The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Deputies worked a single vehicle rolloveraccident at Union and Rebecca Road Sunday afternoon.
There were no injuries.
Travis Bennett, Fort Riley, was driving a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Talk about a loyal employee: Elena Griffing has started her 70th year working for the same San Francisco Bay Area hospital.
Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center spokeswoman Carolyn Kemp says the facility has celebrated Griffing’s milestone employment and her recent 90th birthday.
Griffing’s first day on the job was April 10, 1946, when she was 20. Back then, the facility in Berkeley was called Alta Bates Community Hospital.
She worked there with founder and nurse Alta Alice Miner Bates in her early years.
As if her employment longevity wasn’t enough, consider this: She has taken only four days of sick leave in her 70 years of work.
She works in patient relations four days a week and says she has no plans to retire.
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There was a similar story in Junction City a few years ago.
The late LaVerne Allen, retired at Geary Community Hospital in 2005 after 61 years on the job as a nurse at that facility, and earlier at Junction City Municipal Hospital. She had a 63-year nursing career beginning in Norton and Hays before she came to Junction City.
Today a street outside Geary Community Hospital is named after LaVerne, and there is a scholarship, the LaVerne Allen Nursing Scholarship, Â that is also named after her.
Junction City police are reporting an unlawful shooting and criminal damage to property case.
On Sunday police responded to 602 West 13th Street for a report that a vehicle had been shot. No arrests have been reported in that case.
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In other cases the JCPD has reported that there were three vehicle burglaries reported to authorities on Sunday. They responded to 619 West 14th Street, 1211 Westwood Boulevard, and 1931 Lacy Drive, Motel 6. In all three cases vehicles were broken into.
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The JCPD has reported the arrest of Kirby Williamson, 21, Manhattan, on suspicion of DUI, Speeding, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Encouraging a Juvenile’s Misconduct. The arrest occurred in the area of US 77 Highway and I-70 following a traffic stop.
Today: Cooler. Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Colder…clear. Lows around 30. East winds up to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy with slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY- One person was injured in an accident just before 3p.m. on Sunday in Pottawatomie County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Hyundai Elantra driven by Skyler Jason Dobson, 54, Emmet, was northbound on Kansas 63 eight miles north of Emmett.
The driver lost control of the vehicle. It crossed the centerline, entered the west ditch and overturned.
Dobson was possibly injured but the KHP did not indicate where he was treated.
He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
After a hectic early week that included multiple fire calls, the Geary County Rural Fire Department only had to respond to one call over the weekend.
Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges reported that firefighters did go to the K-57 area south of Burley Hill where a fire from earlier in the week was still smoldering in a ravine. There was no major damage and no injuries.
Berges estimated earlier in the week that the largest blaze of the week on Tuesday burned about 6,000 acres in southeast Geary County.
The Junction City Police Department tour log report issued on Sunday contained arrests.
–Delilah Denise Bellamy, 37, Junction City, on suspicion of Criminal Trespass and Criminal Damage to Property. The arrest occurred at 2220 Prospect Circle Trailer 63.
–Brandon R. Hixson, 34, Abilene, and Amber D. Crutchfield, 26, Desoto, on suspicion of Theft, Arrested at 521 East Chestnut Street ( Walmart).
–James Robert Jacquet, 24, Chapman, on suspicion of DUI, Transporting Open Container, Failure to Dim Bright Lights, Loud Music from Vehicle, Arrested 200 block East 7th Street.
–Jermaine Riley Barnett Jr., 20, Junction City, on suspicion of Obedience to Authorized Persons Directing Traffic, Arrested at 1310 Manley Circle.
The Junction City Police Department Tour Log report released on Saturday included arrests.
–Kyrin Dashaun Anthony Pettitt, 18, Junction City on suspicion of DUI, Improper Driving on Laned Roadway, Inattentive Driving, Driving on Sidewalk. The arrest occurred in the 600 block of North Washington Street.
–Simone Lucile Mar Buelow, 18, Manhattan, on suspicion of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The arrest occurred in the 500 block of West Chestnut Street.
–Tracy Ellen Zon, 36, Junction City, on suspicion of Domestic Battery, arrested 731 West 1st Street.
–Rein Moffith Jr., 21, Junction City, on suspicion of Burglary and Theft, arrested at the Junction City Police Department.
–Bryan Shane Hicks, 43, Junction City, on a District Court warrant alleging Criminal Threat, arrested at 510 North Jefferson Street, Sunflower Bank.
–Andrew J. Dorman, 18, Fort Riley, on suspicion of Possession of Marijuana, arrested at 900 North Eisenhower, Junction City High School.
–Shivaughn Marcia Hodge, 26, Junction City, on suspicion of Aggravated Child Endangerment, arrested at the JCPD.
–Juvenile arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Child Endangerment. The arrest occurred at the JCPD.
–Dione Bernard Stennis, 25, Junction City, arrested on two District Court warrants charging bond violations. The arrest occurred in the 500 block of Grant Avenue.
–Richard Eugene Bolen II, 39, Junction City, on suspicion of Driving While Suspended, arrested in the 800 block of Perry Street.
( Photo by Spc. Derrick Tribbey, 1st Inf. Div. )
Community leaders from Junction City and Manhattan were briefed on the Warfighter exercise at Fort Riley on Friday.
Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Cornelison, the division’s senior noncommissioned officer, spoke with the community leaders at the Mission Training Complex.
The Warfighter exercise is a high-level training exercise to better prepare the “Big Red One” headquarters and its subordinate units for any mission anywhere at any time.
The exercise simulates realistic scenarios that the division must be prepared for. That is accomplished through virtual training systems that simulate battlefield conditions.
The exercise, which runs through April 14, is being conducted in a distributed manner and takes advantage of the Total Army Force — U.S. Army troops working side by side with National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers.
An Eastern Kansas Veteran’s Administration spokesman confirmed Friday that the VA is preparing to undertake a project to build a new community based outpatient clinic on the south side of Junction City.
The purchase of the land site on the new 10,000 square foot building near the Southwind Drive – Sandusky intersection has been completed.
Joseph Burks, Public Affairs spokesman, confirmed the proposed name for the facility would be the Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Rural Health Clinic. The facility would be for an expansion of services by the VA in Junction City, and would replace an existing clinic of approximately 3,400 square feet in size at 715 Southwind Drive.
A late summer – early groundbreaking time is possible. A 2017 opening is projected for the new facility.