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Kansas man admits robbery where clerk shot accomplice

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing a liquor store, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

Moore is being held in Harvey County

Jamaryus Moore, 19, Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of robbing a commercial business. In his plea, he admitted he and another man robbed F & K Liquor at 902 S. Woodlawn in Wichita. During the robbery, a clerk shot co-defendant Raquan Hill, 18, Wichita. Hill was arrested at the scene. Moore was arrested later that day at work.

Sentencing is set for Dec. 10. Moore faces a penalty up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Co-defendant Hill has scheduled a change of plea hearing for Sept. 24.

ACLU files Kansas action seeking provisional ballot lists

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has petitioned a court seeking lists of Johnson County voters who cast provisional ballots and lists of advance mail ballots rejected because signatures did not match their voter record.

Its petition under the Kansas Open Records Act was filed Monday in the name of a liberal activist who challenged Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s listing as the GOP nominee for governor on the November ballot after he argued that hundreds of legal votes were not counted in the primary election.

It names Johnson County Elections Commissioner Ronnie Metsker as defendant. Election officials did not immediately return messages.

The ACLU says people should know whether their vote counted or if people faced any unnecessary barriers to voting. It argues the public interest is in transparency.

Kansas man sentenced for multiple child sex crimes

COLUMBUS – A Kansas man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility for parole for 25 years for multiple child sex crimes, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Frobish -photo Cherokee Co.

Timothy Russell Frobish, 28, Galena, was found guilty by a Cherokee County jury in January 2015 of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of attempted rape, one count of criminal threat, three counts of endangering a child, one count of possession of a synthetic cannabinoid and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Three of the counts are subject to Jessica’s Law, which carries a possible penalty of life with no parole eligibility for 25 years.

Judge Oliver Lynch sentenced Frobish to life in prison to be served in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Frobish is also subject to lifetime post-release supervision and electronic monitoring. The crimes occurred in February 2013.

Police: 3rd suspect jailed for fatal Kansas stabbing

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing and have two suspects in custody.

Christopher L. Turner -photo Sedgwick Co.

Just before 1:30a.m. Sunday, police responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1900 Block of South Broadway, according to officer Paul Cruz.

Investigators learned of a physical altercation between a male victim and two suspects.  During the altercation, the victim suffered head trauma and was  stabbed in the stomach one time. The suspects left the area in an unknown vehicle, according to Cruz.

Officers found the victim lying in the parking lot and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alan Price -photo Sedgwick County
Valerie Wilson-photo Sedgwick County

Police arrested 29-year-old Christoper L. Turner on Monday, according to the Sedgwick County booking report. He is being held on requested charges of 2nd degree murder.

Police on Sunday booked Alan Price, 36, and Valerie Wilson, 27, on first-degree murder charges, according to the Sedgwick County daily booking report.

6-year-old Kan. girl hit by softball comes home from hospital

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) — A 6-year-old Kansas girl who was hit in the head by an overthrown softball has come home after spending two months in the hospital.

Paizlee –photo GoFundMe

Paizlee Crumby, of Fort Scott, was rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital on July 14 after being knocked unconscious. Doctors removed the right side of her skull to remove a blood clot. They also operated twice to drain fluid from on her brain.

Now that Paizlee is home, she spends her time with her kittens and playing the game “Trouble.” Paizlee says she wins “all the time.” She is being homeschooled until she undergoes an operation to replace the right side of her skull. For now, a helmet protects the exposed part of her brain.

She also will need speech and physical therapy.

Great Bend says more research needed before moving on turf at the ballfields

Whether or not the City of Great Bend decides to place AstroTurf on the ballfields at the Great Bend Sports Complex is still unclear. City Administrator Kendal Francis told the Great Bend City Council Monday night it is time to organize a committee to research the pros and cons of doing so.

When the Sports Complex opened in 2012 there were no intentions of placing turf on the fields in the master plan.

Kendal Francis Audio

The City Council and City Administration have received encouragement from a number of entities to turf the fields recently, mostly to keep the complex a topnotch facility and remain competitive in recruiting tournaments to Great Bend.

The City of Great Bend transferred $1.3 million into a fund for the possibility of installing turf at the fields, but there are other options that could be done to the Complex instead of turf, such as adding football or soccer fields to the west.

Francis feels the City Council needs to conduct their own research and come to a plan of action.

Kendal Francis Audio

City Administration along with representatives from USD 428 and the Great Bend Recreation Commission met on August 29 to discuss the turf possibilities. Francis says no entity has come out and pledged an exact dollar amount and further research will need to be done.

2nd teen dies after SUV crash into Kansas creek

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — The second of two teenagers trapped inside an SUV that landed upside down in an Atchison County creek on Sunday has died.

Sixteen-year-old Regan Moger, of Houston, Texas, died Tuesday at the University of Kansas Hospital, where she was flown after the wreck.

Moger was a passenger in an SUV driven by 16-year-old Zachary Armontrout, of Rushville, Missouri, who died Monday. Three other students in the car escaped serious injury when the vehicle went into Independence Creek.

All the teenagers were students at Maur Hill-Mount Academy Catholic High School in Atchison.

The school confirmed Moger died Tuesday while surrounded by loved ones.

Atchison County Undersheriff Toby Smith said the vehicle crashed through a guardrail before landing in the creek.

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ATCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Atchison County authorities say a Missouri teenager has died and another teenager from Texas is in critical condition after an SUV  they were in went into a creek in northeast Kansas during the weekend. Three other teens were able to escape without serious injury.

Undersheriff Toby Smith said 16-year-old Zachary Armontrout, of Rushville, Missouri, died Monday at a Kansas City hospital. Sixteen-year-old Regan Moger, of Houston, Texas, remains in critical condition.

The vehicle they were in hit an object on a bridge and went into Independence Creek two miles north of Atchison Sunday afternoon. Investigators believe the car was submerged for about 30 minutes before first responders extracted it.

The five teenagers are all students at Maur Hill-Mount Academy, a Catholic boarding school in Atchison.

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ATCHISON COUNTY — Five people were injured in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Sunday in Atchison County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Honda SUV driven by Zachary Armontrout, 16, Rushville, MO., was westbound on River Road just west of Levy Road in Atchison.

The SUV left the roadway to the right, struck the guardrail and landed in the creek.

Armontrout and passenger Regan Moger, 16, Houston, TX., were transported to KU Medical Center.

Passengers Hamilton Snyder, 14, Whittier, CA.; Philip Saragusa, 16, Atchison; Aurora L. Dericotte, 14, Stilwell, were transported to Atchison Hospital. All five were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

Janet Marie Schettler

GREAT BEND – Janet Marie Schettler, 85, passed away, September 17, 2018, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born August 12, 1933, at Ogallalah, Nebraska, to Ralph and Norma (Brice) Read.  She married Alvin K. Schettler, October 19, 1952, at Belgrade, Nebraska.  He died September 6, 2016.

Coming from Albert in 1965, Janet was a Great Bend resident. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and was involved in many ladies’ groups. She was a homemaker and had previously worked as a secretary for the Alexander Film Company in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She also served on the Election Board for many years.

Survivors include, two sons, Mike Schettler and wife Terri of Great Bend and David Schettler and wife Nola of Omaha, Nebraska; one daughter, Nancy Brady and husband Dale of Albert; one brother, Jack Read of Idaho Falls, Idaho; six grandchildren, Brandy Maneth and husband Mike, Kim Duran and husband Paul, Matthew Schettler and wife Jessica, Michael Schettler and wife Keleigh, Cait Boyer and husband Brian and Jayme Mayers and husband Jason; and nine great-grandchildren, Bryce Maneth, Kolton Maneth, Hannah Duran, Brady Duran, Samantha Mayers, Alex Mayers, Stevie Mayers, Blakely Boyer and Jackson Schettler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin K. Schettler and infant brother, Jerry Read.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, September 23, 2018, at Bryant Funeral Home, with family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 24, 2018, with Pastor Pastor John Brudvig presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery North.  The family suggests memorials be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or the Golden Belt Humane Society, in care of Bryant Funeral Home. 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                        Arrangements by      Bryant Funeral Home           

1425 Patton Road        Great Bend, Kansas     67530

Forrest Harry Button

Forrest Harry Button, 96, died Monday, September 17, 2018, at Rush County Memorial Hospital, Intermediate Swing Bed Unit, La Crosse, Kansas.

He was born June 15, 1922 at Rush Center, Kansas, the son of Roy and Verna (Hallett) Button. He graduated from La Crosse Rural High School in 1940. He farmed for one year before attending Kansas State University for one year and Fort Hays State University for one year. He then returned to farming, and continued to do so in both Rush and Pawnee counties from 1944 to 1993.

Forrest was a former member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church for many years where he was an active member. He was most recently an active member of the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas. He was also a member of  the Walnut City Lodge #215, Rush Center, Kansas, for over 70 years, and was a charter member of the Rush County Speculators in March, 1998. He served as the Grand Marshal of the La Crosse Alumni parade in 2015.  He was also a member of the Walnut Valley Senior Center, Rush Center, Kansas.

On September 2, 1945 he married Blanche Patricia Haller at her parents’ home in Otis, Kansas. She died on August 3, 2015.

Other survivors include one son, Thomas Harry and wife Kathy of Oakley, Kansas, one daughter, Janice Herman and husband Don of Benton, Kansas, and daughter-in-law Pamela Button of Whitesboro, Oklahoma, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by son Robert Dale Button, infant sons David Lee and Richard Jay, his parents, sister Dorothy Jean Rice and brother Kenneth Roy Button.

Visitation will be Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Church visitation will be Friday, September 21, 2018, from 1:00 P.M. to 1:50 P.M. at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas.

Funeral service will be Friday, September 21, 2018, at 2:00 P.M. at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas, with Pastor Angie Vertz officiating.  Interment will be in the La Crosse City Cemetery, La Crosse, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to Rush County Memorial Hospital, Intermediate Swing Bed Unit, La Crosse, Kansas, or the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Joseph E. Roesler

LARNED – Joseph E. Roesler, 86, passed away September 16th, 2018, at Diversicare of Larned, Kansas. He was born April 28, 1932, in rural Bushton, Kan., the son of Joseph and Pauline Schoenecke Roesler.

A longtime Larned resident, he was a farmer and a graduate of Claflin High School. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Economics from Kansas State University in 1956.  He was preceded in death by his parents, and siblings: Marion Roesler, Virginia Roesler Casteen, Richard Roesler, Karen Roesler Rosencrans, and niece Sheryl Casteen.  Survivors include:  Nieces and Nephews, Suzanne Roesler Holmes of Kansas, Judith Roesler and  Sara Roesler, both of North Carolina; William Casteen, Carole Casteen, Richard Casteen, Paula Casteen of California and John Casteen of Kansas; Machelle Roesler Willems of Kansas;  Emily Casteen, Grandniece of Kansas; Sister-in-law Joan Roesler of North Carolina; and Joseph Garcia, devoted friend and caregiver of Kansas.

Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington, with Pastor Diana Webster officiating, with family greeting friends before the service, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.   Burial will be in the Claflin Cemetery following the service. Viewing will be from 9 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at Nicholson-Rickie Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Kansas State University or Diversicare of Larned, in care of Nicholson- Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544

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