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2 Kansas men dead after small plane crash
GRANT COUNTY – Two Kansas men died in a small plane crash just after 9p.m. Thursday in Grant County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1970 Beech 58 piloted by Daniel R. Dunn, 68, Scott City, took off from Ulysses heading for Scott City. Officials are unsure if there was a mechanical issue, but the pilot attempted to make it back to Ulysses and crashed five miles north of Kansas 25 and the U.S.160 junction.
Dunn and a passenger Michael T. Steele, 64, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Garnand Funeral Home.
Cloudy, cold Friday
Friday Patchy freezing fog before 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night Patchy drizzle between 8pm and 9pm, then a chance of freezing rain after 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
A winter weather advisory is in effect for Ellis co. from 10P Fri until 10A Sat. Light freezing rain could lead to slick roads.#kswx pic.twitter.com/SM672CUNNT
— NWS Dodge City (@NWSDodgeCity) February 23, 2018
Saturday Freezing rain likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. East wind 7 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 18. West wind 6 to 14 mph.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 20.
Kan. man captured after running from courthouse deputy
JACKSON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities captured a wanted Kansas suspect after an extensive search.
Matthew John Shipley, 33, Topeka, was in the Jackson County District Court in Holton when he was searched by a Jackson County Court Security Deputy, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.
The deputy located what was believed to be drug contraband. Shipley allegedly fled the courthouse.
Jackson County Deputies, Holton Police Officers and Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers searched several locations in an around Holton and the Sheriff’s Office asked the public’s assistance to help locate him.
Deputies received numerous tips of Shipley’s location. The investigation led them to Baileyville, Kansas.
Shipley had received a ride to that area early in the day. Jackson County authorities, Nemaha County Deputies and KHP Troopers surrounded a farmstead in the 1700 Block of E. Road, south of Baileyville.
Shipley fled into a field and later surrendered to law enforcement. Deputies transported him to the Jackson County Jail, where he is being held on felony interference with law enforcement and an outstanding warrant from the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has a previous drug conviction in Shawnee County, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Police: Search continues for missing Kansas boy
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities continue to investigating the circumstances surrounding a missing 5-year-old Kansas boy.
On Wednesday, police reported the missing child case involving Lucas Hernandez is now a criminal investigation, according to Officer Paul Cruz.
Investigators have arrested 26-year-old Emily Glass, according to the Sedgwick County Booking report. She is the boy’s step-mother.
Glass is being held on two counts of endangerment to a child. The charges are related to information revealed during the investigation of Lucas’ disappearance. He remains missing.
Officers and investigators have been working on this case nonstop since Saturday evening. Investigators continue to conduct interviews, follow-up on leads, and examine evidence. The department cannot go into further details at this time, because the case is an active criminal investigation.
Lucas was reported missing at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17. Officers were dispatched to a lost juvenile call at a residence in the 600 block of South Edgemoor. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the boy’s 26-year-old stepmother. She reported she last saw Lucas in his bedroom at approximately 3 p.m. prior to her showering and falling asleep.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police records show the father and stepmother of a missing 5-year-old Kansas boy had a sometimes violent relationship.
Police provided several incident reports about the couple Wednesday after announcing that the 26-year-old stepmother, Emily Glass, had been arrested on suspicion of endangering the boy and another child.
Glass reported her stepson Lucas Hernandez missing on Saturday. She hasn’t been formally charged.
One police report says Glass held a wooden ax handle during an April 2016 argument in which the boy’s father, Jonathan Hernandez, suffered a bloody nose and other injuries. Glass had bruises on the side of her head and accused him of slapping her.
The report says officers couldn’t determine the primary aggressor. Glass was convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The same charge against Hernandez was dismissed.
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SW Kansas man pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns
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KANSAS CITY – A tax preparer from Finney County pleaded guilty Thursday to filing false federal tax returns, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The defendant agreed to pay restitution of more than $397,000.
Marcelino Almaraz, 60, Holcomb, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return and one count of filing a false tax return. Almaraz, who owned La Popular, a convenience store in Holcomb, also owned Accounting Services, a business that provided tax preparation and accounting services. In 2016, he was charged in an indictment alleging that customers came to him because they had heard he prepared income tax returns that generated large federal income tax refunds.
In his plea, Almaraz admitted providing false information on tax returns. In one case, he prepared a return for a client claiming four grandchildren as dependents. In fact, the grandchildren lived with the man’s wife in Mexico. In another case, Almaraz filed a false return substantially understating his own business income.
Sentencing is set for May 14. He faces a penalty of up to three years in federal prison and fine up to $250,000 on each count. McAllister commended the Internal Revenue Service, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble and John Mulcahy of the Justice Department’s Tax Division for their work on the case.
Kansas man charged in beating, burning dog
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas man is accused of beating the family dog and burning her with a propane torch.
Lemuel Dean Hunter Jr., 57, was charged Wednesday with a felony count of cruelty to animals. His bond has been set at $10,000.
Leavenworth Police say they were called to a home Monday and were told by someone there that a relative, now identified as Hunter, was abusing the family dog. Police say the 3-year-old corgi and beagle mix was struck with a board, kicked, choked and burned with a torch.
Hunter has denied the allegations and tells police he was trying to move the dog from one kennel to another.
Authorities say Leavenworth Animal Control evaluated the dog and kept her in their custody Wednesday.
Kan. lawmakers cancel debate on NRA-backed gun safety bill
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislative leaders have canceled a debate on a gun-safety education bill giving preference to a National Rifle Association program in elementary schools.
Top Kansas House Republicans said they called off Thursday’s debate because they want to work on a comprehensive plan for preventing gun violence at schools.
But they were facing backlash from Democrats and GOP moderates. Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton said it was too soon after a Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead.
The bill would allow schools to offer gun-safety courses starting in kindergarten but mandate that the curriculum be based on the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe program through the fifth grade.
Supporters said the bill would encourage schools to teach gun safety and the NRA has a good program.
Woman competent for trial in Kan. murder, kidnapped baby
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 35-year-old woman is competent to stand trial in the death of a Wichita woman and the kidnapping of the woman’s newborn child.
A judge on Thursday ordered that 35-year-old Yesenia Sesmas stand trial March 26 on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated interference with parental custody and other counts.
Prosecutors allege Sesmas fatally shot 27-year-old Laura Abarca of Wichita in November 2017 and abducted Abarca’s 6-day-old daughter.
She and the baby were found two days after the abduction in Texas. The child was returned to relatives in Wichita.
The Texas woman allegedly drove from Dallas to Wichita to meet Abarca, who she met years ago while working at a Wichita restaurant.
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Video shows young Kan. YMCA sex assault victim being hit
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Court records in the case against a Kansas man charged with sexually two girls at a YMCA child care say video shows one of the children being struck twice in the face.
A police affidavit was released Wednesday in the case against 21-year-old Caleb Gaston. He’s charged with raping a 4-year-old girl and committing aggravated indecent liberties with a 3-year-old girl last month at the Downtown YMCA Kid Zone in Wichita.
The affidavit says video shows a staff member taking the 4-year-old to a bathroom after she was hit. The girl later told a social worker she had been assaulted while she was getting sick in the sink.
Gaston’s attorney, Steve Ariagno, said in an email that Gaston “denies any and all allegations of wrongdoing.”
Sherrill K. Barnett
Sherrill K. Barnett, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born on December 18, 1945 in Dighton, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard Anthony and Katherine Opal Wendler Steffens. A lifetime resident of Healy, Kansas and Scott City, Kansas, she was a cook for assisted living in Dighton, Kansas and also cooked for the school and local deli both in Healy, Kansas.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, Kansas.
On September 7, 1963 she married Jerel D. Barnett, Sr. in Dighton, Kansas. He passed away on May 11, 2011 in Healy, Kansas.
Survivors include her one son – Jerel & Roberta Barnett, Jr. of Healy, Kansas, four daughters – Angela & Denis Gerstner of Scott City, Kansas, Stacey Davis of Dodge City, Kansas, Valorie & David Garcia of Hutchinson, Kansas, Brandee & Troy McArthur of Scranton, Kansas, four brothers – Larry & Francis Steffens of Imperial, California, Lou & Pat Steffens of Imperial, California, Dick & Shirley Steffens of Leawood, Kansas, Tom & Vicki Steffens of Beloit, Kansas, thirteen Grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and four brothers – Junior, Frank, Jim & Pete Steffens.
Vigil Services will be held at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 25, 2018.
Funeral Services will be held at the St. Jospeh Catholic Church in Scott City, Kansas at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 26, 2018 with Fr. George Fajardo presiding.
Memorials may be given to the Sherrill Barnett Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home.
Interment will be in the Healy Cemetery in Healy, Kansas.
Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City.
New high school guidance counselor at TMP-Marian
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TMP-Marian High School is pleased to announce that Dave Zachman has accepted the position of High School Guidance Counselor. He will begin his role in preparation of the 2018-2019 academic year.
In the role of High School Guidance Counselor, Zachman will provide students with guidance in both academics and career planning as well as lead pre-enrollment, class scheduling, test preparation and scholarship efforts.
Zachman began his career in education teaching Social Studies at Macksville High School, Macksville, KS, then becoming K-12 Guidance Counselor also in Macksville. He joined Russell High School, Russell, KS in 1999 as the High School Guidance Counselor. Mr. Zachman holds a a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Science in Counseling, both from Fort Hays State University.
“The importance of the guidance counselor to the success of our students and their future is great. We are pleased to have Mr. Zachman join the TMP-Marian family and are excited by the experience and opportunities he will bring to the position,” said TMP-Marian Principal Chad Meitner.