WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some Wichita citizens are joining in the search for a missing 5-year-old boy.

Citizens groups were out Monday at two Wichita parks where law enforcement officers have already searched for Lucas Hernandez. The boy has been missing since Feb. 17.

Hernandez’s stepmother, Emily Glass, was jailed last week on two counts of endangering a child involving Lucas and another child. She has not been formally charged.

One group is searching Chisholm Creek Park, while another is looking around Cessna West Park.

KAKE-TV reports Sheila Medlam, whose 5-year-old son, Mason, wandered away from their Colwich home in July 2010 and drowned in a nearby pool, is participating.

She says the groups have contacted Wichita police and will not disturb anything found in the park that might be connected to Lucas.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY — Police continue looking for a 5-year-old Kansas boy who has been missing for more than a week.

On Sunday, Police continued to ask the public to submit any tips about Lucas Hernandez’ whereabouts. He was reported missing on Feb. 17.

No arrests have been made in connection with the Wichita boy’s disappearance, but police have said Lucas’s father and stepmother had a volatile relationship in the past.

Police reports show that officers have been called to the family’s home in the past when the boy’s father and stepmother fought. In one incident in April 2016, police found both the father and stepmother with injuries.

Officer Paul Cruz confirmed Sunday there wasn’t any new information on the search.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY — After seven days, law enforcement authorities continue to investigating the circumstances surrounding a missing 5-year-old Kansas boy.

On Friday, search teams walked Chisholm Creek Park in Wichita in an effort to find Lucas Hernandez or clues to his disappearance, according to officer Paul Cruz.

On Wednesday, police reported the missing child case was now a criminal investigation, according to Cruz.

Investigators 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.

Officers and investigators have been working on this case nonstop for a week. 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.

Anyone with information on the boy is asked to call Wichita Police.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

The decision affecting “Dreamers” means the case will almost certainly have to work its way through the lower courts before any Supreme Court ruling is possible. And because that could take weeks or months, Monday’s decision also is likely to further reduce pressure on Congress to act quickly on the matter.

The ruling on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, wasn’t unexpected.

Justice Department spokesman Devin O’Malley acknowledged that the court “very rarely” hears a case before a lower appeals court has considered it, though he said the administration’s view was “it was warranted” in this case.

O’Malley said the administration would continue to defend the Homeland Security Department’s “lawful authority to wind down DACA in an orderly manner.”

DACA has provided protection from deportation and work permits for about 700,000 young people who came to the U.S. as children and stayed illegally.

Last fall, Trump argued that Obama had exceeded his executive powers when he created the program. Trump gave lawmakers until March 5 to send him legislation to renew the program.

But in recent weeks, federal judges in San Francisco and New York have made Trump’s deadline temporarily moot. They’ve issued injunctions ordering the Trump administration to keep DACA in place while courts consider legal challenges to Trump’s termination of the program.

The administration was fighting the judges’ rulings in its appeal to the Supreme Court. Yet it has not tried to block the injunctions that force it to continue operating the program.

Congress has struggled to find consensus on the issue. The Senate stalemated on the matter two weeks ago, leaving any further congressional action in doubt.

The Supreme Court rarely hears a case before a lower appeals court has considered it. The fight over whether President Richard Nixon had to turn over the Watergate tapes is one such example.

GEARY COUNTY — A Kansas woman was sentenced Friday to 15-years in prison for her role in the January 2016 shooting death of a Manhattan man during a robbery.

Gabrielle “Gabby” Williams, 19, Junction City, will also have 36 months of supervised post release after the prison term has been served, according to Geary County Attorney Krista Blaissdell.

Acording to prosecutors, David Phillips, 23, Manhattan, was shot during a robbery at an apartment in the 800 Block of West 12 Street in Junction City. Williams was sentenced on one count of Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder along with co-defendant 24-year-old Joseph Craig.

Earlier this month, a Geary County jury found Craig guilty of First Degree Felony Murder and five other charges in the case. His sentencing is scheduled for April.