BOOKED: James Skinner of Great Bend on Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear, bond set at $500 C/S.
BOOKED: Monica Salcido-Moncada of Great Bend on Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for contempt of court with a bond set at $922.50 cash only.
BOOKED: Angelo Palermo of Hoisington on Hoisington Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear with a bond set at $2,500 C/S.
BOOKED: Brent Bretz of Great Bend on a Barton County District Court warrant for failure to appear, bond set at $200 cash.
BOOKED: D’quintis Rideaux of Great Bend on a Barton County District Court warrant for probation violation, bond set at $2,000 cash.
BOOKED: Rodney Miller of Dodge City on Barton County District Court case for distribution of methamphetamine “revoked bond”, bond set at $10,000 C/S.
BOOKED: Cory Little of Great Bend on a hold for district court appearance.
BOOKED: William Abrams of Great Bend on a Barton County District Court warrant for criminal damage, bond set at $1,000 C/S.
BOOKED: Tyler Schwager of Great Bend on BTDC case for possession of alcohol, unlawful possession of controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, traffic of contraband in a correctional facility, bond set at $50,000 C/S.
RELEASED: Trisha M. Buresh on Great Bend Municipal Court case for battery LEO after receiving an order of release for GBMC.
RELEASED: Holly M. Boese on Barton County case on a $10,000 OR bond authorized by Judge Burgess.
RELEASED: Linda C. Fernandez on Barton County cases with a $2,000 cash bond.
RELEASED: James C. Skinner Jr. on GBMC case by order of the court.
RELEASED: Brent Bretz of Great Bend on a Barton County District Court warrant for failure to appear after posting a $200 cash bond.
RELEASED: Rodney Miller of Dodge City on Barton County District Court case for distribution of methamphetamine “revoked bond” after he posted a $10,000 surety bond.
RELEASED: Jonathan Stemm of Great Bend on BCDC case for possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal trespass, theft, forgery and theft by deception after the two cases were combined and receiving a $10,000 OR bond through Judge Burgess.
RELEASED: Monica Salcido-Moncada of Great Bend on GBMC warrant for contempt of court after receiving an order of release from GBMC.
RELEASED: Zachariah Dittrick of Great Bend on BCDC warrant for failure to appear after receiving an OR bond through Judge Burgess.
RELEASED: Jacob King of Great Bend to Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office after King was released on BCDC warrant after receiving an OR bond through Judge Burgess. BCDC case after being released by the CA.
RELEASED: William Abrams of Great Bend on a BCDC warrant for criminal damage after posting a $1,000 surety bond through TNT Bail Bonds.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued an injured cat from an icy river in downtown Wichita after the animal apparently was thrown off an overpass.
A motorist spotted the black cat Thursday afternoon and called 911. Wichita Fire Lt. Kenneth Ast says the cat was sitting on ice in the middle of the Arkansas River when crews arrived.
Fire Capt. Neko McBee says the ice “was starting to crack” when rescuers in wetsuits and an inflated boat reached the animal. The fire department said in a tweet that it’s believed the cat was thrown off the overpass.
Firefighter Kuffler of the WFD Technical Rescue Team retrieves a cat from the frozen Arkansas River Thursday afternoon. The cat is believed to have been thrown off of the Kellogg overpass onto the frozen river. @craighacker photo pic.twitter.com/ZX6C5IeCjI
The animal rescue group Beauties and Beasts has dubbed the cat “River” and said on Facebook that he sustained “severe” injury to his rear legs. The group asked for “loving thoughts.”
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — An adjunct chemistry instructor living in Kansas who was arrested last week by immigration officials and faced imminent deportation to Bangladesh has been granted a temporary stay of removal but that doesn’t mean he will be allowed to stay in the U.S., his attorney said Thursday.
Syed Ahmed Jamal, 55, a native of Bangladesh who has lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years, was arrested Jan. 24 in the front yard of his home in Lawrence as he walked his children to school.
Federal Judge Glen Baker, of The Kansas City Immigration Court, issued the stay Wednesday and gave the Department of Homeland Security until Feb. 15 to respond to an emergency motion to stay the deportation and re-open immigration proceedings, attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford said.
Jamal, who was held after his arrest in Missouri jails, is now in El Paso, Texas, and could be deported immediately — without time for an appeal — if Baker rules against him, Sharma-Crawford said. His wife, brother and three children haven’t been able to speak to him since his arrest.
If a longer stay is granted, Jamal will address his legal status in immigration court, said his brother, Syed Hussein Jamal,
“Basically from here, we’re going to fight in court,” Syed Hussein Jamal said during a news conference Thursday. “We’ll see how it goes.”
It was unclear why the Lawrence resident was transferred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Morgan County, Missouri, to Platte County, Missouri, to El Paso in one day but Sharma-Crawford said she suspects ICE intended to put him on a flight to Bangladesh without seeing his family again.
ICE officials told The Star earlier this week that a stay of removal is a “temporary humanitarian benefit. The stay is designed to allow the alien to get his/her affairs in order before they return to their home country.”
The arrest and possible deportation prompted a backlash, with an online petition drawing more than 58,000 signatures and a GoFundMe campaign raising more than $37,000 in less than a week. Hundreds of sympathizers also contacted members of Congress. U.S. Kansas Republican Reps. Kevin Yoder and Lynn Jenkins, as well as Democrat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver from Missouri, contacted immigration authorities to discuss the case.
On Thursday, his relatives expressed their thanks to supporters.
“I guess I’ve become an activist,” said Jamal’s oldest son, Taseen, who is 14.
Syed Ahmed Jamal, a Bihari ethnic minority, arrived legally in the U.S. in 1987 to attend the University of Kansas but overstayed his visa while pursuing a doctorate. He has taught chemistry at area colleges and did research at hospitals. For the past five years, the Department of Homeland Security allowed Jamal to remain in the U.S. on orders of supervision, meaning he had to report on a regular basis to ICE offices, where he was issued temporary work authorization cards.
As recently as January, his work card enabled Jamal to secure a teaching position at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. He also has been an adjunct instructor at Rockhurst University and Kansas City Kansas Community College. He was on parental advisory boards at his children’s schools and last year made an unsuccessful run for a seat on the Lawrence school board.
ICE has not explained why it chose to arrest Syed Ahmed Jamal last month.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A chemistry professor living in Kansas who faced imminent deportation to Bangladesh has been granted a temporary stay.
Lawyers representing 55-year-old Syed Ahmed Jamal announced Thursday that a judge issued the temporary stay.
Jamal, who currently teaches at Park University in Missouri, was arrested Jan. 24 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. He arrived legally in the U.S. in 1987 but after pursuing a doctorate he overstayed his visa. He and his Bangladeshi wife have three American citizen children.
Since his visa expired, he has been allowed to stay in the U.S. and report regularly to immigration authorities.
Jamal’s arrest caused a public outcry, with a petition drive seeking a stay for him drawing more than 54,000 signatures
It wasn’t immediately clear how long his temporary stay would be valid.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Supporters of a Kansas chemistry instructor hope immigration officials will be lenient because he has lived in the United States for 30 years without problems and has a family.
Syed Ahmed Jamal was arrested in his front yard in Lawrence on Jan. 24 as he walked his seventh-grade daughter to school.
The 55-year-old Jamal arrived in the United States in 1987 to study at the University of Kansas. Most recently, he was teaching at Park University.
Jamal’s lawyer, Jeffrey Bennett, says an immigration judge allowed Jamal to remain in the country on a supervised basis provided he checked in regularly.
President Donald Trump has toughened immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say Jamal lost an appeal of a removal order four years ago
written by: Linda K. Beech – Cottonwood District Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
What common activity exposes a person to the explosive power of 26 sticks of dynamite?
The answer– handling one gallon of gasoline!
Filling vehicles at self-serve pumps requires millions of people to handle gasoline on a regular basis. Static electricity- common in cold, dry conditions- can create a spark when the driver touches the fuel nozzle. In rare circumstances, the static spark can ignite gasoline vapors, causing a flash fire.
No one knows for sure how many gas pump fires are caused by static electricity. However, 176 static fires were reported to the Petroleum Equipment Institute from 2000 to 2010.
About half of the refueling fires involved the driver getting back into the vehicle while the gas was still flowing into the tank. When the driver stepped out of the vehicle and touched the nozzle to complete the fill-up, a static spark ignited the fumes. I first heard of this phenomenon several years ago at an Extension conference from a colleague in Indiana who was injured in just such a fire.
How does it happen?
When you pull into a gas station to refuel your vehicle, you open and shut the car door, open the fuel tank cover, touch the pump to begin fueling, and touch the nozzle on the pump– all before the gasoline starts flowing. Any static electricity that was picked up in the car has been dissipated several times.
But the danger comes if you get back into your car during fueling. The friction of synthetic materials of the car seat and your clothing may create static electricity, especially during these dry, cold winter months. If you leave the car door open and don’t touch any other metal before reaching for the gas nozzle, that static charge can be released at the nozzle, creating the potential for a flash fire.
Over three-fourths (78%) of the victims of refueling fires are women? Why? Women are more likely to return to their vehicles during refueling for personal safety, to check on child passengers, get money or credit cards from their purse, get warm, or use the phone. Additionally, the synthetic fabrics of women’s clothing and hosiery are more prone to static build-up when in contact with vehicle upholstery fabrics.
To be safe at the gas pump, follow these safety guidelines:
Always turn off your vehicle engine while refueling.
Stay near the vehicle during refueling.
Never smoke, light matches, or use lighters while refueling.
Do not get back into the car during refueling. If you must re-enter your vehicle, discharge static electricity when you get out by touching something metal (your car door, a different gas pump, etc.) before reaching for the gas nozzle.
To avoid gasoline spills, do not overfill or top off your tank. The fuel dispenser will shut off automatically when the tank is full.
When filling a portable gasoline can, always place the container on the ground and keep the pump nozzle in contact with the container while refueling. Containers should never be filled inside a vehicle, in the trunk, on the bed of a pickup or on the floor of a trailer. The carpeting and truck bed act as insulators, allowing static electricity to build up in the can while it is being filled. That static electricity could create a spark between the container and the fuel nozzle.
If a flash fire occurs during refueling, you should leave the nozzle in the vehicle and back away. Shut off the fuel at the pump, using the on-off lever or an emergency shut-off switch. Notify the station attendant at once so that all pumps can be shut off with master emergency controls.
In the event of a fire, the natural tendency is to pull the nozzle out of the car tank. However, the flames will ignite the stream of gasoline like a flame-thrower, causing widespread property damage and the very real potential for human injury. There is not enough oxygen in the car gas tank to make it an explosion risk, so the best thing to do is leave the nozzle in place and let any flames burn out after the pump is shut off.
Animal Medical Center, located at 622 McKinley in Great Bend, recently completed a remodel of their entire veterinary facility.
“It was important to us to have the interior of our clinic reflect the innovative practices we have at AMC,” says Dr. Nels Lindberg, Senior Partner at Animal Medical Center.
“Our facility hadn’t been renovated since it was built in the 1980s, and our team and our customers deserved an upgrade.”
The remodeled clinic features updated exam rooms and surgical areas, new flooring and counter tops, new signage, fresh paint, and upgraded product display shelving. The clinic also includes indoor boarding with a fenced-in outdoor play area, an equine facility, cattle chutes, a well-stocked large and small animal pharmacy, indoor grooming station, and more.
“We already had state-of-the-art technology and the best trained staff, we just needed to update our clinic to showcase those things,” Dr. Lindberg said. “We recruited the help of our friends at
MPIRE Realty Group to create a 3D Tour of the newly remodeled clinic, so the public can check out the changes to our facility on our Facebook page.”
Barton Baseball – Barton 5, Carl Albert 2; Barton 3, Carl Albert 2
The Barton Community College baseball team opened up the 2018 season Thursday in Poteau, Oklahoma, getting timely hits and a combined seventeen strikeouts from its pitching staff to notch a pair of come from behind 5-2 and 3-2 victories over host Carl Albert State College. The teams will wrap up the four-game series on Friday with another 1:00 p.m. doubleheader.
The Barton Community College softball team opened up its 2018 season Thursday at Cougar Field, dropping a pair of contests to Division II No. 9 ranked Cowley College.
Returning a veteran squad coming off a fifth place national finish last season, Cowley took early leads in both contests ending the first game 15-6 in five innings before holding off the Cougars 11-7 in the nightcap to complete the sweep to improve to 3-4 on the year. Barton’s second contest date of the season comes next Wednesday in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader hosting Hutchinson Community College.
Hays High beat the Great Bend Panthers Thursday night 41-27 in a Western Athletic Conference dual in Hays.
The Panthers, wrestling without Drew Liles at 113, fell behind early and despite a rally in the middle weights, lost the match and a chance to get a share of the WAC title.
Great Bend has completed their regular season and will now prepare for Regionals next weekend in Valley Center.
Hays 41 Great Bend 27
106: Jordan Zimmerman (HAYS) over Brantley Baldwin (GRBE) (Fall 1:11)
113: Grant Karlin (HAYS) over Austin Moore (GRBE) (Dec 3-1)
120: Carsyn Schooler (GRBE) over Corey Hale (HAYS) (Dec 4-3)
126: Creighton Newell (HAYS) over Skylar Burkes (GRBE) (Dec 7-0)
132: George Weber (GRBE) over Tadin Flinn (HAYS) (Fall 3:42)
138: Braxton Schooler (GRBE) over Hazen Keener (HAYS) (Fall 5:47)
145: Alex Randolph (GRBE) over Kyle Casper (HAYS) (Fall 3:24)
152: Gage Fritz (GRBE) over Conner Harrell (HAYS) (Fall 0:12)
160: Kreighton Meyers (HAYS) over Jeffrey Spragis (GRBE) (Dec 9-6)
170: Cole Schroeder (HAYS) over Eli Witte (GRBE) (MD 10-0)
182: Chase Voth (HAYS) over Jacob Meeks (GRBE) (MD 10-2)
195: Colter Conger (HAYS) over Ever Chavez (GRBE) (Fall 1:39)
220: Trey VanPelt (HAYS) over Andrew Wettengel (GRBE) (Fall 1:57)
285: Logan Schulte (HAYS) over Eric C Vazquez (GRBE) (Fall 3:16)
Local Law Enforcement is seeking the help of the public in the investigation of a fatal hit-and-run accident on Saturday.
According to authorities, on Saturday February 3rd at about 6:45 PM, a female pedestrian was struck by an eastbound vehicle in the 4100 block of Broadway. The pedestrian later died of her injuries. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene.
Law Enforcement is seeking anyone who may have information or may have witnessed the accident.
If you have information about this crime or any other crime, call crime stoppers at 620-792-1300 or 888-305-1300.
Remember, they don’t want your name, just your information.
GEARY COUNTY — A jury has convicted a Kansas man of murder.
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A Geary County District Court jury found Joseph Crag guilty in the January 2016 shooting death of David Phillips, 23, Manhattan., at a West 12th Street Apartment in Junction City.
During the preliminary hearing in this case there was testimony that indicated that Phillips had been shot in the head three times.
Craig was also found guilty of Intentional Second Degree Murder, Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Robbery, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm, According to Geary County Attorney Krista Blaisdell,
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Sentencing in the case is set for April 17th at 2 p.m.
A second defendant in this case, Gabrielle Williams, has been scheduled for sentencing February 20th at 10 a.m. According to the County Attorney Williams pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder.
Barton County Sheriff’s Office Incident Log (2/8)
BOOKED: James Skinner of Great Bend on Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear, bond set at $500 C/S.
