<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573767273682.jpeg">Firefighters focused their training efforts on a vacant house at 1550 McFarland Road on Thursday. They spent much of the day burning interior rooms before allowing the entire structure to burn at mid-afternoon.Firefighters from Junction City, Abilene , Fort Riley and Geary County participated in the exercise.Preparations for the fire began early Thursday morning and a portion of McFarland Road was closed to traffic during the exercise. Spectators were able to access the site to view the blaze Thursday afternoon.A gallery of photos from the exercise can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/junctioncitypost/">JC Post Facebook page.</a>

Fire consumes house at 1550 McFarland Road as part of a live burn training exercise

<img src="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-14-at-2.31.20-PM-300x285.png" height="285" width="300"> Google map[/caption] POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY— One person died in a fire at a home in Pottawatomie County Sunday, according to the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office. Just after 10:30p.m., fire crews responded to the home at 13910 Antelope Run Road in rural Westmoreland. The home had totally collapsed prior to the arrival of fire crews and deputies from the sheriff’s department. Fire crews found a victim dead in the home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s office. A positive identification of the victim will not be made until it is confirmed by autopsy. The Investigation Division of the Fire Marshal’s office has classified the cause of the fire as undetermined. Loss is estimated at $200,000. It is unknown if there were smoke detectors in the structure.

Fire Marshal: 1 dead after Pottawatomie Co. house fire

<h3><a href="http://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/2019/11/14/better-kansas-nov-14-2019/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Better Kansas – Nov. 14, 2019</a></h3>Welcome to&nbsp;Better Kansas, where every Thursday we shed light on events, resources and other information designed to make your life, businesses, communities and state better. This is a small glimpse of what&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/about/stateandareamaps.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">K-State Research and Extension</a>&nbsp;across the state has to offer. Share on social media and&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">subscribe</a>! – Mary Lou Peter&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mlpeter@ksu.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">mlpeter@ksu.edu</a><h3>Better Living, Better Communities</h3><a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/meal-with-friends.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ad7_X7FW-jp3G0Dx5D5pjKaAmYKlrdEvUkrSGutCTaAGJd1w5GEOHuf4FV5mEPuFbxyr4nOkUOwWt1fQOFEy0m05L02I0arh49PdGDvoFSUtW1aQwVUy2qGz_bAQxSTyAg=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/meal-with-friends-520x346.jpg"></a>IN CASE YOU CAN’T TELL BY ALL THE ADVERTISING, THANKSGIVING IS IN JUST TWO WEEKS!&nbsp;Whether you’re hosting a crowd or having a party of one, take a look at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/foodsafety/topics/holiday.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Food Safety for Holiday Meals</a>&nbsp;for all manner of tips and information to keep the good times on track. It’s really relevant information for any time of year. Maybe it’s just me, but I especially enjoyed: “Hotline Answers ‘Panic Button’ Food Safety Questions.” I wonder what percentage of first-time turkey cooks have accidentally left the bag of giblets in the turkey while cooking it? MANY of us, I think! It’s amazing how many things are hidden in the nooks and crannies of those birds!&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/grocery-shopping.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/_DiSaBzujO9O9krm9bdxtBjp1bl7ETnNW1JTndrsG0rHAxWutu1jArnAzlnJaUV2xmAPPynJeHgNSycKpFyptliL_QuYLHZC_EhARpI5T4sCm8pZmvVy-dhl-NTeu9fN=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/grocery-shopping-520x347.jpg"></a>WHILE WE’RE ON THE TOPIC OF FOOD,&nbsp;we should recognize that even in a state like Kansas where we grow so much food, there are plenty of people who don’t have enough to eat. About 11% of U.S. households are food insecure, according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service. It might be those children walking by on their way to the school bus. Or the elderly man in front of you at the store.&nbsp;<a href="http://soundlivingksu.libsyn.com/improving-food-security" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Listen in</a>&nbsp;to a Sound Living podcast on improving food security.&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/couple-smiling-at-each-other-1881091.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ARKG2b63r2Vqr8e92WRc_44Q-PrpLZc0Gj9JyYGaB4Cbsw3YaHYlqUnH9ELNV5SmcH0URE3mB8H3cxGBH4yOum6IOUxr3pjluFKT8t7ocUjblfDSLs46yiNPU8nYL4V0c3xvwcvhuMc5XWN4ZWDxC_T4gko=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/couple-smiling-at-each-other-1881091-520x347.jpg"></a>THE YOUNGEST BABY BOOMERS ARE ABOUT 55 YEARS OLD; THE OLDEST IN THEIR 70s.&nbsp;That means a whole lot of people are retiring every day in this country. I know a few of those folks. Some say that after a few months, they didn’t know what to do with themselves, so they went back to work. Others say their blood pressure dropped and health improved. If you’re considering taking this big step, it sounds like a good idea to have a plan. A good conversation starter (even if that conversation is with yourself) is the factsheet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aging.k-state.edu/programs/managing_retirement/MF3426_Fact%20Sheet.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">So Now What? Tips for Managing Life after Retirement</a>. It goes through typical stages, starting with the “honeymoon” stage. You know … that’s where you catch up on sleep!<h3>Better Farming, Ranching and Gardening</h3><a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/roses-pink.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/fLKYWiwhGKChwjlNA-r3eP2KYPGIfxSXzE27uK4vBCHqD5HWqfYoxJ-HMiJxiun3miRbAhOMgDIRGBhQbiXJtMGj3lI3DXSZh459x2FWvaJeIR3HBK2SHOnt=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/roses-pink-520x280.jpg"></a>IF LIKE ME, YOU HAD GORGEOUS ROSES THAT PUT ON A SHOW ALL SEASON LONG,&nbsp;consider protecting them from the winter cold by mounding soil or compost around them. Check out&nbsp;<a href="https://hnr.k-state.edu/extension/info-center/newsletters/2019/Nov12_45.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">more information</a>, plus a link to a video on winterizing roses. Other topics include the lowdown on an annual turfgrass conference, getting amaryllis to bloom for the holiday season, watering your landscape NOW (may have to get that hose out one more time), the nitty gritty on what you can do to improve garden soil now and more.&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/irrigation-crop-.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/JeY-0qi0pTNuFnMwmJBTR8CmGicQZ92MkdIhqHBLYnMY0F7g65qOXrLE4EfodIF0I44OP2ODw-ZF3GaRY2KWD9fNxVoWzOKiMafJthgl32UpmLklISZsaZNVfuwfB8UC=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/irrigation-crop--520x345.jpg"></a>ALMOST ALL LIVING THINGS NEED IT – WATER, THAT IS.&nbsp;A recent&nbsp;<a href="https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dig-deep-ksu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Dig Deep podcast</a>&nbsp;delves into basic facts about water in Kansas – where it comes from, where it goes, and conservation. The segment features Dan Devlin, a K-State professor who’s also the director of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment (KCARE). He sheds light on a new effort called the Irrigation Innovation Consortium that brings researchers from several universities together with private industry to come up with better ways to use this precious resource more efficiently.&nbsp;<a href="https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dig-deep-ksu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Listen</a>&nbsp;in.<a href="https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/corn-closer-up.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QoarWTCnCT1Mr7XSFkPdtMkHNUQRU2UNjRqlKt-JaIzhmsEuffe9UVBrxkfSDtujAUAreERoawfqdUHKVXxBRSmYy0AvBVbb7g93wOAa9X8wBIpBIGzL6VnB80g1_A=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogs.k-state.edu/ksrenews/files/2019/11/corn-closer-up-520x345.jpg"></a>THE USDA REVISED ITS LATEST ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH CORN U.S. GROWERS WILL PRODUCE THIS YEAR&nbsp;downward to 13.661 billion bushels – 118 million bushels less than what it predicted a month ago, largely owing to harvest delays. And that’s just a small portion of what’s in the U.S. Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released Nov. 8. For a closer look at the numbers and what they mean, take a look at an&nbsp;<a href="http://agmanager.info/grain-marketing/grain-market-outlook-newsletter/analysis-usda-crop-production-and-world-agricultural" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">analysis of the data</a>. Ending stocks, stocks-to-use, supply-and-demand balances … it’s all in there. And it’s not just about corn. The nitty gritty on soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum is also put into perspective._For more resources and activities, contact the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/about/stateandareamaps.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">K-State Research and Extension office</a>&nbsp;in your area. Check out our other blogs and subscribe to our weekly emails here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/blogs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/blogs/</a>by Mary Lou Peter on November 14, 2019

Better Kansas - Nov. 14, 2019

Geary County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a pair of accidents on Monday. 	Deputies responded to K-244 Highway for a single vehicle non-injury car vs. deer accident. Donald W. Manns, Junction City, while driving west on K-244 in a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado struck a deer. There was major damage to the vehicle. Manns was not injured.	Deputies also responded to U.S. 77, mile marker 158 for a single vehicle non-injury car vs. deer accident. Monica Jackson, Milford, while driving south on U.ZS. 77 in a 2012 Chevrolet Impala and struck a deer, causing minor damage. Jackson was not injured.

Sheriff's Department responds to pair of accidents

The Six Appeal Vocal Band will bring their high octane Ugly Sweater Party to the C. L. Hoover Opera House on Saturday, Dec. 7th. The concert will feature distinctive a cappella arrangements of traditional and original holiday music.

Six Appeal Ugly Sweater Party is scheduled Dec. 7th at the Opera House

The JC Breakfast Optimist Club has donated $200 to the Shop With A Cop program in Junction City. The money will be used when local law enforcement officers will take the children Christmas shopping at Walmart on Dec. 14th.	The children will be identified by their school's principal and / or staff as being in need of support.

JC Breakfast Optimists donate to Shop With A Cop

The Junction City Municipal Building will be the site of a Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 19th and 20th. The hours on the 19th will be 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on the 20th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.	There will be a $5 Amazon E-Gift card donated by Suburban Propane to everyone who donates blood. Call 1-800-RED CROSS to make an appointment.

Red Cross blood drive will be held in Junction City Nov. 19th and 20th

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The fall production of the Junction City High School Drama Department will be "Penny for Your Thoughts." This will be a comedy in two acts by Scott Haan.	The show will performed at the Warren Settles Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday Nov. 22nd and 23rd.

"Penny for Your Thoughts is coming to JCHS

Geary County is preparing to decrease maintenance on some rural roads that do not see a lot of traffic.	Commissioner Charles Stimatze said the roads have been identified by public works officials, and a resolution has been adopted. "Nine roads in the county that our public works and GIS have identified that only one or two people live on it. So we're going to change them to a limited maintenance road, which means we'll keep maintaining them but not at a level that there's a lot of public on the road."	Roads on the list include Old Highway 40 and Crider Road intersection, north from Burley Hill Road, Hoffman Road, K-57 and Stahl Road, west from Clark's Creek Road ( south of John Moyer's ), north from Schmedemann Road, Ava Road and East 11th Street....the portion of 11th Street that was vacated beginning at the intersection of North Filley Street and East 11th street then proceeding east to the east line of the Railroad Addition to Junction City.

County will adjust maintenance on lightly traveled rural roads

Governor Laura Kelly has appointed the director of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library in Junction City, Susan Moyer to the State Library of Kansas Board.Moyer has 40 years of library experience. She spent six years at the Texas State Capitol Legislative Reference Library, and five years at the University of Texas Library. Moyer has also served on the Junction City Board of Zoning Appeals and the Geary County Solid Waste Commission.Also appointed to the board by the governor were Rhoda MacLaughlin-Ramirez of Arkansas City, Leslie Weishaar of Topeka and Tom Taylor of Wichita.

Susan Moyer appointed to State Library Board

MANHATTAN, Kansas (AP) — Kansas State hasn’t started games as well as coach Bruce Weber had hoped, despite Wednesday’s 73-54 win over Monmouth.The Wildcats have been outscored in the first half 74-57 through three contests this year and trailed at the half in every game.But somehow, they are still undefeated.“We’re a young team and we’ve won by two decent margins and against decent teams,” Weber said. “We’ve just got to learn and grow from it.”Xavier Sneed scored 15 points and had six rebounds and Makol Mawien nearly had his second double-double of the season scoring 11 points and pulling in nine rebounds. Freshman Montavious Murphy had a career-high eight points.Ray Salnave had 20 points and five rebounds while Mustapha Traore scored five points and had 10 rebounds in the losing effort.Even more first half woes for Kansas State is 3-point shooting- making only one 3 in the first 20 minutes of games this season.“If you haven’t figured it our we’re one for 32 from 3 in the first half this year,” Weber said.Weber and Murphy said they think the speed of the game and a young team are partially to blame on the slow starts.“We come out and just take things for granted and then come and play hard in the second half,” Murphy said. “I think we need to start doing that to start and lock in.”Kansas State’s defense forced 25 turnovers scoring 21 points off those mistakes. The Wildcats 17 steals tied for the third-most in a game in school history.The Wildcats (3-0) won the game in the paint outscoring the Hawks 38-20 as Kansas State seemed to be bigger and faster against the Hawks.“They are big, strong guys,” Monmouth coach King Rice said. “There’s a lot of bumps in the game and it takes a lot out of our legs.”Monmouth (1-2) closed the first half on a 14-4 run after a layup at buzzer by Traore to lead 29-20 at the break.“Our guys started making it a one-on-one game and that’s when they got us down by a bunch,” King said. “I think some of you guys might have been shocked, but I’m a head coach and this is college basketball. Anything can happen in this game.”Sneed opened the second half with a 3, starting a 9-0 run for the Wildcats, which tied the game. K-State scored 23 of the first 27 points in the second half and cruised to victory from there.

K-State rallies to defeat Monmouth

The Junction City Blue Jays ( 8-2 ) play the Topeka High Trojans ( 9-1 ) Friday night at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka. The two teams meet in the quarterfinal round of the Class 6A football postseason playoffs. The game will be broadcast on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK with the Central National Bank pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m. The other 6A quarterfinal round playoff games Friday night include Manhattan ( 9-1 ) at Derby ( 10-0 ), Blue Valley West ( 7-3 ) at Olathe North ( 8-2 ) and Blue Valley High School ( 7-3 ) hosting Blue Valley North ( 5-5 ).

Blue Jays will play Topeka High in the Class 6A Quarterfinals

Game 10West Virginia at&nbsp;16/rv/rv&nbsp;Kansas StateDate: Saturday, November 16, 2019Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.Location: Manhattan, Kan.Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)Series: K-State leads, 5-4 CATS RETURN HOME TO HOST WEST VIRGINIA ON ESPNK-State will look to bounce back from a narrow three-point loss at Texas this week as the Wildcats welcome West Virginia to Manhattan for an afternoon Big 12 match up. The game, which kicks at 2:30 p.m., will air on ESPN with Mark Jones (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoreck (analyst) and Olivia Dekker (sidelines) on the call. The contest can be heard across the 39-station K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), former K-State quarterback Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sidelines) calling the action. The game can also be heard on SiriusXM (S: 137, X: 200, Internet: 954) in addition to the TuneIn app. A LOOK AT K-STATE<ul><li>K-State has won three of its last four games and is bowl-eligible under first-year head coach Chris Klieman.</li><li>K-State has rushed for 1,789 yards this year on 387 carries which includes 25 rushing touchdowns after tallying only 20 rushing scores a year ago.</li><li>The Wildcats are on pace to finish the 2019 season in the top 10 in school history in team rushing yards.</li><li>K-State’s 11 rushing scores over the Oklahoma and Kansas games were the most in the nation over that stretch. Quarterback Skylar Thompson had seven of those scores, also the best in the nation during that stretch.</li><li>Thompson’s seven rushing scores against OU and KU were the most over a two-game stretch by a K-State quarterback since Collin Klein in 2012.</li><li>Thompson – who has four career game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or later – has thrown for 1,589 yards and nine touchdowns with one interception. His current 0.5% interception percentage ranks as the best mark in Big 12 history.</li><li>With 29 rushing yards against WVU, Thompson can become the fourth signal caller in school history with 3,000 career passing yards and 1,000 career rushing yards.</li><li>Receivers Dalton Schoen and Malik Knowles each have over 300 receiving yards and three touchdowns.</li><li>The K-State defense enters the week ranked highly in many statistical categories, including third down defense (3rd; 26.0%) and first downs allowed (17th; 152).</li><li>K-State has given up just five passing TDs this season, which are tied for the fewest nationally this year (Ohio State).</li><li>The Cats have surrendered only 25 total third down conversions this season, which are tied for the fewest in the FBS, while they were the final team to allow a fourth-down conversion when they did so last week against Texas.</li><li>Linebacker Elijah Sullivan and safety Denzel Goolsby lead the team with 40 tackles apiece.</li><li>Ten different Wildcats have at least 2.0 TFLs – led by Wyatt Hubert’s 7.5 – and Hubert leads the team with 5.0 sacks.</li><li>Cornerback AJ Parker has a team-high three interceptions to tie for fourth in the Big 12.</li><li>The Wildcats possess a great kicker/punter duo as Blake Lynch ranks 10th nationally in field goal percentage (91.7%), while Devin Anctil ranks 18th in the nation with a 44.9-yard punting average.</li><li> </li></ul>A LOOK AT WEST VIRGINIA<ul><li>West Virginia is coming off a 38-17 setback to Texas Tech and enters the game with a 3-6 overall record and a 1-5 mark in Big 12 play.</li><li>The Mountaineers are averaging 329.7 yards per game on offense, which includes 253.9 through the air.</li><li>Former Oklahoma quarterback Austin Kendall has thrown for 1,989 yards and 12 touchdowns on 187-of-304 aim.</li><li>Kendall’s favorite target has been Sam James, who has 58 catches for 623 yards and two touchdowns. T.J. Simmons and George Campbell each have a team-high four receiving scores.</li><li>Running backs Leddie Brown (227) and Kennedy McKoy (220) lead the team in rushing with McCoy having a team-high three touchdowns on the ground.</li><li>Defensively, Josh Norwood has 61 tackles to lead the way, while Darius Stills ranks second in the Big 12 in both sacks (7.0) and tackles for loss (12.0).</li><li> </li></ul>CATS ARE BOWL BOUND<ul><li>With the win over Kansas, K-State got win No. 6 and became bowl eligible for the 22nd time in school history.</li><li>Since 1990, K-State has qualified for the postseason 21 times, including this season.</li><li>Chris Klieman became the second coach in school history to take the Wildcats to a bowl in their first year as coach and the fourth overall to do so.</li></ul>

Wildcats host West Virginia on Saturday

The Kansas Jayhawks are ranked fifth in the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Kentucky is number one followed by Duke, Michigan State, Louisville and Kansas. Also from the Big 12, Texas Tech was ranked number 11 and Baylor 24th.

Jayhawks ranked fifth in Associated Press college basketball poll

Two from the Junction City Lady Jay volleyball team were on the list when the 2019 Centennial League All-League Volleyball Team was announced. Savannah Adams was named Second-Team All Conference and Taylor Strickland received Honorable Mention. Brooklyn DeLeye of Washburn Rural was named the Newcomer of the Year, Camryn Turner of Seaman Player of the Year and Kevin Bordewick of Washburn Rural Coach of the Year.

2019 Centennial League All-League Volleyball Team

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573240225927.jpeg">FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Graduate transfer quarterback Alex Delton has left TCU’s team after not playing in the past two games. Coach Gary Patterson acknowledged the departure of Delton during his weekly news conference Tuesday. The transfer from Kansas State was named a team captain at the beginning of the season and started the first two games for the Horned Frogs. Patterson said Delton obviously wanted to play more. Freshman Max Duggan has started the past six games. Duggan is dealing with an injured middle finger on his throwing hand sustained in Saturday’s 34-27 loss at Oklahoma State. Michael Collins came in for Duggan and took a hard shot to the midsection on TCU’s last offensive play. Patterson said he thinks Duggan will play Saturday against No. 11 Baylor, but that Collins probably won’t for the Frogs (4-4). In his career at Hays High, Delton was a two-year starter at quarterback for the Indians, completing more than 55 percent of his passes for 1,978 yards, 26 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He also rushed for 1,369 yards and 21 touchdowns. — Hays Post contributed to this report

Former K-State quarterback leaves the TCU program

<img src="https://newshub.eagleradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-14-at-12.39.14-PM-248x300.png" height="300" width="248"> Hurt Photo Leavenworth Co. LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 77-year-old northeast Kansas man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for the attempted rape of a 4-year-old girl. Galen Hurt, of Linwood, was sentenced Wednesday to 5.5 years in prison. He&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/728ddb5682d54ce78a7aabe90799d51e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pleaded</a>&nbsp;guilty in September in Leavenworth County to attempted rape and aggravated child endangerment. Hurt was originally charged in 2018 with rape of a child after the girl told her mother that he had touched her inappropriately while she was at Hurt's house.Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said he offered a plea deal to Hurt in part to prevent the girl, who is now 6, from having to testify in court.

Kansas man sentenced for attempted rape of 4-year-old

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573747594108.png">Photos courtesy Joplin Police KANSAS CITY — Authorities searching for a woman after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/fbd4d800454344f19a9f213efb5a0a7d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">finding her husband’s corpse</a>&nbsp;in a freezer have her in custody, according to a social media report from police in Joplin Missouri. Barbara J. Watters, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon with the assistance from the US Marshals Service. Authorities found the corpse in the freezer in a bedroom inside Wattters' southwest Missouri home where it may have been stored for nearly a year.Details on charges have not been released.------------- KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a woman after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/fbd4d800454344f19a9f213efb5a0a7d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">finding her husband’s corpse</a>&nbsp;in a freezer in a bedroom inside her southwest Missouri home, where it may have been stored for nearly a year. Barbara Watters, 67, of Joplin, was charged Wednesday with abandonment of a corpse, a felony that is punishable by up to four years in prison. The grim discovery was made after a witness told police that Paul Barton’s body had been in Watters’ freezer since his death on Dec. 30, 2018, a police officer wrote in the probable cause affidavit.The witness said Watters threatened to kill him if he notified police. Watters also threatened to kill police, fireman and emergency medical workers if they attempted to come into her house, the witness said, according to the affidavit. Police said she has unspecified “mental disorders” and is known to carry firearms. Police released a photo of Watters and the license plate number for the white sedan she may be driving in a Facebook&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoplinPD/posts/1452830894872605?__tn__=-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">post</a>&nbsp;that asked the public for help finding her. Capt. Nick Jimenez declined to elaborate further on the search. Jimenez said in an interview that officers got the tip about the body Monday while investigating an unrelated Nov. 5 fire that damaged a home in the neighborhood. Officers served a search warrant Tuesday and found the body just where the witness said it would be.Jimenez declined to describe how the witness knows Watters, although the affidavit said he was at her house on Nov. 7 when officers attempted to contact the occupants. The witness said Watters stood at the door pointing a handgun at officers on the other side and refused to allow him to answer the door. The affidavit doesn’t explain why officers were at the house that day, and Jimenez said he didn’t know whether it was related to the arson inquiry. Police weren’t immediately able to provide a call history to the home. The Associated Press submitted a records request. Meanwhile, an autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death and confirm the identity of the remains. While the criminal complaint says Watters “knowingly disposed of or left” Barton’s corpse at her home without notifying law enforcement, Jimenez said formal identification of the body is pending. Watters had only minor past convictions for driving with an expired license and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license, according to online court records in Missouri.

The Latest: Woman captured; husband’s body found in freezer

<img src="https://newshub.eagleradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-14-at-5.12.23-PM-300x258.png" height="258" width="300"> David Toland <a href="https://www.usd204.org/District/1338-Untitled.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">photo courtesy USD 204</a>KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas sheriff’s department employees have been charged over an incident with a jailed inmate, but no details have been released. The Wyandotte County prosecutor’s office announced Thursday that 47-year-old Sgt. David Toland and 34-year-old Deputy Marcus Johnson are charged with one misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a confined person. Toland also is charged with felony aggravated battery and Johnson with misdemeanor assault. The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office has placed both employees on administrative leave. The prosecutor’s office didn’t immediately respond to an email asking whether the men have attorneys. Toland also is a member of the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville school board. He told KCTV last month that about five jail staffers were involved in the September incident. He said he was working as a supervisor at the time and that the entire encounter was recorded on video. He said “what happened was right” but provided no other details. Sheriff Don Ash also provided no specifics in a written statement but said it “does not reflect our organizational values.” The statement noted that an administrative investigation is ongoing

2 Kansas sheriff’s employees charged in jail incident

<img src="https://newshub.eagleradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-14-at-4.02.30-PM-300x253.png" height="253" width="300"> Stacey photo Pawnee County PAWNEE COUNTY– Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on sex crime allegations.On Thursday, Michael Patrick Stacey, 19, Larned, Kansas, appeared in custody in Pawnee County and was charged with rape and battery, according to Pawnee CountyAttorney Doug McNett.&nbsp;The crimes involve a single incident alleged to have occurred in Pawnee County on October 25, 2019.&nbsp; The Larned Police Department handled the investigation. If convicted, under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Stacey faces a presumptive prison sentence between 147 months and 653 months in the custody of the Department of Corrections depending on his criminal history. Stacey was arrested on November 12, 2019, without incident and is being held in the custody of the Pawnee County Sheriff in lieu of $100,000 bond, according to McNett.

Kansas man held on $100K bond for alleged rape

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573757028473.png">Braeden Bradforth and his mother-courtesy photo <a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search/?query=byline:%22ROXANA%20HEGEMAN%22&amp;mediaType=text&amp;st=keyword&amp;sortOrder=newest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 125, 165);">By ROXANA HEGEMAN</a> WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A scathing report following an independent investigation into the heatstroke death of a 19-year-old football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice at a Kansas community college found “a striking lack of leadership.”Braeden Bradforth, a 315-pound (140 kilogram) defensive lineman for the Garden City Community College, was found unconscious outside his dorm room after practice on Aug. 1, 2018. The New Jersey teenager&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/e44cd839e29f4cd897c2f0854897f3fa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">died that night</a>&nbsp;at a hospital. No lawsuits have been filed in the case. A serious lack of oversight set off a series of events that led to Bradforth’s death, according to the report by investigators, including sports medicine specialists Walters, Inc. School staff failed to assess athletes prior to the conditioning test and paid little attention to assessing Bradforth’s personal level of fitness, the report said.In particular, coaching staff didn’t consider if he had properly acclimatized to working out in summer temperatures at a higher altitude. "A cause of death was a poorly designed and administered conditioning test for an unconditioned, non-acclimatized student-athlete at an altitude with 9% less oxygen than he was accustomed to at his home” in Neptune, New Jersey, the report said.The college was not sufficiently prepared to ensure safety at practice or to deal with exertional heat illness, the report said. No college athletic training or coaching staff member and no emergency medical service or hospital emergency department personnel identified or treated Bradforth’s escalating symptoms of the heat stroke that caused his death, it found.A timeline included in the report detailed the 73 minutes that passed from the moment Bradforth left the stadium to his arrival at the hospital. "An effective plan likely would have rescued him from what turned out to be his untimely death," the report said. "The response time and significant delays between multiple opportunities for effective treatment were a cause of death."Teammates found&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/30ff72c661c44b22860a792bec3d9a41" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">Bradforth collapsed in an alley</a>, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request. Assistant football coach Caleb Young told officials Bradforth was "making a stressful moan" when he arrived on the scene, but rather than immediately dial 911 he called the head coach Jeff Sims "for instruction to see how we wanted to handle the situation."Young&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6140137-Coach-Caleb-Young-s-email.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">wrote in one email</a>&nbsp;to university officials that while he was on the phone with Sims, players were filling jugs and bottles from drinking fountains to pour water on Bradforth and attempt to make him drink. The college hired the investigators to conduct an independent review of the case under pressure from Bradforth’s family and the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/45b0b7dcea8d40c29a655db280225d2b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">New Jersey congressional</a>&nbsp;delegation. The University of Maryland also hired Walters, Inc., after the heatstroke death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair after a workout last year.ontent

Report: Lack of leadership led to Kansas player’s death

ELLSWORTH -- Law enforcement authorities and USD 327&nbsp;officials have determined that a possible threat made Thursday at Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School was not credible. In a news release Thursday morning, Ellsworth Police Chief Emil Halfhill wrote that on "November 14, 2019 a possible perceived threat was vocalized at the Ellsworth Junior/Senior High School. An investigation both by law enforcement and school staff was conducted and it was determined the threat was not credible. The juvenile who made the statement was removed from the school as a precaution." Halfhill noted that "law enforcement personnel will continue to monitor the situation and will provide extra patrol in and around the High School in the following days."The chief also reminded citizens that if they see something to say something.

Police: Student removed from school after reported threat 

COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Cowley County. Just before 10p.m. Saturday, police&nbsp;were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of South D Street in Arkansas City for a report of a gunshot victim, according to city spokesman Andrew Lawson. First responders arrived and located a 17-year-old Arkansas City boy with a gunshot wound. He had been struck in the face with a bullet from a 9-millimeter handgun, according to Lawson. Police determined the victim was shot unintentionally by a family member who was handling the gun. He was transported by the Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department to South Central Kansas Medical Center and later airlifted to a Wichita-area hospital for treatment of his injuries. The boy died Wednesday from complications related to his gunshot injury, according to Lawson. An autopsy is pending. Authorities have not released the victim's name.

Kansas teen dies after reported accidental shooting

<a href="https://www.coldwellbanker.com/offices/1001-main-street-hays-ks-67601" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ColdwellBankerLeaderboard.jpg" width="728" height="90"></a> ﻿By&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kmuw.org/people/tom-shine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);">TOM SHINE</a>Kansas News Service If Wichita’s new baseball team can draw fans to the stadium like it did Wednesday night for the unveiling of its name and logo, it will be in good shape. Before a packed house at Wave, the new team was officially christened the Wichita Wind Surge. Team officials say the name is a play on the city’s ever-present wind and because Wichita is taking “an exponential surge forward,” according to an introductory video with soaring music and quintessential images of Kansas and Wichita. The logo features the winged horse Pegasus soaring through a red W. The team's primary colors include navy blue and red, a nod to the colors in the Wichita flag, which will appear on the uniforms.<a href="https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kmuw/files/styles/x_large/public/201911/wind_surge_todd_radom.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(22, 141, 217);"><img src="https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kmuw/files/styles/large/public/201911/wind_surge_todd_radom.jpg"></a>Logo designer Todd Radom helps introduce the Wind Surge at an event at Wave.CREDIT NADYA FAULX / KMUW “I think we got it right,” said Todd Radom, a nationally recognized graphic designer who created the Wichita logo. “I hope the reaction is good. Building a foundation is so important.”Although the name was panned by many on social media after the announcement, those in attendance cheered loudly. And they formed long lines afterward to buy Wind Surge merchandise.“Today does feel like Christmas,” said team president Jay Miller, who has been working to market a team with no name since earlier this year.It also felt like Opening Day at the ballpark.There were hot dogs, peanuts and beer. Elected officials roamed the crowd, along with members of the Wind Surge’s staff.Players in the Miami Marlins’ organization — the parent club for Wichita — modeled the new uniforms.Miss Kansas and Miss Wichita obligingly posed for photos. A barbershop quartet sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”“Make no mistake folks, Wichita is a baseball town,” said Wind Surge senior vice president Cookie Rojas.Team owner and managing partner Lou Schwechheimer thanked Mayor Jeff Longwell for his efforts to bring the team to Wichita.“The mayor called me three years ago and said, ‘This city deserves affiliated baseball, and we need to bring it back,’” Schwechheimer said.Longwell was criticized for a lack of transparency in the city’s dealings with the team and the rapid decision to knock down Lawrence-Dumont Stadium and build a new $75 million baseball stadium on the west side of the Arkansas River.The Wind Surge will take the field in April for its inaugural season in the Pacific Coast League. Wichita will be the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, the highest level of minor league baseball. The city has not had a Triple-A team since 1984, when the Wichita Aeros left for Buffalo, New York.When city leaders announced in September of 2018 that the New Orleans Baby Cakes were moving to Wichita, they said the team would get a new name. The team solicited suggestions from the public and received thousands of submissions, but it said team officials would make the final decision.The team began releasing a series of names and logos in August, even though it said none would be the team’s new name. Those included the River Riders, Linemen and Doo-Dahs.But Radom told Sportslogos.net that team officials wanted a more major-league feel.“Wichita is the biggest city in the state of Kansas; it’s kind of a regional powerhouse,” Radom said. “So they wanted a look with a little bit more of a classic feel. We were going to look for something that would represent the team for the long term."Wichita baseball team names&nbsp;<ul><li>Braves (1887)</li><li>Eagles (1898)</li><li>Jobbers (1905-1910)</li><li>Witches (1912-17)</li><li>Jobbers (1918-20)</li><li>Witches (1921-22)</li><li>Izzies (1923-26)</li><li>Larks (1927-28)</li><li>Aviators (1929-32)</li><li>Oilers (1933)</li><li>Indians (1951-55)</li><li>Braves (1956-58)</li><li>Aeros (1970-84)</li><li>Pilots (1987-88)</li><li>Wranglers (1989-2007)</li><li>Wingnuts (2008-18)</li><li>Wind Surge (2020)</li></ul>

Kansas, Meet Your New Baseball Team: The Wind Surge

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573743150464.png">Kallal photo Wyandotte County KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have announced plans to retry a Kansas priest who was suspended from the ministry after he was accused of inappropriately touching a young girl on two occasions. Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office spokesman Jonathan Carter&nbsp;said on Wednesday that the Rev. Scott Kallal’s new trial will likely be held in May. The 37-year-old faces two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He was accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl in 2015 at a Kansas City, Kansas, church gymnasium and again at a graduation party in Bonner Springs. His original trial ended in mistrial in September after the jury couldn’t agree on a verdict.

Prosecutors to retry Kan. priest accused of molesting 10-year-old

<a href="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold.jpg" width="700" height="400"></a>Preston Wolf, left, helps James Arnold secure the door to his shelter outside of Wolf's Furniture in Hays. By CRISTINA JANNEYHays Post HAYS — James Arnold has been given notice to leave the only home he knows — a makeshift encampment behind Wolf's Furniture in Hays. If you weren't looking for it, you probably won't see it. The encampment is made out of shipping pallets, sheets of plastic and cardboard. The makeshift shelter has just enough space for James to crawl into for the night. He has a small space heater that kept his hideaway warm even as the temperature dipped into the single digits this week. He has squirreled away a few possessions — dishes and a few household items he hoped to use to start a new life in his own apartment — in a couple truck toolboxes. He recently adopted a mother cat who took advantage of the warmth of his shelter to have her kittens. Preston Wolf, owner of Wolf Furniture and James' friend, received a letter on Oct. 30 from the City of Hays Planning Inspection and Enforcement Department saying James could no longer stay in his encampment because the area was not zoned for residential use. Wolf was given until Friday to have James out. James, who has been homeless for 16 years, wants to stay in Hays. His face tells the tale of those years, mostly lived in similar makeshift shelters. A long white beard stretches halfway down his tall, lean frame. The heavy lines in his weather-worn face make him appear much older than his 57 years. James has been in Hays for the last year and half, working odd jobs, hoping to save up enough money to get an apartment of his own. Wolf befriended James. He helped him apply for and receive a new ID and Social Security card, which took almost a year. Although James said he prefers his encampment, Wolf put James up in a hotel last winter at his own expense. James said he doesn't want to keep taking advantage of Wolf's kindness. "I can stay back there and it doesn't cost him as much money. ... I'm homeless. I'm used to this stuff back here by now," James said. "The first three or four years I wouldn't have made it, but now it's been 15 years and I'm used to it. It doesn't bother me as bad. He's so nice. I'm not going to let him spend that much money on me this winter. I'd rather stay back there if he'll let me and do it cheaper and save more money. "This guy's like a gift — like a banker, but I don't want to abuse him," James said. James said he has made a connection with people in Hays. "I have people who I like now and a lot of people I enjoy being around," he said. <a href="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold-inside.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold-inside.jpg" width="700" height="400"></a>The inside of James' shelter. There is just enough room to crawl in and lie down. James appears to have no family ties or support system outside of what Wolf has offered him here in Hays. He has mentioned an ex-wife and kids, but James' mind wanders from one grandiose topic to the next. It's hard to nail down a history and tell what is truth and what is fantasy. Wolf said he suspects he might have mental health issues. Wolf expressed great distress about what might happen to James after Friday. James said he plans to hitchhike to another encampment up north, but Wolf has tried to dissuade him. "It's just a field," Wolf said. James has COPD, a lung condition, which means he is winded easily. Wolf said he doesn't think James will last long out on the road. "If he leaves here, he is probably going to die because he has no place to go and no help," Wolf said. "If there was someplace he could go where he would have a roof over his head ... We understand that is not the ideal out there." "It's not harming me," James said of his Hays encampment. "If he ain't mad about, it ain't harming me. I have been saving a little money."<h3>Few resources in Hays for homeless</h3><a href="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold-2.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.hayspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Arnold-2.jpg" width="700" height="400"></a>The City of Hays says James Arnold can no longer stay in this makeshift shelter behind Wolf's Furniture because it is not zoned for residential use. Linda Mills, director of First Call for Help, which helps transients in the community, said Hays unfortunately has little to no resources for a person in James' predicament. "It's frustrating," Mills said. "The thought of someone sleeping outside when it was a cold as it was last night ... I couldn't do it." There are housing programs for veterans, but the veterans have to have proof of service. Hays also has a housing program for people who have mental illness, but recipients must have a diagnosed mental illness and meet other criteria to qualify. Hays has no homeless shelter. <a href="https://www.hayspost.com/2019/07/30/first-call-for-help-launches-housing-fundraising-campaign-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Call for Help is working on a project to build a transitional housing unit in its current building at 607 E. 13th</a>. However, that housing will not be available anytime soon. The organization has raised $43,000 toward the renovation project. About $25,000 of that money was used to remodel the supply distribution area, which is now complete. First Call needs $215,000 to remodel the rear of its building into transitional living areas for its new First Step housing program.&nbsp; Now that First Call has a firm bid in hand, it hopes to start applying for grants for the project. You can donate to that project by <a href="http://firstcallelliscounty.com/First-Step-Housing-Campaign" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. Even if the transitional housing project was ready, Mills said James would likely not qualify for the program because he has not been able to hold down steady work. In addition to his COPD, which makes it difficult for him to do physical labor, his mind tends to wonder, Wolf said. "I definitely don't mind him staying there," Wolf said. "He causes no problems. What we were trying to when we got his ID and his Social Security card, we were try to get him a job at Walmart or someplace. The ideal thing was to try to get him back into society to find a little one-bedroom apartment or something. We are trying. We just haven't got that — with the job application. I don't know if James could work eight straight hours." Mills said James might qualify for disability, but that process can take months or even years. Initial applications are often denied and applicants have to appeal and even employ an attorney to secure disability payments. "If he doesn't want to leave Hays, I'm not sure unless people are willing to set up a GoFundMe or something and match what he has saved up to get into an apartment," Mills said. "But even if he gets into an apartment, how is he going to pay for the rent month to month? It probably doesn't makes sense to raise money to get him into the apartment unless they are going to raise money to keep him in the apartment because he'll get evicted." Mills said the best First Call could do for James is to offer him a bus ticket to Salina, the location of the nearest men's shelter. James said he has been in shelters in Denver and Wichita, and said they were like being in prison. He doesn't want to go. <h3>It's the law</h3>Curtis Deines, superintendent of Planning Inspection Enforcement, said Arnold's situation was unfortunate and he hoped Arnold would be OK, but he had to follow the law. He said the city had worked with Wolf to try to resolve the situation, noting it's Wolf's obligation as the property owner to remove Arnold from the property, according to Deines. Deines said the the city was first made aware of Arnold's encampment when police were called to the area because of a civil disturbance involving Arnold. He allegedly pulled a knife, threatened another individual and was arrested. "I know it can seem like the city is going after somebody, and that is not the case," Deines said. "There was an unfortunate event there and that prompted the situation." Wolf described James as mild-mannered and said he has never had any issues with him since he took up residence behind the store. James doesn't drink or use drugs. James said he just wants the city to leave him alone until summer comes and he can move to his encampment up north — home. Wolf said, "We just don't know what to do. That's what it boils down to."

Hays forces homeless man out: 'He is probably going to die,' friend says

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573733052209.png"> Greg Hallgrimson photo courtesy Fox4KansasCIty KANSAS CITY (AP) -A federal grand jury has indicted a former northwest Missouri police chief&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kake.com/story/39917704/police-chief-investigated-for-use-of-force-with-man-who-allegedly-tried-to-drown-child" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);">accused of striking a handcuffed man</a>&nbsp;after the chief helped rescue the man's infant daughter from a pond. Federal prosecutors said 50-year-old Greg Hallgrimson, of Kansas City, was charged Wednesday with violating the man's civil rights. The indictment identifies the man only as "J.Z." but Hallgrimson had previously been accused of using excessive force against Jonathon Zicarelli. Hallgrimson resigned in June. Zicarelli told Greenwood police in December that he had&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kake.com/story/39656498/police-father-tried-to-drown-infant-daughter-in-pond-near-kansas-city" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(7, 130, 193);">tried to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a nearby pond</a>. Hallgrimson and another officer rushed to the pond and rescued the child. The indictment alleges Hallgrimson struck J.Z. in the face with his fist while he was restrained in a chair on the same day the child was rescued.Hallgrimson's attorney, Robin Fowler, said he will plead not guilty and go to trial.

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