said Grigsby.
He went on to explain that he recently returned from an 17 month deployment to east Africa and it was all about working with intergovernmental environments.
“If we’re going to do it away, wouldn’t we do it here? It would kind of make sense.”
Possible partnerships include purchasing road salt in bulk, line striping roads, and other maintenance projects that Fort Riley and the surrounding communities could possibly work together on.
USD 475 Release:
Today ( Friday ) at Junction City Middle School students will flip their day. Instead of their regular curriculum classes they will be involved in classes centered around one-to-one technology. This is all due to the one-to-one initiative that has been implemented at the middle school level of USD 475. All 6th , 7th and 8th grade students are in the process of being provided their own laptop and/or tablet to blend traditional teaching methods with the technology tools of today. Parents had to sign a permission slip for students to obtain their laptop.
The 6th and 7th grade students at JCMS have already had their tech fair day. Today the 8th grade students will follow their regular core class schedule but learn about technology. During the encore (elective) time they are in the auditorium learning computer basics and digital citizenship. The day will wrap up with a Q&A session in the auditorium. This will complete the one-to-one implementation at the middle school level at JCMS.
A Red Cross Blood Drive began at the Junction City Municipal Building.
The blood drive ran until 6 pm Thursday and again Friday
from 8 am to 1 pm in the gymnassium of the Municipal Building.
According to the Red Cross the drive on Thursday came up short of their goal.
Friday’s goal is 67 units. Organizers reported to JC Post they have few appointments by donors for the day and are needing donors.
To schedule your appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (733-2767).