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Police chase ends in an arrest

Posted on April 24, 2017April 25, 2017

UPDATE:

One man, identified by authorities as Devorise Newson, was arrested on multiple counts following a pursuit by law enforcement officers on I-70 and into Junction City.

According to the Chief of Police in Grandview Plaza, Shawn Peirano, a Grandview Plaza Officer was assisting a motorist on I-70 at mile marker 300, when a passing vehicle failed to yield to the emergency vehicle. A traffic stop was conducted with the vehicle and contact was made with the driver, later identified as Devoris Newson. The driver was asked to exit the vehicle and at that time drove away from officers at the scene. The vehicle was also occupied by one woman and three juveniles.

Grandview Plaza police and Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies pursued the vehicle into Junction City, and the driver led Officers through a portion of the city, allegedly committing numerous traffic violations. During the pursuit it appeared the suspect swerved at police. Officers discontinued the pursuit approximately four minutes after it began due to the risk of injury to innocent motorists, pedestrians and occupants of the suspect vehicle.

The vehicle came to a stop in an alley and the driver fled the scene. He was later taken into custody and booked into the Geary County Detention Center pending multiple charges including including suspicion of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Reckless Driving, Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle, Aggravated Child Endangerment, Driving While Suspended, Aggravated Assault on LEO and Kidnapping.

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One person was arrested following a brief police chase Sunday, April 23rd.

According to the Junction City Police Department the incident began at 11:13 pm in Grandview Plaza and the suspect’s vehicles entered into Junction City.

After a brief chase, the suspect fled on foot and was later apprehended in the 100 block of West Chestnut.

Additional details including the name of the suspect have not yet been released.

Check with JC Post for more information as the story develops.

Hiring Heroes Career Fair, April 26

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

Fort Riley will host the 10th annual Hiring Heroes Career Fair on Wednesday, April 26th at Riley’s Conference Center on Fort Riley.

Tasha Jones, Employment Readiness Program Manager at Fort Riley, said that the career fair is specialized for wounded warriors.

“It’s a program that was created by the Department of Defense through their Recruitment Assistance Division to provide outreach recruitment assistance services to wounded, ill, injured and transitioning service members,” said Jones. “This includes Veterans, their spouses and primary caregivers; it’s a specialized career fair to increase job opportunities for them.”

The career fair is open to the public, but the target audience are wounded service members and their families.

“We will have approximately 81 employers coming to Fort Riley,” said Jones. “We are going to have 11 Department of Defense agencies, 25 other Federal agencies and 44 City and local agencies to include law enforcement, Caterpillar out of Wamego, and a lot of communities from Kansas and surrounding states.”

Those attending the hiring event are encouraged to dress for success and be prepared for on the spot interviews with prospective employers.

The Career Fair is Wednesday, April 26th from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.

‘Chase for a Cause’ raises over $3000 for local organizations

Posted on April 24, 2017

Chase for a Cause 5k Run/Walk raised $3,220 for local organizations in Junction City/Geary County.

Participants chose which organization received $20 out of their $25 race registration fee. Totals are listed below:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters: $20
Boys and Girls Club: $160
CASA: $100
Delivering Change: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies: $280
Food Pantry: $380
Friends of Animals: $780
Friends of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library: $200
Geary Community Healthcare Foundation: $80
Geary Community Schools Foundation: $80
Geary County Prevention Partnership: $20
ICARE: $100
Junction City Family YMCA: $160
Junction City Fire Department Honor Guard: $120
Junction City Fire Department Luke David Nelson Memorial Scholarship: $120
Live Well Geary County: $120
Open Door Mission: $80
Pawnee Mental Health: $100
Wheels of HOPE: $320

The fundraiser 5K is sponsored by Geary Community Hospital.

To view the results of the 5K run/walk visit: https://www.athlinks.com/Master/145831/Event/596870/Course/900902/Results

Among the best: National Strategic Selling Institute cited for excellence

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

MANHATTAN — For the sixth consecutive year, the National Strategic Selling Institute in Kansas State University’s College of Business Administration has been named one of the top sales programs in the country by the Sales Education Foundation.

“We are so excited to be named one of the top universities in sales for the sixth year in a row,” said Dawn Deeter, director of the National Strategic Selling Institute. “This achievement is a testament to our innovative sales curriculum and our outstanding K-State students.”

The institute features a curriculum focused on the application of selling skills through role-playing and real sales experience. This spring semester, for example, students were able to prospect and make sales calls to sell tickets and find items for the institute’s benefit auction, an event to raise money for the NSSI Sales Cup Merit Awards for outstanding students.

The institute sponsors the college’s sales team, which takes part in national sales competitions across the country with other top collegiate sales programs. The institute also organizes K-State Sales Week, an annual event featuring workshops, competitions and networking sessions to develop students’ sales skills and expose them to careers in sales, as well as other competitions throughout the year.

The program has seen a huge demand for graduates who have earned their certificate in professional strategic selling, with more than 30 companies who actively recruit students at the institute’s annual sales career fair. In fact, students who earn their certificate have a 100 percent job placement rate following graduation.

“I receive phone calls weekly from companies searching for great sales talent,” Deeter said. “Studies have shown that almost 50 percent of students will be doing some type of sales in their first job out of college, so a student who graduates from our program really has a leg up on the competition.”

The certificate program is open to all majors at the university, and allows students to distinguish themselves by demonstrating professionalism and competency in selling skills. For more information about earning a certificate visitcba.k-state.edu/nssi.

Host families needed for JC Brigade 2017 Season

Posted on April 24, 2017

Over 30 collegiate baseball players are anticipated to be on the roster for the Junction City Brigade Baseball team, but there are only 6 families signed up to house them this summer season.

Dana Wiegand, Host Family Coordinator, said that being a host family is a very rewarding experience.

“[The players] become part of your family, they become role models in your family for your children, and sometimes you could get to know a potential Major League player – you never know what level they’re going to advance to,” said Weigand.

The biggest responsibility for a host parent/family is providing housing – “a bed, a restroom, access to in-home laundry facilities…access to food and meals, we do not ask that host families actually prepare the meals,” said Weigand. “These are college kids, so they’re use to the college life of frozen pizza, pizza rolls, peanut butter and jelly, cereal, and ramen noodles.”

Host families are also asked to participate in family/weekend events, as time permits. Weigand noted that players are responsible for their own transportation around town and to and from practice – transportation to games will be provided by the Brigade.

“We’ve actually developed over the years relationships with our players; we’ve attended college graduations, weddings, we still stay in touch through Facebook,” said Weigand.

Host families also receive season passes to all home games.

For more information or to sign up as a host family contact Dana Weigand at 375-6122 or email management@jcbrigade.com.

National Drug Take-Back Day – Saturday

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

Law enforcement agencies across the state will be participating in National Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 29th.

The collection event is part of a nationwide effort to safely dispose of unused or leftover medications.

“Prescription drugs are a huge issue,” said JCPD Captain Chuck Leithoff. “[People don’t know] what to do with them when you don’t take them anymore and you have leftovers or they expire.”

Older methods of disposing of unused or unwanted medicines – flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – are no longer recommended, specifically flushing them because it “has a lasting effect to the water supply.”

Take-back Day is coordinated by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration which collects the medications from the the local agencies and then safely disposes of them.

“We can take anything – except anything with sharps in it, that’s needles or anything like that, and we can’t take any glass,” said Leithoff. “You can bring those [medications] in and there’s no questions asked, we don’t ask for I.D. or anything.”

Take-Back Day is Saturday, April 29th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm.

Local agencies participating include:

Junction City Police Department at the JCPD lobby area, 210 E. 9th Street
Abilene Police Department at the Abilene Community Center, 1020 NW 8th Street – Abilene
Clay Center Police Department at the Clay Co. Health Dept, 820 Spellman Circle – Clay Center
Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, 215 Kansas Ave 4th floor – Alma

Friends of Animals Pet Fair & Walk for Life Nearing

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

The dog 'Jagaer' ( Yage-ur ) from Herington attended the Pet Fair. — The dog ‘Jagaer’ ( Yage-ur ) from Herington attended the Pet Fair in 2016.

The annual Pet Fair & Walk for Life hosted by Friends of Animals at the Geary County 4H / Senior Citizens Center will be Saturday, May 6th from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Pet friendly activities will range from a low cost vaccination clinic and walk for life on Rescue Road to micro-chipping and a silent auction. Other activities will include pet products vendor booths, Kentucky Derby Friends of Animals style, a pooch pie eating contest, tennis ball lottery, raffles & games, and food & beverages.

Admission will be $2 and that includes lunch. Children five and under will be admitted free.

Saint Xavier Auction Raises More Than $100,000

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

The Saint Xavier School Auction Saturday night in Junction City raised $103,000, according to School Principal Shawn Augustine.

Augustine reported that top selling items included dinner with Fathers Gale Hammerschmidt and Kyle Berens. One group purchased a dinner for $2,600 and a second group bought one for $2,500.

Other high selling items included:

–The annual naming of Parish Drive at Saint X for $1,600

–A Harley Davidson bar for $1,600

–And the hiring of a senior went for $2,400.

Funds raised go to support the school’s operations.

Riley Co. man held on $100K bond for alleged child sex assault

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

RILEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Riley County are investigating a suspect on alleged rape charges.

Just before 5p.m. Friday, police arrested Rondal Michael Genzel, 35, Ogden, at a home in the 500 Block of 12th Street on a warrant alleging rape involving a victim under the age of 14, according to the Riley County Police Department arrest report.

Genzel remained jailed Monday on a $100,000 bond.

He has a previous conviction in 2011 for Aggravated Indecent Solicitation of a child, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Aviation Career Day at Manhattan Regional Airport

Posted on April 24, 2017April 21, 2017

charles-copeland — Charles Copeland, Chief Pilot for Flex Air

Flex Air is offering free plane rides, tours and expo at Aviation Career Day on it’s rescheduled date of April 29, 2017.

Some area high school students will get to take to the skies for a free airplane ride this weekend. Flex Air, a Manhattan pilot instruction company, is sponsoring its Aviation Career Day from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm at Manhattan Regional Airport, 1725 S. Airport Road.

“Aviation is a very cyclical career path that can sometimes be hard to get into,” says Charles Copeland, Chief Pilot for Flex Air. “Right now and in the next 5-10 years we are in the perfect cycle to be getting into the industry. We have a major issue with baby boomers retiring out of the industry, virtually every single company is hiring. Airlines especially are hiring hundreds of pilots each month. If your student is interested in a career in aviation, now is the time to push them in that direction.”

Current high school sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible to attend the event, which will have a career expo, control tower and fire station tours and airplanes on display. K-State will also have representatives and static displays from their Professional Pilot and Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Find out more on their programs at www.flykstate.com.

Free airplane rides will be given to the first 100 students who sign up. Flights will be scheduled, only students who previously sign up will be eligible.

To register, visit https://www.goflexair.com/signup . For more information, or for media inquiries, contact Charles Copeland at 785-320-1218 or charlie@goflexair.com.