RENO COUNTY— A Kansas woman with three prior DUI convictions who fled from law enforcement on August 18 has been formally charged.

Kristine Lynn Brown, 46, Langdon, is charged with felony flee and elude, DUI and driving while suspended.

Just before 11:30 p.m. August 18, a Reno County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a truck traveling east on 4^th Street near Lorraine in Hutchinson with a defective tag light. The deputy followed the truck to 3rd and Kansas 61 Highway and continued to follow.

The deputy attempted to make a traffic stop in the area of Avenue G and K-61. He activated his lights and siren and the vehicle stopped. As the deputy approached the truck, the driver took off and the deputy followed, noting that the driver was being reckless and eventually got onto U.S 50, often going left of center or weaving over the fog line.

At one point, the driver came within a foot of hitting a guardrail on Highway 50, according to the deputy.

A South Hutchinson Police Officer used stop sticks on the highway and all four tires were struck, but the truck continued for about another half mile before the driver stopped.

Her passenger was taken into custody, but Brown refused to exit the vehicle. She was assisted out of the vehicle against her will and taken into custody.

Her case now moves to a waiver-status docket on Sept. 6.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to appeal of a ruling allowing some relatives of family members already in the U.S. to enter the country (all times local):

 

The fight over President Donald Trump’s travel ban is returning to a federal appellate court with the government’s appeal of a ruling that allows grandparents, cousins and other family members of those already in the U.S. to enter the country.

In June the U.S. Supreme Court said the president’s 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced pending arguments scheduled for October as long as those visitors lack “a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.”

The Trump administration has said the ban won’t apply to people with a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already in the U.S.

In July a federal judge ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States.

Attorneys from the Justice Department and the state of Hawaii will make arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday afternoon.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. –  The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of authorities in California, made an arrest connected to the August 12 shooting death of Matthew Schoshke in Ottawa County.

A family member discovered Schoshke’s body in his Tescott home. Schoshke’s Ford F150 pickup truck was also stolen from the scene.

Authorities attempted various investigative methods to locate the missing truck and on Tuesday, Aug. 22, information was received that led them to believe the victim’s truck may have been located in the city of Los Angeles.

KBI agents and Ottawa County Sheriff Keith Coleman traveled to California. They collected evidence from the abandoned truck and were also able to identify a suspect. On Friday evening, Aug. 25, a warrant for first degree murder was issued for the arrest of 34-year-old Robert Colson of Bucksport, Maine.

KBI agents, the Sheriff, and Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives were working to locate Colson, but prior to identifying his location he was involved in an incident at approximately 11:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25 in Martinez, Calif. During this incident he allegedly stabbed a person while aboard an Amtrak train. Colson was attempting to escape from the train when he was injured. He was then transported to a regional hospital for medical treatment. The Ottawa County Attorney will pursue extradition efforts following Colson’s release from the hospital.

The Ottawa County Attorney’s Office is expected to prosecute the case.

SALINA — The Dillard’s Corporate web site no longer includes their store at the Central Mall in Salina.

The store is going to close in December, according to company spokesperson Julie Bull.

“We informed the employees Monday,” said Bull. “This is not a real surprise. We have 40 employees in Salina and are working to place them in neighboring stores, if that works for them.”

Dillard’s has two additional locations in Kansas including the Town East Mall in Wichita and Oak Park Mall in Overland Park.

The Salina store will remain open through mid-December and is now offering clearance prices on merchandise. Dillard’s is the second major retailer this year to announce they are leaving the Salina Mall.  Sears announced in January they intended to close.  They did close in the spring while the Sears Automotive store at 2259 9th Street is still in business.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Wichita police say a 26-year-old man is in custody after a fatal stabbing.

Lt. Jason Stephens says police were called to a home on the city’s south side Sunday night. He says a 35-year-old man suffered several stab wounds and later died at a Wichita hospital.

Witnesses told investigators the victim and suspect had a physical confrontation and at some point the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the man.

According to the Sedgwick County jail records, the suspect identified as Jonathan C. Miller was booked into jail on a possible second-degree murder charge.

Stephens says the victim and the suspect did not know each other.

The death was the 23rd homicide in Wichita this year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

RENO COUNTY — After the announcement earlier this year that Eaton would close down its Hutchinson hydraulics facility, the end has come.

After slowly depleting its workforce over the past several months, the plant will cease operations on Thursday, according to Eaton Spokesperson Kelly Jasko.

The company’s first staff reductions started in May.  By the end of the week, all employees will be finished with production.

Jasko said that there will be a small crew left on board to decommission the facility over the next several months.

The shutdown of the plant comes 10-years after an all-out effort by the city of Hutchinson and the state of Kansas to provide a $3 million incentive package for the company to stay.

While Eaton did keep the Hutchinson plant open at that time, it moved a number of jobs out of the facility.

The company announced in January that the closing was the result of the ongoing declines in key markets and demand for the products made at the facility.

The facility manufactured components that go into piston and gear pumps for use in mobile and industrial hydraulic applications primarily served the construction and agriculture markets. Since 2013, agricultural equipment production has declined 21 percent and construction equipment production has declined 16 percent.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas City area neighborhoods are recovering after weekend storms flooded some streets.

The Kansas City Star reports that the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department responded to multiple vehicles caught in high water after downpours moved through the area late Sunday morning, dumping up to 3 inches in some areas.

Mike Wilson was among the people wading through knee-deep water in one Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood after he was told that his trailer had been inundated. Wilson said, “I didn’t think it was going to be this bad.”

Lots of water across Merriam streets. Be safe,turn around and don’t drown pic.twitter.com/XJCimkl8Ao

— Merriam Police (@MerriamPolice) August 27, 2017

Police in nearby Merriam reported that there was a lot of water across the city’s streets. Police urged drivers on Twitter to “Be safe, turn around and don’t drown.”

SEDGWICK COUNTY — An 11-year-old Kansas girl drowned in an accident on Sunday in Sedgwick County.

 

LOST JUVENILE UPDATE | Victim was found in the lake. Triage code black.

— WichitaFire.org (@wichitafireorg) August 27, 2017

 

Shelby Cramb, a sixth grader at Maize Middle School, died during a lake party sponsored by Pathway Church, according to the church social media account.

“We cannot fully express our regret for this horrific accident, and while we know that Shelby is now in Heaven with Jesus, it does not diminish the pain of losing her.”

The girl’s body was found Sunday afternoon. Wichita Fire Department Interim Chief Tammy Snow says the search began several hours earlier after the child’s parents came to pick up the youth from the party.

Emergency and fire crews searched the shoreline and found the body about 10 feet from shore and 10 feet under water.

On Monday at 6:30p.m., the church will hold a special prayer meeting for friends and family at the Westlink Campus Pathway Church Westlink, 2001 N Maize Rd, Wichita to lift up her parents, Andy and Joanna, and her younger brother, Gavin as they deal with this crisis.

HOUSTON —Massive flooding caused by Harvey along Texas’ refinery-rich coast could have long-standing and far-reaching consequences for the state’s oil and gas industry and the larger U.S. economy.

The storm’s remnants left much of Houston underwater on Sunday, and the National Weather Service says it’s not over yet: Some parts of Houston and its suburbs could end up with as much as 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain.

With the heavy rain expected to last for days, it’s still unclear how bad the damage will be, but there is already evidence of widespread losses.

HPD SWAT has conducted several hundred high-water rescues and are still actively conducting more rescue operations #hurricaneharvey #hounews pic.twitter.com/Atssx2fQSB

— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) August 28, 2017

Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down, and flooding in the Houston and Beaumont areas could seriously pinch gasoline supplies. Experts believe gasoline prices could increase as much as 25 cents a gallon.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins says her frustration with partisan gridlock in Washington was one of the main reasons she decided not to seek re-election.

Jenkins, a Republican, surprised many political observers when she announced in January that she would not seek any office in 2018. She was viewed as a potential candidate for governor after serving five terms in Congress.

On Thursday, Jenkins told an audience in Lawrence that although Donald Trump was not her first choice for president, she believes he has a right to move forward with his agenda because he won, the Lawrence Journal-World reported .

She says President Trump is capable of doing some good things for the country. She says she wishes the president would stop using Twitter but she doesn’t expect him to change.