MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on felony charges after an arrest.

On September 19, deputies observed a suspect identified as Delwood Sales, 34, Coffeyville, driving a silver SUV in the 600 Block of South Maple Street in Coffeyville. Sales was wanted in connection with felony arrest warrants, according to the sheriff’s department.

When deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, Sales fled on foot and crawled under a house in the 500 Book of South Maple.  After a brief period of time, Sales surrendered to deputies.

He was taken to the Montgomery County Department of Corrections and booked in connection with the warrants and on requested charges of felony obstruction and flee or attempt to elude, according to online booking records.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — A Kansas man was sentenced Tuesday for a DUI crash that critically injured a woman on a bicycle in May of 2018 in Sedgwick County.

Larry Gaines, 35, will spend 23 months in prison, the most under Kansas sentencing guidelines, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office. He is also required to spend 12 months post release probation.

In August, a jury found Gaines guilty of aggravated battery while driving under the influence.

He has three previous DUI convictions, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a whistleblower complaint (all times local):

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made it official, telling fellow Democrats she supports a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

Her remarks at a closed-door meeting was described by two people familiar with the remarks who were not authorized to discuss them publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Pelosi is set to make a formal announcement at 5 p.m.

A third person familiar with Pelosi’s remarks but unauthorized to speak publicly says she told Democrats they have reached “a moment of truth” with the president.

She called reports indicating that Trump pressured Ukraine’s leader to investigate Joe Biden’s family “a betrayal of our national security” and a “betrayal of our election.”

Trump insists he did nothing wrong when it comes to Ukraine and announced he’ll release a transcript of a phone call with the Ukrainian president.

–Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick

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The GOP-controlled Senate has approved a nonbinding but symbolically important resolution calling on the Trump administration to immediately provide the House and Senate intelligence committees a copy of a whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump.

The measure put forward by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer passed by voice vote after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed the idea and noted that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Intelligence Committee was working behind the scenes to obtain the complaint.

Trump is alleged to have pressured the government of Ukraine to look into former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the front-runners for the Democratic nomination.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that the House would vote on a similar resolution on Wednesday.

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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the October 2017 death of a confidential drug informant.

Steven Meredith was sentenced Monday for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the shooting death of 48-year-old Carrie Jones. Both were from Junction City.

Jones’ body was found by deer hunters in rural Riley County in October 2017.

Prosecutors contend Meredith shot Jones because he thought she would tell authorities that he was selling drugs.

Meredith pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge in July, days before his trial was set to begin. He initially was charged with first-degree murder.

Meredith testified Monday that he was present when Jones was shot but said he did not shoot her.

DOUGLAS COUNTY —Law enforcement were busy investigating two unfounded reports at a middle school Tuesday.

Just before 11:30 a.m., police were dispatched to Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, 1400 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, to reports of an intruder, according to officer Patrick Compton.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers conducted a thorough search of the building and determined there was no threat.

Earlier in the day, students voiced concerns to school administrators that another student had possibly brought a gun to school. The administrators began questioning the child, and as a precaution, put the school on lockdown. Parents began calling 911 after receiving concerning text messages from students and proceeded to the school in attempt to take their children home.

Lawrence police officers and parents arrived at approximately the same time, as parents were attempting to help students exit a broken first floor window.

Some of the students were treated at the scene for minor injuries from the broken glass.

Police were able to quickly determine that no weapons were present in this incident, and none of the students, faculty or staff were in any danger, according to Compton.

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after 120 dogs and a cat were found dead in Missouri and about two dozen more dogs died in Texas. More than 200 other animals were rescued from conditions that law enforcement described as “inhumane and unimaginable.”

Forty-nine-year-old Tiffany Woodington, was charged Friday in Missouri with 10 counts of felony animal abuse and two misdemeanor counts of animal abuse. Her husband, Steven Woodington, was charged Thursday in Texas with animal cruelty.

A second man described as the caretaker also was charged in Texas with animal cruelty. All three are free on bond.

The Benton County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office said that the couple operated the nonprofit group All Accounted For, which brought animals from Texas to Missouri.

By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Highway 59, the route to Atchison, Kansas in southern Buchanan County, has been closed after floodwaters from the Missouri River overflowed the highway once again.

The Missouri River level has been rising ever since the US Army Corps of Engineers increased releases from Gavins Point Dam from 70,000 cubic feet per second to 80,000. The Corps increased releases after extreme rain in the upper Missouri River basin filled the six reservoirs upstream on the Missouri.

Highway 59, from state Highway 45 at Rushville to Atchison, Kansas, is closed, according to an alert sent out by the St. Joseph Police Department this morning and confirmed by the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The MoDOT reports flooding has closed Route 10 in Carroll County, as well. MoDOT is keeping a close eye on Route 65 near Carrollton as crest of the Missouri River moves south.

The Missouri River is at 22.74 feet at Rulo, Nebraska, expected to crest at 22.8 early tomorrow morning, according to the National Weather Service. The Missouri at St. Joseph is at 21.8 feet this morning with a crest of 22.4 expected tomorrow. At Atchison, the Missouri River rose to 23.39 feet this morning with a crest of 24.3 expected sometime Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.

SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with stolen mail.

Salina Police have made another arrest connected to a check stolen from a mailbox in Bennington.

A 57-year-old Bennington man reported to Salina Police that after he discovered his  bank account was overdrawn he contacted American State Bank, 1661 S. Ohio in Salina and learned that on Sept. 16, someone had altered and cashed a check for $1,500 that the victim had originally written for $500,  according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.

The victim told police that he had put the check in his mailbox on September 15.The altered check was made out to David Annis.

At the time police were investigating the Bennington case, Anni,s 24, of Abilene, was in the Saline County Jail after an arrest on suspicion of forgery in another case.

Police detectives compared bank surveillance video to Annis’ booking photo, positively identified him and arrested him on requested charges that included  Forgery, Felon theft by deception

Police believe more than one person is involved in the forgery case, according to Forrester.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a stabbing and asking the public to help identify a suspect.

Just after noon Monday, police responded to report of a stabbing in the 7400 Block of East 17th Street North in Wichita, according to officer Paul Cruz.

Investigators have learned that an unknown suspect approached a 28-year-old woman who was standing by her vehicle. The suspect stabbed her multiple times and walked away on 17th Street and left the area.
Officers located the victim at the scene. EMS transported her to a local hospital where she remains in serious condition, according to Cruz.

Police believe this is a random act and have released video images of the suspect described as a white male, 40’s, 5-foot-9 in height and thin build. He has red to blond colored short hair, with a short beard, white shirt and dark colored camouflage pants. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post

The weeks leading up to teal season is a busy time for the staff at Cheyenne Bottoms. Staff tries to prepare the wetlands to make the land as accessible as possible for the hunters. Cheyenne Bottoms Area Wildlife Manager Jason Wagner says it was even tougher this year because of the large amount of water the area received.

Poor weather and habitat did not lead to an overall great opening weekend to teal season at Cheyenne Bottoms.

“We had a lot of birds in August with a few cool snaps, but hardly no new birds came in since then,” said Wagner. “I think many of them left and found private land for better habitat.”

Wagner says the average bird kill per hunter for opening week at the Bottoms was around 2.8. A successful weekend for the year would be between 4 and 4.5 birds per hunter.

“I talk to several hunters that know the area really well, and some of them did not fire a shot but you talk to the next group and they shot their limit,” Wagner said. “It is really spotty.”

Last week, Wagner estimated there were less than 1,000 teal at Cheyenne Bottoms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Republican allies controlling the Senate are awarding him with his full $5 billion request to build about 200 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

That’s according to a Senate aide familiar with a $53 billion draft funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

It comes after Trump roiled Capitol Hill by transferring $6.1 billion from Pentagon accounts to get around lawmakers opposed to his border wall.

Trump won $1.4 billion earlier this year through the regular budget process. He almost immediately declared a national emergency that triggered his ability to conduct a recently announced $3.6 billion transfer from military base construction.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has criticized Trump’s moves to fund the border fence.

The aide requested anonymity Tuesday because the legislation was not yet public.

FINNEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man after a second arrest in less than a week.

Police in Garden City arrested 59-year-old Bill Knight, chief of the Holcomb Community fire department, for stalking and violation of a protection order, according to online booking records.

Knight was initially arrested September 17 and again September 21 on a similar charge.
He remains in custody on a bond of $20,000.

Authorities have released no additional details.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 28-year-old man charged with plotting a terrorist attack on buses, trains and a train station in Kansas City has pleaded guilty to one count.

Robert Lorenzo Hester, of Columbia, Mo., entered his plea Monday to providing material support or resources to terrorists.

Federal prosecutors charged Hester in February 2017 after a monthslong FBI investigation.

An affidavit released at the time said undercover agents posing as Islamic State sympathizers met with Hester several times. At their request, he provided materials such as nails and duct tape that he believed would be used to create bombs.

An FBI employee told Hester the attacks were planned for Presidents Day in Kansas City.

Hester received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in mid-2013 after serving for less than a year.