GARDEN CITY- Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating two Fort Riley teens in connection with a stolen vehicle and high-speed chase, according to a media release.

Just after 10a.m. on Sunday, officers of the Garden City Police Department were notified that the Gray County Sheriff’s Office was engaged in a vehicle pursuit involving two suspects in a white Hyundai that was set to enter Finney County.

The suspects pulled into a driveway in the 1200 Block of Mulberry Street in Garden City and fled the vehicle on foot.

Responding officers set up a perimeter in an attempt to locate the suspects.

Numerous citizens assisted the Police the entire time, reporting to officers the locations of the suspects’ last know whereabouts.

One suspect, Jacobb Andelin, 15, Fort Riley, was located and arrested without incident in the 1600 Block of Walker Street.

Information was obtained that the second suspect, Gavin Adam, 15, Fort Riley, may be armed with a handgun. He was located and arrested after a brief foot pursuit in the backyard of a residence in the 1100 Block of Bancroft Stree

Andelin is being held on requested charges of Possession of a stolen vehicle, Interference with a law enforcement Officer and Leaving the scene of an accident.

Adam is being held on requested charges of Flee and Elude, Leaving the scene of an accident, Interference with a Law Enforcement Officer, Possession of a stolen vehicle, No valid driver’s license
Failure to signal intent to turn, Speeding, Reckless Driving, Driving left of center, Failure to maintain lane, Failing to yield at a stop light x3, Failing to yield as a stop sign, Driving in wrong direction

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Geary County starting at noon on Thanksgiving Day until 6am on Friday.

Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges

**Hazardous Travel Conditions Expected for the Thanksgiving Holiday!!**

Tonight: Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening…then rain after midnight. Lows 44 to 50. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.

Thanksgiving Day: Rain in the morning…then rain…possibly mixed with freezing rain in the afternoon. Ice accumulation of less than one quarter of an inch. Highs 45 to 51. North winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Thursday Night: Colder. Light freezing rain…possibly mixed with rain in the evening…then light freezing rain and sleet after midnight. Ice accumulation of up to one quarter of an inch. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

Friday: Colder. Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light freezing rain…possibly mixed with snow and sleet. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Friday Night: Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of sleet… Possibly mixed with snow. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s.

Saturday: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light freezing rain…possibly mixed with rain and sleet. Highs in the lower 30s.

Saturday Night: Cloudy. Chance of light freezing drizzle. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain and freezing drizzle. Highs in the upper 30s.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of drizzle and freezing drizzle. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow. Highs in the lower 40s.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

NEOSHO COUNTY- Three people were injured in an accident just after 2p.m. on Tuesday in Neosho County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy van driven by Marcel A Seamster, 32, Iola, was southbound on U.S. 59 at the Kansas 47 Junction.

The van went into the northbound lane to pass a southbound 2005 Ford Focus driven by Holly G. Donaldson, 49, Chanute.

The Ford turned in front of the Chevy.

The Chevy struck the rear of the Ford.

A passenger in the Chevy Brandon J. Hastings, 32, Abilene, was transported to Neosho Memorial Hospital.

Donaldson and a passenger in the Ford Chloe M. Donaldson, 25, Atchison, were transported to Labette County Hospital.

Seamster was not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

The Kansas Black Leadership Council met in Topeka this past Saturday to develop a first of its kind legislative agenda for the upcoming Kansas Legislative Session and future elections.

Geary County Commissioner Larry Hicks attended the meeting and explained that the expansion of Medicaid made the agenda.

“To address the well of over 150,000 who are in need of that service in the state of Kansas,” said Hicks. “The other also deals with criminal justice reform, in terms of trying to seek new progressive ways by which things can be considered to benefit how persons who are placed in prisons and jails can have opportunities to be, I guess, kind of rehabilitated, diversion. A new form of diversion was one of those areas that they were talking about.”

The Kansas Black Leadership Council includes members from Junction City, Salina, Wichita, Kansas City and several other communities.

Hicks did have a point that he wanted to get across to the group on Saturday, that the groups actions weren’t singularly racially oriented.

“It has to represent people from throughout the state of Kansas. From both the public and private sectors and people from all respective forms of ethnicities.”

Hicks represented the Geary County and Junction City area along with Junction City Commissioner Jim Sands.

The group met at the historic St. John AME Church near downtown Topeka, which was built in 1864 and has long been a center of political and cultural activity within Topeka’s black community.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Geary County starting at noon on Thanksgiving Day until 6 am on Friday.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BELLEVILLE…WASHINGTON…MARYSVILLE…
SENECA…HIAWATHA…CONCORDIA…CLAY CENTER…MANHATTAN…
WAMEGO…HOLTON…OSKALOOSA…MINNEAPOLIS…ABILENE…
JUNCTION CITY…COUNCIL GROVE…ALMA…TOPEKA

* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BEGIN IN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
CLAY CENTER. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA, EXTENDING
ROUGHLY TO MANHATTAN BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EXTENDING TOWARD
EMPORIA TO TOPEKA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND COULD
EVEN EXTEND INTO SATURDAY.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER
INCH, PRIMARILY NORTH AND WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO EMPORIA LINE
WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. LITTLE TO NO SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.

* OTHER IMPACTS…ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS COULD MAKE FOR
SLICK TRAVEL OVER THE HOLIDAY…REMEMBER THAT BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES OFTEN BECOME SLICK BEFORE MAIN ROADWAYS. ICE MAY ALSO
ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER
OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

Beginning Dec. 1, Fort Riley’s Grant, Estes and a portion of 12th Street access control points will be closed on Saturdays. The 12th Street commercial gate will however, remain open on Saturdays for all commercial vehicles.

Fort Riley issued a news release earlier in November containing the information. It stated the changes are necessary to maintain soldiers’ readiness for future training and deployment requirements.

In Junction City, The Military Affairs Director, John Seitz, feels the change will have a serious impact on Grant Avenue businesses. “This was tried one time before and the community outcry convinced Fort Riley they should change that.” Seitz is hopeful officials on Post will look at that again.

Two defendants in the Operation Adabag drug case have been sentenced in federal court to lengthy prison terms.

Geary County Attorney Steve Opat confirmed that Martye Madkins Jr., Junction City, was sentenced to 262 months in the custody of the federal department of corrections. That equates to 21 years and 10 months.

“Albert Banks was sentenced to life. This is based on his criminal history which included prior narcotics convictions, and the enhancements under the federal sentencing guidelines that were available in this case.”

Banks was sentenced on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine and six counts of Distributing Crack Cocaine. Madkins was sentenced on one count of Distributing Crack Cocaine and one count of Distributing Crack Cocaine Within 1,000 Feet of an Elementary School.

In May of 2013 more than 90 people were arrested in the Junction City – manhattan area as part of Operation Adabag. The case involved the dismantling of a large crack cocaine trafficking organization that had been under investigation over a 13-month period.