WABAUNSEE COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Tueday in Wabaunsee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Frieghtliner semi driven by Douglas Jason Lee, 47, Wamego, was northbound on Kansas 99 just south of Ridge Road when right side tires dropped off the roadway.
The driver overcorrected causing it to crossover and roll, striking a tree and coming to rest across roadway and ditch.
EMS transported Lee to a hospital in Topeka. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
The Cold Weather Rule designed to help Kansans who are behind on their utility payments avoid disconnection during the winter month, will begin on Nov. 1 and remain in effect through March 31.
The Kansas Corporation Commission, the agency that regulates public utilities in the state, encouraged Kansans who are past-due on their utility bills and at risk for disconnection to prepare for the colder weather by contacting their utility company to make the necessary payment arrangements.
The Cold Weather Rule prevents utility companies from disconnecting a customer’s natural gas or electric service during periods of extreme cold. Utility companies are prohibited from disconnecting a customer’s service when temperatures are forecast to be at or below 35 degrees within the following 48-hour period.
The Cold Weather Rule also requires utility companies to offer a 12-month payment plan to allow consumer to maintain or re-establish service. Any residential customer with a past due balance will qualify for payment arrangements, however it is the customer’s responsibility to contact their gas or electric company to make those arrangements.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An Oklahoma football fan died after suffering an apparent heart attack at Saturday’s game against Kansas State.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium during Saturday’s football game -photo courtesy KSU Athletics
David Adams, director of Riley County emergency services, said paramedics were called to the stadium for a patient experiencing chest pain, and the fan collapsed after they arrived. He was treated at the scene and taken to a Manhattan hospital across the street from the stadium, where he was pronounced dead.
The man was seated with friends and family at Bill Snyder Family Stadium when he collapsed.
Fontelle Jolly, Junction City, entered pleas of no contest in Geary County District Court on Friday to Voluntary Manslaughter, a level three person felony and Aggravated Battery, a level five lesser felony. Geary County Attorney Krista Blaisdell confirms Jolly was found guilty by the Court on both counts. Sentencing is scheduled for December 30th.
Jolly had been charged earlier with Reckless Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery, level four, but pleaded no contest to the new allegations in an amended complaint. A jury trial had been scheduled to begin on Monday, but now will not occur.
The charges stemmed from the August 31, 2018 fatal shooting of Felix Snipes, 29, Junction City, and the wounding of Cartavius King, 25, Junction City.
According to earlier court preliminary hearing testimony the shooting occurred outside an apartment complex on Wildcat Lane on the west side of the city.
Snipes was shot two times in the chest and later died from his injuries. King had testified he was shot either three or four times including once each in a shoulder, elbow and a buttock, and was also grazed in the abdomen. He later underwent surgery on the elbow wound at the KU Medical Center.
Court testimony has revealed the the incident began as an altercation between Jolly and his girlfriend in one of the nearby apartments. King was called to the scene and later testified that he remembered that he and Snipes told Jolly to leave the premises, and Jolly sat in his own vehicle. King said he and Snipes were ready to leave, they turned around and were shot by Jolly. King said in the earlier court hearing he saw Snipes struck by the shot and tried to charge Jolly and was shot himself.
The Geary County Sheriff and Junction City Fire Dive Team has earned their Public Safety Dive certification.
According to the a social media posting by the Sheriff’s Department, over the past week Deputies and Junction City Firefighters who comprise the Geary County Emergency Dive Team obtained the certification from Dive Rescue International. The team spent more than 24-hours, over a three day period between a classroom setting, pool training and then open water training in Milford Lake.
The certification now has the dive team fully mission capable, deployable statewide and trained in both dive rescue and dive recovery. Their commander Lt. Thad Jones of the Geary County Sheriff’s Department ) stated that over the coming months the team would continue to complete dark water training and cross train for swift water rescue.
The Junction City Department members bring an added feature, since they have already earned their swift water rescue certifications as well as their Paramedic and EMT certifications. Once the Deputies obtain their swift water rescue certifications it’s possible the team could be utilized as part of the National Task Force deployed throughout the nation as regions or states face natural disasters.
Milford Mayor Brad Roether has announced that the bus stop in Milford now has electricity. Children will be able to turn on the heater and light in the stop. It will run for 15 minutes.
Bus drivers will know if a student or students are in the bus stop because the light will be on.
Girls on the Run International has inspired more than 1.8 million girls to be healthy and confident by using an evidence-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. Now the organization has announced the merger of two local councils, Girls on the run of Northeast Kansas and Girls on the Run of the Flint Hills into a single Girls on the Run of the Flint Hills organization.The council will serve girls and families in a 10-county area, including Clay, Cloud, Geary , Pottawatomie, Riley, Jackson, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee and Wabaunsee.
The merger of two neighboring councils will create a stronger, regional, independent council. Candice McIntosh, executive director of Girls on the Run of the Flint Hills, will continue to lead the new council.
“We plan to continue to involve hundreds of local volunteers who have played critical roles at each council by serving as coaches and liaisons, 5K volunteers and participating in fund development,” McIntosh added.
Daylight savings time comes to an end for this year on Sunday morning, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m. Clocks need to be set to fall back one hour before you go to sleep Saturday night to mark the return of Standard Time.
With Standard Time the sun will rise earlier and you will gain one hour of sleep. It will get dark earlier in the evening.
The office of Geary County Clerk Rebecca Nordyke will be open this week for In-Person advance voting ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
The office will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The office will also be open from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 4.
Voters should bring their photo ID. The office is located at 200 East 8th Street.
