Junction City Public Works Director Ray Ibarra has announced that there will be no trash / garbage pick-up by the City of Junction City on Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
However, trash / garbage pick-up will be picked up the next work day. For example the Monday pick-up day will be Tuesday, and the Tuesday pick-up will be moved to Wednesday.
In order to ensure pick-up your trash should be set out by 6 a.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Smoky Hill River on the south side of Junction City until late Sunday night.
The flood stage is 22 feet. Minor flooding was occurring on Thursday and is forecast. At 22.0 feet the water spreads over the north and south banks of the river and nearby lowlands flood.
Bob Shefelton provided a facebook photo of the farmland just south of the river and near U.S. 77 that was covered by water. He also provided a photo of water to the east.
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies responded to U.SZ. 77 and Cedar Road for a single vehicle possible injury accident at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Steven Rodgers, Mlford, was driving his 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 when the vehicle went left of center, overcorrected, entered a ditch and struck a guide wire and fiber optic box. Rodgers was evaluated on scene by EMS.
A high-speed pursuit wound through three counties and two cities Thursday night before it finally ended with the arrest of two Topeka residents on U.S. 77 Highway south of Junction City just after 8:30 p.m.
The JCPD is reporting the arrest of 28-year old Cody James Sweigart and 31-year old Amanda Joy Bushue both of Topeka on multiple counts including Aggravated Assault on LEO, Flee or Attempt to Elude LEO by Engaging in Reckless Driving, Interference with LEO, Criminal Possession of Weapon by Felon, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Stolen Property and Possession of Marijuana. Sweigert was arrested on suspicion of Driving While Suspended and Bushue on suspicion of Possession of Stimulant.
The arrests occurred after law enforcement pursued the suspects in Geary, Riley and Dickinson counties at speeds ranging from 50 up to 115 miles per hour. At one point the pursuit went into Riley County and then back through Junction City up 6th Street past the movie theater, west onto U.S. 77 and back south to I-70. Later officers pursued the suspect’s silver Nissan onto Marshall Street in Chapman and through that community before going back onto rural roads in Dickinson and Geary Counties before going north on U.S. where a tire on the suspect’s vehicle began smoking and the chase eventually came to an end.
Numerous law enforcement authorities assisted in pursuing and apprehending the two suspects. No injuries were reported.
A flash flood watch has been issued.
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton, Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, Seneca, Hiawatha, Horton, Concordia, Clay Center, Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, Holton, Minneapolis, Bennington, Abilene, Herington, Junction City, and Council Grove 413 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for * Portions of central Kansas, east central Kansas, north central Kansas, and northeast Kansas, including the following areas, in central Kansas, Dickinson. In east central Kansas, Geary and Morris. In north central Kansas, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, and Washington. In northeast Kansas, Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, and Riley. * Through Saturday morning * Scattered strong thunderstorms are expected early this morning, and then again late this afternoon through Tonight. These storms may produce very heavy rainfall and flash flooding in a short amount of time, over an area that is already saturated from rainfall earlier this week. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
The Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Riley will be Monday at 11:40 a.m. at the Post Cemetery at 193 Huebner Road.
The Army said the keynote speaker will be Brigadier Geneal Todd Wasmund, Deputy Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division.
The ceremony is open to the public, but those without a Department of Defense ID card need to arrive early at the Henry Gate visitor control center ( Exit 301 off I-70 ) to obtain a pass to the installation.
Three Quilts of Valor will be presented to area veterans on Saturday in Junction City.
Donna Martinson, the Coordinator of the Central Flint Hills Area Quilt of Valor Project, said the ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Heritage Park.
The recipients will be David I. Drummond, David Bradley and Kenneth Edmiston. All three served in the U.S. Army.
The goal of the Quilt of Valor Foundation is to honor and cover service members and veterans who have been touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. A Quilt of Valor is a lifetime award made to a military service member or veteran by grateful civilians.
In case of inclement weather the ceremony will be moved indoors to the Episcopal Church of the Covenant Hall at 314 North Adams.
Members of the Geary County community contributed $16,895 to the C.L. Hoover Opera House during the recent Match Day event. That will be matched by an additional $5,000.
According to officials with the Opera House, funds from the $5,000 contribution will be used toward an upgrade to the Hearing-Assist Program, and the installation of a kitchenette in the Montgomery Rehearsal Hall.
Due to individual donations and the match money work to begin installation of the hearing-assist equipment will begin in July. There will also be funding to begin phase one of the kitchenette project, and get the plumbing roughed in.
WESTMORELAND – A Wamego woman was convicted this week of mistreatment of a dependent adult, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.
A Pottawatomie County jury found Jana L. Paczkowski, 54, guilty of one felony count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. The case stemmed from an investigation by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office. That investigation discovered that between August 2017 and October 2017, while serving as the trustee of a special needs trust for a dependent adult, Paczkowski used money from the special needs trust for her own benefit rather than for the beneficiary.
District Judge Jeffrey Elder, who presided over the trial, has scheduled sentencing for July 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Ronna Larson has filed for a seat on the Junction City Commission.
Larson, a unit supervisor, adults for 8th Judicial District Community Corrections, is a recent graduate of the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program. She joins Nathan Butler and Pat Landes in the race for city commission. Three seats are up for election.
The filing deadline is noon, Monday, June 3rd.
