February 2015 – Page 39 – Great Bend Post Archive

KU 8th; Wichita State 13th in latest AP Poll

Posted on February 16, 2015

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Kentucky (65) 25-0 1,625
2 Virginia 23-1 1,524
3 Gonzaga 26-1 1,475
4 Duke 22-3 1,449
5 Wisconsin 23-2 1,387
6 Villanova 23-2 1,302
7 Arizona 22-3 1,213
8 Kansas 21-4 1,195
9 Utah 20-4 1,051
10 Notre Dame 22-4 1,038
11 Northern Iowa 24-2 955
12 Louisville 20-5 882
13 Wichita St 23-3 862
14 Iowa State 18-6 761
15 North Carolina 18-7 658
16 Maryland 21-5 640
17 Oklahoma 17-8 554
18 Arkansas 20-5 476
19 Butler 18-7 456
20 Baylor 18-7 364
21 SMU 21-5 299
22 Oklahoma St 17-8 240
23 West Virginia 19-6 154
24 Ohio State 19-7 139
25 Virginia Commonwealth 19-6 109

Others receiving votes: Texas 70, San Diego St 64, Providence 44, Murray St 38, Temple 28, Georgetown 23, Michigan St 17, Dayton 10, Texas A&M 8, Valparaiso 8, Indiana 7

KBCA High School Basketball Rankings

Posted on February 16, 2015

BOYS RANKINGS

6A Boys:
1. Wichita East
2. Lawrence
3. Manhattan
4. Olathe North
5. Olathe East
6. Blue Valley North
7. Wyandotte
8. Shawnee Mission North
9. Wichita South
10. Derby

5A Boys:
1. Shawnee Heights
2. Maize South
3. Wichita Heights
4. Salina Central
5. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
6. Kansas City Washington
7. Bishop Carroll
8. St. Thomas Aquinas
9. Blue Valley West
10. Andover Central

4A DI Boys:
1. McPherson
2. Basehor Linwood
3. Independence
4. Ottawa
5. Eudora
6. Abilene
7. Miege
8. Andale
9. Circle
10. Buhler

4A DII Boys:
1. Holcomb
2. Rock Creek
3. Girard
4. Wichita Trinity
5. Hugoton
6. Royal Valley
7. Concordia
8. Holton
9. Parsons
10. TMP-Hays

3A Boys:
1. Scott City
2. Beloit
3. Sabetha
4. Wichita Collegiate
5. Hesston
6. Osage City
7. Burlington
8. Nemaha Central
9. Norton
10. Humboldt

2A Boys:
1. St. John
2. Olpe
3. Central Plains
4. Sacred Heart
5. South Gray
6. Jackson Heights
7. Troy
8. Washington County
9. Spearville
10. Bennington

1A DI Boys:
1. Hanover
2. Osborne
3. Hoxie
4. Stockton
5. Doniphan West
6. Burrton
7. Centralia
8. Valley Heights
9. Victoria
10. Hatford

1A DII Boys:
1. St. John’s – Tipton
2. Wallace County
3. Caldwell
4. South Barber
5. Attica
6. Ashland
7. Central Christian
8. Pike Valley
9. Greeley County
10. Wheatland – Grinnell

GIRLS RANKINGS

6A Girls:
1. Maize
2. Wichita South
3. Olathe South
4. Shawnee Mission Northwest
5. Manhattan
6. Washburn Rural
7. Hutchinson
8. Shawnee Mission West
9. Lawrence Free State
10. Dodge City

5A Girls:
1. Aquinas
2. Leavenworth
3. Andover Central
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
5. Andover
6. Mill Valley
7. Blue Valley Southwest
8. Salina Central
9. Seaman
10. Shawnee Heights

4A DI Girls:
1. Bishop Miege
2. Paola
3. McPherson
4. Topeka Hayden
5. Labette County
6. Chanute
7. Buhler
8. Andale
9. Abilene
10. Wamego

4A DII Girls:
1. Baldwin
2. Hugoton
3. TMP – Hays
4. Pratt
5. Wichita Trinity
6. Concordia
7. Clay Center
8. Holton
9. Iola
10. Columbus

3A Girls:
1. Hesston
2. Cimarron
3. Garden Plain
4. Lyons
5. Silver Lake
6. Caney Valley
7. Douglass
8. Sabetha
9. NE Arma
10. Sterling

2A Girls:
1. Central Plains
2. Ellinwood
3. Washington County
4. Olpe
5. Moundridge
6. Chase County
7. Pittsburgh – Colgan
8. Valley Falls
9. Northern Heights
10. Meade

1A DI Girls:
1. Hoxie
2. Waverly
3. Centralia
4. St. Paul
5. Ingalls
6. Dighton
7. Goessel
8. Centre
9. LaCrosse
10. Thunder Ridge

1A DII Girls:
1. Moscow
2. Cunningham
3. St. John’s – Tipton
4. Triplains – Brewser
5. Axtell
6. Wheatland – Grinnell
7. Golden Plains
8. Norwich
9. Attica
10. Wallace County

Jury reaches partial verdict in Kan. homicide

Posted on February 16, 2015

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence man will be retried on a first-degree murder charge after a jury reached a partial verdict in the case.

A Douglas County jury on Monday convicted 30-year-old Dustin Walker of aggravated burglary but could not agree on a verdict on a first-degree murder charge after about 11 hours of deliberation.

Walker is charged with killing 39-year-old Patrick Roberts in March.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports prosecutors allege Walker and co-defendant Archie Robinson went to Roberts’ home to steal cash and marijuana and Walker shot Roberts during the crime.

The defense claimed Roberts’ brother attacked Robinson. Walker testified last week that Robinson was holding the gun when he was tackled and the gun went off, hitting Roberts.

A new trial date will be set in May.

Seat belt crack down in Great Bend and the rest of the state

Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

Beginning next Monday, February 23^rd through March 6^th the Great Bend Police Department will join other Kansas Law Enforcement to stop what has become an epidemic for the past several years, drivers not wearing their seat belts.

Officer Jefferson Davis with the Great Bend Police Department says this problem is popping up all over the state.

Jefferson Davis Audio

In 2014, 34 teens lost their lives due to car crashes in Kansas. 63 percent of those teens were not properly restrained. Davis mentions it is fairly easy for law enforcement to spot passengers not wearing their seat belts.

Jefferson Davis Audio

Officers in Great Bend and around the state will step up citations during this period so they remind you to buckle up.

Geneseo woman hospitalized after van slides in Rice County

Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

GENESEO- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 10 a.m. on Monday in Rice County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Dodge van driven by Carolyn Ann Turner, 25, Geneseo, was eastbound on Kansas 4 four miles east of Geneseo. The van hit slush in the roadway and to slid into the south ditch.

Turner was transported to the hospital in Great Bend. A 4-month-old in the van was not injured.

The KHP reported both were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

GBRC – Stop ‘N Learn: Money Habitudes

Posted on February 16, 2015

The Great Bend Recreation Commission will be hosting a free Stop ‘N Learn Session titled, “Money Habitudes” on Wednesday, February 18^th,from Noon – 1:00 pm at the Great Bend Activity Center (2715 18^th). What is the real issue when…Responsible individuals go into debt? A friend is always borrowing money? Someone never lets others pay the bill? Couples argue about finances? Is money the problem? No! It’s money habitudes, which are habits and attitudes related to money. Join us as we lead you through this fun activity to help you address the issues that impact how we save, spend, earn and invest money. Donna Krug, FCS Agent, will be the presenter for this program. For more information, call the Recreation Commission office at 793-3755 ext. 2 or e-mail us at recreation@gbrc.kscoxmail.com.

2 hospitalized after pickup overturns

Posted on February 16, 2015

COLBY – Two Kansas men were injured in an accident just after 9 a.m. on Monday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy pickup driven by Earl L. Dipert, 65, Sharon Springs, was northbound on County Rd 11 eleven miles south of Interstate 70.

The pickup went off the roadway and overturned.

Dipert and a passenger Harold Ray Kyner, 66, Ulysses, were transported to the hospital in Colby.

The KHP reported they were not wearing seat belts.

4 arrested after Kansas high-speed chase

Posted on February 16, 2015

NEWTON — Law enforcement in Harvey County arrested four suspects after a weekend chase.

Police reported an officer on patrol in a residential area just before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday observed a vehicle being operated in a suspicious manner.

The officer attempted to stop the vehicle in the area of Anderson Road and Meadowbrook Drive for a traffic violation.

The car immediately fled from the stop south on Anderson and into rural Harvey County at speeds of 80-90 mph.

Deputies from the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office and an officer from the Halstead Police Department joined the pursuit.

The car finally stopped after becoming disabled in the 6300 block of West Road.

Four people ran from the car and the officer continued to pursue on foot.

The driver was taken into custody in a wheat field approximately 100 yards from the car.

Police Service Dog, Kozmo, was deployed and tracked one of the passengers who was found hiding in tall grass along a railroad right of way approximately 350 yards from the car.

A third suspect was located hiding in this same area and was taken into custody.

The fourth suspect was identified and ultimately arrested at a rural residence several miles away by the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office later Saturday morning.

Police say the car was determined to have been stolen several days prior.

The driver, a 20-year-old Wichita resident, was arrested on felony theft, felony flee & elude, DUI, minor in possession of alcohol and a myriad of other charges. A 19-year-old Hutchinson man was arrested for obstruction and minor in possession, a 20-year-old Harvey County resident was arrested for obstruction, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. A 20-year-old Harvey County resident was arrested for obstruction of official duty.

No names have been released.

Two new cases of pertussis show up in Barton County

Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

The Barton County Health Department has been in daily contact with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment throughout the county’s pertussis outbreak.

Shelly Schneider, the Health Department’s Director, is confident that the prevention and control recommendations they have implemented will work to slow and eventually stop the spread of the disease in the community.

Talking to her yesterday, Schneider said her staff has been working overtime to keep on top of everything.

Shelly Schneider Audio

The two confirmed pertussis cases were found in children this past weekend. The KDHE has notified Barton County Health Department that in addition to pertussis, several persons have tested positive for influenza and parainfluenza. If you do test positive for pertussis there is an antibiotic.

Shelly Schneider Audio

Symptomatic children and / or adults must be isolated for five days following initiation of antibiotic therapy. If untreated, the period of isolation is 21 days from the cough onset.

Kansas bill would keep fantasy sports legal amid dispute

Posted on February 16, 2015

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker is moving to keep fantasy sports leagues legal amid a dispute with the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission.

Republican Rep. Brett Hildabrand of Shawnee submitted a bill to the Legislature Monday that would define fantasy sports as a game of skill. The distinction is important because the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission said in August that fantasy sports meet the criteria of a lottery, which would make them illegal.

Under the Kansas Constitution, only the state is allowed to administer lotteries.

Hildabrand said he introduced the legislation so ordinary Kansans who enjoy fantasy football would not become criminals.

The federal government and 45 states consider fantasy sports legal games of skill. However, five states consider them illegal.