There will be an archery draw for 40 deer hunting permits on Aug. 27th on the front lawn of the Milford Lake Corps of Engineers Office, 5203 N. Highway, K-57 Highway on the south end of the Milford Dam.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the draw for a hunting location is set for 9:30 a.m.

--Milford Fish Hatchery 1 permit, Former K-State Lease 4, East Rolling Hills Park 2, West Rolling Hills Park 5 permits, Curtis Creek Park 10, School Creek Park 10, South Timber Creek Park 2 permits, North Timber Creek Park 4 and Farnum Creek Park 2 permits.

According to the Corps all hunters must be present, and a Photo Id is required to register. Crossbows will not be allowed except for disabled hunters, &amp; mentor youth, which is an option at some locations.

Dates for these hunting opportunities begin October 1 and many extend through December 31, 2022. For additional information on these hunting opportunities contact the Milford Lake Corps of Engineers office at 785-238-5714, x3754.

By Dewey TerrillJC PostThere will be an archery draw for 40 deer hunting permits on Aug. 27th on the front lawn of the Milford Lake Corps of Engineers Office, 5203 N. Highway, K-57 Highway on the south end of the Milford Dam.Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the draw for a hunting location is set for 9:30 a.m.Hunting locations and permits include:--Milford Fish Hatchery 1 permit, Former K-State Lease 4, East Rolling Hills Park 2, West Rolling Hills Park 5 permits, Curtis Creek Park 10, School Creek Park 10, South Timber Creek Park 2 permits, North Timber Creek Park 4 and Farnum Creek Park 2 permits.According to the Corps all hunters must be present, and a Photo Id is required to register. Crossbows will not be allowed except for disabled hunters, &amp; mentor youth, which is an option at some locations.Dates for these hunting opportunities begin October 1 and many extend through December 31, 2022. For additional information on these hunting opportunities contact the Milford Lake Corps of Engineers office at 785-238-5714, x3754.

Milford Lake Corps of Engineers will conduct an archery draw

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hasn't started&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-to-recount-abortion-vote-by-hand-despite-big-margin-d303e1d4275ce6dc8730b9102ab820a9">a statewide hand recount</a>&nbsp;of this month's decisive vote in favor of abortion rights because the abortion opponents seeking it haven't shown that they can cover the costs of an effort that wouldn't change the outcome.

The state's elections director gave a western Kansas woman until 5 p.m. Monday to provide cash, a valid check or a credit card with a sufficient balance to cover the $229,000 in expected costs for the state's 105 counties. The recount request came Friday from Melissa Leavitt, an election conspiracy promoter from Colby, but Mark Gietzen, a hard-right anti-abortion activist from Wichita, pledged to help pay for the recount.

Voters on Aug. 2 overwhelmingly&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e">rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution</a>&nbsp;that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to further restrict abortion or ban it. The “no” side prevailed by 18 percentage points, or 165,000 votes.

There has been no evidence of significant problems with the election. Baseless election conspiracies have circulated widely in the U.S., particularly among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-fact-check-election-2020-10bf58cd37e30c51478ad8bdc5a0a2e2">false claims that he lost the 2020 election</a>&nbsp;through fraud.

The secretary of state's office released an email from Elections Director Bryan Caskey to Leavitt, in which he said she provided Gietzen's “financial assets” as the bond to cover the recount costs. Caskey rejected that pledge but told Leavitt that she could narrow her recount request to specific counties to lower the potential costs.

Leavitt did not immediately respond to a phone message Monday morning seeking comment. Gietzen told The Associated Press that he hoped to use his home as the collateral for a bond, without being more specific about what form it would take.

Leavitt has an online fundraising effort and had received more than $33,000 in donations as of late morning Monday. Records available online from Sedgwick County, home to Wichita, showed the appraised value of Gietzen's home to be less than $47,000.

Kansas law says the person seeking a recount pays for it unless it changes the outcome, in which case counties do. The law also gives counties until 5 p.m. Wednesday to complete a recount.

Some counties still were compiling final results that were due Monday, reviewing provisional ballots cast by voters when poll workers weren't sure they were eligible.

Those counties included Douglas County in northeastern Kansas, which is home to the main University of Kansas campus, where initial results showed 81% of voters had rejected the proposed abortion amendment. County Clerk Jamie Shew, an elected Democrat, said he made plans to bring in 18 to 20 people to do the recount and start Tuesday.

“All of us are moving forward on our plans,” Shew said of county election officials. “When we're told to start, we'll start.”

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 </figure>TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hasn't started&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-to-recount-abortion-vote-by-hand-despite-big-margin-d303e1d4275ce6dc8730b9102ab820a9">a statewide hand recount</a>&nbsp;of this month's decisive vote in favor of abortion rights because the abortion opponents seeking it haven't shown that they can cover the costs of an effort that wouldn't change the outcome.The state's elections director gave a western Kansas woman until 5 p.m. Monday to provide cash, a valid check or a credit card with a sufficient balance to cover the $229,000 in expected costs for the state's 105 counties. The recount request came Friday from Melissa Leavitt, an election conspiracy promoter from Colby, but Mark Gietzen, a hard-right anti-abortion activist from Wichita, pledged to help pay for the recount.Voters on Aug. 2 overwhelmingly&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e">rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution</a>&nbsp;that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to further restrict abortion or ban it. The “no” side prevailed by 18 percentage points, or 165,000 votes.There has been no evidence of significant problems with the election. Baseless election conspiracies have circulated widely in the U.S., particularly among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-fact-check-election-2020-10bf58cd37e30c51478ad8bdc5a0a2e2">false claims that he lost the 2020 election</a>&nbsp;through fraud.The secretary of state's office released an email from Elections Director Bryan Caskey to Leavitt, in which he said she provided Gietzen's “financial assets” as the bond to cover the recount costs. Caskey rejected that pledge but told Leavitt that she could narrow her recount request to specific counties to lower the potential costs.Leavitt did not immediately respond to a phone message Monday morning seeking comment. Gietzen told The Associated Press that he hoped to use his home as the collateral for a bond, without being more specific about what form it would take.“We're working on it,” Gietzen said.Leavitt has an online fundraising effort and had received more than $33,000 in donations as of late morning Monday. Records available online from Sedgwick County, home to Wichita, showed the appraised value of Gietzen's home to be less than $47,000.Kansas law says the person seeking a recount pays for it unless it changes the outcome, in which case counties do. The law also gives counties until 5 p.m. Wednesday to complete a recount.Some counties still were compiling final results that were due Monday, reviewing provisional ballots cast by voters when poll workers weren't sure they were eligible.Those counties included Douglas County in northeastern Kansas, which is home to the main University of Kansas campus, where initial results showed 81% of voters had rejected the proposed abortion amendment. County Clerk Jamie Shew, an elected Democrat, said he made plans to bring in 18 to 20 people to do the recount and start Tuesday.“All of us are moving forward on our plans,” Shew said of county election officials. “When we're told to start, we'll start.”

Kansas delays start of hand count of vote for abortion rights

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal weekend shooting were able to quickly take two suspects in custody by using information they received from a unique camera security system.&nbsp;

Just after 1:30a.m. Sunday, police working part-time in the Old Town area of Wichita heard several gunshots just north of 126 N. Mosely, according to Office Chad Ditch. Moments later they heard gunshots near 100 N. Washington. 

Officers ran in the direction of the second round of shots and found&nbsp; 22-year-old Deandre Greenley, of Wichita unconscious and not breathing. He had several gunshot wounds to his upper body, according to Ditch.

First responders provided lifesaving efforts. EMS pronounced Greenley deceased on the scene.

Investigators learned that suspects 21-year-old Christopher Dyas and 24-year-old Saquorea Sweeney, both of Wichita&nbsp; arrived in a black 2008 Ford Edge. They then walked right up to Greenley, shot him several times striking him in the upper body and fled the scene. 

Officers quickly determined the suspect vehicle from witnesses, cameras in Old Town and by <a href="https://www.flocksafety.com/">utilizing FLOCK</a>, according to Ditch. The FLOCK system is designed to capture sight, sound and situations, which give police objective evidence needed to investigate and solve crime, according to the company web site.&nbsp; The <a href="https://www.flocksafety.com/about/why-flock">FLOCK system</a> captures the license plate and state details of every car that drives by, day or night.

A short time later, police took both Sweeney and Dyas&nbsp; into custody in different areas of town without incident. These suspects would not have been captured so quickly without the information provided on the scene, and the hard work of all the Officers and Supervisors on the scene, according to Ditch.

<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20062686">Dyas</a> and <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20052114">Sweeney are</a> being held on requested charges of 1st Degree murder.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal weekend shooting were able to quickly take two suspects in custody by using information they received from a unique camera security system.&nbsp;Just after 1:30a.m. Sunday, police working part-time in the Old Town area of Wichita heard several gunshots just north of 126 N. Mosely, according to Office Chad Ditch. Moments later they heard gunshots near 100 N. Washington. Officers ran in the direction of the second round of shots and found&nbsp; 22-year-old Deandre Greenley, of Wichita unconscious and not breathing. He had several gunshot wounds to his upper body, according to Ditch.First responders provided lifesaving efforts. EMS pronounced Greenley deceased on the scene.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660522964880.png" alt="Sweeney-photo Sedgwick County" />
 <figcaption>Sweeney-photo Sedgwick County</figcaption>
 </figure>Investigators learned that suspects 21-year-old Christopher Dyas and 24-year-old Saquorea Sweeney, both of Wichita&nbsp; arrived in a black 2008 Ford Edge. They then walked right up to Greenley, shot him several times striking him in the upper body and fled the scene. Officers quickly determined the suspect vehicle from witnesses, cameras in Old Town and by <a href="https://www.flocksafety.com/">utilizing FLOCK</a>, according to Ditch. The FLOCK system is designed to capture sight, sound and situations, which give police objective evidence needed to investigate and solve crime, according to the company web site.&nbsp; The <a href="https://www.flocksafety.com/about/why-flock">FLOCK system</a> captures the license plate and state details of every car that drives by, day or night.A short time later, police took both Sweeney and Dyas&nbsp; into custody in different areas of town without incident. These suspects would not have been captured so quickly without the information provided on the scene, and the hard work of all the Officers and Supervisors on the scene, according to Ditch.<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20062686">Dyas</a> and <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20052114">Sweeney are</a> being held on requested charges of 1st Degree murder.

Police: Flock system helped in capture of 2 Kan. murder suspects

CARTHAGE, MO. (AP) — A 3-year-old southwest Missouri girl has died after being found unresponsive in a hot vehicle that was parked outside her home, authorities said.

Temperatures were in the 90s on Friday when the girl was discovered in the SUV, Carthage police Lt. Eric Miller said. She was rushed to a hospital in nearby Joplin and then flown to a hospital in Springfield, where she died Saturday.

Miller couldn’t provide details about how long the girl had been in the vehicle before she was found.

No arrests have been made, and the girl's name wasn't immediately released.

CARTHAGE, MO. (AP) — A 3-year-old southwest Missouri girl has died after being found unresponsive in a hot vehicle that was parked outside her home, authorities said.Temperatures were in the 90s on Friday when the girl was discovered in the SUV, Carthage police Lt. Eric Miller said. She was rushed to a hospital in nearby Joplin and then flown to a hospital in Springfield, where she died Saturday.Miller couldn’t provide details about how long the girl had been in the vehicle before she was found.No arrests have been made, and the girl's name wasn't immediately released.

3-year-old Missouri girl dies after found in hot vehicle

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that 
interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter beginning October 
1, 2022.

For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 
6% per year, compounded daily, up from 5% for the quarter that began on 
July 1. Here is a complete list of the new rates:

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is 
determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, 
the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate 
plus 3 percentage points.

Generally, for a corporation, the underpayment rate is the federal 
short-term rate plus 3 percentage points, and the overpayment rate is 
the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points. The rate for large
 corporate underpayments is the federal short-term rate plus 5 
percentage points. The rate on the portion of a corporate overpayment of
 tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the federal short-term 
rate plus one-half (0.5) of a percentage point.

The interest rates announced today are computed from the federal short-term rate determined during July 2022.&nbsp;

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 </figure>IRSWASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that 
interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter beginning October 
1, 2022.For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 
6% per year, compounded daily, up from 5% for the quarter that began on 
July 1. Here is a complete list of the new rates:<ul>
 <li>6% for overpayments (3.5% for corporations). (payments made in excess of the amount owed)</li><li>3.5% for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000.</li><li>6% for underpayments. (taxes owed but not fully paid)</li><li>8% for large corporate underpayments.&nbsp;</li>
 </ul>Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is 
determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, 
the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate 
plus 3 percentage points.Generally, for a corporation, the underpayment rate is the federal 
short-term rate plus 3 percentage points, and the overpayment rate is 
the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points. The rate for large
 corporate underpayments is the federal short-term rate plus 5 
percentage points. The rate on the portion of a corporate overpayment of
 tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the federal short-term 
rate plus one-half (0.5) of a percentage point.The interest rates announced today are computed from the federal short-term rate determined during July 2022.&nbsp;

IRS announces interest rate hikes for fourth quarter of 2022

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio have requested in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines information relating to the FBI’s search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the committee, is one of the few who has spoken out on the request. In a statement from her office Collins said, "The American people deserve a full accounting of the extraordinary action taken by the FBI last week."

"It’s imperative that the Committee receive all classified documents found during the search as well as the FBI affidavit, which would describe in detail any justification for the search. I look forward to the AG and the DNI’s swift compliance with the Committee’s request, which is essential to promoting transparency and securing a full accounting of the FBI’s unprecedented search of a former President’s personal residence.”

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said, Attorney General Garland "Must Resign or Be Impeached," over the FBI Mar-a-Lago raid."

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660337904040.jpeg" alt="The receipt for property that was seized during the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., is photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)" />
 <figcaption>The receipt for property that was seized during the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., is photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)</figcaption>
 </figure>Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio have requested in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines information relating to the FBI’s search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the committee, is one of the few who has spoken out on the request. In a statement from her office Collins said, "The American people deserve a full accounting of the extraordinary action taken by the FBI last week.""It’s imperative that the Committee receive all classified documents found during the search as well as the FBI affidavit, which would describe in detail any justification for the search. I look forward to the AG and the DNI’s swift compliance with the Committee’s request, which is essential to promoting transparency and securing a full accounting of the FBI’s unprecedented search of a former President’s personal residence.”<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">The raid by Joe Biden’s FBI on the home of a former president who is also Biden’s chief political opponent is an unprecedented assault on democratic norms and the rule of law. Biden has taken our republic into dangerous waters&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1557009986336817153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said, Attorney General Garland "Must Resign or Be Impeached," over the FBI Mar-a-Lago raid."

Senators demand  information on search of Trump estate

WASHINGTON&nbsp;– U.S. Senator Jerry Moran on Monday marked the one year anniversary of the Taliban gaining control of Kabul, Afghanistan.

In a statement from his office, Moran said,&nbsp; “One year ago, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan became a moment of lasting shame. The images of Afghans left behind at the Kabul airport, fearful of the Taliban’s return to power, and the loss of 13 American servicemembers from a terrorist attack remain vivid in our thoughts.

“Today, thousands of Afghans who put their lives at risk to help American and coalition troops remain in danger in Afghanistan and many who did get out are stuck in other countries waiting to start their lives anew. The rights of Afghan women have been rolled back, including denying girls a full education, and Afghans under the Taliban regime are suffering from crippling poverty and hunger. This is heartbreaking after the United States invested twenty years in Afghanistan, trillions of dollars and the lives of her sons and daughters. Those who gave their lives and all who served in Afghanistan to fight terrorism deserve our gratitude and ongoing care.

“Americans deserve answers as to how the withdrawal could be so disastrous and how the Afghan government we supported could collapse so easily. Last year, I co-sponsored the Afghanistan War Commission Act to establish a nonpartisan, independent commission to examine the war in its totality, which was enacted into law. I am awaiting the work of this commission and the findings they will produce to ensure that what happened last year never happens again.”

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629986318422.png" alt="-Afghan evacuees boarding a transport plane July 2021 in Kabul-photo courtesy U.S. Dept. of Defense" />
 <figcaption>-Afghan evacuees boarding a transport plane July 2021 in Kabul-photo courtesy U.S. Dept. of Defense</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON&nbsp;– U.S. Senator Jerry Moran on Monday marked the one year anniversary of the Taliban gaining control of Kabul, Afghanistan.In a statement from his office, Moran said,&nbsp; “One year ago, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan became a moment of lasting shame. The images of Afghans left behind at the Kabul airport, fearful of the Taliban’s return to power, and the loss of 13 American servicemembers from a terrorist attack remain vivid in our thoughts.“Today, thousands of Afghans who put their lives at risk to help American and coalition troops remain in danger in Afghanistan and many who did get out are stuck in other countries waiting to start their lives anew. The rights of Afghan women have been rolled back, including denying girls a full education, and Afghans under the Taliban regime are suffering from crippling poverty and hunger. This is heartbreaking after the United States invested twenty years in Afghanistan, trillions of dollars and the lives of her sons and daughters. Those who gave their lives and all who served in Afghanistan to fight terrorism deserve our gratitude and ongoing care.“Americans deserve answers as to how the withdrawal could be so disastrous and how the Afghan government we supported could collapse so easily. Last year, I co-sponsored the Afghanistan War Commission Act to establish a nonpartisan, independent commission to examine the war in its totality, which was enacted into law. I am awaiting the work of this commission and the findings they will produce to ensure that what happened last year never happens again.”

Moran on the anniversary of when Taliban took control of Afghanistan

LANCASTER, Texas (AP) — The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, who was an All-American at the University of Kansas from 2004-'07, has been identified by police as a suspect in the shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas.

Yaqub Salik Talib is suspected in the Saturday night shooting that killed a man, police in the Dallas-area city of Lancaster said. Authorities have not yet identified the man, but family and friends say he was a coach.

Yaqub Talib was not in custody as of late Sunday and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The Associated Press sent a message seeking updated information Monday on the search for him.

Yaqub Talib is the brother of Aqib Talib, a five-time Pro Bowler who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/denver-broncos-nfl-aqib-talib-ca-state-wire-new-england-patriots-0a437e951f4c00d50ffd612cf5a213a2">announced his retirement</a>&nbsp;in 2020. Aqib Talib was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-chargers-nfl-entertainment-sports-tv-8265c669d0570d923eb638fc47d298aa">named last month</a>&nbsp;as a contributor for Prime Video's “Thursday Night Football.”

Dallas TV station&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/yaqub-talib-lancaster-football-shooting-man-wanted-in-killing-of-another-man-at-a-lancaster-youth-football-game-police-say/287-146f7389-c53d-4f04-9b7b-7e976d01de85">WFAA reported</a>&nbsp;that the brothers are coaches for North Dallas United Bobcats, a youth football team.

Coaches with the youth team D.E.A. Dragons identified the man killed as coach Mike Hickmon, WFAA reported. Dragons president Mike Freeman said the dispute began when Hickmon went to pick up a football and someone kicked it away.

“I don’t know how to explain it to the kids. That’s the part that I’m stuck on right now. How do I explain it to them. Why?" Freeman said. “This is something that these kids will remember for the rest of their life.”

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 <figcaption>Yaqub Salik Talib- photo Lancaster Police</figcaption>
 </figure>LANCASTER, Texas (AP) — The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, who was an All-American at the University of Kansas from 2004-'07, has been identified by police as a suspect in the shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas.Yaqub Salik Talib is suspected in the Saturday night shooting that killed a man, police in the Dallas-area city of Lancaster said. Authorities have not yet identified the man, but family and friends say he was a coach.Yaqub Talib was not in custody as of late Sunday and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The Associated Press sent a message seeking updated information Monday on the search for him.Yaqub Talib is the brother of Aqib Talib, a five-time Pro Bowler who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/denver-broncos-nfl-aqib-talib-ca-state-wire-new-england-patriots-0a437e951f4c00d50ffd612cf5a213a2">announced his retirement</a>&nbsp;in 2020. Aqib Talib was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-chargers-nfl-entertainment-sports-tv-8265c669d0570d923eb638fc47d298aa">named last month</a>&nbsp;as a contributor for Prime Video's “Thursday Night Football.”Dallas TV station&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/yaqub-talib-lancaster-football-shooting-man-wanted-in-killing-of-another-man-at-a-lancaster-youth-football-game-police-say/287-146f7389-c53d-4f04-9b7b-7e976d01de85">WFAA reported</a>&nbsp;that the brothers are coaches for North Dallas United Bobcats, a youth football team.Coaches with the youth team D.E.A. Dragons identified the man killed as coach Mike Hickmon, WFAA reported. Dragons president Mike Freeman said the dispute began when Hickmon went to pick up a football and someone kicked it away.“I don’t know how to explain it to the kids. That’s the part that I’m stuck on right now. How do I explain it to them. Why?" Freeman said. “This is something that these kids will remember for the rest of their life.”

Brother of former KU star Talib wanted in youth coach death

MCDONALD COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are asking the public to help them locate 49-year-old Dawn Wynn.&nbsp;She is accused of murder and armed criminal action in the November 2021 shooting of her husband in southwest Missouri, according to McDonald County Missouri Sheriff&nbsp;Rob Evenson. She is charged with shooting her husband in the back of the head while he slept.

&nbsp;She should be considered dangerous and could be armed. She is described as 5-foot-2, 150-170 pounds with short black hair.

  Due to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, over objections from the prosecuting attorney, Wynn was out on bond and on pre-trial release where she had to check in by telephone, according to Evenson.

&nbsp;If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please call the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office at 417-223-4318 or your local law enforcement agency. Exercise caution and do not approach. McDonald County is approximately 49 miles southeast of Baxter Springs, Kansas.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660566034274.png" alt="Wynn-photo McDonald Co. Sheriff" />
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 </figure>MCDONALD COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are asking the public to help them locate 49-year-old Dawn Wynn.&nbsp;She is accused of murder and armed criminal action in the November 2021 shooting of her husband in southwest Missouri, according to McDonald County Missouri Sheriff&nbsp;Rob Evenson. She is charged with shooting her husband in the back of the head while he slept.&nbsp;She should be considered dangerous and could be armed. She is described as 5-foot-2, 150-170 pounds with short black hair. Due to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, over objections from the prosecuting attorney, Wynn was out on bond and on pre-trial release where she had to check in by telephone, according to Evenson.&nbsp;If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please call the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office at 417-223-4318 or your local law enforcement agency. Exercise caution and do not approach. McDonald County is approximately 49 miles southeast of Baxter Springs, Kansas.

Sheriff: Woman accused of husband's murder is missing

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/d303e1d4275ce6dc8730b9102ab820a9">a hand recount of votes</a>&nbsp;from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights.

Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican Assembly, told the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article264488441.html">Kansas City Star</a>&nbsp;he wants to pay for the recount that Melissa Leavitt, of Colby, requested because he believes it could change the outcome. The 165,000-vote difference in the election makes that unlikely, however.

Gietzen said fundraising and his own money would be used. The Kansas Republican Assembly is significantly to the right of the state Republican Party and isn't affiliated with the GOP-led legislature.

There has been no evidence of significant problems with the election. Baseless election conspiracies have circulated widely in the U.S., particularly among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-fact-check-election-2020-10bf58cd37e30c51478ad8bdc5a0a2e2">false claims that he lost the 2020 election through fraud</a>.

Kansas law requires that a bond be posted to cover the cost of the recount and if the recount changes the outcome, the money will be refunded.

A spokeswoman for the Kansas Secretary of State's Office, Whitney Tempel, said Friday that Leavitt had posted a $200,000 bond, but Leavitt said in updates posed to TikTok over the weekend that the bond had not been paid yet and fundraising was ongoing. Tempel didn't immediately respond to messages from the newspaper and The Associated Press.

Leavitt said in a video posted to TikTok on Sunday morning that there was 24 hours left to raise money for the effort.

Earlier this month, Kansas voters&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e">overwhelmingly rejected a proposed amendment</a>&nbsp;to the state constitution that would have allowed the conservative Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion. It failed by 18 percentage points and was the first test of voter sentiment after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0">the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June</a>&nbsp;that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/10/1602937208880.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/d303e1d4275ce6dc8730b9102ab820a9">a hand recount of votes</a>&nbsp;from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights.Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican Assembly, told the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article264488441.html">Kansas City Star</a>&nbsp;he wants to pay for the recount that Melissa Leavitt, of Colby, requested because he believes it could change the outcome. The 165,000-vote difference in the election makes that unlikely, however.Gietzen said fundraising and his own money would be used. The Kansas Republican Assembly is significantly to the right of the state Republican Party and isn't affiliated with the GOP-led legislature.There has been no evidence of significant problems with the election. Baseless election conspiracies have circulated widely in the U.S., particularly among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has repeated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-fact-check-election-2020-10bf58cd37e30c51478ad8bdc5a0a2e2">false claims that he lost the 2020 election through fraud</a>.Kansas law requires that a bond be posted to cover the cost of the recount and if the recount changes the outcome, the money will be refunded.A spokeswoman for the Kansas Secretary of State's Office, Whitney Tempel, said Friday that Leavitt had posted a $200,000 bond, but Leavitt said in updates posed to TikTok over the weekend that the bond had not been paid yet and fundraising was ongoing. Tempel didn't immediately respond to messages from the newspaper and The Associated Press.Leavitt said in a video posted to TikTok on Sunday morning that there was 24 hours left to raise money for the effort.Earlier this month, Kansas voters&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e">overwhelmingly rejected a proposed amendment</a>&nbsp;to the state constitution that would have allowed the conservative Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion. It failed by 18 percentage points and was the first test of voter sentiment after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0">the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June</a>&nbsp;that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Activist offers to pay for Kansas' recount of abortion vote

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating an attempted ATM theft have made one arrest and are asking the public for help to locate a second suspect identified as 43-year-old Michael Frink.

Just after 5a.m. Thursday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a burglary alarm at a bank in the 1700 block of North Washington Street in Auburn, Kansas, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

Deputies learned there was an attempted theft of an ATM. A K9 Unit located the suspect vehicle that refused to stop and a pursuit was initiated. The vehicle pursuit ended in the 5700 block of Southwest Urish Road and suspects fled.

The Shawnee County Sheriff's office asked residents from SW Fairlawn Road to Southwest Urish Road and Southwest 41st Street to Southwest 77th street, to be aware of any suspicious activity or individuals.

Just after 6p.m. Thursday , the sheriff's office reported they had arrested one suspect.&nbsp; Trimaine Munroe Baker, 35, is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Agg criminal damage &gt;$5K; intent to obtain currency from automated cash dispenser/ATM, theft, burglary and&nbsp; Criminal damage to property; Without consent value $1000 to $25,000, according to online jail records.

"Thanks to assistance from citizens reporting timely information to deputies, the suspect was apprehended near Southwest&nbsp; 53rd Street and Southwest Wanamaker Road, " according to Christian.&nbsp; The sheriff's&nbsp; office K9 units and drone operators assisted in this search, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Aircraft Unit and the Topeka Police Department.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660265229824.png" alt="The damaged ATM at Landmark Bank 1741 N. Washington in Auburn, Kansas --photo courtesy WIBW TV" />
 <figcaption>The damaged ATM at Landmark Bank 1741 N. Washington in Auburn, Kansas --photo courtesy WIBW TV</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating an attempted ATM theft have made one arrest and are asking the public for help to locate a second suspect identified as 43-year-old Michael Frink.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660335348360.png" alt="Frink-photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Frink-photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>Just after 5a.m. Thursday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a burglary alarm at a bank in the 1700 block of North Washington Street in Auburn, Kansas, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.Deputies learned there was an attempted theft of an ATM. A K9 Unit located the suspect vehicle that refused to stop and a pursuit was initiated. The vehicle pursuit ended in the 5700 block of Southwest Urish Road and suspects fled.The Shawnee County Sheriff's office asked residents from SW Fairlawn Road to Southwest Urish Road and Southwest 41st Street to Southwest 77th street, to be aware of any suspicious activity or individuals.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660304454814.png" alt="Baker-photo Shawnee County" />
 <figcaption>Baker-photo Shawnee County</figcaption>
 </figure>Just after 6p.m. Thursday , the sheriff's office reported they had arrested one suspect.&nbsp; Trimaine Munroe Baker, 35, is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Agg criminal damage &gt;$5K; intent to obtain currency from automated cash dispenser/ATM, theft, burglary and&nbsp; Criminal damage to property; Without consent value $1000 to $25,000, according to online jail records."Thanks to assistance from citizens reporting timely information to deputies, the suspect was apprehended near Southwest&nbsp; 53rd Street and Southwest Wanamaker Road, " according to Christian.&nbsp; The sheriff's&nbsp; office K9 units and drone operators assisted in this search, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Aircraft Unit and the Topeka Police Department.

Sheriff: Search continues for Kansas ATM theft suspect

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, according to police, who said he did not seem to be targeting any member of Congress.

The incident happened just before 4 a.m. at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington.

It comes at a time when law enforcement authorities across the country are facing an increasing number of threats and federal officials have warned about the potential of violent attacks on government buildings in the days since the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-search-99097089194e736315c366a0e8fbafee">FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate</a>&nbsp;in Florida.

The attack is reminiscent of an incident when a man&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-451c5c5154045d404d0db76270f78aac">drove a vehicle into two Capitol Police officers</a>&nbsp;at a checkpoint in April 2021, killing an 18-year veteran of the force. And many on Capitol Hill remain on edge after supporters of the then-president&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege">stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.</a>

Authorities said the man, identified as Richard A. York III, 29, of Delaware, crashed into the barricade and that as he was getting out of the car, the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The man then opened fire, firing several shots into the air as police approached.

Capitol Police said the man shot himself as the officers neared. He was later pronounced dead.

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said officers did not hear the man say anything before he opened fire “indiscriminately” in the street with a handgun and walked toward the Capitol building. Authorities are investigating whether the man may have set his car on fire, the chief said, because the collision did not appear to cause the blaze.

Police officers at the scene saw the man fatally shoot himself as they approached, Manger said.

The chief said investigators located addresses for the man in Delaware and Pennsylvania and learned he had a criminal history in the past decade, though his motive remained unclear and he had no links to the Capitol.,

“We don’t have any information that would indicate his motivation at this point,” Manger said.

Police said “it does not appear the man was targeting any member of Congress” and that investigators are examining the man’s background as they work to try to discern a motive. Both the House and Senate are in recess and very few staff members work in the Capitol complex at that hour.

Authorities said no other injuries were reported and police do not believe any officers returned fire.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660509647995.png" alt="The incident happened just before 4 a.m. at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington. photo courtesy WJLA TV" />
 <figcaption>The incident happened just before 4 a.m. at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington. photo courtesy WJLA TV</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, according to police, who said he did not seem to be targeting any member of Congress.The incident happened just before 4 a.m. at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington.It comes at a time when law enforcement authorities across the country are facing an increasing number of threats and federal officials have warned about the potential of violent attacks on government buildings in the days since the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-search-99097089194e736315c366a0e8fbafee">FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate</a>&nbsp;in Florida.The attack is reminiscent of an incident when a man&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-451c5c5154045d404d0db76270f78aac">drove a vehicle into two Capitol Police officers</a>&nbsp;at a checkpoint in April 2021, killing an 18-year veteran of the force. And many on Capitol Hill remain on edge after supporters of the then-president&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege">stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.</a>Authorities said the man, identified as Richard A. York III, 29, of Delaware, crashed into the barricade and that as he was getting out of the car, the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The man then opened fire, firing several shots into the air as police approached.Capitol Police said the man shot himself as the officers neared. He was later pronounced dead.Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said officers did not hear the man say anything before he opened fire “indiscriminately” in the street with a handgun and walked toward the Capitol building. Authorities are investigating whether the man may have set his car on fire, the chief said, because the collision did not appear to cause the blaze.Police officers at the scene saw the man fatally shoot himself as they approached, Manger said.The chief said investigators located addresses for the man in Delaware and Pennsylvania and learned he had a criminal history in the past decade, though his motive remained unclear and he had no links to the Capitol.,“We don’t have any information that would indicate his motivation at this point,” Manger said.Police said “it does not appear the man was targeting any member of Congress” and that investigators are examining the man’s background as they work to try to discern a motive. Both the House and Senate are in recess and very few staff members work in the Capitol complex at that hour.Authorities said no other injuries were reported and police do not believe any officers returned fire.

Police ID man who rammed car into US Capitol barrier, fired shots

KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man decided to avoid trial and plead guilty to child sex crimes.

 Bomani Madu, 50,&nbsp;was scheduled for trial to face multiple child sex crime charges, according to Jackson County District Attorney Jean Peters Baker.&nbsp;

On August 10, Madu was sentenced&nbsp; to 12 years in state prison on five felony counts related to sexual contact with a child: Second-degree statutory sodomy, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual misconduct involving a child, and two counts of child molestations.

Charging documents in the case say the charges stem from an incident that happened in September 2021.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660219571039.png" alt="Madu-photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Madu-photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man decided to avoid trial and plead guilty to child sex crimes. Bomani Madu, 50,&nbsp;was scheduled for trial to face multiple child sex crime charges, according to Jackson County District Attorney Jean Peters Baker.&nbsp;On August 10, Madu was sentenced&nbsp; to 12 years in state prison on five felony counts related to sexual contact with a child: Second-degree statutory sodomy, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual misconduct involving a child, and two counts of child molestations.Charging documents in the case say the charges stem from an incident that happened in September 2021.

Kansas City man avoids trial, admits to multiple child-sex crimes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53.

Heche was “peacefully taken off life support," spokeswoman Holly Baird said in a statement Sunday night.

Heche had been on life support at a Los Angeles burn center after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury,” caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5, according to a statement released Thursday by a representative on behalf of her family and friends.

She was declared brain-dead Friday, but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated, an assessment that took nine days. In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after such a determination.

A native of Ohio whose family moved around the country, Heche endured an abusive and tragic childhood, one that helped push her into acting as a way of escaping her own life. She showed enough early promise to be offered professional work in high school and first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” from 1987 to 1991, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of twins Marley and Vicky Hudson, who on the show sustained injuries that anticipated Heche’s: Vicky falls into a coma for months after a car crash.

By the late 1990s Heche was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

The following year, she starred with Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and appeared with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in “Return to Paradise.” She also played one of cinema’s most famous murder victims, Marion Crane of “Psycho,” in Gus Van Sant’s remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, and co-starred in the indie favorite “Walking and Talking.”

Around the same time, her personal life led to even greater fame, and both personal and professional upheaval. She met Ellen DeGeneres at a the 1997 Vanity Fair Oscar party, fell in love and began a 3-year relationship that made one of Hollywood’s first openly gay couples. But Heche later said her career was damaged by an industry wary of casting her in leading roles. She would remember advisers opposing her decision to have DeGeneres accompany her to the premiere of “Volcano.”

“We were tapped on the shoulder, put into her limo in the third act and told that we couldn’t have pictures of us taken at the press junket,” Heche said in 2018 on the podcast Irish Goodbye.

After she and DeGeneres parted, Heche had a public breakdown and would speak candidly of her mental health struggles.

Heche’s delicately elfin look belied her strength on screen. When she won the National Board of Review’s 1997 best supporting actress award, the board cited the one-two punch of “Donnie Brasco” and the political satire “Wag the Dog,” in which Heche portrayed a cynical White House aide and held her own against film great Robert De Niro.

Heche also called effectively on her apparent fragility. In 2002 she starred on Broadway in the play “Proof” as a woman fearful of losing her sanity just like her father, a brilliant mathematics professor. An Associated Press review praised her “touching performance, vulnerable yet funny, particularly when Catherine mocks the suspicions about her mental stability.”

In the fall of 2000, soon after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche was hospitalized after knocking on the door of a stranger in a rural area near Fresno, California. Authorities said she had appeared shaken and disoriented and spoke incoherently to the residents.

In a memoir released the following year, “Call Me Crazy,” Heche talked about her lifelong battles. During a 2001 interview with TV journalist Barbara Walters, Heche recounted in painful detail alleged sexual abuse by her father, Donald Heche, who professed to be devoutly religious and died in 1983 from complications of AIDS. Heche described her suffering as so extreme she developed a separate personality and imagined herself descended from another planet.

In the final days of his life, Heche said, she learned he was secretly gay and that she believed his inability to live honestly fueled his anger and hurtful behavior. Not long after her father died, her brother Nathan — one of her four siblings — was killed in a car crash.

“I’m not crazy. But it’s a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me,” Heche told Walters. In an effort to escape the past, “I drank. I smoked. I did drugs. I had sex with people. I did anything I could to get the shame out of my life.”

Heche dated Steve Martin in the 1990s, and is widely believed to have inspired the childlike, but ambitious aspiring actor played by Heather Graham in his Hollywood spoof “Bowfinger.” She later had a son with camera operator Coleman Laffoon, to whom she was married from 2001 to 2009. She had another son during a relationship with actor James Tupper, her co-star on the TV series “Men In Trees.”

Heche worked consistently in smaller films, on Broadway and on TV shows in the past two decades. She recently had recurring roles on the network series “Chicago P.D.” and “All Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday.

Under current California law, death can be determined by the loss of all brain function and in accordance with accepted medical standards.

While Heche is legally dead, she's on life support and “her heart is still beating" so that the nonprofit organization OneLegacy can determine if she can be a donor, spokeswoman Holly Baird said in a statement.

The process, which involves assessing which organs are viable and finding an appropriate recipient, could take from one day to several days, Baird told The Associated Press.

In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after the donor has been declared brain-dead.

The actor suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a Los Angeles area home Aug. 5 and fire erupted, according to a statement released Thursday that said she wasn't expected to survive.

She's been hospitalized at a Los Angeles burn center.

“This is a sad day. I’m sending Anne’s children, family and friends all of my love,” Ellen DeGeneres said Friday on Twitter amid reports of Heche's dire condition. They were a couple from 1997 to 2000.

Detectives investigating the crash said narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from Heche, though toxicology tests still had to be performed to differentiate them from drugs she was given for her injuries, Los Angeles police said.

A native of Ohio, Heche first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” from 1987 to 1991. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of twins Marley and Vicky.

In the late 1990s she became one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

The following year, she starred with Harrison Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and appeared with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in “Return to Paradise.”

LOS ANGELES (AP)— Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a 
brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't 
expected, according to a statement from a representative.

The 
actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life
 support for possible organ donation, according to the statement 
released Thursday night on behalf of her family and friends.

Heche,
 who's been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills 
hospital north of Los Angeles, suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” 
the statement said. Such an injury is caused by a sustained lack of 
oxygen to the brain.

“She is not expected to survive,” the 
statement said. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and 
she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable."

On
 the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a 
neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car 
embedded inside the home.

Earlier Thursday, police said they were 
investigating Heche for driving under the influence. Detectives with a 
search warrant took a sample of her blood and found narcotics in her 
system, LAPD spokesperson Officer Jeff Lee said.

Toxicology tests,
 which can take weeks to complete, must be performed to identify the 
drugs more clearly and to differentiate them from any medication she may
 have been given for treatment at the hospital.

Evidence is still 
being gathered from the crash, police said, and they would present a 
case to prosecutors if it is warranted when the investigation is 
complete.

A representative for Heche declined comment on the investigation.

On
 Tuesday, Heche spokesperson Heather Duffy Boylston said she had been in
 a coma since after the accident, with burns that required surgery and 
lung injuries that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.

“Anne
 had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit.
 More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy 
as her life’s work — especially moving the needle for acceptance of who 
you love,” Thursday's statement said. “She will be remembered for her 
courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”

Heche, 53, 
was among the most prominent film stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s, 
playing opposite actors including Johnny Depp (“Donnie Brasco”) and 
Harrison Ford (“Six Days, Seven Nights”). In a 2001 memoir, she 
discussed her lifelong struggles with mental health.

She recently 
had recurring roles on the network TV series “Chicago P.D.” and “All 
Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660337200892.png" alt="Anne Heche at the 1997 Emmy Awards / Photo by Alan Light, Creative Commons license" />
 <figcaption>Anne Heche at the 1997 Emmy Awards / Photo by Alan Light, Creative Commons license</figcaption>
 </figure>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53.Heche was “peacefully taken off life support," spokeswoman Holly Baird said in a statement Sunday night.Heche had been on life support at a Los Angeles burn center after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury,” caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5, according to a statement released Thursday by a representative on behalf of her family and friends.She was declared brain-dead Friday, but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated, an assessment that took nine days. In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after such a determination.A native of Ohio whose family moved around the country, Heche endured an abusive and tragic childhood, one that helped push her into acting as a way of escaping her own life. She showed enough early promise to be offered professional work in high school and first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” from 1987 to 1991, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of twins Marley and Vicky Hudson, who on the show sustained injuries that anticipated Heche’s: Vicky falls into a coma for months after a car crash.By the late 1990s Heche was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”The following year, she starred with Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and appeared with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in “Return to Paradise.” She also played one of cinema’s most famous murder victims, Marion Crane of “Psycho,” in Gus Van Sant’s remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, and co-starred in the indie favorite “Walking and Talking.”Around the same time, her personal life led to even greater fame, and both personal and professional upheaval. She met Ellen DeGeneres at a the 1997 Vanity Fair Oscar party, fell in love and began a 3-year relationship that made one of Hollywood’s first openly gay couples. But Heche later said her career was damaged by an industry wary of casting her in leading roles. She would remember advisers opposing her decision to have DeGeneres accompany her to the premiere of “Volcano.”“We were tapped on the shoulder, put into her limo in the third act and told that we couldn’t have pictures of us taken at the press junket,” Heche said in 2018 on the podcast Irish Goodbye.After she and DeGeneres parted, Heche had a public breakdown and would speak candidly of her mental health struggles.Heche’s delicately elfin look belied her strength on screen. When she won the National Board of Review’s 1997 best supporting actress award, the board cited the one-two punch of “Donnie Brasco” and the political satire “Wag the Dog,” in which Heche portrayed a cynical White House aide and held her own against film great Robert De Niro.Heche also called effectively on her apparent fragility. In 2002 she starred on Broadway in the play “Proof” as a woman fearful of losing her sanity just like her father, a brilliant mathematics professor. An Associated Press review praised her “touching performance, vulnerable yet funny, particularly when Catherine mocks the suspicions about her mental stability.”In the fall of 2000, soon after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche was hospitalized after knocking on the door of a stranger in a rural area near Fresno, California. Authorities said she had appeared shaken and disoriented and spoke incoherently to the residents.In a memoir released the following year, “Call Me Crazy,” Heche talked about her lifelong battles. During a 2001 interview with TV journalist Barbara Walters, Heche recounted in painful detail alleged sexual abuse by her father, Donald Heche, who professed to be devoutly religious and died in 1983 from complications of AIDS. Heche described her suffering as so extreme she developed a separate personality and imagined herself descended from another planet.In the final days of his life, Heche said, she learned he was secretly gay and that she believed his inability to live honestly fueled his anger and hurtful behavior. Not long after her father died, her brother Nathan — one of her four siblings — was killed in a car crash.“I’m not crazy. But it’s a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me,” Heche told Walters. In an effort to escape the past, “I drank. I smoked. I did drugs. I had sex with people. I did anything I could to get the shame out of my life.”Heche dated Steve Martin in the 1990s, and is widely believed to have inspired the childlike, but ambitious aspiring actor played by Heather Graham in his Hollywood spoof “Bowfinger.” She later had a son with camera operator Coleman Laffoon, to whom she was married from 2001 to 2009. She had another son during a relationship with actor James Tupper, her co-star on the TV series “Men In Trees.”Heche worked consistently in smaller films, on Broadway and on TV shows in the past two decades. She recently had recurring roles on the network series “Chicago P.D.” and “All Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”------LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday.Under current California law, death can be determined by the loss of all brain function and in accordance with accepted medical standards.While Heche is legally dead, she's on life support and “her heart is still beating" so that the nonprofit organization OneLegacy can determine if she can be a donor, spokeswoman Holly Baird said in a statement.The process, which involves assessing which organs are viable and finding an appropriate recipient, could take from one day to several days, Baird told The Associated Press.In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after the donor has been declared brain-dead.The actor suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a Los Angeles area home Aug. 5 and fire erupted, according to a statement released Thursday that said she wasn't expected to survive.She's been hospitalized at a Los Angeles burn center.“This is a sad day. I’m sending Anne’s children, family and friends all of my love,” Ellen DeGeneres said Friday on Twitter amid reports of Heche's dire condition. They were a couple from 1997 to 2000.Detectives investigating the crash said narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from Heche, though toxicology tests still had to be performed to differentiate them from drugs she was given for her injuries, Los Angeles police said.A native of Ohio, Heche first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” from 1987 to 1991. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of twins Marley and Vicky.In the late 1990s she became one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”The following year, she starred with Harrison Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and appeared with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in “Return to Paradise.”--------LOS ANGELES (AP)— Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a 
brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't 
expected, according to a statement from a representative.The 
actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life
 support for possible organ donation, according to the statement 
released Thursday night on behalf of her family and friends.Heche,
 who's been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills 
hospital north of Los Angeles, suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” 
the statement said. Such an injury is caused by a sustained lack of 
oxygen to the brain.“She is not expected to survive,” the 
statement said. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and 
she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable."On
 the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a 
neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car 
embedded inside the home.Earlier Thursday, police said they were 
investigating Heche for driving under the influence. Detectives with a 
search warrant took a sample of her blood and found narcotics in her 
system, LAPD spokesperson Officer Jeff Lee said.Toxicology tests,
 which can take weeks to complete, must be performed to identify the 
drugs more clearly and to differentiate them from any medication she may
 have been given for treatment at the hospital.Evidence is still 
being gathered from the crash, police said, and they would present a 
case to prosecutors if it is warranted when the investigation is 
complete.A representative for Heche declined comment on the investigation.On
 Tuesday, Heche spokesperson Heather Duffy Boylston said she had been in
 a coma since after the accident, with burns that required surgery and 
lung injuries that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.“Anne
 had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit.
 More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy 
as her life’s work — especially moving the needle for acceptance of who 
you love,” Thursday's statement said. “She will be remembered for her 
courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”Heche, 53, 
was among the most prominent film stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s, 
playing opposite actors including Johnny Depp (“Donnie Brasco”) and 
Harrison Ford (“Six Days, Seven Nights”). In a 2001 memoir, she 
discussed her lifelong struggles with mental health.She recently 
had recurring roles on the network TV series “Chicago P.D.” and “All 
Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed

KANSAS CITY—A Mexican national was sentenced to 100 months in prison last week in connection to an international drug ring that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area, according to the United State's Attorney.

According to court documents, in January 2021, Aron Rodriguez- Posada, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

In October 2019, the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped a car hauler in Meade, Kansas, to conduct a vehicle inspection. With consent to search, a trooper located approximately 35 pounds of methamphetamine in the gas tank of one of the vehicles utilizing a scope. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) then conducted a controlled delivery of the methamphetamine. Federal agents arrested Rodriguez-Posada as well as Jovany Medina, 24, of Kansas City after the men took possession of the vehicle.

In July 2022, Medina was sentenced to 144 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Rodriquez-Posada also pled guilty to one count of unlawful reentry subsequent to removal after admitting to returning to United States after being removed for illegal entry in 2014.

KANSAS CITY—A Mexican national was sentenced to 100 months in prison last week in connection to an international drug ring that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area, according to the United State's Attorney.According to court documents, in January 2021, Aron Rodriguez- Posada, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.In October 2019, the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped a car hauler in Meade, Kansas, to conduct a vehicle inspection. With consent to search, a trooper located approximately 35 pounds of methamphetamine in the gas tank of one of the vehicles utilizing a scope. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) then conducted a controlled delivery of the methamphetamine. Federal agents arrested Rodriguez-Posada as well as Jovany Medina, 24, of Kansas City after the men took possession of the vehicle.In July 2022, Medina was sentenced to 144 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.Rodriquez-Posada also pled guilty to one count of unlawful reentry subsequent to removal after admitting to returning to United States after being removed for illegal entry in 2014.

 KHP found 35 pounds of meth in vehicle's gas tank 

This is a special edition of A Day in the Life. With the start of the school year and recent events involving shootings at schools, we thought this would be a chance for you to see, and know, that local law enforcement is working to help protect students if such an event occurred. While it is unfortunate that such training is necessary, we wanted you to see what is being done in Hutchinson and Reno County to keep schools safe. This edition does contain video of law enforcement using live rounds with soft bullets to simulate real-life situations. Please note this is a real simulation and the video does contain simulated victims and real-life situations, some of which are graphic. Parts of the exercise are being left out intentionally to avoid disclosing tactical information that keeps officers safe.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Area law enforcement, Reno County EMS and&nbsp; Hutchinson Fire take time each year to conduct active shooter training in area schools. The exercise, done each year at various locations, helps officers prepare for such an event by putting them through various scenarios. The Hutchinson Fire Department was brought in to help train them on responding to numerous injuries and to triage such events.

The training starts out with a briefing for all personnel. At that briefing, all parties talk about how to respond to an active shooter, what the appropriate techniques are going to be, how to set up a triage area for injuries, and how victims can be rescued and removed from the building. The goal is to have a full picture of what will take pace if such a situation arises.&nbsp;

After that briefing, the individual units go into a breakout session to discuss their specific component of the exercise. For law enforcement, that includes single and team movement drills. Changes in how law enforcement reacts to active shooter situations has led law enforcement to evolve into a single-man response to an active shooter. That change came about from the shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston.

Hutchinson Police Chief Jeff Hooper says law enforcement used to wait and call in a SWAT team or form a multi-officer pattern before entering a building. Now, any officer, even if it’s just one, will enter the building and, if possible, diffuse the situation. It's a change brought on by the need to stop the shooter as quickly as possible. Simulated ammunition is used in the training.

As law enforcement works to secure areas of the building, the fire department works on extraction of victims. Law enforcement will walk around such injuries in an effort to get to the shooter as quickly as possible, but still make sure the fire department can extract a victim safely. It is a delicate balance of moving quickly, but ensuring that everyone is secured.

The action taken by law enforcement can change moment-to-moment if actual gunfire is taking place or begins. Once shooting starts, officers know there is a particular threat in that area and will move as quickly as possible.&nbsp;

The exercise also goes over how to deal with what are, understandably, upset parents or guardians of students. Chief Hooper wanted to stress that he can surely understand how parents would react to such a situation. He stresses that parents or guardians should not try to rescue their children. With the high-charged situation going on, it is likely that a parent in the building could be mistaken for a suspect and not a victim. The practice is for parents or guardians to gather at a designated rally point so they and their children can be accounted.&nbsp;

While this exercise was all about the schools, law enforcement will also provide such training and situational awareness to any business, church or manufacturer that wants it. Hooper wanted to stress that they are doing everything they can to keep schools safe from any type of threat.

We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the Hutchinson Police Department, the Reno County Sheriff's Department, EMS and Hutchinson Fire for letting us be a part of this exercise. We hope you can see this edition of A Day in the Life as informative in knowing that law enforcement is training for such situations.&nbsp;

If your business would like to be a part of A Day in the Life, just contact Rod Zook at 620-259-7396 or email him at <a href="mailto:rod.zook@eagleradio.net">rod.zook@eagleradio.net</a>.

A Day in the Life is brought to you by: <a href="https://www.hutchchamber.com/">Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce</a> <a href="https://kincaidseedresearch.com/">Kincaid Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jwmachineks">JW Machine</a> <a href="https://havensteel.com/">Haven Steel</a>

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 </figure>This is a special edition of A Day in the Life. With the start of the school year and recent events involving shootings at schools, we thought this would be a chance for you to see, and know, that local law enforcement is working to help protect students if such an event occurred. While it is unfortunate that such training is necessary, we wanted you to see what is being done in Hutchinson and Reno County to keep schools safe. This edition does contain video of law enforcement using live rounds with soft bullets to simulate real-life situations. Please note this is a real simulation and the video does contain simulated victims and real-life situations, some of which are graphic. Parts of the exercise are being left out intentionally to avoid disclosing tactical information that keeps officers safe.<figure>
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 </figure>By ROD ZOOK Hutch PostHUTCHINSON, Kan. — Area law enforcement, Reno County EMS and&nbsp; Hutchinson Fire take time each year to conduct active shooter training in area schools. The exercise, done each year at various locations, helps officers prepare for such an event by putting them through various scenarios. The Hutchinson Fire Department was brought in to help train them on responding to numerous injuries and to triage such events.The training starts out with a briefing for all personnel. At that briefing, all parties talk about how to respond to an active shooter, what the appropriate techniques are going to be, how to set up a triage area for injuries, and how victims can be rescued and removed from the building. The goal is to have a full picture of what will take pace if such a situation arises.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660229187456.jpeg" alt="Law enforcement, firefighters and EMS all meet before the exercise to get an overall look at what they want to accomplish during the drill. Breakout sessions are then held to allow each unit to do drills before the actual event starts." />
 <figcaption>Law enforcement, firefighters and EMS all meet before the exercise to get an overall look at what they want to accomplish during the drill. Breakout sessions are then held to allow each unit to do drills before the actual event starts.</figcaption>
 </figure>After that briefing, the individual units go into a breakout session to discuss their specific component of the exercise. For law enforcement, that includes single and team movement drills. Changes in how law enforcement reacts to active shooter situations has led law enforcement to evolve into a single-man response to an active shooter. That change came about from the shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston.<figure>
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 <figcaption>Over the years, tactics have changed in how law enforcement reacts to an active shooter in order to shorten the amount of time they can engage the suspect.</figcaption>
 </figure>Hutchinson Police Chief Jeff Hooper says law enforcement used to wait and call in a SWAT team or form a multi-officer pattern before entering a building. Now, any officer, even if it’s just one, will enter the building and, if possible, diffuse the situation. It's a change brought on by the need to stop the shooter as quickly as possible. Simulated ammunition is used in the training.<figure>
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 </figure>As law enforcement works to secure areas of the building, the fire department works on extraction of victims. Law enforcement will walk around such injuries in an effort to get to the shooter as quickly as possible, but still make sure the fire department can extract a victim safely. It is a delicate balance of moving quickly, but ensuring that everyone is secured.<figure>
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 <figcaption>Once an area is secured by law enforcement, first responders move in to extract the victims, or any other students, to safety. Law enforcement will also work to keep moving through the building as quickly as possible while making sure firefighters are safe.</figcaption>
 </figure>The action taken by law enforcement can change moment-to-moment if actual gunfire is taking place or begins. Once shooting starts, officers know there is a particular threat in that area and will move as quickly as possible.&nbsp;<div><div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject"><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="Thu Aug 04 2022 10:22:50 GMT-0500 (CDT)"/><meta itemprop="name" content="Hutchinson Police - Aditl"/><meta itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/thumbs/tRC0Zcij-720.jpg"/><div style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/tRC0Zcij-KcBmu4K3.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="Hutchinson Police - Aditl" style="position:absolute;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></div>The exercise also goes over how to deal with what are, understandably, upset parents or guardians of students. Chief Hooper wanted to stress that he can surely understand how parents would react to such a situation. He stresses that parents or guardians should not try to rescue their children. With the high-charged situation going on, it is likely that a parent in the building could be mistaken for a suspect and not a victim. The practice is for parents or guardians to gather at a designated rally point so they and their children can be accounted.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660229432004.jpeg" alt="Officers have been trained to move in teams of two or more, and solo as well. The need for quick action has changed the way officers respond to a shooter. The idea is to engage the shooter as quickly as possible." />
 <figcaption>Officers have been trained to move in teams of two or more, and solo as well. The need for quick action has changed the way officers respond to a shooter. The idea is to engage the shooter as quickly as possible.</figcaption>
 </figure>While this exercise was all about the schools, law enforcement will also provide such training and situational awareness to any business, church or manufacturer that wants it. Hooper wanted to stress that they are doing everything they can to keep schools safe from any type of threat.We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the Hutchinson Police Department, the Reno County Sheriff's Department, EMS and Hutchinson Fire for letting us be a part of this exercise. We hope you can see this edition of A Day in the Life as informative in knowing that law enforcement is training for such situations.&nbsp;If your business would like to be a part of A Day in the Life, just contact Rod Zook at 620-259-7396 or email him at <a href="mailto:rod.zook@eagleradio.net">rod.zook@eagleradio.net</a>.A Day in the Life is brought to you by: <a href="https://www.hutchchamber.com/">Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce</a> <a href="https://kincaidseedresearch.com/">Kincaid Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jwmachineks">JW Machine</a> <a href="https://havensteel.com/">Haven Steel</a>

🎥A Day in the Life: Active shooter training 

By ALLISON WINTER <a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/08/11/farm-bill-season-arrives-whats-the-outlook-for-2023/">States Newsroom</a>

WASHINGTON — Over the course of the 
next year, lawmakers on the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committees
 will draft a new federal farm bill that will shape food, farm, 
conservation and nutrition programs across the country for the next five
 years.

The omnibus law that began 90 years 
ago as crop supports now has an impact far beyond the farm, with 
programs to create wildlife habitat, address climate change and run the 
nation’s largest federal nutrition program.

“Any number of economic policies that
 we establish in farm bills impact everybody’s daily lives,” said former
 U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture
 Committee during the 2008 farm bill. The Georgia lawmaker now works at 
the global law firm DLA Piper.&nbsp;

Chambliss said farm bills affect food prices and availability, global trade and renewable fuels.&nbsp;

But he said the debate going into the
 legislation is often overshadowed by crop subsidies — the farm bill’s 
longstanding support system for producers of farm commodities. The 
payments are intended to provide economic stability for farmers but are 
usually a target for those who would like to invest the money 
elsewhere.&nbsp;

“The farm bills have evolved into a 
political football for all the wrong reasons,” Chambliss said in an 
interview with States Newsroom.

The current farm bill expires in 
September 2023. But given the size and implications of the programs, it 
is already farm bill season for lawmakers and the groups with a stake in
 the bill.&nbsp;

Advocacy groups are pulling together 
their farm bill platforms. And the House and Senate Agriculture 
committees have each started hosting farm bill hearings in Washington, 
D.C., and in some members’ home districts.&nbsp;

At the Senate Agriculture Committee’s
 first field hearing in Michigan in April, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, a
 Michigan Democrat, listed climate change, conservation programs and 
expanding opportunities for midsized and local producers among her 
concerns for the new farm bill.

On the House side, Agriculture 
Committee Chairman David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, has said he wants to
 support beginning and underserved farmers and ranchers and expand 
opportunities for conservation and energy programs.&nbsp;

“My goals are to protect the farm 
bill coalition that has provided a safety net for those struggling to 
feed their families as well as for those who help to produce that food,”
 Scott said in an email to States Newsroom.

“We also know that many of our 
programs are oversubscribed, and our available funding has not kept up 
with the demand in the conservation and energy titles,” Scott said.

Originally a product of the New Deal,
 the first farm bill in 1933 focused on commodity price support to 
provide relief for farmers and ensure a steady domestic food supply for 
Americans during the Great Depression.&nbsp;

Since then, lawmakers have passed 18 
farm bills and greatly expanded the reach of the legislation. For 
example, Congress added a conservation section to the farm bill in 1985 
and an energy title in 2002.

The most recent farm bill, the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, has 12 titles and includes programs
 for commodity crops, nutrition, trade, crop insurance, forestry and 
rural development.&nbsp;

The farm bill’s conservation programs
 pay farmers to make environmental improvements on working land or to 
replace crops on highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land.&nbsp;

One year of outlays for farm bill conservation programs exceeds the annual budget for the National Park Service.&nbsp;

More than 140 million acres of 
farmland in the U.S. are currently receiving conservation-related 
financial and technical assistance from the federal government, 
according to an analysis from the Farm Bureau. The national park system 
has more than 85 million acres, according to the Park Service.

But the largest spending in the farm bill — three-fourths of the funding — goes to nutrition programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.&nbsp;

“Most of the farm bill affects 
eaters, not farmers,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for 
government affairs at Environmental Working Group, one of the advocacy 
groups that tracks farm bill spending.&nbsp;

Like many bills on Capitol Hill, the 
farm bill has some “discretionary” programs, which are set up in the 
bill but have to be funded through the annual appropriations process.&nbsp;

But most of the farm bill programs 
are “mandatory” spending. That funding is set in the farm bill itself 
and goes out over the next five years, regardless of congressional 
appropriations. Those mandatory programs include crop subsidies, 
conservation programs, some forms of crop insurance and SNAP.&nbsp;

The 2018 farm bill was projected to spend
 $428 billion over five years, according to the Congressional Budget 
Office.&nbsp; When crafting a new farm bill, lawmakers must keep the total 
within the baseline estimates for the previous farm bill or find another
 new funding source. The current baseline for farm bill programs for the
 next five years is $648 billion, according to the Congressional Budget 
Office’s May 2022 estimates. A new estimate in spring 2023 will set the 
budget for the new farm bill.

“The difficult issue that we have every time we head into a farm bill is the budget,” said Chambliss.

Advocacy groups and lawmakers usually propose shifts in funding levels to try to direct more money to their favorite programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1660239197668.jpg" alt="In recent hearings on the 2023 farm bill, lawmakers in the U.S. House have discussed expanding crop insurance and trying to address the mounting challenges from drought, severe weather and climate change to the legislation. Image courtesy of Pixabay" />
 <figcaption>In recent hearings on the 2023 farm bill, lawmakers in the U.S. House have discussed expanding crop insurance and trying to address the mounting challenges from drought, severe weather and climate change to the legislation. Image courtesy of Pixabay</figcaption>
 </figure>By ALLISON WINTER <a href="https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/08/11/farm-bill-season-arrives-whats-the-outlook-for-2023/">States Newsroom</a>WASHINGTON — Over the course of the 
next year, lawmakers on the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committees
 will draft a new federal farm bill that will shape food, farm, 
conservation and nutrition programs across the country for the next five
 years.The omnibus law that began 90 years 
ago as crop supports now has an impact far beyond the farm, with 
programs to create wildlife habitat, address climate change and run the 
nation’s largest federal nutrition program.“Any number of economic policies that
 we establish in farm bills impact everybody’s daily lives,” said former
 U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture
 Committee during the 2008 farm bill. The Georgia lawmaker now works at 
the global law firm DLA Piper.&nbsp;Chambliss said farm bills affect food prices and availability, global trade and renewable fuels.&nbsp;But he said the debate going into the
 legislation is often overshadowed by crop subsidies — the farm bill’s 
longstanding support system for producers of farm commodities. The 
payments are intended to provide economic stability for farmers but are 
usually a target for those who would like to invest the money 
elsewhere.&nbsp;“The farm bills have evolved into a 
political football for all the wrong reasons,” Chambliss said in an 
interview with States Newsroom.The current farm bill expires in 
September 2023. But given the size and implications of the programs, it 
is already farm bill season for lawmakers and the groups with a stake in
 the bill.&nbsp;Advocacy groups are pulling together 
their farm bill platforms. And the House and Senate Agriculture 
committees have each started hosting farm bill hearings in Washington, 
D.C., and in some members’ home districts.&nbsp;At the Senate Agriculture Committee’s
 first field hearing in Michigan in April, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, a
 Michigan Democrat, listed climate change, conservation programs and 
expanding opportunities for midsized and local producers among her 
concerns for the new farm bill.On the House side, Agriculture 
Committee Chairman David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, has said he wants to
 support beginning and underserved farmers and ranchers and expand 
opportunities for conservation and energy programs.&nbsp;“My goals are to protect the farm 
bill coalition that has provided a safety net for those struggling to 
feed their families as well as for those who help to produce that food,”
 Scott said in an email to States Newsroom.“We also know that many of our 
programs are oversubscribed, and our available funding has not kept up 
with the demand in the conservation and energy titles,” Scott said.<h2>What does the farm bill cover?</h2>Originally a product of the New Deal,
 the first farm bill in 1933 focused on commodity price support to 
provide relief for farmers and ensure a steady domestic food supply for 
Americans during the Great Depression.&nbsp;Since then, lawmakers have passed 18 
farm bills and greatly expanded the reach of the legislation. For 
example, Congress added a conservation section to the farm bill in 1985 
and an energy title in 2002.The most recent farm bill, the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, has 12 titles and includes programs
 for commodity crops, nutrition, trade, crop insurance, forestry and 
rural development.&nbsp;The farm bill’s conservation programs
 pay farmers to make environmental improvements on working land or to 
replace crops on highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land.&nbsp;One year of outlays for farm bill conservation programs exceeds the annual budget for the National Park Service.&nbsp;More than 140 million acres of 
farmland in the U.S. are currently receiving conservation-related 
financial and technical assistance from the federal government, 
according to an analysis from the Farm Bureau. The national park system 
has more than 85 million acres, according to the Park Service.But the largest spending in the farm bill — three-fourths of the funding — goes to nutrition programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.&nbsp;“Most of the farm bill affects 
eaters, not farmers,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for 
government affairs at Environmental Working Group, one of the advocacy 
groups that tracks farm bill spending.&nbsp;<h2>How much money is at stake?</h2>Like many bills on Capitol Hill, the 
farm bill has some “discretionary” programs, which are set up in the 
bill but have to be funded through the annual appropriations process.&nbsp;But most of the farm bill programs 
are “mandatory” spending. That funding is set in the farm bill itself 
and goes out over the next five years, regardless of congressional 
appropriations. Those mandatory programs include crop subsidies, 
conservation programs, some forms of crop insurance and SNAP.&nbsp;The 2018 farm bill was projected to spend
 $428 billion over five years, according to the Congressional Budget 
Office.&nbsp; When crafting a new farm bill, lawmakers must keep the total 
within the baseline estimates for the previous farm bill or find another
 new funding source. The current baseline for farm bill programs for the
 next five years is $648 billion, according to the Congressional Budget 
Office’s May 2022 estimates. A new estimate in spring 2023 will set the 
budget for the new farm bill.“The difficult issue that we have every time we head into a farm bill is the budget,” said Chambliss.Advocacy groups and lawmakers usually propose shifts in funding levels to try to direct more money to their favorite programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;“The biggest problem is that there is
 only a certain amount of money we can have, so if we want more money we
 have to rob from Peter to pay for Paul,” Tom Haag, a vice president of 
the National Corn Growers Association, said at a recent panel discussion
 on the farm bill.But conservation and other 
climate-related programs will receive another funding infusion this year
 from the Inflation Reduction Act, which gives a boost of more than $20 
billion for climate investments on farmland. The bill is up for a vote 
before the U.S. House.That will provide about a 47 percent 
increase over previous farm bill levels, according to an analysis from 
the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.&nbsp;But folding that budget authority 
into the farm bill may not be a straightforward process, as Agriculture 
Committee members look for ways to direct it to their interests.“Everyone is going to want a piece of
 that climate money,” said Ferd Hoefner, a Washington, D.C.-based 
consultant on farm and food policy who has worked on nine previous farm 
bills.&nbsp;<h2>What crops are most affected?</h2>Most farm bill crop subsidies go to the major commodity crops: corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice.&nbsp;The big three of corn, soybean and 
wheat farmers receive more than 70 percent of farm subsidies, according 
to an analysis from the Cato Institute.&nbsp;Some other producers are eligible for
 the federal safety net through crop insurance, intended to help farmers
 manage for risk of loss from severe weather or market disruptions. 
Lawmakers have expanded the crop insurance program in recent farm bills,
 and its total spending now slightly exceeds that of crop subsidies.&nbsp;The federal government provides 
policies for more than 100 crops, according to the USDA. But some small 
farmers with varied crops have said it is still hard for them to get 
crop insurance, since policies are regional and limited to certain 
“insurable commodities.”The farm bill has smaller programs 
for organic agriculture and “specialty crops,” fruits, vegetables and 
nuts. It includes a cost-share program for organic certification, market
 development grants and research programs on citrus disease.&nbsp;<h2>What states are most affected?</h2>Agriculture subsidies, crop insurance
 and conservation programs have participants nationwide but tend to 
center on the Midwest, Great Plains and Texas.Overall, Texas landowners get the most federal farm bill subsidies, according to an <a target="_blank" href="https://farm.ewg.org/">analysis of federal data</a>
 from 1995-2020 from the Environmental Working Group. The analysis added
 commodity, conservation, disaster and crop insurance payments combined.The rest of the top 10 states for 
farm subsidies are: Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, North 
Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and Indiana.The farm bill’s nutrition programs 
are nationwide, distributed based on household income in both rural 
areas and cities. The percent of residents receiving SNAP benefits in 
2019 ranged from 19.8 percent in New Mexico to 4.2 percent in Wyoming, 
according to USDA.<h2>Who are the players?</h2>The farm bill is unique on Capitol 
Hill because it creates regional alliances around issues, rather than 
splitting along party lines. House and Senate Agriculture Committee 
members often tout their bipartisan approach.&nbsp;“The issues in a farm bill are not between Republicans and Democrats — the difference primarily is regional,” said Chambliss.&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott and Stabenow currently lead the
 House and Senate committees, but if Republicans take control of the 
House or Senate after the midterm elections, the leadership would shift 
to Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania in the House and John Boozman of 
Arkansas in the Senate.&nbsp;Thompson represents rural central 
Pennsylvania and comes from a long line of dairy farmers. Boozman won 
the “golden plow” award from the American Farm Bureau in July for his 
support for farmers.The presidential administration 
usually offers policy advice and program recommendations for the farm 
bill. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa, is 
no stranger to the process, having also been at the helm of the USDA 
from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration.A presidential veto of the farm bill 
is rare but not unprecedented. Since 1965, only the 2008 farm bill was 
vetoed as a standalone measure, according to the Congressional Research 
Service. President George W. Bush <a target="_blank" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080521-4.html">vetoed</a> that bill twice in an effort to get more of his priorities in the bill. Congress overrode his vetos.&nbsp;As the farm bill’s scope has 
expanded, more and more lobbyists and advocacy groups have joined the 
fray each year to try to influence the process.&nbsp;Agribusiness groups, environmental 
organizations, climate change experts, poverty and hunger groups and 
religious organizations will all weigh in on the farm bill. Many of 
those groups are working with their members to create farm bill policy 
platforms that they will release in the coming months.&nbsp;<h2>When will it get done?</h2>The current farm bill’s mandatory 
programs expire at the end of September 2023, which creates a deadline 
for Congress to reauthorize a new bill before then.&nbsp;Staff from the House and Senate 
Agriculture committees said they plan to hold more hearings on each 
title of the bill in the coming months, with the hopes of voting on a 
final bill well in advance of the deadline.But in practice, in the last several 
farm bill cycles Congress has not met those deadlines and usually passed
 temporary extensions to keep programs running while they continued to 
negotiate until the end of the calendar year.<h2>What might change this year?</h2>The extra funding from the Inflation 
Reduction Act could lay the groundwork for a push for new climate 
policies in farm bill conservation programs.&nbsp;In recent hearings, House lawmakers 
have also discussed expanding crop insurance and trying to address the 
mounting challenges from drought, severe weather and climate change.&nbsp;At a farm bill hearing in July, Rep. 
Rick Allen, a Georgia Republican, urged his fellow lawmakers to tread 
carefully, given how chaotic the past few years have been for 
agriculture and the economy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“We should not make major changes unless we are able to fully evaluate the consequences of those changes,” Allen said.&nbsp;Lawmakers will likely include some 
pilot programs to test new ideas. Those could lay the groundwork for 
major changes in the future.&nbsp;For example, former Sen. Tom Harkin, 
an Iowa Democrat, championed a pilot program to give schoolchildren 
fresh fruits and vegetables as a snack. In 2005, it was scaled up to 
cover the entire country.Farm bills traditionally have not 
included much for livestock producers, but some agriculture experts 
expect that to change this year, in response to the turmoil the sector 
faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;House Agriculture Chairman Scott introduced a <a target="_blank" href="https://agriculture.house.gov/uploadedfiles/h.r._8590.pdf">small farmer or rancher relief act</a>
 in July, indicating his interest in the issue. His proposal would 
provide targeted insurance to small ranchers with fewer than 100 cattle 
and a grant program for producers that sell direct to consumers.&nbsp;<h2>How can I have input into what’s in the bill?</h2>The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are both collecting ideas and feedback. The Senate Agriculture Committee has an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/farm-bill">online form</a> for input on the farm bill. And House Agriculture is collecting feedback through a form <a target="_blank" href="https://agriculture.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=9">on their website</a>.