Junction City police have identified the victim in a Sunday afternoon shooting case as 44-year old Jay M. Henning. An autopsy is scheduled in the case on Tuesday in Topeka. But police said no foul play is suspected at this time.
Police had said they responded to 2714 Elm Creek Drive at 5:36 p.m. Sunday concerning a subject with a gunshot wound to the head. Officers located the victim, now identified as Henning, deceased on the front porch of the residence.
SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Salina County are investigating a burglary at the Flying J Travel Plaza on North Ohio in Salina.
Police arrested a man and woman early Sunday morning after being caught in the process of taking items from a construction storage unit at the location.
Police say Lenn Farley, 26, Warrior Alabama, was found inside the storage unit and Jennifer Kirwin, 36, Manhattan, was found outside near the unit.
Officers found the pair in possession of a Flying J reward cards, a $25 pair of pliers, and a drain cover.
Kirwin was arrested and charged with burglary. Farley was charged with burglary, theft, and obstruction for resisting arrest.
The Corps of Engineers reported that as of 1 p.m. Monday they have been directed to reduce the outflow from the lake from 2,000 cubic feet of water per second down to 25 cubic feet per second. The lake is now about eight feet above normal level, and the change in outflow is expected to mean that will increase by another foot by Thursday.
Officials are hopeful they can once again be able to release more water on Thursday. Right now 3,520 cubic feet of water per second is coming into the lake from the Republican River.
The reduction in outflow is being done to help avoid problems on the Missouri River.
Junction City Police Department officers will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols throughout the city on Friday night and Saturday morning June 19 and 20. According to Captain Dan Breci there will be additional patrol cars on the streets to detect and deter drunk driving.
The patrols are designed to identify intoxicated drivers.Those motorists stopped for traffic violations who are suspected of intoxication, will be given on-site field sobriety test. Confirmed impaired drivers will be arrested.
Breci said the purpose of the patrols is not to harass motorists, but increase overall motorists safety.
A two-vehicle accident on I-70 Saturday near mile marker 301 near Fort Riley’s Marshall Army Airfield resulted in three people going to Geary Community Hospital.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department reported that Steven Weber, Junction City, was westbound on the interstate when his Dodge Ram struck a large piece of debris in the roadway and lost control of the vehicle. the pickup truck left the highway, went into the median and entered the eastbound lanes of ravel. Kevin Cahoon, White City, was traveling eastbound in a Dodge Caliber and collided with the Dodge Ram. Three patients were transported to GCH for non-life threatening injuries.
An earlier report had indicated that four people were taken to the hospital, but three is the correct number of patients transported.
MANHATTAN – A Lightning strike on Sunday is blamed for significant damage to a home in Manhattan.
The Manhattan fire department responded just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday to a fire at a home in the 400 Block of Brookridge Drive
Upon arrival, crews found the single family dwelling with light smoke showing from the structure.
The fire reached a second alarm, due to weather in the area causing other emergency calls, before it was contained within approximately 20 minutes.
The single story single-family dwelling owned by Luke and Kennedy Rogers, was unoccupied at the time of the fire. Loss is estimated at $20,000 to contents and $80,000 to the structure.
The fire cause is listed as accidental due to a lightning strike according to officials.
Junction City police responded to 2714 Elm Creek Drive at 5:36 p.m. Sunday for a subject with a gunshot wound to the head.
According to Detective Sergeant Trish Giordano a 44-year old man was found deceased on the front porch of the residence. His name is being witheld pending notification of family.
Giordano reported that public is not believed to be in danger.
A death investigation is under way. An autopsy will be done Tuesday in Topeka.
The Junction City Police Department Tour Log report released on Sunday morning contained information on two damage to property incidents reported Saturday night.In both cases vehicle windows appeared to have been shot out.
One of those incidents occurred at 1148 South Jackson Street and was reported at 10:19 p.m. The other was at 429 Oak Street and was reported at 9:59 p.m.
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The JCPD reported arrests in other seperate cases on probable cause allegations.
–Di Wu. 34, from state of California, Domestic Battery
–Kenneth Lamar Love Jr., 19, Junction City, Driving While License Suspended / Speeding / No Insurance
–and Duran Cole LaPointe, 21, Junction City, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, No Driver’s License, Expired Registration.
According to the National Weather Service of Topeka, scattered showers with a few thunderstorms are possible today as skies this afternoon are partly to mostly cloudy 
with warming temperatures in the lower 80s. For this evening, the chance for showers and thunderstorms increases in response to the slow moving disturbance passing through northeast Kansas. Brief heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding, but do not expect widespread flooding concerns. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected once again Monday afternoon and evening as a frontal boundary tracks through the area. While the slow moving disturbance is expected to exit late Tuesday, a series of additional disturbances will quickly pass through the central plains, bringing continued chances for scattered thunderstorms through next weekend
Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning…then scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 82. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Tonight: Thunderstorms likely. Lows around 68. Southwest winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Monday: Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Highs around 78. West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night And Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
Thursday Night And Friday: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
Saturday: Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
TOPEKA–The Kansas Department of Commerce Office of Minority and Women Business Development is accepting nominations for Kansas minority and/or women owned businesses, advocates, young entrepreneurs and corporations. These nominations celebrate Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, and nominees will be recognized at the annual Kansas Minority and Women Business Awards Luncheon to be held on Oct. 13 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka.
“Minority Enterprise Development Week offers us the opportunity to recognize the many outstanding minority and women owned businesses in our state,” said Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George. “These businesses make Kansas a better place to live and work by creating jobs and giving back to their communities.”
The deadline to nominate a business or individual is Friday, July 17. Online nomination forms can be accessed at KansasCommerce.com/MEDweek. To request a hard copy of the form, please contact Rhonda Harris at rharris@kansascommerce.com or (785) 296-3425. All forms submitted by mail must be postmarked by July 17. Forms can be mailed to Rhonda Harris, Office of Minority and Women Business Development, Kansas Department of Commerce, 1000 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 100, Topeka, KS 66612; faxed to (785) 296-3490; or emailed to rharris@kansascommerce.com.
The Office of Minority and Women Business Development provides assistance in business management, identifying resources for financing and establishing contacts in the public and private sectors. The office is responsible for certifying minority- and women-owned businesses as small disadvantaged businesses for procurement and subcontracting opportunities.
A list of 2014 winners follows.
2014 Women-Owned Businesses of the Year
· RFB Construction Co. Inc. – Pittsburg (Construction Firm)
· Global Aviation Technologies, LLC – Wichita (Manufacturing Firm)
· New Birth Company, LLC – Overland Park (Professional Service Firm)
· Prairiebrooke Arts – Overland Park (Retail Firm)
· R Wilson Chiropractic Center, PA – El Dorado (Service Industry Firm)
· Premier Promotions, LLC – Leawood (Supplier/Distributor Firm)
2014 Minority-Owned Businesses of the Year
· Agua Fina Irrigation & Landscape, LLC – Kansas City (Construction Firm)
· MASS Medical Storage, LLC – Lenexa (Manufacturing Firm)
· Chelsoft Solutions Co. – Olathe (Professional Service Firm)
· Tequilas Mexican Grill – Garden City (Retail Firm)
· God’s Distribution Enterprises, LLC dba Goin’ Postal – Kansas City (Service Industry Firm)
· Evolv Solutions, LLC – Overland Park (Supplier/Distributor Firm)
2014 Women Business Advocate
· Bonnie Fullinwider, Beechcraft Corporation – Wichita
2014 Minority Business Advocate
· Carol Wei, Mid-America Asian Culture Association – Olathe
2014 Young Entrepreneur
· Daryl Bugner, Design Brilliance, LLC – Lawrence
2014 Corporation of the Year
· KCP&L – Kansas City