WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and has pledged to dramatically overhaul the Justice Department.

Trump also announced that he had tapped Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112752631378869022">Marco Rubio</a>&nbsp;of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state. And he selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as his director of national intelligence.

The choices continued a pattern of Trump stocking his Cabinet with loyalists he believes he can trust to execute his agenda rather than longtime officials with experience in their fields. Gaetz's selection, in particular, was seen as a shock. The Florida lawmaker was not among the more established attorneys who had been mentioned as contenders for the job.

Trump announced the decision in a post in his Truth Social network, saying that, “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department."

Gaetz represents much of the Florida Panhandle and became a conservative star when he joined Congress, appearing as a frequent staunch defender of Trump on cable news.

He irked fellow GOP members in early 2023 when he filed the resolution that successfully ousted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy then helped fund a primary challenge to Gaetz that included commercials alleging that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old, an allegation currently investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing. The Justice Department ended its own sex trafficking investigation without bringing charges against him.

Even Trump’s allies in the Senate are keeping their distance from Gaetz.

“We’ll see,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin when asked whether he would vote to confirm the congressman.

Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, suggested that the Senate would look closely into Gaetz, including the House Ethics Committee investigation.

“I’m sure it will make for a popcorn-eating confirmation hearing,” said GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

The announcement came shortly after Trump confirmed that he had picked Rubio, a conservative lawmaker, as the nation’s top diplomat. A onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders, Rubio, who will become the first Latino in the job, is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.

On Capitol Hill, Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has pushed for taking a harder line against China and has targeted social media app TikTok because its parent company is Chinese. He and other lawmakers contend that Beijing could demand access to the data of users whenever it wants.

“He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries,” Trump said of Rubio in a statement.

Trump made the announcement while flying back back to Florida from Washington after meeting with President Joe Biden.

The president-elect had been expected to pick Rubio for the post, but had also faced pressure from allies of Ric Grenell, who served as acting director of national intelligence during Trump’s first administration.

Grenell responded to the news on on X, writing, “Congratulations, Senator. You will be great for America!”

The selection is the culmination of a long, complicated history between Trump and Rubio. During their tense competition for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, Rubio was especially blunt in his criticism of Trump, calling him a “con artist” and “the most vulgar person to ever aspire to the presidency.”

He tried to match Trump’s often-crude attacks by joking about the size of Trump’s hands in a reference to his manhood. Trump responded by branding Rubio as “little Marco,” a nickname that stuck with the senator for years.

But like many Republicans who sought to maintain their relevance in the Trump era, Rubio shifted his rhetoric. As speculation intensified that Trump might pick him as his running mate, Rubio sought to play down the tension from 2016, suggesting the heated tone simply reflected the intensity of a campaign.

“That is like asking a boxer why they punched somebody in the face in the third round,” Rubio told CNN when asked about his previous comments. “It’s because they were boxing.”

Rubio was first elected to the Senate in 2010 as part of the tea party wave of Republicans who swept into Washington. He quickly gained a reputation as someone who could embody a more diverse, welcoming Republican Party. He was a key member of a group that worked on a 2013 immigration bill that included a path to citizenship for millions of people in the country illegally.

But that legislation stalled in the House, where more conservative Republicans were in control, signaling the sharp turn to the right that the party — and Rubio — would soon embrace. Now, Rubio says he supports Trump’s plan to deploy the U.S. military to deport those in the country illegally.

“We are going to have to do something, unfortunately, we’re going to have to do something dramatic,” Rubio said in a May interview with NBC.

Gabbard, meanwhile, will to serve as director of national intelligence.

“As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties - She is now a proud Republican!” Trump said in a statement. “I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength. Tulsi will make us all proud!”

Both Vice President-elect JD Vance and Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. had been advocating for Gabbard to get a position in the administration, after she grew close with them during the campaign.

She helped prepare Trump for his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, announced she was becoming a Republican at a Trump rally during the race’s final stretch, and received huge cheers from his crowds at events.

Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider, compared to her predecessor. The current director, Avril Haines, was confirmed by the Senate in 2021 following several years in a number of top national security and intelligence positions.

Gabbard hasn’t worked directly in the intelligence community, outside of House committees, including two years on the Homeland Security Committee. Like others Trump has selected for his agency leadership, she has been among his most popular political surrogates, often drawing thunderous responses from crowds as she stumped for him in the campaign’s closing months.

Earlier Wednesday, Trump announced that four longtime aides would be joining his administration as well.

Longtime aide Dan Scavino, who first worked for Trump as caddy at one of his golf courses and later became his social media guru, will serve as a deputy chief of staff. James Blair, the campaign’s political director, will serve as as deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs. And Taylor Budowich, who ran the pro-Trump Super PAC, Maga Inc., before joining the campaign, will be deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel. All will have the rank of assistant to the president.

Trump also formally announced Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner and another of Trump’s longest-serving aides, will be deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser.

Colvin reported from New York and Miller reported from Washington.

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 </figure>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and has pledged to dramatically overhaul the Justice Department.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">It will be an honor to serve as President Trump’s Attorney General! <a href="https://t.co/dg0iQ0bA6Y">pic.twitter.com/dg0iQ0bA6Y</a>&mdash; Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1856796371048960344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Trump also announced that he had tapped Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112752631378869022">Marco Rubio</a>&nbsp;of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state. And he selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as his director of national intelligence.The choices continued a pattern of Trump stocking his Cabinet with loyalists he believes he can trust to execute his agenda rather than longtime officials with experience in their fields. Gaetz's selection, in particular, was seen as a shock. The Florida lawmaker was not among the more established attorneys who had been mentioned as contenders for the job.Trump announced the decision in a post in his Truth Social network, saying that, “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department."Gaetz represents much of the Florida Panhandle and became a conservative star when he joined Congress, appearing as a frequent staunch defender of Trump on cable news.He irked fellow GOP members in early 2023 when he filed the resolution that successfully ousted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy then helped fund a primary challenge to Gaetz that included commercials alleging that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old, an allegation currently investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing. The Justice Department ended its own sex trafficking investigation without bringing charges against him.Even Trump’s allies in the Senate are keeping their distance from Gaetz.“We’ll see,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin when asked whether he would vote to confirm the congressman.Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, suggested that the Senate would look closely into Gaetz, including the House Ethics Committee investigation.“I’m sure it will make for a popcorn-eating confirmation hearing,” said GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.The announcement came shortly after Trump confirmed that he had picked Rubio, a conservative lawmaker, as the nation’s top diplomat. A onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders, Rubio, who will become the first Latino in the job, is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.On Capitol Hill, Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has pushed for taking a harder line against China and has targeted social media app TikTok because its parent company is Chinese. He and other lawmakers contend that Beijing could demand access to the data of users whenever it wants.“He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries,” Trump said of Rubio in a statement.Trump made the announcement while flying back back to Florida from Washington after meeting with President Joe Biden.The president-elect had been expected to pick Rubio for the post, but had also faced pressure from allies of Ric Grenell, who served as acting director of national intelligence during Trump’s first administration.Grenell responded to the news on on X, writing, “Congratulations, Senator. You will be great for America!”The selection is the culmination of a long, complicated history between Trump and Rubio. During their tense competition for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, Rubio was especially blunt in his criticism of Trump, calling him a “con artist” and “the most vulgar person to ever aspire to the presidency.”He tried to match Trump’s often-crude attacks by joking about the size of Trump’s hands in a reference to his manhood. Trump responded by branding Rubio as “little Marco,” a nickname that stuck with the senator for years.But like many Republicans who sought to maintain their relevance in the Trump era, Rubio shifted his rhetoric. As speculation intensified that Trump might pick him as his running mate, Rubio sought to play down the tension from 2016, suggesting the heated tone simply reflected the intensity of a campaign.“That is like asking a boxer why they punched somebody in the face in the third round,” Rubio told CNN when asked about his previous comments. “It’s because they were boxing.”Rubio was first elected to the Senate in 2010 as part of the tea party wave of Republicans who swept into Washington. He quickly gained a reputation as someone who could embody a more diverse, welcoming Republican Party. He was a key member of a group that worked on a 2013 immigration bill that included a path to citizenship for millions of people in the country illegally.But that legislation stalled in the House, where more conservative Republicans were in control, signaling the sharp turn to the right that the party — and Rubio — would soon embrace. Now, Rubio says he supports Trump’s plan to deploy the U.S. military to deport those in the country illegally.“We are going to have to do something, unfortunately, we’re going to have to do something dramatic,” Rubio said in a May interview with NBC.Gabbard, meanwhile, will to serve as director of national intelligence.“As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties - She is now a proud Republican!” Trump said in a statement. “I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength. Tulsi will make us all proud!”Both Vice President-elect JD Vance and Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. had been advocating for Gabbard to get a position in the administration, after she grew close with them during the campaign.She helped prepare Trump for his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, announced she was becoming a Republican at a Trump rally during the race’s final stretch, and received huge cheers from his crowds at events.Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider, compared to her predecessor. The current director, Avril Haines, was confirmed by the Senate in 2021 following several years in a number of top national security and intelligence positions.Gabbard hasn’t worked directly in the intelligence community, outside of House committees, including two years on the Homeland Security Committee. Like others Trump has selected for his agency leadership, she has been among his most popular political surrogates, often drawing thunderous responses from crowds as she stumped for him in the campaign’s closing months.Earlier Wednesday, Trump announced that four longtime aides would be joining his administration as well.Longtime aide Dan Scavino, who first worked for Trump as caddy at one of his golf courses and later became his social media guru, will serve as a deputy chief of staff. James Blair, the campaign’s political director, will serve as as deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs. And Taylor Budowich, who ran the pro-Trump Super PAC, Maga Inc., before joining the campaign, will be deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel. All will have the rank of assistant to the president.Trump also formally announced Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner and another of Trump’s longest-serving aides, will be deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser.—Colvin reported from New York and Miller reported from Washington.

Trump's pick for attorney general shocks the capitol

By TONY GUERRERO Hays Post

A squirrel caused a power outage in downtown Hays on Thursday after coming into contact with an electrical post, leaving hundreds without power.

Midwest Energy field operations assistant Kaleigh Sonseson reported the squirrel climbed one of the utility's electrical posts.

Soneson said the incident caused a fuse to blow, leaving about 400 people without power from Sixth Street to Oak and Fort Streets.

Soneson said Midwest Energy first received reports of the power outage at 1:52 p.m. and the issue was resolved by 2:37 p.m.

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 </figure>By TONY GUERRERO Hays PostA squirrel caused a power outage in downtown Hays on Thursday after coming into contact with an electrical post, leaving hundreds without power.Midwest Energy field operations assistant Kaleigh Sonseson reported the squirrel climbed one of the utility's electrical posts.Soneson said the incident caused a fuse to blow, leaving about 400 people without power from Sixth Street to Oak and Fort Streets.Soneson said Midwest Energy first received reports of the power outage at 1:52 p.m. and the issue was resolved by 2:37 p.m.

Squirrel causes power outage in downtown Hays, leaving hundreds without power

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because&nbsp;<a href="https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V797-7588.PDF">the rear wheels can lock up</a>, increasing the risk of a crash.

The recall in the U.S. covers certain Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2020 through 2022 model years. Also included are the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban.

Documents posted Wednesday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website say a transmission control valve can wear out over time. In rare cases it can fail and lock up the rear wheels. Drivers may notice harsh shifting before any wheel problems.

GM says in documents that dealers will install new transmission control software that will monitor the valve and detect excess wear 10,000 miles before the wheels lock up. If wear is detected, the transmission will be limited to fifth gear, preventing wheel lockup, which happens when the transmission downshifts from eighth gear.

GM will provide warranty coverage to fix transmissions that have a defective control valve.

Owners will be notified of the recall by letter on Dec. 9.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because&nbsp;<a href="https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V797-7588.PDF">the rear wheels can lock up</a>, increasing the risk of a crash.The recall in the U.S. covers certain Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2020 through 2022 model years. Also included are the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban.Documents posted Wednesday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website say a transmission control valve can wear out over time. In rare cases it can fail and lock up the rear wheels. Drivers may notice harsh shifting before any wheel problems.GM says in documents that dealers will install new transmission control software that will monitor the valve and detect excess wear 10,000 miles before the wheels lock up. If wear is detected, the transmission will be limited to fifth gear, preventing wheel lockup, which happens when the transmission downshifts from eighth gear.GM will provide warranty coverage to fix transmissions that have a defective control valve.Owners will be notified of the recall by letter on Dec. 9.

GM recalling big pickups, SUVs because the rear wheels can lock up

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Fort Hays State had eight players named to the All-GAC/MIAA Men's Soccer Team for the 2024 season. The Tigers had three first-team selections, two second-team selections, and three honorable mention picks, as voted on by coaches of the seven conference programs. The Tigers also had 11 individuals received GAC All-Academic honors.

Earning first-team honors were midfielder&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a51fffaf-e4ec-4502-9836-64b22583f021?elinkdata=241610">Tadhg Walsh</a>, forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8a936b38-2391-412b-9b2f-a42ba506b105?elinkdata=241610">Elias Ovelar Semeniuk</a>, and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/097cc559-80ff-4017-bb5b-f6fe58529f9b?elinkdata=241610">Marcos German</a>. Second-team selections went to midfielder&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/4028a07e-e108-4fb4-bc33-1d71e908216b?elinkdata=241610">Bryce Dickerson</a>&nbsp;and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b37830eb-2661-47c4-9aa5-c167aba212f4?elinkdata=241610">Jeremiah Johnson</a>. Honorable mention selections were forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/be429b83-f1bd-46b1-9414-bb28e3406a06?elinkdata=241610">Bastian Carlman</a>, forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8ee0fcf5-c26f-41aa-9ca2-10939c3f5da6?elinkdata=241610">Felix Tellez Ramirez</a>, and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/90545386-fbb0-4355-aab9-66465cb7fdef?elinkdata=241610">Jackson Elgas</a>.

Walsh is now a three-time all-conference selection in his third year with the Tigers. He is a repeat selection on the first team this season after receiving the same honor in 2023 and was an honorable mention pick as a freshman back in 2022. Walsh finished the regular season tied for the national lead in assists with 14. The 14 assists is currently tied for the single-season record at FHSU, matching the amount produced by Derick Gonzalez in 2017. Walsh started the year recording assists in five-straight matches, recording half of his total in the month of September. He has scored a goal and added at least one assist in all four matches he scored in this season. Walsh has 36 career points (8 goals, 20 assists) and leads FHSU with 22 this season (4 goals, 14 assists), already doubling his point total of 11 from the 2023 season.Ovelar 

Semeniuk is now a two-time all-conference selection. He moved up to the first team this year after a second-team selection last year. He enters postseason play tied for the team lead in goals with eight, while adding three assists. His 19 points ranks second for the Tigers. He had one hat trick for goals in a home contest against Ouachita Baptist earlier this season and leads the GAC in game-winning goals this season with three. He ranks third in the GAC in goals, fifth in points, and eighth in shots. He has 35 total points in his career, now with 15 goals and five assists over two seasons.

German is now a four-time all-conference selection overall in his collegiate career after being a three-time first-team selection at Central Methodist University in the Heart of America Conference at the NAIA level. He was also a three-time All-America selection at CMU. Though his primary role on the team has been defender, German has been utilized in both the midfield and in attacking situations for the Tigers this season. He has 16 points for the season with four goals and eight assists. He ranks third in the GAC for assists and second for the Tigers behind Walsh's national-leading number. He ranks seventh in the GAC in points. Now in his fifth year of collegiate soccer, German has an impressive 102 career points with 27 goals and 48 assists. He produced 23 goals and 40 assists over his four years at CMU.

Dickerson picked up the first all-conference selection of his career after playing at Maryville University for two years and Florida Memorial University for one year. He is a second-team selection in the midfield this year with three goals and five assists (11 points). Dickerson has started all 17 matches for the Tigers this season, playing 1,278 minutes. Dickerson now has 19 points in his collegiate career with a total of six goals and seven assists.

Johnson received the second all-conference selection of his collegiate career with a second-team selection at defender this season. He was an All-Heart of America Conference second-team selection as well in 2022 at Central Methodist University, one of his previous two stops before coming to FHSU this season. Johnson has two goals and two assists this season (six points). One of his goals was a game winner. He has started 16 of 17 matches this season and played 1,284 minutes. Johnson has 31 points in his collegiate career with nine goals and 13 assists over four years.

Carlman is an honorable mention selection in his first year of collegiate soccer. He posted an impressive eight goals in just 11 regular season matches, dealing with injuries throughout the season. He is tied for the team lead in goals and has 18 points this season (8 goals, 2 assists) to rank third on the team. He has two-game winning goals this year and had a hat trick in a 5-0 win over Maryville University in September.

Tellez Ramirez is now a three-time all-conference selection in the GAC/MIAA after earning the distinction twice at Newman University. The graduate transfer has one goal and one assist for the Tigers this year in 10 matches, also battling injury issues throughout the season. He was a two-time second-team selection at Newman in 2022 and 2023. He has 38 points in his collegiate career with 12 goals and 14 assists over five years.

Elgas is now a two-time all-conference honorable mention performer at defender. He received the same distinction back in his freshman season of 2022. Starting all 16 matches he has played in this season, he has played 1,166 minutes helping solidify the Tiger back line. Though he has no points this season, he has 10 in his three-year career at FHSU with two goals and six assists.

Five of the eight all-conference selections (Walsh, Ovelar Semeniuk, Dickerson, Tellez Ramirez, and Elgas) were also part of the 11 individuals named to the GAC/MIAA Academic Honor Roll. All athletes with at least a 3.5 GPA and a minimum of one-year, full-time college residency were eligible for this honor. Joining the five previously mentioned were&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f545179d-ed43-4bed-be2f-5efd2f86a42b?elinkdata=241610">Harrison Bensouda</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a9819888-3e0a-4126-828b-844d34ec72d2?elinkdata=241610">Collin Hershberger</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/c75f56d8-980c-4e46-a945-95671aadebfd?elinkdata=241610">Ian Inigo</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3ddcea4-3647-47e9-b890-e5bf10306d46?elinkdata=241610">Mathis Lefevre</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/0cd6ef97-a6a0-45e9-be3f-4f56d24cbd62?elinkdata=241610">Anders Sandsto</a>, and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b83aac41-d3ed-42e6-adc1-ea93a059ec27?elinkdata=241610">Dimitry Tchantcheu</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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 </figure>FHSU AthleticsRUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Fort Hays State had eight players named to the All-GAC/MIAA Men's Soccer Team for the 2024 season. The Tigers had three first-team selections, two second-team selections, and three honorable mention picks, as voted on by coaches of the seven conference programs. The Tigers also had 11 individuals received GAC All-Academic honors.Earning first-team honors were midfielder&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a51fffaf-e4ec-4502-9836-64b22583f021?elinkdata=241610">Tadhg Walsh</a>, forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8a936b38-2391-412b-9b2f-a42ba506b105?elinkdata=241610">Elias Ovelar Semeniuk</a>, and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/097cc559-80ff-4017-bb5b-f6fe58529f9b?elinkdata=241610">Marcos German</a>. Second-team selections went to midfielder&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/4028a07e-e108-4fb4-bc33-1d71e908216b?elinkdata=241610">Bryce Dickerson</a>&nbsp;and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b37830eb-2661-47c4-9aa5-c167aba212f4?elinkdata=241610">Jeremiah Johnson</a>. Honorable mention selections were forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/be429b83-f1bd-46b1-9414-bb28e3406a06?elinkdata=241610">Bastian Carlman</a>, forward&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8ee0fcf5-c26f-41aa-9ca2-10939c3f5da6?elinkdata=241610">Felix Tellez Ramirez</a>, and defender&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/90545386-fbb0-4355-aab9-66465cb7fdef?elinkdata=241610">Jackson Elgas</a>.Walsh is now a three-time all-conference selection in his third year with the Tigers. He is a repeat selection on the first team this season after receiving the same honor in 2023 and was an honorable mention pick as a freshman back in 2022. Walsh finished the regular season tied for the national lead in assists with 14. The 14 assists is currently tied for the single-season record at FHSU, matching the amount produced by Derick Gonzalez in 2017. Walsh started the year recording assists in five-straight matches, recording half of his total in the month of September. He has scored a goal and added at least one assist in all four matches he scored in this season. Walsh has 36 career points (8 goals, 20 assists) and leads FHSU with 22 this season (4 goals, 14 assists), already doubling his point total of 11 from the 2023 season.Ovelar Semeniuk is now a two-time all-conference selection. He moved up to the first team this year after a second-team selection last year. He enters postseason play tied for the team lead in goals with eight, while adding three assists. His 19 points ranks second for the Tigers. He had one hat trick for goals in a home contest against Ouachita Baptist earlier this season and leads the GAC in game-winning goals this season with three. He ranks third in the GAC in goals, fifth in points, and eighth in shots. He has 35 total points in his career, now with 15 goals and five assists over two seasons.German is now a four-time all-conference selection overall in his collegiate career after being a three-time first-team selection at Central Methodist University in the Heart of America Conference at the NAIA level. He was also a three-time All-America selection at CMU. Though his primary role on the team has been defender, German has been utilized in both the midfield and in attacking situations for the Tigers this season. He has 16 points for the season with four goals and eight assists. He ranks third in the GAC for assists and second for the Tigers behind Walsh's national-leading number. He ranks seventh in the GAC in points. Now in his fifth year of collegiate soccer, German has an impressive 102 career points with 27 goals and 48 assists. He produced 23 goals and 40 assists over his four years at CMU.Dickerson picked up the first all-conference selection of his career after playing at Maryville University for two years and Florida Memorial University for one year. He is a second-team selection in the midfield this year with three goals and five assists (11 points). Dickerson has started all 17 matches for the Tigers this season, playing 1,278 minutes. Dickerson now has 19 points in his collegiate career with a total of six goals and seven assists.Johnson received the second all-conference selection of his collegiate career with a second-team selection at defender this season. He was an All-Heart of America Conference second-team selection as well in 2022 at Central Methodist University, one of his previous two stops before coming to FHSU this season. Johnson has two goals and two assists this season (six points). One of his goals was a game winner. He has started 16 of 17 matches this season and played 1,284 minutes. Johnson has 31 points in his collegiate career with nine goals and 13 assists over four years.Carlman is an honorable mention selection in his first year of collegiate soccer. He posted an impressive eight goals in just 11 regular season matches, dealing with injuries throughout the season. He is tied for the team lead in goals and has 18 points this season (8 goals, 2 assists) to rank third on the team. He has two-game winning goals this year and had a hat trick in a 5-0 win over Maryville University in September.Tellez Ramirez is now a three-time all-conference selection in the GAC/MIAA after earning the distinction twice at Newman University. The graduate transfer has one goal and one assist for the Tigers this year in 10 matches, also battling injury issues throughout the season. He was a two-time second-team selection at Newman in 2022 and 2023. He has 38 points in his collegiate career with 12 goals and 14 assists over five years.Elgas is now a two-time all-conference honorable mention performer at defender. He received the same distinction back in his freshman season of 2022. Starting all 16 matches he has played in this season, he has played 1,166 minutes helping solidify the Tiger back line. Though he has no points this season, he has 10 in his three-year career at FHSU with two goals and six assists.Five of the eight all-conference selections (Walsh, Ovelar Semeniuk, Dickerson, Tellez Ramirez, and Elgas) were also part of the 11 individuals named to the GAC/MIAA Academic Honor Roll. All athletes with at least a 3.5 GPA and a minimum of one-year, full-time college residency were eligible for this honor. Joining the five previously mentioned were&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f545179d-ed43-4bed-be2f-5efd2f86a42b?elinkdata=241610">Harrison Bensouda</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a9819888-3e0a-4126-828b-844d34ec72d2?elinkdata=241610">Collin Hershberger</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/c75f56d8-980c-4e46-a945-95671aadebfd?elinkdata=241610">Ian Inigo</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3ddcea4-3647-47e9-b890-e5bf10306d46?elinkdata=241610">Mathis Lefevre</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/0cd6ef97-a6a0-45e9-be3f-4f56d24cbd62?elinkdata=241610">Anders Sandsto</a>, and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b83aac41-d3ed-42e6-adc1-ea93a059ec27?elinkdata=241610">Dimitry Tchantcheu</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

⚽ Eight FHSU men named All-GAC/MIAA team

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/john-thune">John Thune</a>&nbsp;as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>&nbsp;into a key position as President-elect&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;returns to the White House.

Thune, 63, is in his fourth Senate term and has promised to work closely with Trump, despite differences the two have had over the years, and will be a crucial part of the incoming president’s efforts to push through his policy agenda.

In a statement, Thune said he was “extremely honored to have earned the support of my colleagues.”

“This Republican team is united behind President Trump’s agenda, and our work starts today,” he said.

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/john-cornyn">John Cornyn</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/rick-scott">Rick Scott</a>, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a secret ballot vote in two rounds of voting. Scott was eliminated on the first round and the final vote between Thune and Cornyn was 29-24, according to several people who requested anonymity to discuss the private meeting.

Republicans are replacing McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader, as they prepare to take majority control of the Senate with the 53 seats they won in last week’s elections.

Much of the campaign centered around the candidates' relationship with Trump. Thune has worked to smooth his over after breaking publicly with Trump over the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he called “inexcusable.”

In recent months, Thune has realigned with Trump, visiting him in his Florida home, and the two have been consulting on how to implement the incoming president’s agenda. Thune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/john-thune-is-striving-to-be-the-next-republican-senate-leader-but-can-he-rise-in-trumps-gop/">told The Associated Press</a>&nbsp;over the summer that he views their potential relationship as a professional one. If they both win their elections, Thune said, “we’ve got a job to do.”

As he made his case, Thune also made clear that he would listen to Trump's demands. When Trump posted on X Sunday that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-senate-thune-cornyn-scott-republican-leadership-2a711f260887926676bb5d69866a1981">the new leader “must agree”</a>&nbsp;to allow him to appoint Cabinet members and others when the Senate is on recess, avoiding confirmation votes, Thune responded that the Senate must “quickly and decisively” act to get nominees in place and that “all options are on the table to make that happen, including recess appointments.”

Well liked and a respected communicator, Thune has been perceived as a front-runner for much of the year. Like McConnell, he hails from the Republican Party’s more traditional wing.

He is a former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and has held the Republican whip position — no. 2 in party leadership — since 2019. He took over for McConnell for several weeks last year when he was on a medical leave, a move that was widely seen as an audition of sorts as speculation surrounded McConnell's future.

Thune’s win is all the more extraordinary because of his 2004 election to the Senate – defeating then-Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tom-daschle">Tom Daschle</a>&nbsp;after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in Democratic leadership. Twenty years later, Thune will become majority leader himself.

As he geared up to run for leader, Thune spent much of the year campaigning for his colleagues. According to his aides, he raised more than $31 million to elect Senate Republicans this cycle, including a $4 million transfer from his own campaign accounts to the Senate’s main campaign arm.

The election was difficult for many in the conference who saw Thune and Cornyn as similar choices. They are alike on policy, voting generally in step with the conference but working with Democrats at times. Cornyn is a longtime member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who took a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-mitch-mcconnell-john-cornyn-texas-congress-ebdf2dbcd766559777be10338d7ce87c">leading role on bipartisan gun legislation</a>&nbsp;two years ago.

But the two differed on whether the leader should be term limited — a key demand from some in the conservative wing. Cornyn pushed for limits, while Thune did not.

Scott, the former governor of Florida, was elected to the Senate in 2018 and quickly positioned himself as a foil to McConnell, running against him for leader in 2022 and aligning with Utah Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/mike-lee">Mike Lee</a>&nbsp;and others who have been highly critical of the current leadership.

As Thune and Cornyn wooed their colleagues one by one all year, Scott spent most of the year tied up in his own reelection race. He handily&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/rick-scott-debbie-mucarselpowell-florida-senate-elections-4cfe5d065ce60129f65627d5b3812de9">defeated</a>&nbsp;Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by more than 10 points.

After his re-election last week, Scott aggressively stepped up his campaign for GOP leader, campaigning publicly as the candidate closest to Trump and winning endorsements from people who are close to the former and future president, such as billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>. But some questioned whether that strategy might backfire.

Rounds said that he prefers the way that Thune and Cornyn have “handled it one-on-one with everybody,” but that he had talked to Scott as well. “We’ve got three qualified individuals,” he said ahead of the race.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/john-thune">John Thune</a>&nbsp;as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>&nbsp;into a key position as President-elect&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;returns to the White House.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Newly elected <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenateGOP</a> Leader <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnThune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnThune</a>: &quot;We have the team assembled...I&#39;m excited to get to work with this team right away...I promise to be a leader who serves the entire Republican conference.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/H1Sf8vAIDI">pic.twitter.com/H1Sf8vAIDI</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1856770268821090648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Thune, 63, is in his fourth Senate term and has promised to work closely with Trump, despite differences the two have had over the years, and will be a crucial part of the incoming president’s efforts to push through his policy agenda.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Honored to serve as the next U.S. Senate majority leader. <a href="https://t.co/zq9XLrPDUr">pic.twitter.com/zq9XLrPDUr</a>&mdash; Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnThune/status/1856748892550832530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In a statement, Thune said he was “extremely honored to have earned the support of my colleagues.”“This Republican team is united behind President Trump’s agenda, and our work starts today,” he said.Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/john-cornyn">John Cornyn</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/rick-scott">Rick Scott</a>, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a secret ballot vote in two rounds of voting. Scott was eliminated on the first round and the final vote between Thune and Cornyn was 29-24, according to several people who requested anonymity to discuss the private meeting.Republicans are replacing McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader, as they prepare to take majority control of the Senate with the 53 seats they won in last week’s elections.Much of the campaign centered around the candidates' relationship with Trump. Thune has worked to smooth his over after breaking publicly with Trump over the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he called “inexcusable.”In recent months, Thune has realigned with Trump, visiting him in his Florida home, and the two have been consulting on how to implement the incoming president’s agenda. Thune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/john-thune-is-striving-to-be-the-next-republican-senate-leader-but-can-he-rise-in-trumps-gop/">told The Associated Press</a>&nbsp;over the summer that he views their potential relationship as a professional one. If they both win their elections, Thune said, “we’ve got a job to do.”As he made his case, Thune also made clear that he would listen to Trump's demands. When Trump posted on X Sunday that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-senate-thune-cornyn-scott-republican-leadership-2a711f260887926676bb5d69866a1981">the new leader “must agree”</a>&nbsp;to allow him to appoint Cabinet members and others when the Senate is on recess, avoiding confirmation votes, Thune responded that the Senate must “quickly and decisively” act to get nominees in place and that “all options are on the table to make that happen, including recess appointments.”Well liked and a respected communicator, Thune has been perceived as a front-runner for much of the year. Like McConnell, he hails from the Republican Party’s more traditional wing.He is a former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and has held the Republican whip position — no. 2 in party leadership — since 2019. He took over for McConnell for several weeks last year when he was on a medical leave, a move that was widely seen as an audition of sorts as speculation surrounded McConnell's future.Thune’s win is all the more extraordinary because of his 2004 election to the Senate – defeating then-Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tom-daschle">Tom Daschle</a>&nbsp;after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in Democratic leadership. Twenty years later, Thune will become majority leader himself.As he geared up to run for leader, Thune spent much of the year campaigning for his colleagues. According to his aides, he raised more than $31 million to elect Senate Republicans this cycle, including a $4 million transfer from his own campaign accounts to the Senate’s main campaign arm.The election was difficult for many in the conference who saw Thune and Cornyn as similar choices. They are alike on policy, voting generally in step with the conference but working with Democrats at times. Cornyn is a longtime member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who took a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-mitch-mcconnell-john-cornyn-texas-congress-ebdf2dbcd766559777be10338d7ce87c">leading role on bipartisan gun legislation</a>&nbsp;two years ago.But the two differed on whether the leader should be term limited — a key demand from some in the conservative wing. Cornyn pushed for limits, while Thune did not.Scott, the former governor of Florida, was elected to the Senate in 2018 and quickly positioned himself as a foil to McConnell, running against him for leader in 2022 and aligning with Utah Sen.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/mike-lee">Mike Lee</a>&nbsp;and others who have been highly critical of the current leadership.As Thune and Cornyn wooed their colleagues one by one all year, Scott spent most of the year tied up in his own reelection race. He handily&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/rick-scott-debbie-mucarselpowell-florida-senate-elections-4cfe5d065ce60129f65627d5b3812de9">defeated</a>&nbsp;Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by more than 10 points.After his re-election last week, Scott aggressively stepped up his campaign for GOP leader, campaigning publicly as the candidate closest to Trump and winning endorsements from people who are close to the former and future president, such as billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>. But some questioned whether that strategy might backfire.Rounds said that he prefers the way that Thune and Cornyn have “handled it one-on-one with everybody,” but that he had talked to Scott as well. “We’ve got three qualified individuals,” he said ahead of the race.

🎥Secret ballot: Republicans elect new Senate leader

&nbsp;By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post

Roosevelt Elementary School staff members will move into the school's new addition on Nov. 25 and 26.

Students are set to move into the new space on Dec. 2, the Monday after Thanksgiving.

The district has set an open house and ribbon cutting for 5:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the school.

This week, the contractors plan to finish their punch list and complete the final cleaning.

At the new high school site, work is continuing to enclose areas of the building so construction can continue during the winter months. Structural steel is going up in area F. Metal wall panels have been installed in area A.

Turf also has been installed at the high school softball fields.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731427513970.png" alt="New entrance for Roosevelt Elementary School. The new addition will open on Dec. 2. Courtesy photo" />
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 </figure>&nbsp;By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays PostRoosevelt Elementary School staff members will move into the school's new addition on Nov. 25 and 26.Students are set to move into the new space on Dec. 2, the Monday after Thanksgiving.The district has set an open house and ribbon cutting for 5:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the school.This week, the contractors plan to finish their punch list and complete the final cleaning.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731427887916.png" alt="Structural steel being installed at the new Hays High School site. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Structural steel being installed at the new Hays High School site. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>At the new high school site, work is continuing to enclose areas of the building so construction can continue during the winter months. Structural steel is going up in area F. Metal wall panels have been installed in area A.Turf also has been installed at the high school softball fields.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731427960231.png" alt="Work at the new Hays High School site. Courtesy photo" />
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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731428570375.png" alt="Concrete flooring has been poured at the new Hays High School site. Courtesy photo" />
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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731428037947.png" alt="New turf has been installed at the Hays High softball fields. Courtesy photo" />
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Roosevelt Elementary addition to open Dec. 2

By BECKY KISER Hays Post

Hays city commissioners will vote on whether to approve movement on three development projects at their Thursday meeting. 

The projects are a proposed 136-unit apartment complex at&nbsp;Wheatland Ave. and&nbsp;East 22nd St., the $4.7 million rebuild and update of CERVS convenience store and fuel station at 3701 Vine, and the new Hays police and municipal court facility at 1100 Fort St.

DP Management, Omaha, Nebraska, <a href="https://hayspost.com/posts/9b48785c-3a24-4822-98d6-e65e8cffd204">presented its housing plan at last week's work session</a>. The&nbsp;complex is going to cost $22 million for phase one, and $9.8 million for phase 2.

The developer is asking the city for a resolution of support in an application for a&nbsp;$650,000 moderate-income housing grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. Only local governments with populations less than 60,000 may apply for the grant funds.

As part of the proposed “Victory Village” apartment complex, 48 units would be market-rate housing, while 88 units would be low-income housing. DP Management is also asking Ellis County to submit an application for the low-income housing tax credits program.&nbsp;

A public hearing will be conducted Thursday on CERVS' request to impose a 1.5% community improvement district (CID) sales tax on the project site. The developer estimates the sales tax would generate about $895,000 for eligible expenses during the maximum 22-year term of the CID.&nbsp;

Following the public hearing, commissioners will vote on an ordinance establishing the district, levying the sales tax when the work begins, and approve the development agreement with the city.

City staff is also recommending the commission authorize City Manager Toby Dougherty to enter into a $182,000 agreement with PWC, Inc., Hays, for Phase 1 services related to the police station/municipal court facility design-build project.

Preliminary design is almost ready to begin for the $8 million renovation of the existing Astra Bank building, 1100 Fort, for the police and court facility, which has been sharing space at the Ellis County Law Enforcement Center, 105 W. 12th, since 1976.

Planning for such a new location has been underway for the last two years.

The complete Nov. 14 agenda is available <a href="https://www.haysusa.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142024-1510">here</a>.

The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.&nbsp;

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731431753100.jpeg" alt="Hays city commissioners during the Nov. 7 work session. Commissioner Reese Barrick was absent. Photo by Becky Kiser/Hays Post" />
 <figcaption>Hays city commissioners during the Nov. 7 work session. Commissioner Reese Barrick was absent. Photo by Becky Kiser/Hays Post</figcaption>
 </figure>By BECKY KISER Hays PostHays city commissioners will vote on whether to approve movement on three development projects at their Thursday meeting. The projects are a proposed 136-unit apartment complex at&nbsp;Wheatland Ave. and&nbsp;East 22nd St., the $4.7 million rebuild and update of CERVS convenience store and fuel station at 3701 Vine, and the new Hays police and municipal court facility at 1100 Fort St.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/11/1731099505711.png" alt="Victory Village, Norfolk, Nebraska, is similar to what is being proposed for Hays. Photo courtesy DP Management." />
 <figcaption>Victory Village, Norfolk, Nebraska, is similar to what is being proposed for Hays. Photo courtesy DP Management.</figcaption>
 </figure>DP Management, Omaha, Nebraska, <a href="https://hayspost.com/posts/9b48785c-3a24-4822-98d6-e65e8cffd204">presented its housing plan at last week's work session</a>. The&nbsp;complex is going to cost $22 million for phase one, and $9.8 million for phase 2.The developer is asking the city for a resolution of support in an application for a&nbsp;$650,000 moderate-income housing grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. Only local governments with populations less than 60,000 may apply for the grant funds.As part of the proposed “Victory Village” apartment complex, 48 units would be market-rate housing, while 88 units would be low-income housing. DP Management is also asking Ellis County to submit an application for the low-income housing tax credits program.&nbsp;<figure>
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 </figure>A public hearing will be conducted Thursday on CERVS' request to impose a 1.5% community improvement district (CID) sales tax on the project site. The developer estimates the sales tax would generate about $895,000 for eligible expenses during the maximum 22-year term of the CID.&nbsp;Following the public hearing, commissioners will vote on an ordinance establishing the district, levying the sales tax when the work begins, and approve the development agreement with the city.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/4/1713964499400.jpeg" alt="The city plans to remodel the existing Astra Bank, 1100 Fort, as the new Hays police station and municipal court facility. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>The city plans to remodel the existing Astra Bank, 1100 Fort, as the new Hays police station and municipal court facility. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>City staff is also recommending the commission authorize City Manager Toby Dougherty to enter into a $182,000 agreement with PWC, Inc., Hays, for Phase 1 services related to the police station/municipal court facility design-build project.Preliminary design is almost ready to begin for the $8 million renovation of the existing Astra Bank building, 1100 Fort, for the police and court facility, which has been sharing space at the Ellis County Law Enforcement Center, 105 W. 12th, since 1976.Planning for such a new location has been underway for the last two years.The complete Nov. 14 agenda is available <a href="https://www.haysusa.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142024-1510">here</a>.The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.&nbsp;

Hays city commissioners to vote on grant for 136-unit housing addition

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/akaminski/">ANNA KAMINSKI</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>

TOPEKA — A Topeka man who blocked officers on Jan. 6, 2021, during an attack on the U.S. Capitol building asked a federal court to delay his trial after Donald Trump won the presidency.

In a motion filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Will Pope asked the judge to delay his trial scheduled for Dec. 2 for three months. Trump promised while on the campaign trail to pardon those criminally charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and Pope is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/06/2024-election-results-live-coverage-updates-analysis/trumps-jan-6-pardon-pledge-00187864" target="_blank">several</a>&nbsp;defendants seeking changes to their cases in the wake of Trump’s victory.

“Ultimately, my jury was the entire American public, and they voted for a mandate to set me free,” Pope wrote in his motion.

He also expressed concern that a fair jury trial may not be possible. More than 90% of voters in Washington, D.C., voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election. Those voters “may find it especially difficult to look past those results to serve as fair jurors in my case,” Pope wrote.

He continued: “However, if there should be a jury trial in my case, it should happen after emotions have had time to cool.”

Federal prosecutors opposed any delay in Pope’s trial.

In a Saturday filing, prosecutors said it is in the public interest to issue a ”prompt and efficient administration of justice.”

“No continuance is warranted here,” prosecutors wrote. “At this time, the defendant’s expectation of a pardon is mere speculation, and the Court should proceed as it would in any other prosecution.”

In a response to prosecutors, which also was filed Saturday, Pope argued the government’s administration of justice is not in the public interest, “but a belligerent disregard for the will of the American people.”

“Ultimately,” he said, “I will get the same result with a trial or with no trial.”

Pope, who has represented himself in his case, was indicted by a grand jury alongside his brother on Jan. 8, 2021. They faced eight criminal charges, including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding and disorderly conduct in a capitol building.

According to an FBI agent’s investigation into the Pope brothers, which used information&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2021/01/11/kansas-man-who-ran-for-topeka-city-council-appears-in-video-of-fatal-shooting-at-u-s-capitol/">first reported by Kansas Reflector</a>, a U.S. Capitol Police officer said Pope&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2021/03/02/topeka-man-blocked-officers-tried-to-break-into-pelosis-office-during-attack-on-u-s-capitol/">blocked law enforcement</a>&nbsp;from closing doors as they were trying to prevent others from entering the building despite “repeated verbal orders to leave” and an attempt “to physically grab and push” Pope out.

But Pope “resisted by tensing up and refusing to move,” the agent wrote.

Pope, who ran for Topeka City Council in 2019, said he entered the Capitol “to express their concern about the direction of the nation,” wrote the FBI agent, whose name was redacted.

“Specifically, William Pope explained that questionable things happened during the election and that citizens deserved a full election audit,” the FBI agent wrote.

Pope and his brother were identified in social media posts and videos, and surveillance footage from inside the Capitol building. FBI agents and Topeka Police Department officers arrested Pope on Feb. 12, 2021, at his house in Topeka, according to court documents.

In June, prosecutors admitted to a “drafting error” that stated Pope had assaulted an officer. He is not charged with any crimes associated with assaulting an officer. In response to the error, Pope accused prosecutors of misconduct and requested sanctions. He subsequently withdrew that request in a June 26 filing.

“I ask that the government in turn begin bestowing mercy on the hundreds of January 6 defendants whose lives are being crushed,” he wrote.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/2/1613160278542.png" alt="Pope, who was a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.k-state.edu/lead-comm/students/index.html">Communications Doctoral</a>&nbsp;Student at K-State ran unsuccessfully for the Topeka City&nbsp;<a href="https://www.snco.us/election/prev/2019_general_results.pdf">Council District 2 seat in 2019</a>.&nbsp; Photo Shawnee County Department of Corrections." />
 <figcaption>Pope, who was a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.k-state.edu/lead-comm/students/index.html">Communications Doctoral</a>&nbsp;Student at K-State ran unsuccessfully for the Topeka City&nbsp;<a href="https://www.snco.us/election/prev/2019_general_results.pdf">Council District 2 seat in 2019</a>.&nbsp; Photo Shawnee County Department of Corrections.</figcaption>
 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/akaminski/">ANNA KAMINSKI</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>TOPEKA — A Topeka man who blocked officers on Jan. 6, 2021, during an attack on the U.S. Capitol building asked a federal court to delay his trial after Donald Trump won the presidency.In a motion filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Will Pope asked the judge to delay his trial scheduled for Dec. 2 for three months. Trump promised while on the campaign trail to pardon those criminally charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and Pope is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/06/2024-election-results-live-coverage-updates-analysis/trumps-jan-6-pardon-pledge-00187864" target="_blank">several</a>&nbsp;defendants seeking changes to their cases in the wake of Trump’s victory.“Ultimately, my jury was the entire American public, and they voted for a mandate to set me free,” Pope wrote in his motion.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/2/1613161028525.png" alt="-William Pope, in red, holds a flag inside the Senate Carriage Entrance on the east side of the U.S. Capitol during Wednesday's riot. Pope ran for the Topeka City Council in 2018. (Screen capture from Jayden X video on YouTube) -courtesy Sherman Smith,&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>" />
 <figcaption>-William Pope, in red, holds a flag inside the Senate Carriage Entrance on the east side of the U.S. Capitol during Wednesday's riot. Pope ran for the Topeka City Council in 2018. (Screen capture from Jayden X video on YouTube) -courtesy Sherman Smith,&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a></figcaption>
 </figure>He also expressed concern that a fair jury trial may not be possible. More than 90% of voters in Washington, D.C., voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election. Those voters “may find it especially difficult to look past those results to serve as fair jurors in my case,” Pope wrote.He continued: “However, if there should be a jury trial in my case, it should happen after emotions have had time to cool.”Federal prosecutors opposed any delay in Pope’s trial.In a Saturday filing, prosecutors said it is in the public interest to issue a ”prompt and efficient administration of justice.”“No continuance is warranted here,” prosecutors wrote. “At this time, the defendant’s expectation of a pardon is mere speculation, and the Court should proceed as it would in any other prosecution.”In a response to prosecutors, which also was filed Saturday, Pope argued the government’s administration of justice is not in the public interest, “but a belligerent disregard for the will of the American people.”“Ultimately,” he said, “I will get the same result with a trial or with no trial.”Pope, who has represented himself in his case, was indicted by a grand jury alongside his brother on Jan. 8, 2021. They faced eight criminal charges, including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding and disorderly conduct in a capitol building.According to an FBI agent’s investigation into the Pope brothers, which used information&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2021/01/11/kansas-man-who-ran-for-topeka-city-council-appears-in-video-of-fatal-shooting-at-u-s-capitol/">first reported by Kansas Reflector</a>, a U.S. Capitol Police officer said Pope&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2021/03/02/topeka-man-blocked-officers-tried-to-break-into-pelosis-office-during-attack-on-u-s-capitol/">blocked law enforcement</a>&nbsp;from closing doors as they were trying to prevent others from entering the building despite “repeated verbal orders to leave” and an attempt “to physically grab and push” Pope out.But Pope “resisted by tensing up and refusing to move,” the agent wrote.Pope, who ran for Topeka City Council in 2019, said he entered the Capitol “to express their concern about the direction of the nation,” wrote the FBI agent, whose name was redacted.“Specifically, William Pope explained that questionable things happened during the election and that citizens deserved a full election audit,” the FBI agent wrote.Pope and his brother were identified in social media posts and videos, and surveillance footage from inside the Capitol building. FBI agents and Topeka Police Department officers arrested Pope on Feb. 12, 2021, at his house in Topeka, according to court documents.Since then, the case has dragged on.In June, prosecutors admitted to a “drafting error” that stated Pope had assaulted an officer. He is not charged with any crimes associated with assaulting an officer. In response to the error, Pope accused prosecutors of misconduct and requested sanctions. He subsequently withdrew that request in a June 26 filing.“I ask that the government in turn begin bestowing mercy on the hundreds of January 6 defendants whose lives are being crushed,” he wrote.

Kan. man who participated in Jan. 6 attack requests trial delay after Trump victory

ATLANTA (AP) — Hunter Dickinson scored 28 points and Bill Self became the winningest coach in Kansas history as the No. 1 Jayhawks pulled away from Michigan State for a 77-69 victory in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night.

Spartans forward Jaxon Kohler hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 52 with just under nine minutes remaining. KJ Adams Jr. hit a pair of free throws to put Kansas (3-0) ahead to stay.

Self improved to 591-143 in his 22nd season coaching the Jayhawks, pushing him past Phog Allen's mark of 590-129 in 36 seasons on the Kansas sideline.

Frankie Fidler led Michigan State (2-1) with 15 points.

The Jayhawks posted their second straight win over one of the nation's prominent programs, following up&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-kansas-tar-heels-jayhawks-score-top-25-9919dca6cfb7cfca72b0d3133ba1026a">a 92-89 win</a>&nbsp;over No. 10 North Carolina.

Kansas: After missing 15 straight shots from the field, Kansas ripped off a 14-2 run that turned an 18-16 deficit into a 30-20 lead.

Michigan State: The Spartans couldn't overcome a tough shooting night, especially from beyond the arc. They made just 3 of 24 from 3-point range.

Dajuan Harris Jr. gave the Jayhawks some breathing room when he laid one in off a fast break, drew a foul and completed the three-point play for a 68-59 lead with 4:25 to go. After tumbling to the court, Harris remained on his back for a few seconds, clapping furiously. He finished with 11 points and six assists.

The 7-foot-2 Dickinson made 13 of 21 shots from the field, including his only 3-point attempt, and grabbed 12 rebounds. He also had three steals and a block at the defensive end.

Kansas returns home Saturday to face Oakland. Michigan State hosts Bowling Green on Saturday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Hunter Dickinson scored 28 points and Bill Self became the winningest coach in Kansas history as the No. 1 Jayhawks pulled away from Michigan State for a 77-69 victory in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">That 591 feeling 🙌 <a href="https://t.co/3iU7RtBZJ8">pic.twitter.com/3iU7RtBZJ8</a>&mdash; Kansas Men’s Basketball (@KUHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUHoops/status/1856519667768000823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Spartans forward Jaxon Kohler hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 52 with just under nine minutes remaining. KJ Adams Jr. hit a pair of free throws to put Kansas (3-0) ahead to stay.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">The most history. The best tradition. The Winningest Coach. <a href="https://t.co/MHLyzgySbU">pic.twitter.com/MHLyzgySbU</a>&mdash; Kansas Men’s Basketball (@KUHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUHoops/status/1856512354957013244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Self improved to 591-143 in his 22nd season coaching the Jayhawks, pushing him past Phog Allen's mark of 590-129 in 36 seasons on the Kansas sideline.Frankie Fidler led Michigan State (2-1) with 15 points.The Jayhawks posted their second straight win over one of the nation's prominent programs, following up&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-kansas-tar-heels-jayhawks-score-top-25-9919dca6cfb7cfca72b0d3133ba1026a">a 92-89 win</a>&nbsp;over No. 10 North Carolina.<h2>Takeaways</h2>Kansas: After missing 15 straight shots from the field, Kansas ripped off a 14-2 run that turned an 18-16 deficit into a 30-20 lead.Michigan State: The Spartans couldn't overcome a tough shooting night, especially from beyond the arc. They made just 3 of 24 from 3-point range.<h2>Key moment</h2>Dajuan Harris Jr. gave the Jayhawks some breathing room when he laid one in off a fast break, drew a foul and completed the three-point play for a 68-59 lead with 4:25 to go. After tumbling to the court, Harris remained on his back for a few seconds, clapping furiously. He finished with 11 points and six assists.<h2>Key stats</h2>The 7-foot-2 Dickinson made 13 of 21 shots from the field, including his only 3-point attempt, and grabbed 12 rebounds. He also had three steals and a block at the defensive end.<h2>Up next</h2>Kansas returns home Saturday to face Oakland. Michigan State hosts Bowling Green on Saturday.___

🏀 Bill Self becomes winningest coach in KU history in win over Michigan State

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.

The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-staff-picks-stefanik-wiles-stephen-miller-tom-homan-243d73610b03a3ee18c4d5f68756af7c">Trump said in a statement</a>&nbsp;that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.” He added that the move would shock government systems.

It's not clear how the organization will operate. It could come under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which dictates how external groups that advise the government must operate and be accountable to the public.

Federal employees are generally required to disclose their assets and entanglements to ward off any potential conflicts of interest, and to divest significant holdings relating to their work. Because Musk and Ramaswamy would not be formal federal workers, they would not face those requirements or ethical limitations.

Musk posted on X: “Department of Government Efficiency. The merch will be (fire emojis).” Later he added: “Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!”

Musk has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election.

The president-elect has often said he would&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-election-2024-28d023d2ea2d06a8be99add994feb4aa">give Musk a formal role</a>&nbsp;overseeing a group akin to a blue-ribbon commission that would recommend ways to slash spending and make the federal government more efficient. Musk at one point suggested he could find more than $2 trillion in savings — nearly a third of total annual government spending.

Trump had made clear that Musk would likely not hold any kind of full-time position, given his other commitments.

“I don’t think I can get him full-time because he’s a little bit busy sending rockets up and all the things he does,” Trump said at a rally in Michigan in September. “He said the waste in this country is crazy. And we’re going to get Elon Musk to be our cost cutter.”

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843">Ramaswamy suspended his campaign</a>&nbsp;in January and threw his support behind Trump.

Trump said in his statement the two will “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://t.co/Vnk4MCAofY">pic.twitter.com/Vnk4MCAofY</a>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1856502787930050927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-staff-picks-stefanik-wiles-stephen-miller-tom-homan-243d73610b03a3ee18c4d5f68756af7c">Trump said in a statement</a>&nbsp;that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.” He added that the move would shock government systems.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">And yes, this means I’m withdrawing myself from consideration for the pending Senate appointment in Ohio. Whoever Governor DeWine appoints to JD’s seat has some big shoes to fill. I will help them however I can.&mdash; Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1856514211783794844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>It's not clear how the organization will operate. It could come under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which dictates how external groups that advise the government must operate and be accountable to the public.Federal employees are generally required to disclose their assets and entanglements to ward off any potential conflicts of interest, and to divest significant holdings relating to their work. Because Musk and Ramaswamy would not be formal federal workers, they would not face those requirements or ethical limitations.Musk posted on X: “Department of Government Efficiency. The merch will be (fire emojis).” Later he added: “Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!”Musk has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election.The president-elect has often said he would&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-election-2024-28d023d2ea2d06a8be99add994feb4aa">give Musk a formal role</a>&nbsp;overseeing a group akin to a blue-ribbon commission that would recommend ways to slash spending and make the federal government more efficient. Musk at one point suggested he could find more than $2 trillion in savings — nearly a third of total annual government spending.Trump had made clear that Musk would likely not hold any kind of full-time position, given his other commitments.“I don’t think I can get him full-time because he’s a little bit busy sending rockets up and all the things he does,” Trump said at a rally in Michigan in September. “He said the waste in this country is crazy. And we’re going to get Elon Musk to be our cost cutter.”<a href="https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843">Ramaswamy suspended his campaign</a>&nbsp;in January and threw his support behind Trump.Trump said in his statement the two will “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”__

Trump: Musk, Ramaswamy will head dept. of government efficiency

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre Dame, has died. He was 89.

Notre Dame said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the family confirmed Faust’s death. No details were immediately provided.

Faust guided the Fighting Irish from 1981 through 1985, compiling a record of 30-26-1. He succeeded Dan Devine as coach of Notre Dame and preceded Lou Holtz.

“I have always loved Notre Dame and still do,” he said after he was fired following the 1985 season.

He spent the next nine seasons as the head coach at the University of Akron, bringing the program from Division II to major-college status. His record was 43-53-3 with the Zips.

He remained at Akron after his coaching days, working as a fundraiser and in the development office before retiring in 2001.

It was as a high school coach that Faust first stepped into the spotlight.

After graduating in 1958 from the University of Dayton with a degree in marketing and management, Faust accepted his first coaching position as an assistant at his high school alma mater, Dayton Chaminade. His father, Gerry Sr., had coached at Chaminade for 49 years.

Two seasons later, Faust accepted an offer to build a football program at a new high school, Archbishop Moeller, in suburban Cincinnati.

He spent three years constructing the foundation of what would become a legendary program in high school athletics.

In 1963, Moeller’s first varsity team surprised many with a 9-1 record.

In the next 17 years, Faust’s Moeller teams posted nine undefeated seasons, won 10 city championships, eight regional titles and five big-school state championships.

Four times Faust teams were awarded mythical national championships, each following unbeaten and untied seasons in 1976, ’77, ’79 and ’80.

The 1980 team completed a 13-0 season and capped Faust’s high school coaching record at a remarkable 174-17-2, a success rate of nearly 91%.

There was a public outcry when Faust was selected to take over at Notre Dame in the spring of 1981. The school’s administrators were admonished for elevating a high school coach to the most revered position in college coaching.

Faust’s first team in South Bend went 5-6 and he followed that with marks of 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 and 5-6.

His first Akron team in 1986 went 7-4, but his teams — playing a difficult Division I-AA schedule and, eventually, some of the top teams in I-A — never reached that level again.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre Dame, has died. He was 89.Notre Dame said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the family confirmed Faust’s death. No details were immediately provided.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">We are deeply saddened by the loss of Gerry Faust. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Faust family and Gerry’s loved ones. → <a href="https://t.co/4emkI07LeQ">https://t.co/4emkI07LeQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/RoDIt4n1Xo">pic.twitter.com/RoDIt4n1Xo</a>&mdash; The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) <a href="https://twitter.com/FightingIrish/status/1856366849522307429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Faust guided the Fighting Irish from 1981 through 1985, compiling a record of 30-26-1. He succeeded Dan Devine as coach of Notre Dame and preceded Lou Holtz.“I have always loved Notre Dame and still do,” he said after he was fired following the 1985 season.He spent the next nine seasons as the head coach at the University of Akron, bringing the program from Division II to major-college status. His record was 43-53-3 with the Zips.He remained at Akron after his coaching days, working as a fundraiser and in the development office before retiring in 2001.It was as a high school coach that Faust first stepped into the spotlight.After graduating in 1958 from the University of Dayton with a degree in marketing and management, Faust accepted his first coaching position as an assistant at his high school alma mater, Dayton Chaminade. His father, Gerry Sr., had coached at Chaminade for 49 years.Two seasons later, Faust accepted an offer to build a football program at a new high school, Archbishop Moeller, in suburban Cincinnati.He spent three years constructing the foundation of what would become a legendary program in high school athletics.In 1963, Moeller’s first varsity team surprised many with a 9-1 record.In the next 17 years, Faust’s Moeller teams posted nine undefeated seasons, won 10 city championships, eight regional titles and five big-school state championships.Four times Faust teams were awarded mythical national championships, each following unbeaten and untied seasons in 1976, ’77, ’79 and ’80.The 1980 team completed a 13-0 season and capped Faust’s high school coaching record at a remarkable 174-17-2, a success rate of nearly 91%.There was a public outcry when Faust was selected to take over at Notre Dame in the spring of 1981. The school’s administrators were admonished for elevating a high school coach to the most revered position in college coaching.Faust’s first team in South Bend went 5-6 and he followed that with marks of 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 and 5-6.His first Akron team in 1986 went 7-4, but his teams — playing a difficult Division I-AA schedule and, eventually, some of the top teams in I-A — never reached that level again.<h2>___</h2>

Gerry Faust, former head football coach at Notre Dame, has died at 89

Hays Post Fort Hays State Tiger football coach Chris Brown, defensive back Jaxon Kolzow and running back Shane Watts spoke to the media Tuesday before the Tigers travel to Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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🏈📹 FHSU weekly press conference 

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/jennifer-shutt/">JENNIFER SHUTT</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/04/advocates-of-imperiled-lesser-prairie-chicken-say-market-incentives-key-to-expanding-habitat/">Kansas Reflector</a>

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has several choices to make in the coming months about whether his second administration will keep access to contraception and abortion as it is now or implement changes.

While Trump cannot on his own enact nationwide laws or abortion bans without Congress, he and the people he picks for key posts throughout the federal government will have significant influence on reproductive rights nationwide.

During Trump’s first term in office he barred health care organizations that perform or refer patients for abortions from receiving Title X family planning grants, even though there’s a moratorium on using federal funds for abortions unless it’s the result of rape or incest, or the life of the woman is at risk.

Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president and director for women’s health policy at the nonpartisan health research organization KFF, said on a call with reporters Friday that about a quarter of providers withdrew or were disqualified from receiving federal family planning grants as a result of that policy.

“The Title X program basically funds family planning services for low-income people,” Salganicoff explained. “It’s basically a small program, it’s around under $300 million — but it is a critical program to people who don’t otherwise have insurance.”

Trump will also have to decide whether to leave in place guidance from the Biden administration that says a federal law from the 1980s protects health care providers who perform abortions as stabilizing care during an emergency that would affect a woman’s health or life.

That law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, became one point of disagreement between the Biden administration and Republican states that implemented abortion bans or strict restrictions after the Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to an abortion.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/state-bans-abortion-dont-apply-emergency-health-care-white-house-reminds-providers" target="_blank">wrote in a letter&nbsp;</a>released in July 2022 that under the federal “law, no matter where you live, women have the right to emergency care — including abortion care.”

EMTALA is at the center of an&nbsp;<a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/federal-court-sets-date-for-emtala-oral-argument-hearing-in-idaho-based-case/" target="_blank">ongoing lawsuit&nbsp;</a>between the Biden administration and Idaho over that state’s abortion law. Oral arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals are set for early December.

The future of medication abortion, a two-drug regimen approved for up to 10 weeks gestation that’s used in about 63% of abortions nationwide, will be another area the Trump administration could alter without congressional approval.

Salganicoff said there’s no way to know just yet if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will seek to change prescribing guidelines for medication abortion or revoke the 2000 approval of mifepristone altogether.

“We don’t know whether they’re going to actually review the approval, but I will tell you that it is likely that they will revisit the conditions in which medication abortions, which now account for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in this country, can be provided,” Salganicoff said.

The Trump administration, she said, is likely to focus on revisions made during the Biden administration that allow doctors or other qualified health care providers to prescribe the two-drug medication abortion regimen via telehealth and then have mifepristone and misoprostol mailed to the patient.

Salganicoff anticipates anti-abortion organizations will also encourage the Trump administration to address recent findings from the We Count Project, showing 1 in 10 abortions take place after medication abortion is mailed to people in states with bans or significant restrictions from states that have shield laws.

“This FDA protocol is legal to do that, but clearly this is going to be a target,” she said.

The Comstock Act,<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too" target="_blank">&nbsp;an anti-obscenity law from the late 19th century</a>&nbsp;that once banned the mailing of boxing photographs, pornography and contraception, will also be front and center after Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20.

The law, which is still on the books despite not being enforced in decades, could potentially allow the U.S. Postal Service to prevent the mailing of abortion medications or any other instrument or tool used in abortions.

“The Biden administration’s Department of Justice did a review and said that they are not going to enforce Comstock,” Salganicoff said. “Project 2025 sees it very differently, and even though President-elect Trump has said that he is not going to enforce Comstock, it’s not clear, and there will likely be a lot of pressure to do that.”

Project 2025 is a policy map for a Trump presidency published by the Heritage Foundation. Trump has disavowed any connection with it, although former members of his first administration helped develop it.

Salganicoff said enforcing the Comstock Act would affect access to medication abortion throughout the country, even in states that have reinforced reproductive rights during the last two years.

“Clearly that’s going to tee up a lot of litigation and challenges,” Salganicoff said.

Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, said during the call that the Trump administration’s possible elevation of people who spread misinformation or disinformation could lead to more confusion about research-based health care.

“I think one thing, particularly with the rise in prominence of RFK Jr., you know, is the potential for misinformation,” Levitt said, referring to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a prominent vaccine opponent who endorsed Trump and campaigned extensively with him.

“We turn to the government for reliable data, public health information and scientific information,” Levitt said. “And there’s the potential now, for the government to be not only not an effective source for health information, but in fact, an accelerant for misinformation.”&nbsp;

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 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/jennifer-shutt/">JENNIFER SHUTT</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/04/advocates-of-imperiled-lesser-prairie-chicken-say-market-incentives-key-to-expanding-habitat/">Kansas Reflector</a>WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has several choices to make in the coming months about whether his second administration will keep access to contraception and abortion as it is now or implement changes.While Trump cannot on his own enact nationwide laws or abortion bans without Congress, he and the people he picks for key posts throughout the federal government will have significant influence on reproductive rights nationwide.During Trump’s first term in office he barred health care organizations that perform or refer patients for abortions from receiving Title X family planning grants, even though there’s a moratorium on using federal funds for abortions unless it’s the result of rape or incest, or the life of the woman is at risk.Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president and director for women’s health policy at the nonpartisan health research organization KFF, said on a call with reporters Friday that about a quarter of providers withdrew or were disqualified from receiving federal family planning grants as a result of that policy.“The Title X program basically funds family planning services for low-income people,” Salganicoff explained. “It’s basically a small program, it’s around under $300 million — but it is a critical program to people who don’t otherwise have insurance.”<h2>Abortions as stabilizing care</h2>Trump will also have to decide whether to leave in place guidance from the Biden administration that says a federal law from the 1980s protects health care providers who perform abortions as stabilizing care during an emergency that would affect a woman’s health or life.That law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, became one point of disagreement between the Biden administration and Republican states that implemented abortion bans or strict restrictions after the Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to an abortion.U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/state-bans-abortion-dont-apply-emergency-health-care-white-house-reminds-providers" target="_blank">wrote in a letter&nbsp;</a>released in July 2022 that under the federal “law, no matter where you live, women have the right to emergency care — including abortion care.”EMTALA is at the center of an&nbsp;<a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/federal-court-sets-date-for-emtala-oral-argument-hearing-in-idaho-based-case/" target="_blank">ongoing lawsuit&nbsp;</a>between the Biden administration and Idaho over that state’s abortion law. Oral arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals are set for early December.<h2>Abortion pill</h2>The future of medication abortion, a two-drug regimen approved for up to 10 weeks gestation that’s used in about 63% of abortions nationwide, will be another area the Trump administration could alter without congressional approval.Salganicoff said there’s no way to know just yet if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will seek to change prescribing guidelines for medication abortion or revoke the 2000 approval of mifepristone altogether.“We don’t know whether they’re going to actually review the approval, but I will tell you that it is likely that they will revisit the conditions in which medication abortions, which now account for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in this country, can be provided,” Salganicoff said.The Trump administration, she said, is likely to focus on revisions made during the Biden administration that allow doctors or other qualified health care providers to prescribe the two-drug medication abortion regimen via telehealth and then have mifepristone and misoprostol mailed to the patient.Salganicoff anticipates anti-abortion organizations will also encourage the Trump administration to address recent findings from the We Count Project, showing 1 in 10 abortions take place after medication abortion is mailed to people in states with bans or significant restrictions from states that have shield laws.“This FDA protocol is legal to do that, but clearly this is going to be a target,” she said.<h2>Mailing of abortion medication</h2>The Comstock Act,<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too" target="_blank">&nbsp;an anti-obscenity law from the late 19th century</a>&nbsp;that once banned the mailing of boxing photographs, pornography and contraception, will also be front and center after Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20.The law, which is still on the books despite not being enforced in decades, could potentially allow the U.S. Postal Service to prevent the mailing of abortion medications or any other instrument or tool used in abortions.“The Biden administration’s Department of Justice did a review and said that they are not going to enforce Comstock,” Salganicoff said. “Project 2025 sees it very differently, and even though President-elect Trump has said that he is not going to enforce Comstock, it’s not clear, and there will likely be a lot of pressure to do that.”Project 2025 is a policy map for a Trump presidency published by the Heritage Foundation. Trump has disavowed any connection with it, although former members of his first administration helped develop it.Salganicoff said enforcing the Comstock Act would affect access to medication abortion throughout the country, even in states that have reinforced reproductive rights during the last two years.“Clearly that’s going to tee up a lot of litigation and challenges,” Salganicoff said.Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, said during the call that the Trump administration’s possible elevation of people who spread misinformation or disinformation could lead to more confusion about research-based health care.“I think one thing, particularly with the rise in prominence of RFK Jr., you know, is the potential for misinformation,” Levitt said, referring to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a prominent vaccine opponent who endorsed Trump and campaigned extensively with him.“We turn to the government for reliable data, public health information and scientific information,” Levitt said. “And there’s the potential now, for the government to be not only not an effective source for health information, but in fact, an accelerant for misinformation.”&nbsp;