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Wednesday night showers move east of the James Valley by midnight.
Windy conditions with chances of rain showers statewide Saturday.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council’s Finance & Legal, Building, Planning & Zoning and Civic Center & Promotion Committees met Tuesday evening at City Hall. All members were present.
FINANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE BUSINESS:
An item tabled at the September 25, 2018, Finance & Legal Committee meeting was reconsidered, the (UPG-2-052(043)264) Cost Participation and Maintenance Agreement for the $3,100,000 City of Jamestown Urban Grant Program Project, for which the City must match ten percent of the project costs estimated at $310,000, to be funded through the City’s Special Assessment Deficiency Fund. The funding would be used to implement the downtown road diet transportation plan. Audience members gave statements on their thoughts. Business owner, Jon Beyer, of Jonny B’s Brickhouse, on First Avenue, spoke in favor of the plan. His business collected signatures on the plan, with four pages indicating support. He said the plan is favorable for the revitalization of downtown.
Lynn Lambrecht, President of the Jamestown Downtown Association said the organization supports the plan.
Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive, Emily Bivens said the Chamber supports the plan, and indicated the Chamber survey showed 80 percent of the respondents favor the road diet plan.
Council Member Steele said he had concerns about some issues in the plan. He noted semi traffic using First Avenue and suggested directing the semi downtown traffic using a possible by-pass using the I-94 Bloom Exit. He noted delivery trucks stopping to drop off items, and possible concerns under the new plan.
Mayor Heinrich said, the plan with the “bump outs,” will create some snow removal problems. He said the city could handle the problems but questions if First Avenue residents, and businesses could wait a day or two after a snow fall to have the snow removed. He also said there is currently no mechanism in place to collect funds and its too late to special assess the costs to the city. He said the NDDOT has indicated that under the plan, the city is not able to recommend where new traffic lights would be placed. He added if a test was conducted and the city doesn’t approve the plan, a quarter of a million dollars would have to be returned to the state. His objective is for residents to be aware of the plans.
Council Member Brubakken said there are a limited number of days in the year, that snow removal takes place.
He said paying the ten percent cost of $3.1million dollars is cost effective and approves the plan.
Council Member Phillips is also in favor of the plan, and said the plan will improve downtown, and the opportunity to give back to the residents.
The committee voted unanimously to approve the acceptance, which will go to the full city council for a vote.
The committee recommended passing a resolution of support of ND Cares and application to ND Cares to improve understanding of the needs and services for military service members, veterans, their families and survivors close to home, which involves designating a local steering committee and passing this resolution. A presentation was made by ND Cares including its mission and priority, a coalition of entities looking a laws and processes inhibiting military service members and veterans from accessing basic needs. 45 North Dakota communities are ND Cares cities.
The committee recommended acceptance of a Section 125 employee benefit plan with the City’s current AFLAC provider at no cost to the City with tax savings for participating full-time employees enrolled in the benefit plan, and authorize the city administrator to enter into a three-year contract for no-cost administration of the benefit plan.
A “cafeteria” pre-tax plan and flexible spending plan is part of the package for employees.
City Administrator Hellekson said this is another opportunity to attract employees to the City of Jamestown.
The committee accepted the 2017 City Audit Report as prepared by Schauer & Associates, PC, as presented by Linda Mohn.
The committee recommended approval of the request from the County to allow the Stutsman County Commission to lower the purchase price of tax foreclosed properties to an estimated market value as determined by the County Tax Director, of which the City will still receive the proportionate share of the sales price, including specials.
The committee recommends approval and authorization of the agreement beginning January 1, 2019, with the State of North Dakota for the land located in the S1/2, SW1/4 of Section 1-139-64, Stutsman County, ND upon which sits the city’s water storage and reservoir, in the buffalo pasture land, for an annual lease payment funded by the utility. The lease is for at least a five year term.
The committee recommends approval of utility rate adjustments for 2019. Administrator Hellekson said the residential water rate increases by five percent, as will the waste water charge.
Other items were previously set in the 2019 city budget. The committee recommends approval of licenses and permit fee adjustments for 2019.
The committee recommends approval of licenses and permit fee adjustments for 2019.
With implementing the optional walk up garbage pick up, the cost is $20 per month, collected at curb side. The service is geared for residents not able to move their garbage containers to the street or alley
BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE BUSINESS:
The committee recommended approval of the final plat of Stoudt Addition, Lot 1, Block 1, a replat of a portion of Blocks 2 and 3 of Mall Woods Addition, within the NE ¼ of Section 2, T139N, R64W, being within the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. The property is located at 900 23rd St SW.
The committee recommends approval of the Declaration of Slum and Blighted Area and authorize the application for state funding to improve slum or blighted areas of the City’s main street, which includes the area between 2nd Avenue SE and 2nd Avenue SW from 9th Street SE to 1st Street E, which application and program requires no matching City funds. Hellickson said the declaration is in conjunction with applying for a grant.
INFORMATIONAL: The public hearing and second reading of an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of Jamestown Original, Block 31, E100’ of Lot 16 & 17, and E100’ of S20’ of Lot 18, from M-1 (Limited Industrial and Manufacturing District) to C-1 (Local Commercial District) is scheduled at the November 5, 2018, city council meeting.
INFORMATIONAL: The City Inspections Department will schedule an informational meeting in late 2018 for area contractors, builders, and others in the construction business regarding building permits, planning and zoning, plats and replats and changes that have occurred in the process in 2018 that may affect construction schedules.
CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE
No business this month.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) Two Jamestown men have been sentenced in Stutsman County District Court.
42 year old Chad Lee Kapp was sentenced by Judge Mark Blumer to two years supervised probation and ordered him to pay a $400 criminal administration fee, $100 defense/facility administration fee, $35 indigent defense application fee, $300 indigent recoupment and $25 victim-witness fee.
Kapp was arrested and charged in connection with a September 15 pursuit in which Kapp was the driver of a vehicle with 25 year old Levi Guthmiller, Jamestown, as a passenger. Guthmiller was wanted for felony warrants at the time.
Kapp was accused of threatening or menacing another with a vehicle, failing to stop while fleeing after a commission of a felony, driving at a high rate of speed to avoid apprehension and possession of a scale for use with methamphetamine.
In another case, 34 year old Travis James Allcock of Valley City, was sentenced in Stutsman County District Court by Judge Troy LeFevre to five years in the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with credit for 17 days served. The sentence is concurrent with other convictions in 2017 and 2018. He will be placed on one year supervised probation upon release.
Allcock pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to a September armed robbery of the Superpumper station store in Jamestown. In addition, Allcock was accused of cutting a telephone line to interfere with an emergency call and possessing a smoking device for meth. He was apprehended on September 7 in Clay County, Minnesota.
He was charge in connection with using a knife in a robbery of more than $1,000 but less than $10,000 in Jamestown between September 4 and 5.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Republican senator and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told North Dakota military veterans Tuesday that Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is a bipartisan, common sense lawmaker who will continue to look out for their interests.
“She is a straight-shooter who does not look through a political lens,” said Hagel, a former two-term senator from Nebraska and twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran. “She sure as hell deserves your consideration for a second term.”
Heitkamp is facing Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer in a race seen as critical for control of the closely divided Senate. Veterans number about 50,000 in North Dakota, and the support of the key constituency may be pivotal on Election Day.
Heitkamp won six years ago by fewer than 3,000 votes in the deeply conservative state.
Cramer and Heitkamp have been campaigning for months on who is a better advocate for veterans.
At the American Veterans club in Bismarck, Heitkamp held up one of Cramer’s campaign brochures that she said attacks her on veterans issues.
HANKINSON, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a driver has died after crashing into a tractor in Richland County. The patrol says the 59-year-old man hit the tractor about 7 p.m. Tuesday near Hankinson. The tractor was pulling a disc plow and coil packer. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The 18-year-old man driving the tractor wasn’t seriously injured.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two members of the Standing Rock Sioux and a reservation priest are suing over a five-month shutdown of a North Dakota highway during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The state shut down a stretch of Highway 1806 in October 2016, after a bridge was damaged by fires, and didn’t reopen it until March 2017. Plaintiffs say the closure violated people’s constitutional rights, and they’re seeking money damages from the state, Morton County and private security firm TigerSwan.
In sports…
Valley City def. Fargo South, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22
Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 3, LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 0.
Shiloh 3, Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky 0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-7).
Dickinson Trinity 3, Beach 0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-9).
Hankinson 3, Waubay-Summit 0.
Central Cass 3, Lisbon 0 (27-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Bismarck Century 3, Bismarck High 0 (25-21, 29-27, 25-15).
Hillsboro-Central Valley 3, Midway-Minot 0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-18).
Mandan 3, St. Mary’s 0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-22).
Thompson 3, MayPort-C-G 0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-21).
Linton-HMB 3, South Border 1 (25-9, 20-25, 26-24, 25-1).
Devils Lake 3, West Fargo 0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-23).
Northern Cass 3, Kindred 0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-21).
Minot Ryan 3, Beulah 0 (25-18, 29-27, 25-23).
Fargo Davies 3, Fargo Shanley 1 (25-14, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20).
West Fargo Sheyenne 3, G.F. Red River 1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-21).
G.F. Central 3, Wahpeton 1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-22).
Dickinson 3, Watford City 2 (25-21, 19-25, 15-25, 25-13, 15-9).
Oak Grove 3, Maple Valley 0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-11).
Richland 3, Sargent Central 0 (25-7, 25-16, 25-13).
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 3, Tri-State 0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18).
Enderlin 3, Milnor-North Sargent 2.
Hankinson 3, Waubay-Summit (S.D.) 2 (25-16, 25-20, 25-10).
Langdon-Edmore-Munich 3, Rolette-Wolford 0.
North Star 3, Dunseith 0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-8).
Four Winds-Minnewaukan 3, Harvey-Wells County 2 (22-25, 25-15, 25-12, 15-25, 15-13).
Dakota Prairie 3, Lakota 0.
Garrison-Max 3, Washburn 0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-17).
Rugby 3, Glenburn 0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-15).
Our Redeemer’s 3, Kenmare 1 (13-25, 25-12, 25-11, 25-11).
South Prairie 3, Nedrose 2 (22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-7).
Mott-Regent 3, Killdeer 2 (25-16, 15-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-7).
Bowman County 3, Heart River 1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20).
St. John 3, TGU 2 (21-25, 18-25, 25-17, 26-24, 16-14).
Glen Ullin 3, Grant County 1 (26-24, 25-14, 15-25, 29-27).
Park River-F-L 3, Cavalier 0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-19).
Center Stanton 3, Flasher 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-18).
Hazen 3, New England 1.
Powers Lake 3, New Town 2 (25-18, 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-7).
Ray 3, Parshall 0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-14).
Wilton-Wing 3, Standing Rock 0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-14).
Hatton-Northwood 3, Larimore 0.
College Volleyball…
DICKINSON, N.D. (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown volleyball team pushed its winning streak to three games with a 3-0 sweep of Dickinson State (N.D.) University Tuesday. Set scores were 25-16, 25-21, and 25-14.
The Jimmies (19-6 overall, 8-5 GPAC) were led offensively by Britta Knudson (JR/Bismarck, N.D.) and Ellie Michaletz (SO/Aitkin, Minn.), who each posted 10 kills. Knudson hit a team-best .625 for the match. Isabel Wedell (JR/Ellendale, N.D.) added eight kills and hit .368.
Miranda Lowman (JR/Mandan, N.D.) had 20 assists to go along with two service aces and five digs. Jackie Meiklejohn (FR/Dickey, N.D.) finished with 18 assists.
Julina Niemeier (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) registered 23 digs and was joined in double figures by Anna Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.) with 12. Corina Ruud (SO/Breezy Point, Minn.) had three total blocks, including two block assists.
Jamestown made only nine attack errors in the match, compared to Dickinson State’s 21. The Jimmies outhit the Blue Hawks .306-.102.
Next up for the Jimmies is a return to Great Plains Athletic Conference play with a weekend road trip to Briar Cliff (Iowa) on Friday and Northwestern (Iowa) on Saturday. Jamestown will finish the regular season at home on October 31 against Mount Marty (S.D.) College.
2018-19 Women’s Basketball…NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Women’s
1.Concordia (Neb.) (10) 36-2 311 2
- Dakota Wesleyan (1) 32-6 395 7
- Southeastern (Fla.) (1) 31-1 290 1
T4. Saint Xavier 32-63 277 4
T4. Marian 32-3 277 5
- College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 31-2 268 3
- Eastern Oregon 31-3 243 6
- Northwestern (Iowa) 25-9 240 11
T9. Indiana Tech 30-5 22 9
T9. St. Francis (Ill.) 22-10 220 19
- Morningside (Iowa) 22-12 212 13
- Southern Oregon 28-5 203 10
- Hastings (Neb.) 26-7 195 12
- Saint Francis (Ind.) 17-14 183 NR
- Indiana Wesleyan 25-9 156 17
T16. Valley City State 25-5 150 14
T16. University of Jamestown 31-5 150 8
- Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23-10 138 16
- Taylor (Ind.) 24-11 136 15
- Tabor (Kan.) 18-14 123 RV
- Lawrence Tech 25-7 121 21
- Cardinal Stritch 19-10 95 RV
- Bryan (Tenn.) 25-10 85 23
- Rio Grande (Ohio) 30-4 67 20
- Antelope Valley 22-7 58 24
Others receiving votes: Oregon Tech 55, Bethany (Kan.) 47, Reinhardt 28, Aquinas (Mich.) 28, Bellevue (Neb.) 18, Oklahoma Wesleyan 14, St. Thomas (Fla.) 12, IU East (Ind.) 7, U.C. Merced 6, Huntington (Ind.) 5, Northwest Christian (Ore.) 4, Rochester (Mich.) 4, Indiana Northwest 3.
Men’s Basketball Poll…
Morningside totaled 100 points and is the preseason coaches’ selection to win the 2018-2019 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Championship. The Mustangs tallied ten first place votes. Briar Cliff garnered the last first place vote and totaled 90 points and was picked second in the poll.
Dakota Wesleyan was picked third (83) followed by Doane with 69 and Dordt with 56 points to round out the top five.
Morningside won the regular and postseason championships last year in the GPAC. In all, four teams (Morningside, Northwestern, Briar Cliff and Dakota Wesleyan) qualified for the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the Pentagon.
Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches’ could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2018-19 GPAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:
| Place | School | Points | First Place Votes |
| 1. | Morningside | 100 | 10 |
| 2. | Briar Cliff | 90 | 1 |
| 3. | Dakota Wesleyan | 83 | |
| 4. | Doane | 69 | |
| 5. | Dordt | 56 | |
| 6t. | Northwestern | 46 | |
| 6t. | Hastings | 46 | |
| 6t. | Midland | 46 | |
| 9. | Jamestown | 40 | |
| 10. | Concordia | 17 | |
| 11. | Mount Marty | 12 |
Jamestown (Katie Ryan- Anderson) The University of Jamestown is organizing a campus-wide Pink Out on Wednesday, Oct. 24 in celebration of the No Excuses program at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
The campus will wear pink all day AND the men’s and women’s basketball teams will wear pink at their games that night. T-shirt sale proceeds benefit No Excuses!
No Excuses is the event in which healthcare partners in the community remove all barriers to women’s health exams like cervical screenings and 3D mammograms. Barriers include: finances, fear, transportation, childcare, etc. The community created No Excuses because Stutsman County had one of the LOWEST rates of women receiving mammograms. Today, that is no longer the case.
Griffin carries Pistons in OT
UNDATED (AP) — Blake Griffin has allowed the Detroit Pistons to remain unbeaten after three games.
Griffin capped his career-high 50-point performance by converting a three-point play with 1.8 seconds remaining to send the Pistons to a 133-132 win over the 76ers in overtime. The forward drove to the lane and was fouled by Robert Covington while hitting a layup, 3.8 seconds after J.J. Redick’s four-point play put the Sixers ahead, 132-130.
Griffin was 20 of 35 from the field and 5 for 10 on 3-pointers in compiling his most points as a member of the Pistons for the second straight game.
Redick finished with 30 points and Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) added a team-high 33 with 11 rebounds for Philadelphia.
The 76ers were without guard Ben Simmons due to back tightness.
Checking out Tuesday’s other NBA action:
— The Pelicans are 3-0 after Anthony Davis highlighted a 34-point and 13-rebound performance with a clutch 3-pointer with less than two minutes remaining in a 116-109 victory over the Clippers. Elfrid Payton finished with 20 points, while Nikola Mirotic (MEER’-ah-tihch) added 18 and 12 rebounds. Tobias Harris scored 26 points and Danilo Gallinari 24 for the Clippers, who were playing their first road game of the season after winning their previous two at home.
— Like New Orleans, the Nuggets stayed unbeaten as Nikola Jokic had 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead a 126-112 win over the Kings. Jamal Murray scored 14 of his 19 points in the third quarter to help Denver achieve its first 4-0 start in nine years. Gary Harris scored 18 points and Paul Millsap added 15 for the Nuggets.
NBA-BULLS-DUNN
Dunn will miss four to six weeks
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls say point guard Kris Dunn will miss four to six weeks because of a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
Coach Fred Hoiberg says Dunn was injured going for a layup in the second quarter of Monday’s loss at Dallas. Dunn stayed in and finished with nine points and seven assists after missing the first two games of the season for the birth of his first child.
College Football…
Troy 38, South Alabama 17
NHL-…
Pastrnak’s 4-point night carries B’s
UNDATED (AP) — David Pastrnak has continued his strong start to the NHL season by contributing to each goal for the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.
Pastrnak scored his ninth and 10th goals of the season and had two assists as the Bruins knocked off Ottawa, 4-1. David Krejci (KRAY’-chee) and Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES’ BEHR’-zhuh-rahn) also scored with help from Pastrnak, who has 15 points in nine games this season.
Bergeron also had two assists, giving him a team-high 16 points for a share of the league lead.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Sidney Crosby scored his first two goals of the season and provided the winner at 2:12 of overtime to send the Penguins past the Oilers, 6-5. Patrick Hornqvist and Jamie Oleksiak (oh-LEHK’-sihk) also scored twice, and Matt Murray turned back 41 shots for Pittsburgh.
— The Sharks scored three unanswered goals in the last half of the third period to knock off the Predators, 5-4 at Nashville. Brenden Dillon began the comeback with a short-handed goal, Joe Pavelski tied it 36 seconds later and Brent Burns put San Jose ahead on a power-play goal with 2:52 left after setting up two scores.
— Mika Zibanejad (zih-BAN’-eh-zhahd) and Mats Zuccarello (zoo-kah-REH’-loh) provided two goals apiece and Alexandar Georgiev picked up his first win of the season by stopping 36 shots in the Rangers’ 5-2 verdict over the Panthers. Zibanejad also had two assists and Kevin Hayes scored the final goal to help New York win for the third time in nine games.
— Christian Fischer registered his first career hat trick on assists from Derek Stepan (STEH’-pahn) in the Coyotes’ 4-1 victory at Columbus. Darcy Kuemper (KEHM’-pur) stopped 35 shots and blanked the Blue Jackets after Pierre-Luc Dubois (doo-BWAH’) beat him 31 seconds into the game.
— Jeff Petry (PEE’-tree), Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan Drouin (DROO’-an) scored over the last 4:10 of the second period and Carey Price stopped 21 shots as the Canadiens downed the Flames, 3-2. Calgary led 1-0 until Petry and Gallagher notched power-play goals 99 seconds apart.
— Brandon Saad (sahd) scored twice and Patrick Kane snapped a 1-1 tie in a two-goal third period that pushed the Blackhawks past Anaheim, 3-1. Corey Crawford made 24 saves against the Ducks, who have scored just four goals during their three-game losing streak.
— The Stars stopped a three-game skid as Jason Spezza (SPEHT’-suh) and John Klingberg each had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win over the sputtering Kings. Blake Comeau (KOH’-moh) and Tyler Pitlick scored their first goals of the season as Dallas handed Los Angeles its fifth consecutive loss.
NFL-NEWS
Giants trade Apple to S— Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen is returning to the team Wednesday after being out for the past month for a mental health evaluation. The three-time Pro Bowl selection left the team late last month after a series of events that included a welfare check at a hospital. A police report described erratic behavior that included a threat of violence at a downtown Minneapolis hotel and a text message to his wife referencing suicide.
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Giants have seen enough of enigmatic cornerback Eli Apple. The New Orleans Saints have acquired Apple for a fourth-round pick in 2019 and a seventh-rounder in 2020.
Apple was taken 10th overall out of Ohio State in the 2016 draft. He has 23 tackles and one forced fumble this season.
Apple leaves a 1-6 team and goes to the 5-1 Saints, who will face the Vikings on Sunday in a matchup of division leaders.
In other NFL news:
— Falcons right guard Brandon Fusco will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a broken right ankle in Monday night’s win over the New York Giants. Coach Dan Quinn says Fusco suffered the fracture late in the second quarter of the 23-20 win. Atlanta will also finish the year without starting guard Andy Levitre because of a broken arm.
— The Jets have signed free-agent wide receiver Rishard Matthews, giving a boost to their banged-up receiving group. The 29-year-old Matthews was released by Tennessee last month after requesting the move because he felt he was being underused. To make room for Matthews on the roster, New York placed safety Doug Middleton on injured reserve after he tore a pectoral muscle
— The Raiders have signed kicker Daniel Carlson and waived Matt McCrane. Oakland also promoted receiver Marcell Ateman and offensive lineman Denver Kirkland from the practice squad to fill open spots on the 53-man roster.
— Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly has been arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass. According to court records, a man and woman told police a man came into their home uninvited after 1 a.m. Tuesday and sat down on the couch “mumbling incoherently.” The records say the man chased the intruder out, striking him in the back with a vacuum tube.
TCU-TURPIN DISMISSED
Turpin dismissed from TCU team after 2nd charge surfaces
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin has been dismissed from the team after a second charge surfaced against him following his weekend arrest on an assault charge for an alleged altercation with his girlfriend.
Coach Gary Patterson announced Monday that Turpin was suspended after being arrested by Fort Worth police following an incident Saturday night, hours after he had a 99-yard kickoff return and a 41-yard TD catch in TCU’s 52-27 home loss to No. 8 Oklahoma.
A criminal complaint from New Mexico later revealed that Turpin was arrested in March while there during spring break to visit a girlfriend. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported on the New Mexico case.
Patterson said Tuesday he knew about a property damage charge in the spring, but that records obtained by the team from New Mexico then didn’t list a battery charge that was also part of the case. The coach said he also didn’t know until Monday about a bench warrant issued in July when Turpin failed to appear for a pretrial hearing.
HIGH SCHOOL CONCUSSIONS-TEXAS
Texas requires large schools to report player concussions
DALLAS (AP) — Texas officials are requiring that the state’s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation’s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes.
The state’s governing body for public high school sports has ordered the schools to submit individual concussion reports. School staff must answer more than a dozen questions on each player that are relayed to researchers with the O’Donnell Brain Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
The institute’s Dr. Munro Cullum says one goal is to ultimately determine what can be done to better protect athletes.
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