2024 Reno County General Election (87 of 87 precincts reporting)

Statewide or multi-county races will be updated with information from Kansas Secretary of State's office as it comes in, and only competitive races are included, if a race has only one candidate, it is not posted.

Hutch Post is only reporting the competitive races in Reno County for the November 5, 2024 General Election.

UNITED STATES PRESIDENT/VICE-PRESIDENT (FROM KSSOS)

Donald J. Trump / JD Vance, Republican 735,428 57% Kamala Harris/Tim Walz, Democratic 523,110 41% Robert F. Kennedy Jr./ Nicole Shanahan, Independent 15,599 1% Chase Oliver / Mike ter Maat, Libertarian 7276 Under 1%

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-1st DISTRICT (FROM KSSOS)

Tracey Mann Republican 204,335 70% Paul Buskirk Democratic 89,200 30%

Michael Murphy Republican 22,215 71% Shanna Henry Democratic&nbsp; 9,152 29%

Kyler Sweely Republican 3619 52% Jason Probst Democratic 3370 48%

Paul Waggoner Republican 7,705 64% Lynnette Krieger-Zook Democratic 4,262 36%

Ron Vincent Republican 4025 65% Garth Strand Democratic 2161 35%

Richard Winger Republican 2170 53% Lindsey Hatfield Democratic 1894 47%

Reno County 2024 General Election results as of 4 a.m. Wednesday

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said there are still supply chain issues out there even as the rest of the economy tries to get back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We asked supply managers about the biggest risk factor going forward, and over and above, by a large degree, almost 40% said supply chain disruptions were the big issue," Goss said. "Now, of course, this is even without the longshoreman strike, which is coming up again in January, they pushed it out to January, past elections, that's 17 East Coast and Gulf Coast ports."

Goss also has concerns about the federal government continuing to borrow and spend.

"We've had several years since the pandemic of overspending by the federal government, and we're going to have to pay the price for that, and also overstimulation by the Federal Reserve," Goss said. "Now we're seeing some of the outcomes of that where they raised interest rates, but early on they actually increased the money supply, and that was a big stimulus. Now we've got to pay the price, and that's, unfortunately, looking into 2025, that's not that good."

It's not that he thinks the spending habits of the federal government will change at all.

"We're just seeing there's no appetite out there, even among the public, to cut the debt," Goss said. "That's not going to happen."

It remains to be seen if the election results from Tuesday have an impact on the larger policy direction of the country, and if so, in what direction.

Goss: Supply chain issues remain

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Major Paul James with the Salvation Army in Hutchinson is clear. The need is still great, and they actually are still behind their goal in fundraising and have been since last year.

"I don't think we've received less donations," James said. "I think just the dollar amount of those donations have shrank, and so it's hard. We've cut staff to continue to try to serve the most people that we can or hours of our staff. We're a skeleton crew at The Salvation Army, so we ask for your patience for that. But our heart is to, how can we serve those in need? It's hard to turn people away. We're looking forward to doing our best again this year."

They are also looking for volunteers, if you don't have extra cash to give, but do have time available.&nbsp;

"Have a heart for people, that's the number one," James said. "You don't want a grouch to meet you at the door. That's really a big part of it, just you have a heart for people. That matters the most. We have different opportunities, whether it's answering a phone, if you have a financial background, we, as you know, you mentioned it for me as well. We serve, I think we're about 90 individuals that we are the representative payee. We manage their bills. We make sure they have spending money. We balance all that, make sure they're in a house and all those things are covered and their bills are paid on time. That takes up a bulk of a lot of my staff's time is just managing that. We have one less staff member. So now we're all, how can we make that work? If you have a financial background and you're retired and you're like, you know, I have time to spend. And actually one of our staff members, she was retired and then she hired on with us part-time and she's amazing with that. If you have that, but if you can shake your hand, we have bell ringing opportunities coming up soon."

You can sign up to ring bells at <a href="https://www.registertoring.com/">registertoring.com</a>.

Financial and volunteer need still great at Salvation Army

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson City Manager Enrico Villegas, Reno County Administrator Randy Partington and South Hutchinson City Administrator Jeff Schenk are working together where they can to move the entire area forward. One place where they are sharing resources is in housing.

"Enrico had met with me and had ideas about how the city and county can work together on housing," Partington said. "There was some development that the city was looking at, Hutchinson was looking at working on. The question was, how can the county be a partner? Because Enrico knows and Jeff knows that, you know, Reno County wants to be a partner with both cities and all cities in Reno County. Before the meeting, we talked about how can the economic development funds that Reno County has and has not been spending all of it in the budgeted year. How can we use some of that for housing? Housing is definitely an economic development item."

This is where the idea of a county-wide grant program came from, and though the final touches are not done on that yet, it provides an opportunity for all county communities to share in bringing people here.

"It's taken some revisions," Villegas said. "It's not polished yet. But it stands to benefit all municipalities in Reno County, not just Hutchinson. So Haven, South Hutch, etc. If they want to participate in this, they can. It really stands to benefit everyone in Reno County."

South Hutchinson is still building out the infrastructure to be more involved in programs like this in the future.

"We are still working on building incentive programs and learning all of the different programs," Schenk said. "South Hutch has kind of been a little bit chaotic in the past and hasn't always played really well with everybody across the river. And so kind of we're just rebuilding that kind of community feel and becoming well, all playing nice in the sandbox."

The three managers meet or email fairly often to discuss ongoing projects so that they can go to their governing bodies informed about how each other is approaching development.

Leaders in Hutch, South Hutch, Reno County working together

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council approved the bonding of the demoltion project for the Atrium Hotel at their meeting Tuesday.

According to agenda documents, the City of Hutchinson will incur certain demolition expenses related to the demolition of an unsafe and dangerous structure, the Atrium, prior to closing on the bonds.

This project is different in that the city is not creating a capital asset, but instead removing one. Charter Ordinances allow the creation of capital assets. In order to bond this project, counsel advised the city to use Home Rule.

The Ordinance before the council approved the project and bonding costs up to $1,200,000. If the costs are less than that, the city does not have to bond the full amount.

The project costs include the bid awarded to Kansas Concrete LLC and an estimated contingency.

Even though this is a necessary next step, it doesn't really speed up the timeline of the potential reuse of the property much. 

According to discussion at Tuesday's meeting, the earliest that any delinquency would happen as a result of the assessment being added to Joshua Joseph's property taxes if he doesn't pay any part of it is in 2026 and then it would take three years of such delinquency before it would go to a sheriff's sale.

The asbestos remediation is going on right now and once that is done the actual demolition will likely take one to three months, but then it will likely stay as a vacant lot for a few years, unless Mr. Joseph decides to pay what he then would owe and then get approval to build on it.

Atrium demolition bonding approved Tuesday

RENO COUNTY — The Reno County Tax Sale will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 14th, 2024.

<a href="https://www.whiteoakhomesks.com/pages/auction">Here is the updated list of properties.</a>

<a href="https://www.renocountyks.gov/media/Document%20Center/Departments/Administration/Communications/Bidder%20Instructions.pdf">Read the bidder instructions for details on how to bid</a>.

The list is not a final list of properties being sold, properties can be redeemed until November 13th, 2024.

The list is being updated as redemptions happen at&nbsp; <a href="https://www.whiteoakhomesks.com/pages/auction" target="_blank">https://www.whiteoakhomesks.com/pages/auction</a>.

Tax sale coming up next week

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11/6/2024 12:14 AM-Michael	Ross Bonham-Failure to Appear

11/5/2024 6:41 PM-Christopher	Terry Wilson-Poss of marijuana; 2 or more prior convictions; Interference with LEO; knowingly flee by means other than motor vehicle for felony case; Use or Possess with Intent to use Drug Paraphernalia into Human Body&nbsp;

11/5/2024 5:15 PM-Jaleena	Dionne Scott-Failure to Appear&nbsp;

11/5/2024 5:06 PM-Brittania	Kae Sisson-Theft; Possession of Stolen Firearm; less than $25,000; Interference with Law Enforcement; Conceal /alter/destroy evidence Felony case&nbsp;

Daily Bookings

NEWTON, Kan. — One person is in police custody after an investigation found dozens of illegal explosive devices in a Newton garage this afternoon.

The investigation began Tuesday morning when a suspect fled from a North Newton Police officer during an unrelated traffic stop. Newton Police assisted in the chase and eventually located the suspect in a garage in the 500 block of East 11th Street in Newton. While in the garage, officers found about 60 suspicious items consistent with homemade explosives.

The Wichita Bomb Squad and ATF agents examined the items and believed them to be illegal explosive materials. The items were rendered safe early in the investigation, but out of an abundance of caution, police cordoned off the area. The items were taken to a safe location and destroyed at around 5:30 this evening.

One resident of the house is in custody, and police are seeking one other person of interest.

The original suspect from the traffic stop is not believed to have any connection to the location or residents of the property. He was arrested on misdemeanor warrants.

Newton police make arrest on explosive related charges

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Today is election day. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Remember to take Photo ID with you to your polling place.

Hutch Post will have results as we receive them from the Reno County Elections Office and the Kansas Secretary of State's Office. Those results are unofficial on election night.

To look at your sample ballot to know which races are applicable to you, put your name and birthdate in the Voter View tool <a href="https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView">here</a>.

Official Final Results will be available after the Election Canvass held at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at the Reno County Annex, 125 W. First Ave.

Today is election day; polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson held an input meeting Monday night at Memorial Hall and city staff were pleased with how things continued to progress from a previous similar event held earlier this year.

"We learned a lot the first time we did this," said Dave Sotelo with the city. "Tracking where people are coming from, where the community is. It's hard to tell where people are coming from. I think the staff members know now that they should spend some time talking to the people, answering the questions that they have. The first time around, what we were really careful on is making sure everybody's voices were equally heard through that sticky note process. We're doing that again here. One of the things that we've learned and why we're doing this, is we've got to build trust with the community. We've got to find more opportunity for them to provide feedback. What happens often is, that feedback is provided at city council meetings where, if we're making decisions at city council, we've got to hear from people way before it gets to city council. That's what we're trying to do here."

City spokesperson Jessica Woodyard was glad that people seemed to understand what they were trying to accomplish with the event.

"They've heard our message that we're inviting them," Woodyard said. "It's a relaxed atmosphere. I think the first meeting gave everyone a little bit of an idea of what we were trying to accomplish and now they might feel more comfortable in attending and speaking with our directors. We are so thrilled with the turnout."

These events will continue on a periodic basis as the city continues to gather input from different parts of the community.

City holds input meeting Monday

Per Hutchinson High School athletic director, Steve Kappenman, the Salthawks' home playoff game against Liberal has moved to Thursday Nov. 7, due to the forecasted weather for Friday.

The game will now be played at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, at Gowans Stadium.

Hutchinson is 7-2 and the No. 4 seed, while Liberal is also 7-2 and the No. 5 seed.&nbsp;

The game will be broadcasted on KWBW Radio, 1450-AM and 98.5-FM.

🏈 Hutch High playoff game moved to Thursday

The Buhler High School class 4A state playoff game has moved up to Thursday, Nov. 7, due to the forecast of rain on Friday.

Buhler is the No. 5-seed and will travel to No. 4 Mulvane for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

🏈 Buhler playoff game moved to Thursday

High school football state playoffs continue this week with regional round action. See below for the schedule involving area teams.

All games will kickoff at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, unless otherwise noted.

CLASS 5A No. 4 Hutchinson (7-2) vs. No. 5 Liberal (7-2) *Thursday at 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A No. 5 Buhler (7-2) at No. 4 Mulvane (7-2) *Thursday at 7 p.m. No. 8 McPherson (5-4) at No. 1 Wamego (8-1)

CLASS 3A No. 6 Hesston (8-1) at No. 3 Scott City (8-1)

CLASS 2A No. 5 Haven (8-1) at No. 4 Hoisington (5-4) No. 11 Halstead (4-5) at No. 3 Beloit (7-2)

CLASS 1A No. 5 Sedgwick (8-1) at No. 4 Plainville (7-2) No. 15 Trinity Catholic (4-5) at No. 10 Medicine Lodge (6-2) No. 6 Sterling (6-3) at No. 3 Valley Heights (7-2)

8-MAN DII Central Christian (8-1) vs. Logan/Palco (8-1) *6 p.m.&nbsp;

🏈 Week 10 area high school schedule

<a href="https://bluedragonsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/boxscores/20241105_p6pm.xml?view=boxscore">BOX SCORE</a>

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team opened the season with a 104-53 win over Hesston College on Tuesday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

The win marked the first victory for first-year head coach Kyle Fisher.

All 11 players that played for Hutchinson (1-0) scored in the win, led by Bobby Cannon with 15 points and eight rebounds. Mikhail Abdul-Hamid, DJ Dudley and Bo Aldridge each had 14 points, while Khalil Arnold finished with 10 points.

Kobe Smith, the lone returner from last season, finished with seven points and a team-high 10 rebounds, while dishing off a team-high seven assists.

The Blue Dragons dominated the glass, out rebounding the Larks, 58-31, including 16 offensive rebounds.&nbsp;

Hutchinson turned the ball over just seven times in the win.

The Blue Dragons will face Southwestern Christian in the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

🏀 Balanced attack leads Blue Dragons to season-opening win

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hailey Jackson scored a career-high 30 points, as No. 1 Hutchinson defeated Neosho County, 122-70, on Tuesday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Jackson secured her fourth career double-double and second straight to start the season, finishing with a career-high 14 rebounds.

The 122 points scored are the third-most scored in a single-game in the 51-year of Blue Dragon women's basketball program history.&nbsp;

HutchCC (2-0) shot 50.7 percent from the floor, and knocked down 42 of 58 free throw attempts for 72 percent.&nbsp;

Brynne Katcher also secured a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. The two Australian-born players on the Blue Dragon roster each secured a career-high in points, Dylan Alexander scored 15, while Katie Duncan added 11.

Neosho County (1-1) finished the game with 46 turnovers, resulting in 55 Hutchinson points.&nbsp;

The Panthers were led by Tiara Hozumi with 15 points.

HutchCC will host Tabor College JV in the the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic on Friday at 5:30 p.m. inside of the Sports Arena.

🏀 Jackson leads No. 1 HutchCC to win over Neosho County

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — David N’Guessan scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Kansas State to an 89-65 victory over New Orleans on Tuesday night in a season opener for both teams.

Max Jones added 19 points and five assists and Brendan Hausen scored 15 points for Kansas State. The pair each made four of the Wildcats' 13 3-pointers. N’Guessan finished 10-of-14 shooting from the field.

Jah Short scored 19 points to lead New Orleans. James White added 14 points and Dae Dae Hunter had 10.

New Orleans jumped out to a 25-15 lead midway through the first half before the Wildcats surged to a 60-32 advantage at the break. Hausen and Jones each hit three 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the first half. N’Guessan added 11 points and 11 rebounds.

It was just the second meeting between the teams. The Wildcats posted a 62-47 win on Dec. 4, 1999. K-State is 13-1 against the Southland Conference, including 12-0 at home.

It was New Orleans' coach Stacy Hollowell's first game at the helm. Hollowell, the 13th head coach in Privateer history, spent last season at Texas Southern as an assistant under Johnny Jones.

🏀 N’Guessan scores 21 points to lead Kansas State over New Orleans

🎧 LISTEN: Chiefs win on MNF, KU & WSU 🏀 win season openers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes landed awkwardly on his left ankle while throwing a tying touchdown pass against Tampa Bay on Monday night, and just about everyone in Arrowhead Stadium seemed to hold their breath as he lay on the ground.

They didn't feel a whole lot better when trainers began to help him to the Kansas City sideline.

But after the two-time MVP was checked out, and the Chiefs' medical staff declared him fit to continue, Mahomes was right back on the field. And after leading the Chiefs to a go-ahead touchdown in regulation, which the Buccaneers matched in the final minute to force overtime, Mahomes led Kansas City on the decisive touchdown march to escape with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/buccaneers-chiefs-score-5efb3014555b148e2a07af73a057102a">the 30-24 victory</a>.

“Pat's a tough guy,” said Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who had two TD catches. “Obviously he's the leader of this offense, the leader of this team. When he went down, everybody was around him, seeing if he was all right.”

Mahomes admitted he will be sore Tuesday, and the recovery will need to be swift with the Chiefs playing again Sunday, when the Broncos come to town. But it appeared that he escaped a serious injury like the one he had during the 2022 playoffs.

“I think the playoffs one a couple of years ago was how I got tackled. It got stuck and it hurt a lot more,” he said. “Obviously I'll get a little swelling, a short week, but go in there and take care of it and be ready to play next week.”

Kansas City was trailing 17-10 and facing third-and-goal at the Buccaneers 6 when Mahomes rolled to his right. As a defender rushed toward him, Mahomes planted his left foot awkwardly while flipping a pass to Samaje Perine alone in the end zone.

Mahomes, who has a history of ankle injuries, lay face down in the grass before rolling over and grabbing at the ankle. Trainers came all the way across the field to talk to him on the Tampa Bay sideline, and they helped him halfway across the field before Mahomes shook them off and walked the rest of the way on his own.

“I wasn't sure exactly where he was going to be with it,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who had instructed backup Carson Wentz to begin warming up. “He might have the loosest ankles in America. It's ridiculous how he can come back from those things.”

Mahomes finished with 291 yards passing and three touchdowns and did not throw a pick for the first time this season, helping Kansas City become only the sixth reigning Super Bowl champion to start 8-0 the following season.

Earlier in the game, Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman looked as if he also sustained a serious injury when he landed hard on his shoulder after a long punt return. But he was back to return a punt late in the second quarter and caught an important pass to convert a third down as the Chiefs were trying to tie the game 17-all early in the fourth.

Hardman's return was good news for a team already missing Marquise Brown, who hurt his shoulder in the preseason and could miss the year following surgery, and fellow receiver Rashee Rice, who underwent season-ending surgery on his knee.

JuJu Smith-Schuster has been dealing with a hamstring injury and also was inactive.

Those injuries were a big reason why the Chiefs recently traded a conditional fifth-round draft pick to the Titans for Hopkins, a three-time All-Pro who made his debut for Kansas City in last week's win over the Raiders.

Hopkins had a memorable first home game at Arrowhead Stadium.

He made a spectacular contested catch on third-and-8 inside the Tampa Bay 5 late in the second quarter, then caught a 1-yard TD pass from Mahomes and celebrated with the dance made famous by the movie “Remember the Titans.” He added the go-ahead touchdown catch with 4:17 left in the game and finished with eight catches for 86 yards on the night.

“He's so good at winning 1-on-1,” Mahomes said, “so to be able to have him down in the red zone, third-down situations — he does a good job of filling out and finding those windows. You give him a chance down the field and he makes a play.”

🏈 Mahomes sore, but OK after win Monday night

AP Sports Summary for November 5th, 2024:

Mahomes throws 3 TD passes, Hunt scores TD in overtime as Chiefs beat Buccaneers 30-24

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, and Kareem Hunt pounded into the end zone from 2 yards out in overtime to give the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs a 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mahomes was 5-for-5 passing on the decisive drive in overtime, and Hunt finished with 106 yards rushing. DeAndre Hopkins had eight catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns and Travis Kelce had 14 catches for 100 yards. Mayfield had 200 yards and two TDs passing for the Bucs, who have lost four of their last five games.

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes says he's sore but OK after hurting ankle in win over Bucs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had to be helped off the field after hurting his left ankle while throwing a tying touchdown pass to Samaje Perine early in the fourth quarter of their game against the Buccaneers on Monday night. But the injury did not turn out to be serious and Mahomes returned for the Chiefs' next possession. Mahomes planted his left foot awkwardly while flipping a tying TD pass to Perine alone in the end zone. He came back to lead a touchdown drive in regulation, then led Kansas City on the decisive drive in overtime for the 30-24 victory.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott out at least 1 game as team evaluates hamstring injury

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will miss at least one game with a hamstring injury that the team says is still being evaluated. Coach Mike McCarthy says Prescott is out for Sunday's game against Philadelphia after getting hurt at Atlanta. Multiple reports citing anonymous sources say Prescott is expected to miss multiple games. Any lengthy absence from Prescott would be another setback in a season full of them for the Cowboys. They are on their first three-game losing streak since 2020. Dallas played the last 11 games of that 6-10 season without Prescott after he broke an ankle. Cooper Rush replaced Prescott in the 27-21 loss to the Falcons.

Saints fire coach Dennis Allen after seventh straight loss. Darren Rizzi named interim coach

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have fired coach Dennis Allen a day after a loss at last-place Carolina extended the Saints' losing streak to seven games. It's the franchise's longest skid since 1999. Allen is 18-25 without a playoff appearance since taking over in 2022 after Sean Payton began what turned out to be a one-season retirement from coaching. The 52-year-old Allen is 26-53 in his NFL coaching career, including an 8-28 mark with the Oakland Raiders from 2012 to 2014. The Saints named special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi the interim coach with eight games left in what likely will be the club's fourth straight season without a playoff berth.

Darius Garland scores 39, Cavs improve to 8-0 with 116-114 win over struggling Bucks without Giannis

CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 39 points, Evan Mobley added 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 8-0 with a 116-114 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, wo played without injured superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Cavs also went 8-0 in 1976. Garland drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with 45 seconds left and the Cavs rallied down the stretch, outscoring the Bucks 18-8 over the final 6:06. Jarrett Allen added 14 points, 15 rebounds and had a huge block on Milwaukee's Damian Lillard in the final seconds. Lillard scored 36 for the Bucks, but committed a costly turnover when he was called for an over-and-back violation with 56.7 seconds left. Bobby Portis added 21 points and 18 rebounds for Milwaukee, which has lost six in a row.

Lakers star Anthony Davis hurts left ankle in loss to Pistons, another blow for oft-injured center

DETROIT (AP) — Lakers star Anthony Davis injured his left ankle late in Los Angeles' 115-103 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. Davis went up for a layup and after being fouled by Pistons center Jalen Duren, he tumbled down to the court and grabbed his left ankle. Davis stayed in the game and continued to score, finishing with 37 points a game after he had a season-high 38 points in a win at Toronto. The 31-year-old Davis is scoring a league-high 32.6 points, coming off an outstanding season in which the oft-injured center played in a career-high 76 games.

Flagg thrives with all-around game for No. 7 Duke in college debut against his home-state program

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke freshman Cooper Flagg turned in an all-around floor game against his home-state team in the seventh-ranked Blue Devils' season opener. The nation's No. 1 recruit and preseason Associated Press All-American finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists in a 96-62 win against Maine. Flagg said he had some extra emotion of facing Maine since he had grown up going to games there. His mother also played basketball for Maine. Duke coach Jon Scheyer said Flagg "makes everybody better" with his overall game even when he's not shooting the ball particularly well.

Hunter Dickinson returns for No. 1 Kansas in season opener

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson was back on the court for No. 1 Kansas. His next game is going to be a more difficult challenge. Dickinson missed two exhibition games because of a minor injury. But the 7-foot-2 center returned to the Jayhawks' lineup for their opener, scoring 16 points in an 87-57 victory over Howard. Next up is a matchup with No. 9 North Carolina on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Dickinson went 5 for 8 from the field in 21 minutes against Howard. He also had six rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots.

Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce and the Chiefs play Buccaneers after wrapping US leg of Eras Tour

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift has returned to Arrowhead Stadium to see the Kansas City Chiefs and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Swift just wrapped up the U.S. leg of her record-setting Eras Tour, playing the last of three shows at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday. The rest of her tour heads to Canada with the first of six shows at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Nov. 14 and three shows in December in Vancouver, British Columbia. Swift began her high-profile romance with Kelce last season, when he invited the singer to watch him in a September matchup with the Bears.

Jason Kelce apologizes for cellphone incident at Ohio State-Penn State before Bucs-Chiefs game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Retired Eagles center Jason Kelce has apologized after grabbing the phone of an unruly fan and spiking it to the ground before the Ohio State-Penn State game last weekend. Kelce was attending the Big Ten matchup between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania, when the incident occurred. Video on social media showed him walking through a crowd near Beaver Stadium and fans asking for photos and fist bumps when one fan began to heckle him. He said on ESPN Monday night that "in a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate" and that "I fell short this week."

Final	(20)Cincinnati	109	Ark.-Pine Bluff	54	

📢📰🎧 Sports Headlines for Tuesday

Coming off its second bye week of the season, the Hutchinson Community College football team remained No. 3 in the latest NJCAA Division I Football Rankings, which were released on Monday.

The 7-1 Blue Dragons play host to the Highland Scotties at Noon on Saturday at Gowans Stadium. The Dragons will close the regular season with Highland and travel to Garden City on November 16.

This is the 44th consecutive poll the Dragons have been ranked, which is the second-longest run in the rankings in program history. The Blue Dragon record for consecutive weeks ranked in the polls is 45, which was set from 2010 to 2013. The Dragons have been ranked the nation's Top 3 for 40 consecutive polls.

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The nation's Top 5 remained the same after last week's action. Iowa Western earned all 12 first-place votes after a dominant victory over Butler last Saturday. Georgia Military stayed at No. 2, followed by Hutchinson, Northwest Mississippi and Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Coffeyville's narrow 13-12 win over Dodge City gave the Red Ravens a three-spot jump to No. 10. Butler fell four spots to No. 14 and Dodge City stayed in the rankings at No. 15.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/projects/trump-investigations-civil-criminal-tracker/">two federal cases against Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

Smith charged Trump last year with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc">plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-8315a5b23c18f27083ed64eef21efff3">illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate</a>. But&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2">Trump's election defeat of Kamala Harris</a>&nbsp;means that the Justice Department believes he can no longer face prosecution in accordance with department legal opinions meant to shield presidents from criminal charges while in office.

The person familiar with Smith's plans was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.

By moving to wind down the cases before the inauguration in January, Smith and the Justice Department would be averting a potential showdown with Trump, who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-fire-special-counsel-jack-smith-b0d3d24286fbe0c461a901a33ec78d62">said as recently as last month</a>&nbsp;that he would fire Smith “within two seconds” of taking office. It would also mean Trump would enter the White House without the legal cloud of federal criminal prosecutions that once carried the potential for felony convictions and prison sentences.

Smith’s two cases charge Trump in a conspiracy to undo the election results in the run-up to the Capitol riot, and with retaining top secret records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and obstructing FBI efforts to recover them.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-merrick-garland-government-and-550c01de053c08db4d53ca57f315feb6">He was appointed to the position in November 2022 by Attorney General Merrick Garland.</a>

The classified documents case has been stalled since July when a Trump-appointed judge, Aileen Cannon,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-smith-c66d5ffb7ba86c1b991f95e89bdeba0c">dismissed it on grounds that Smith was illegally appointed</a>. Smith has appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where the request to revive the case is pending. Even as Smith looks to withdraw the documents case against Trump, he would seem likely to continue to challenge Cannon's ruling on the legality of his appointment given the precedent such a ruling would create.

In the 2020 election interference case, Trump was scheduled to stand trial in March in Washington, where more than 1,000 of his supporters have been convicted of charges for their roles in the Capitol riot. But the case was halted as Trump pursued his sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution that ultimately landed before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump could be emboldened by the Supreme Court’s ruling in July,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2024/supreme-court-rules-ex-presidents-have-broad-immunity-dimming-chance-of-a-pre-election-trump-trial/">which granted former presidents expansive immunity from prosecution</a>&nbsp;for acts taken in the White House and explicitly put off-limits any alleged conduct involving Trump’s discussions with the Justice Department. That included his efforts to use the Justice Department to conduct sham election fraud investigations as part of his bid to stay in power.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which of the other allegations in the indictment, if any, could move forward to trial.

In response,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-jack-smith-a4b4d7821c1a6d1f5076ec68f5ba7170">Smith’s team last month filed a 165-page brief</a>&nbsp;laying out new evidence to persuade the judge that the actions alleged in the indictment were taken in Trump's private capacity as a candidate — not as commander-in-chief — and therefore can remain part of the case. Trump’s lawyers are scheduled to file their response later this month.

In New York, meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-merchan-hush-money-sentencing-immunity-a4635cbd1a619b00588d1ebcc3c7b9cc">Trump is fighting to overturn his felony conviction</a>&nbsp;and stave off a potential prison sentence for falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. It is the only one of his criminal cases to go to trial.

A judge is expected to rule next week on whether to uphold or toss the verdict in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July ruling that presidents have broad protections from prosecution.

Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will issue a ruling on Trump’s dismissal request on Nov. 12, one week after Election Day. The judge has penciled in Nov. 26 for sentencing, “if necessary.” Punishments range from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.

Though Trump technically has no authority as president to shut down a state-level prosecution like the one in New York, his victory nonetheless calls into question that case&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/fulton-county-fani-willis-trump-courtney-kramer-105147df7e97766e311e5e2a12a17c90">as well as a separate pending case in Fulton County, Georgia</a>&nbsp;charging him with plotting to subvert that state’s election in 2020.

Dept. of Justice will end their criminal cases against Donald Trump

GEARY COUNTY –&nbsp;The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating a death that occurred at the Northeast Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City, according to a media release from the agency.

The KBI was contacted on Tuesday to investigate the death of a 17-year-old boy from Dodge City. The teen had been at the detention facility since early August as a result of a child in need of care case. KBI agents responded to the facility to investigate.

By statute, the KBI investigates the deaths of prisoners in the custody of Kansas jails and prisons, and juveniles in state, county, or city custody, unless the person who dies is being regularly attended by a physician, or the death is ruled natural by autopsy.

The investigation indicates that personnel found the 17-year-old unresponsive around 6:50 a.m., and began life-saving measures. Geary County EMS responded and continued resuscitation efforts during transport to a local hospital. He was pronounced deceased by medical personnel around 7:40 a.m. An autopsy is scheduled. The investigation is ongoing.

KBI: Teen in custody of Regional Juvenile Detention Center dies

WASHINGTON (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris</a>&nbsp;said Wednesday that “we must accept the results of this election” as she encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country after her loss to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>.

The Democratic vice president said the battle would continue "in the voting booth, in the courts and in the public square.”

“Sometimes the fight takes a while,” she said. “That doesn’t mean we won’t win.”

Harris delivered her remarks at Howard University, her alma mater and one of the country's most prominent historically Black schools, in the same spot where she hoped to give a victory speech.

“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” Harris said.

Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was in the audience. So were Reps. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, and Barbara Lee, both from Harris’ home state of California.

Before her speech, Harris called Trump to concede the election and congratulate him on his victory. She said, “We will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”

Harris, once viewed as a potential savior for the Democratic Party after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;'s reelection campaign stalled, is reckoning with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2">a profound rejection</a>&nbsp;by American voters in this year's presidential election.

She trailed in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024">every battleground state</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Trump</a>, a man she described as an existential danger to the country's foundational institutions. And Trump appeared on track to win the popular vote for the first time in his three campaigns for the White House — even after two impeachments, felony convictions and his attempt to overturn his previous election loss.

Biden plans to address the election results on Thursday. The White House said he spoke with Harris and Trump on Wednesday, and he invited the president-elect to meet with him soon.

David Plouffe, a top Harris adviser, said campaign staffers “left it all on the field for their country.”

“We dug out of a deep hole but not enough,” he said. “A devastating loss."

In a bitter footnote for Harris, as the sitting vice president she is expected to oversee Congress' ceremonial certification of the election.

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