Felix Snipes, 29, Junction City, lost his life in a shooting incident in the area of 2306 Wildcat Lane last Friday afternoon.
Now an account has been established at Central National Bank on behalf of Felix Snipes and his family. If you would like to make a donation you can do so at any Central National Bank location in care of the “Felix Snipes Memorial Fund.”
ANDREW COUNTY— Two people died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Wednesday in Andrew County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Pontiac G6 driven by Kristen K. Ingles, 36, Peoria, IL., was southbound in the northbound passing lane on U.S. 71 two miles southwest of Savannah, Missouri.
The Pontiac struck the front left bumper of a northbound 2005 Ford Escape driven by Ricky L. Gonzalez, 32, Manhattan, and traveled off the roadway.
Ingles and Gonzalez were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Heaton, Bowman, Smith Funeral Home in St. Joseph.
Gonzalez was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.
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The Courtyard by Marriott convention center served as the home for the 2018 Business Expo in Junction City. Business and organizations ranging from insurance and financial investment firms to service clubs used the opportunity to explain their products and goals.
Chamber of Commerce Member Relations Director Amy Garner was excited about the number of businesses that participated in the event. “We have food vendors, crochet and gifts, a sewing vendor, electronics, all sorts of service vendors, real estate, just about anything, banks, anything you could ask for.” Garner estimated the public turnout visiting the Expo in the 300 to 500 range.
The public could purchase products, there were food vendors, and there were prize giveaways by different vendors.
Garner noted she definitely wants to bring the Expo back in 2019.
TOPEKA—Residents of Riley, Jewell, Kingman, Marshall, and Pratt counties affected by Monday’s flooding can get free replacement car titles and drivers licenses if those documents were lost or damaged in recent flooding, according to the Kansas Division of Vehicles director David Harper.
Applications for replacement titles and replacement registration receipts can be made at the county treasurer’s offices in each of the five counties.
Free replacements will be available for 30 days.
“Official documents are vital for the process of rebuilding after a natural disaster,” Director Harper said. “The Division of Vehicles is happy to assist the flood victims in obtaining free replacements.”
Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D., issued a state of disaster emergency for those five counties affected by weekend flooding.
More information about titles, registrations, and credentials can be found here.
For information about Real ID, please visit here.
The Junction City Commission by consensus has decided to leave lots in the Land Bank available for sale without special assessments. Those assessments are normally used to fund infrastructure related to the lots, but the City has several hundred of those lots available and they are not selling rapidly.
There was a push by a contingent of home owners in the Land Bank area to require the lots to be sold with the specials. They pay special assessments and are concerned that when the time comes to sell their homes they will not be able to do so since newer homes could potentially be built by developers and sold for less due to the lack of those assessments.
Mayor Pat Landes noted he wants to see the City succeed. “We have valuable resources here in these Land Bank lots. We just have so many of them, and that’s the issue. We will continue to beat the drum with our economic development folks to try to bring jobs here and get more people to come to Junction City.” Landes added the City wants to get the lots in play. “We are spending so much money just trying to take care of them, we’re not even doing much with them at all.”
Commissioner Jeff Underhill previous action did not help move lots and a stagnant economy was having more of an effect than the homes actually existing. “I still think that we need to try and eliminate the specials and move forward with what we had planned and marketing them that way, and trying to get out of the real estate business.”
Commissioner Tim Brown did suggest the possibility of placing special assessments on the lots for a reduced period of time, by prorating the specials for 10 years. But that idea did not gain approval of the other officials.
In order to authorize the sale of the lots with special assessments on them the Commission would have to approve an ordinance at the time of the sale authorizing the sale of the lots with the assessments, but no action was taken..
Geary County Attorney Krista Blaisdell has confirmed that a September 13th date has been set for a status check / preliminary hearing in Geary County District Court for Fontelle N. Jolly, 21, Junction City. He was the suspect arrested on suspicion of Murder, Attempted Murder and Aggravated Battery following a shooting incident last Friday in the area of 2306 Wildcat Lane in Junction City. Bond for Jolly has been set at $1 million.
Jolly was arrested in the case where two Junction City men, Felix Snipes, 29 and Cartavius King, 25 were shot. Both victims were transported to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, and police reported that Snipes later died from his injuries.
Also, an account has been established at Central National Bank on behalf of Felix Snipes and his family. If you would like to make a donation you can do so at any Central National Bank location in care of “Felix Snipes Memorial Fund.”
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies responded to U.S. 77 Highway Tuesday afternoon for a two-vehicle injury accident.
Deshaun Mitchell-Thomas, Ft. Riley, was traveling north in a 2016 Chrysler when he decided to attempt to do a U-turn on the highway. Eliezer Perez-Hernandez was traveling north behind Mitchell-Thomas in a 2013 Jeep Wrangler and was unable to stop in time before colliding with Mitchell-Thomas’ vehicle.
Mitchell-Thomas received medical treatment to his eye due to the air bag deployment.
The accident occurred just after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The Junction City Blues Music Festival has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21st and 22nd in Heritage Park.
According to a release from the Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau the hours will be 5:30 – 10 p.m. on the 21st and 12:30 – 10 p.m. on the 22nd. There will be free admission.
Spokesman Rick Dykstra confirmed instead of putting a stage for the performers on 6th Street the festival will utilize a stage in Heritage Park. Headline performing groups will include the Smokers Blues Band, Joyride Blues Band, Connie Hawkins and the Blues Wreckers and the Old No. #5 Blues Band.
Some of the performers are coming from other states, but Dykstra noted more local area bands are being used for the festival this year.
The Blues Music Festival is being held in lieu of Jammin In JC, which is not occurring this year. CVB officials hope it will return in 2019. There was a barbecue competition with Jammin In JC, but that will not be held this year.
