FINNEY COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating two suspects in connection with the sale and possession of drugs.
Garden City Police reports Henry Pauda Esquivel, 31, is wanted on an arrest warrant from the Kansas Department of Corrections. He is reportedly in the company of Sasha Valdespino, 25, for driving while suspended and drug possession.
Authorities ask the public to contact police or CrimeStoppers if you have information to help locate
them.
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of a Dodge City woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder.
Victor Gutierrez Jr. was found guilty Wednesday in the death of 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt. Authorities say Pruitt was found dead in her home on Sept. 22, 2014.
Gutierrez was arrested after authorities say he led police on a chase with speeds that reached up to 140 mph through Stafford and Reno counties before he stopped. Gutierrez was sentenced to two years and two months in prison in connection to the police chase.
CHEYENNE COUNTY – Strong thunderstorms rolled across portions of northwest Kansas on Thursday bringing heavy rain and high winds.
Fast moving water was crossing roadways in portions of Cheyenne County on Thursday evening.
Despite some threatening clouds, there were no confirmed tornadoes and no damage
reported according to the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Department.
A high wind warning was issued in Thomas County on Thursday. Winds of 80-90 miles per hour were reported, according to Emergency Management officials. Debris and power lines on the highway briefly shut down a section of Interstate 70 in Thomas County. No injuries were reported.
ELK COUNTY Law enforcement officials reported early Friday morning the missing boys were found by sheriff’s deputies in Elk County Kansas. An arrest was made. No additional details were released.
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with Missouri State Highway Patrol and The Taney County Missouri Sheriff’s Department have issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 390 Kingfish Drive in Ridgedale, MO on Friday.
Missing Is:
Jacob Oliver a white, male, age 9.
Jason Oliver a white, male, age 8.
Vehicle Information:
Maroon Toyota or Nissan Altima 4 door passenger car last seen northbound on US 65 from Ridgedale, MO.
Possible suspects or associates are believed to be:
Sabrina Lee Jones, a white, female, age 39, hgt 5’5″, 175 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes —
Jake Norton, a white, male, age 30, hgt 6’2″, 170 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes .
The endangered missing person:
Jacob Oliver, is a white, male, age 9, 60 lbs, blond hair, brown eyes, wearing a Superman shirt and blue shorts.
Jason Oliver, is a white, male, age 8, 50 lbs, blond hair, hazel eyes, wearing a red shirt and black shorts.
Brief circumstances regarding the Endangered Missing Person incident :Jacob Oliver and Jason Oliver were taken from their custodial parent’s residence in Ridgedale, MO. They are believed to be en route to Kansas in the company of their birth mother Sabrina Lee Jones, and her boyfriend Jake Norton. Jones has an active protection order out of Kansas against Norton that includes the children. Norton is known to be armed.
Anyone seeing the missing person, suspect, associate, or vehicle, or anyone having any information related to the endangered missing person should immediately dial 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or call the Taney County Sheriff’s Department at 417-546-7250.
GREAT BEND – The Ellis baseball team saw their season come to an end Thursday at the 2-1A state tournament in Great Bend falling 5-0 to Medicine Lodge in a game that was delayed for more than three hours because of severe weather.
The two teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first four innings but in the fifth the Indians took advantage of three Ellis errors and two walks scoring four to take a 4-0 lead. Medicine Lodge added a single run in the sixth inning on their way to the 5-0 win.
Ellis was held without a hit in the game and stranded seven runners on base.
Easton Smith allowed five runs on four hits, walked six and struck out four in the loss .
The Railers finished the year 17-5.
Medicine Lodge plays Sacred Heart in the semifinals Friday at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
The Knights upset the No. 1 seed Sedan 3-2 Thursday.
Heavy rains and severe weather across Kansas postponed a number of first round state softball and baseball games.
TMP’s softball team will face top seed Southeast of Saline at 10 a.m. Friday in Manhattan at the 3A state tournament. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday evening.
According to the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) there will be no third place game. They instead will attempt to play the first round and semifinal games Friday with the championship game on Saturday.
Hays High’s first round game with Kansas City Piper at the 4A-D1 tournament in Salina has been postponed to Friday as well, although no start time has been set as of Thursday night. The two teams were set to play Thursday at 5p.m.
Weather also altered the 4A-D2 tournament on Thursday. Russell/Victoria’s opening round game against Goodland has been moved to Friday. They will play the second game of the day.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chicago White Sox game at the Kansas City Royals was postponed because of rain on Thursday night.
No makeup date was announced, but it will not be rescheduled as part of this series.
It was the second rainout this season for the Royals.
White Sox right-hander Miguel Gonzalez and Royals left-hander Danny Duffy, the two scheduled starters Thursday, will pitch Friday.
The revised rotation will have White Sox left-hander Carlos Rodon and Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura starting Saturday, and White Sox right-hander Mat Latos and Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez will be the probable pitchers for Sunday.
The White Sox are in first place in the American League Central, holding a two-game lead over the Royals and a half-game advantage over the Cleveland Indians.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Royals have placed third baseman Mike Moustakas on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Such injuries usually sideline a player for a long period.
Moustakas and leftfielder Alex Gordon collided Sunday while chasing a fly ball in Chicago. Gordon went on the disabled list Monday with a right wrist fracture.
Moustakas did not play in the next three games at Minnesota and was checked out by team physicians upon returning to Kansas City for a seven-game home stand beginning Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.
Moustakas, a 2015 All-Star game selection, was hitting .240 with seven home runs and 13 RBIs in 27 games. It is Moustakas’ second trip to the disabled list in May after missing three weeks with a broken left thumb.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty in southeast Kansas to a charge linked to the 2014 shooting death of a 20-year-old Pittsburg State University student.
The (Pittsburg) Morning Sun reports that 25-year-old Juan Salas-Rueda entered the plea in Crawford County to one count of aggravated robbery.
Prosecutors dropped counts of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary and obstruction.
The county’s top prosecutor, Michael Gayoso, says prosecutors don’t believe Salas-Rueda was directly involved with the slaying of Taylor Thomas, but that he provided the weapons used in the robbery.
Thomas was a 20-year-old junior at the school when killed in October 2014. Authorities allege the intruders were seeking drugs and money, with the drugs belonging to Thomas’ roommate, Joseph Otter.
Otter pleaded no contest Thursday and was found guilty of a marijuana-distribution charge.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal indictment in southern Kansas accuses 13 people of roles in an identity-theft ring involving more than $3.5 million of thievery.
The 50-count indictment unsealed Thursday in Wichita alleges the conspirators divided up the work of stealing from mailboxes, forging identification documents, obtaining fraudulent credit cards and shopping with stolen identities.
Authorities say some conspirators were paid in drugs for their labor.
Prosecutors said items bought with ill-gotten gains from the scheme included a $43,500 Jaguar car and a $62,000 Dodge Challenger Hellcat.
The indictment’s charges include aggravated identity theft, trafficking in stolen identities, receipt of stolen mail, unlawful production of identity documents, bank fraud, and drug and gun counts.
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are reporting the first U.S. human case of bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort drug.
The 49-year-old woman has recovered. But officials fear that if the resistance spreads to other bacteria, the country may soon see germs impervious to all antibiotics.
The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania for a urinary tract infection. Tests found she had E. coli bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort. She was successfully treated for the superbug with other antibiotics.
Bacteria resistant to the colistin have been found in other countries but not in people in the U.S. The woman had not traveled recently outside the country.
Military officials reported the case Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lowest gas prices in more than a decade could make this Memorial Day one of the busiest ever on the roads.
AAA projects some 38 million people will travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend. That’s about 700,000 more than last year and the most since 2005. And the auto club says the overwhelming majority of those travelers — 89 percent — plan to go by car.
The average price for a gallon of regular is a $2.30 nationwide, about 34 cents less than a year ago, and AAA estimates that Americans have saved more than $15 billion on gas so far this year.
AAA also cites rising personal income and a strong labor market as factors encouraging Americans to head to the beaches, mountains and other destinations this Memorial Day weekend.
Russell, Kansas – Ronald J. Waldschmidt, age 70, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at the Russell Regional Hospital, Russell, Kansas.
Services are pending at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.
