By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities arrested a Kansas man after an alleged incident involving a mini-sledgehammer.

On Monday evening, officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center, 400 S. Santa Fe Avenue, for the report of a woman who was injured in an alleged altercation on Saturday with 42-year-old Jason Hudson of Salina, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.

The 37-year-old woman and her 23-year-old boyfriend were sitting in her 2000 Chevrolet Suburban when Hudson, who was known to them, approached the passenger side, where the boyfriend was sitting. A verbal argument ensued and Hudson allegedly went back to his vehicle, got a three-pound mini-sledgehammer, and returned to the passenger side of the Suburban.

Hudson allegedly broke the passenger-side window with the mini-sledgehammer and swung it inside the Suburban, striking the woman. Forrester said the woman had gone to the hospital because of injuries she allegedly received in the incident, and that those injuries were consistent with what she told police about the alleged incident.

Forrester said Hudson also showed up at the hospital and was arrested requested charges of Aggravated battery, Aggravated assault and Criminal damage to property.

Hudson has over a dozen previous convictions that include theft, burglary, aggravated burglary, aggravated failure to appear, driving while suspended and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections

The passenger-side window on the Suburban also sustained $250 worth of damage.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678200544215.jpeg" alt="Hudson has over a dozen previous convictions that include theft, burglary, aggravated burglary and aggravated failure to appear, driving while suspended and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections- photo Saline Co." />
 <figcaption>Hudson has over a dozen previous convictions that include theft, burglary, aggravated burglary and aggravated failure to appear, driving while suspended and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections- photo Saline Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostSALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities arrested a Kansas man after an alleged incident involving a mini-sledgehammer.On Monday evening, officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center, 400 S. Santa Fe Avenue, for the report of a woman who was injured in an alleged altercation on Saturday with 42-year-old Jason Hudson of Salina, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.The 37-year-old woman and her 23-year-old boyfriend were sitting in her 2000 Chevrolet Suburban when Hudson, who was known to them, approached the passenger side, where the boyfriend was sitting. A verbal argument ensued and Hudson allegedly went back to his vehicle, got a three-pound mini-sledgehammer, and returned to the passenger side of the Suburban.Hudson allegedly broke the passenger-side window with the mini-sledgehammer and swung it inside the Suburban, striking the woman. Forrester said the woman had gone to the hospital because of injuries she allegedly received in the incident, and that those injuries were consistent with what she told police about the alleged incident.Forrester said Hudson also showed up at the hospital and was arrested requested charges of Aggravated battery, Aggravated assault and Criminal damage to property.Hudson has over a dozen previous convictions that include theft, burglary, aggravated burglary, aggravated failure to appear, driving while suspended and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of CorrectionsThe passenger-side window on the Suburban also sustained $250 worth of damage.

Kan. felon with a dozen convictions jailed for sledgehammer attack

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans were back on U.S. soil Tuesday after surviving a deadly kidnapping in Mexico, and have been taken to a Texas hospital for treatment. Two other Americans were killed.

Irving Barrios, Tamaulipas state’s top prosecutor confirmed the two Americans were turned over to U.S. authorities at the international bridge to Brownsville, Texas.

They were then taken to Valley Regional Medical Center with an FBI escort, according to the Brownsville Herald.

A spokesperson for the hospital referred all inquiries to the FBI.

A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery ended with two Americans dead — and two others found alive in a rural area near the Gulf coast — after a violent shootout and abduction that was captured on video, officials said Tuesday.

The surviving Americans were sped to the border near Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative</a>&nbsp;of one of the victims said Monday that the four had traveled together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place.

The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreño on the way to the Gulf coast known as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">“Bagdad Beach,”</a>&nbsp;according to a Mexican state law enforcement official. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the case. Word of their location came to authorities before dawn Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear if the two bodies were also being returned to the U.S. In announcing the Americans had been found, Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person’s injuries.

Shortly after entering Mexico, the four were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. Video and photographs taken during and immediately after the abduction show the Americans’ white minivan sitting beside another vehicle, with at least one bullet hole in the driver's side window. A witness said the two vehicles had collided. Almost immediately, several men in tactical vests and toting assault rifles arrived in another vehicle to surround the scene.

The gunmen walked one of the Americans into the bed of a white pickup, then dragged and loaded the three others. Terrified drivers sat silently in their cars, hoping not to draw their attention. Two of the victims appeared to be motionless.

Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday’s crossfire.

The shootings illustrate the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.

Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.

López Obrador said one person was in custody.

“Those responsible will be found and they are going to be punished,” the president said. He referenced arrests made in the 2019 killings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the U.S. border.

He complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalism. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”

“It’s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to protest like they have,” López Obrador said. “We really regret that this happens in our country.”

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed his sympathy for the families of the victims.

“The cartels are responsible for the deaths of Americans,” Garland said. “The DEA and the FBI are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks that they depend on.”

He would not confirm the Mexican government's reports that the two U.S. citizens had died.

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the U.S. is working with Mexican officials to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the killings.

“Attacks on U.S citizens are unacceptable, no matter where, under what circumstances they occur,” Kirby said.

The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for the victims’ return and the arrest of the kidnappers.

Robert Williams said in a telephone interview that his brother, 38-year-old Eric Williams, was among the kidnapped Americans. The brothers are from South Carolina but now live in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina, he said.

Williams described his brother as “easygoing” and “fun-spirited.”

He didn’t know his brother was traveling to Mexico until after the abduction hit the news. But from looking at his brother’s Facebook posts, he thinks his brother did not consider the trip dangerous.

“He thought it would be fun,” Williams said. He hadn’t heard anything about his brother’s whereabouts, he said.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. Two others who were kidnapped with them were found alive, with one wounded.

Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person’s injuries.

The surviving Americans were taken to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of Mexican ambulances and SUVs, as seen by an Associated Press journalist Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bodies of the deceased were also being returned to the U.S.

The vehicles sped down a long dirt road escorted by Mexican military Humvees, armored vehicles, state police and National Guard in trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.

The FBI had said Sunday it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing U.S. citizens.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative</a>&nbsp;of one of them said Monday that the group had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the border city of Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place.

Shortly after entering Mexico they were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen.

Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday's crossfire.

The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreño on the way to an area on the Gulf coast known as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">“Bagdad Beach,”</a>&nbsp;according to a state authority who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the case. Word of their location came to authorities before dawn Tuesday.

López Obrador said one suspect was in custody.

“Those responsible will be found and they are going to be punished,” he said, referencing arrests made in the 2019 killings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the U.S. border.

Mexico's president complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalism. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”

“It’s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to protest like they have,” he said. “We really regret that this happens in our country.”

The abduction illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.

Video and photographs taken during and immediately after the abduction Friday show the Americans’ white minivan sitting beside another vehicle that a witness said had collided with it. Almost immediately several gunmen in tactical vests and toting assault rifles arrived in another vehicle to surround the scene.

They walked one of the Americans to a white pickup and dragged and loaded the three others while terrified drivers sat silently in their cars hoping not to draw their attention. Two of the victims appeared to be motionless.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two of four Americans abducted in Mexico last week when their van was caught in a shootout were found dead, a top Mexican official said Tuesday. The two others have been found alive, with one wounded.

Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person's injuries, saying, "right now the ambulances and the rest of the security personnel are going to give the corresponding support.” The governor offered no additional information about where or how the U.S. citizens were found.

The FBI reported Sunday that it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing Americans, who were kidnapped Friday.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative of one of them</a>&nbsp;said Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.

Shortly after entering Mexico they were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen. Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday's crossfire.

Mexico's president complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalizing things. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction last week in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others are alive, the state’s governor said Tuesday.

Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said that one of the surviving U.S. citizens was wounded and the other was not.

The FBI had reported Sunday that it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing Americans, who had been kidnapped Friday.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative of one of them said Monday that they had</a>&nbsp;traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a Matamoros doctor.

Shortly after entering Mexico Friday they were caught in the crossfire of rival cartel groups. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen.

“Of the four, two of them are dead, one person is wounded and the other is alive and right now the ambulances and the rest of the security personnel are going for them for give the corresponding support," Villarreal said

The governor did not share any additional details about where or how they were found.

Mexican officials said a Mexican woman also had died in Fridays' crossfire.

The incident illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans were back on U.S. soil Tuesday after surviving a deadly kidnapping in Mexico, and have been taken to a Texas hospital for treatment. Two other Americans were killed.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">ALERT: U.S. Consulate General Matamoros, México (March 3, 2023) <a href="https://t.co/m9o23gPsQx">https://t.co/m9o23gPsQx</a> <a href="https://t.co/nLDz143Eb2">pic.twitter.com/nLDz143Eb2</a>&mdash; Embajada EU en Mex (@USEmbassyMEX) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbassyMEX/status/1631772375430709249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Irving Barrios, Tamaulipas state’s top prosecutor confirmed the two Americans were turned over to U.S. authorities at the international bridge to Brownsville, Texas.They were then taken to Valley Regional Medical Center with an FBI escort, according to the Brownsville Herald.A spokesperson for the hospital referred all inquiries to the FBI.------------A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery ended with two Americans dead — and two others found alive in a rural area near the Gulf coast — after a violent shootout and abduction that was captured on video, officials said Tuesday.The surviving Americans were sped to the border near Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative</a>&nbsp;of one of the victims said Monday that the four had traveled together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place.The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreño on the way to the Gulf coast known as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">“Bagdad Beach,”</a>&nbsp;according to a Mexican state law enforcement official. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the case. Word of their location came to authorities before dawn Tuesday.It was not immediately clear if the two bodies were also being returned to the U.S. In announcing the Americans had been found, Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person’s injuries.Shortly after entering Mexico, the four were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. Video and photographs taken during and immediately after the abduction show the Americans’ white minivan sitting beside another vehicle, with at least one bullet hole in the driver's side window. A witness said the two vehicles had collided. Almost immediately, several men in tactical vests and toting assault rifles arrived in another vehicle to surround the scene.The gunmen walked one of the Americans into the bed of a white pickup, then dragged and loaded the three others. Terrified drivers sat silently in their cars, hoping not to draw their attention. Two of the victims appeared to be motionless.Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday’s crossfire.The shootings illustrate the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.López Obrador said one person was in custody.“Those responsible will be found and they are going to be punished,” the president said. He referenced arrests made in the 2019 killings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the U.S. border.He complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalism. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”“It’s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to protest like they have,” López Obrador said. “We really regret that this happens in our country.”U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed his sympathy for the families of the victims.“The cartels are responsible for the deaths of Americans,” Garland said. “The DEA and the FBI are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks that they depend on.”He would not confirm the Mexican government's reports that the two U.S. citizens had died.White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the U.S. is working with Mexican officials to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the killings.“Attacks on U.S citizens are unacceptable, no matter where, under what circumstances they occur,” Kirby said.The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for the victims’ return and the arrest of the kidnappers.Robert Williams said in a telephone interview that his brother, 38-year-old Eric Williams, was among the kidnapped Americans. The brothers are from South Carolina but now live in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina, he said.Williams described his brother as “easygoing” and “fun-spirited.”He didn’t know his brother was traveling to Mexico until after the abduction hit the news. But from looking at his brother’s Facebook posts, he thinks his brother did not consider the trip dangerous.“He thought it would be fun,” Williams said. He hadn’t heard anything about his brother’s whereabouts, he said.___CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. Two others who were kidnapped with them were found alive, with one wounded.Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person’s injuries.The surviving Americans were taken to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of Mexican ambulances and SUVs, as seen by an Associated Press journalist Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear if the bodies of the deceased were also being returned to the U.S.The vehicles sped down a long dirt road escorted by Mexican military Humvees, armored vehicles, state police and National Guard in trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.The FBI had said Sunday it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing U.S. citizens.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative</a>&nbsp;of one of them said Monday that the group had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the border city of Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place.Shortly after entering Mexico they were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen.Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday's crossfire.The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Longoreño on the way to an area on the Gulf coast known as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">“Bagdad Beach,”</a>&nbsp;according to a state authority who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the case. Word of their location came to authorities before dawn Tuesday.Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.López Obrador said one suspect was in custody.“Those responsible will be found and they are going to be punished,” he said, referencing arrests made in the 2019 killings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the U.S. border.Mexico's president complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalism. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”“It’s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to protest like they have,” he said. “We really regret that this happens in our country.”The abduction illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.Video and photographs taken during and immediately after the abduction Friday show the Americans’ white minivan sitting beside another vehicle that a witness said had collided with it. Almost immediately several gunmen in tactical vests and toting assault rifles arrived in another vehicle to surround the scene.They walked one of the Americans to a white pickup and dragged and loaded the three others while terrified drivers sat silently in their cars hoping not to draw their attention. Two of the victims appeared to be motionless.The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for the victims’ return and the arrest of the kidnappers.-----------MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two of four Americans abducted in Mexico last week when their van was caught in a shootout were found dead, a top Mexican official said Tuesday. The two others have been found alive, with one wounded.Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded person's injuries, saying, "right now the ambulances and the rest of the security personnel are going to give the corresponding support.” The governor offered no additional information about where or how the U.S. citizens were found.The FBI reported Sunday that it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing Americans, who were kidnapped Friday.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative of one of them</a>&nbsp;said Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.Shortly after entering Mexico they were caught amid fighting between rival cartel groups in the city. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen. Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday's crossfire.Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.López Obrador said one suspect was in custody.Mexico's president complained about the U.S. media’s coverage of the missing Americans, accusing them of sensationalizing things. “It’s not like that when they kill Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.”“It’s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to protest like they have,” he said. “We really regret that this happens in our country.”The abduction illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for the victims’ return and the arrest of the kidnappers.--------------MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction last week in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others are alive, the state’s governor said Tuesday.Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said that one of the surviving U.S. citizens was wounded and the other was not.The FBI had reported Sunday that it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing Americans, who had been kidnapped Friday.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3">A relative of one of them said Monday that they had</a>&nbsp;traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a Matamoros doctor.Shortly after entering Mexico Friday they were caught in the crossfire of rival cartel groups. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup truck by gunmen.Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.“Of the four, two of them are dead, one person is wounded and the other is alive and right now the ambulances and the rest of the security personnel are going for them for give the corresponding support," Villarreal saidThe governor did not share any additional details about where or how they were found.Mexican officials said a Mexican woman also had died in Fridays' crossfire.The incident illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.---------

2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico dead, 2 others rescued

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sonoco Paper employees were laid off Monday morning at a meeting at the Hutchinson plant.

According to Tucky Allen from Kansas Workforce One, he received a WARN notice of the plant's closing on Monday. He told Hutch Post that the layoff will include 116 employees.

Sonoco has owned the paper mill since 2001, when it purchased the mill from&nbsp;Republic Group LLC.

Sonoco was the mill's largest customer at the time of their acquisition of the plant, purchasing paperboard for composite cans, primarily for refrigerated dough products, and for tubes.

More information coming on Hutch Post as it becomes available.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678134569880.jpeg" alt="Photo by Daren Dunn" />
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 </figure>HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sonoco Paper employees were laid off Monday morning at a meeting at the Hutchinson plant.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678133954167.jpeg" alt="Photo by Daren Dunn" />
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 </figure>According to Tucky Allen from Kansas Workforce One, he received a WARN notice of the plant's closing on Monday. He told Hutch Post that the layoff will include 116 employees.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678134027333.jpeg" alt="Photo by Daren Dunn" />
 <figcaption>Photo by Daren Dunn</figcaption>
 </figure>Sonoco has owned the paper mill since 2001, when it purchased the mill from&nbsp;Republic Group LLC.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678134063797.jpeg" alt="Photo by Daren Dunn" />
 <figcaption>Photo by Daren Dunn</figcaption>
 </figure>Sonoco was the mill's largest customer at the time of their acquisition of the plant, purchasing paperboard for composite cans, primarily for refrigerated dough products, and for tubes.More information coming on Hutch Post as it becomes available.

Sonoco Paper plant in Hutchinson closed, 116 laid off

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a man's murder and have a suspect in custody.

On Monday, the Topeka Police Department received information of a deceased person in the area of SW 3rd St. and SW Harrison Street, according to Lt. Jerry Monasmith.

Topeka Police detectives acted on the information and located a man dead in the 200 block of SW Harrison Street.&nbsp; At the time, police investigated this as a suspicious death.

Early Tuesday, police reported the arrest of 26-year-old&nbsp; Serena Sanchez of Topeka and transported her to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. She is being held on requested charges of Murder in the 2nd degree; Intentional, according to Monasmith.

Police have not released victim's name or how he died.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678188600989.png" alt="Police on the scene of the investigation Monday-photo courtesy WIBW TV" />
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 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a man's murder and have a suspect in custody.On Monday, the Topeka Police Department received information of a deceased person in the area of SW 3rd St. and SW Harrison Street, according to Lt. Jerry Monasmith.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678189959780.png" alt="Sanchez photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Sanchez photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>Topeka Police detectives acted on the information and located a man dead in the 200 block of SW Harrison Street.&nbsp; At the time, police investigated this as a suspicious death.Early Tuesday, police reported the arrest of 26-year-old&nbsp; Serena Sanchez of Topeka and transported her to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. She is being held on requested charges of Murder in the 2nd degree; Intentional, according to Monasmith.Police have not released victim's name or how he died.

Police: 26-year-old Kansas woman accused of murder

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to make the state one of the most conservative to green light cannabis use for adults.

<a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">Click here to read the initiative</a>

<a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">State Question 820,</a> the result of a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-health-marijuana-oklahoma-general-6f4ba121d09542c4bb3615fdcf56f98d">signature gathering drive</a>&nbsp;last year, is the only item on the statewide ballot. Other conservative states have legalized recreational cannabis use, including Montana in 2020 and Missouri last year, but&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-legalization-2022-midterm-elections-c693f5e23e0faf2f39168df6a2f80ab2">several have rejected it</a>, including Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.

The plan faces opposition from leaders of several faith groups, along with law enforcement and prosecutors, led by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent, and Terri White, the former head of the state's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

“We don't want a stoned society,” Keating said Monday, flanked by district attorneys and law enforcement officers from across the state.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">proposal</a>, if passed, would allow anyone over the age of 21 to purchase and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, plus concentrates and marijuana-infused products. People could also legally grow up to 12 marijuana plants. Recreational sales would be subjected to a 15% excise tax on top of the standard sales tax. The excise tax would be used to help fund local municipalities, the court system, public schools, substance abuse treatment and the state’s general revenue fund.

The proposal also outlines a judicial process for people to seek expungement or dismissal of prior marijuana-related convictions.

Oklahoma voters already&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-mary-fallin-oklahoma-politics-ok-state-wire-70b6fafb4c0f4d2ea920cba5fa227737">approved medical marijuana in 2018</a>&nbsp;by 14 percentage points and the state has one of the most liberal programs in the country, with roughly 10% of the state’s adult population having a medical license.

The low barriers for entry into the industry has led to a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-us-news-ap-top-news-ar-state-wire-health-58daeb2ed452710e03ea4542976a620a">flood of growers</a>, processors and dispensary operators competing for a limited number of customers. Supporters also say the state's marijuana industry would be buoyed by a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-recreational-marijuana-tourism-texas-7f42b209187570a2640f92cf30a3ca3e">rush of out-of-state customers</a>, particularly from Texas, which has close to 8 million people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area just a little more than an hour drive from the Oklahoma border.

“We do have one of the most permissible (medical) programs in the country, but the idea that you have to spend your time and money to go to a doctor and basically buy immunity from criminal prosecution is a pay-to-play system that I just don’t like,” said Ryan Kiesel, a former state lawmaker and one of the organizers of the Yes on 820 campaign.

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 </figure>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to make the state one of the most conservative to green light cannabis use for adults.<a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">Click here to read the initiative</a><a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">State Question 820,</a> the result of a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-health-marijuana-oklahoma-general-6f4ba121d09542c4bb3615fdcf56f98d">signature gathering drive</a>&nbsp;last year, is the only item on the statewide ballot. Other conservative states have legalized recreational cannabis use, including Montana in 2020 and Missouri last year, but&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-legalization-2022-midterm-elections-c693f5e23e0faf2f39168df6a2f80ab2">several have rejected it</a>, including Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota.The plan faces opposition from leaders of several faith groups, along with law enforcement and prosecutors, led by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent, and Terri White, the former head of the state's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.“We don't want a stoned society,” Keating said Monday, flanked by district attorneys and law enforcement officers from across the state.The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/questions/820.pdf">proposal</a>, if passed, would allow anyone over the age of 21 to purchase and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, plus concentrates and marijuana-infused products. People could also legally grow up to 12 marijuana plants. Recreational sales would be subjected to a 15% excise tax on top of the standard sales tax. The excise tax would be used to help fund local municipalities, the court system, public schools, substance abuse treatment and the state’s general revenue fund.The proposal also outlines a judicial process for people to seek expungement or dismissal of prior marijuana-related convictions.Oklahoma voters already&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-mary-fallin-oklahoma-politics-ok-state-wire-70b6fafb4c0f4d2ea920cba5fa227737">approved medical marijuana in 2018</a>&nbsp;by 14 percentage points and the state has one of the most liberal programs in the country, with roughly 10% of the state’s adult population having a medical license.The low barriers for entry into the industry has led to a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-us-news-ap-top-news-ar-state-wire-health-58daeb2ed452710e03ea4542976a620a">flood of growers</a>, processors and dispensary operators competing for a limited number of customers. Supporters also say the state's marijuana industry would be buoyed by a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-recreational-marijuana-tourism-texas-7f42b209187570a2640f92cf30a3ca3e">rush of out-of-state customers</a>, particularly from Texas, which has close to 8 million people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area just a little more than an hour drive from the Oklahoma border.“We do have one of the most permissible (medical) programs in the country, but the idea that you have to spend your time and money to go to a doctor and basically buy immunity from criminal prosecution is a pay-to-play system that I just don’t like,” said Ryan Kiesel, a former state lawmaker and one of the organizers of the Yes on 820 campaign.

Oklahoma votes today on legalizing marijuana 

FINNEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting at a home in southwest Kansas.

Just before 5:30a.m. Monday, police responded to report of a shooting in the 2600 Block of North 3rd Street in Garden City, according to a media release.

First responders found 27-year-old Braxton Lloyd inside a residence with a gunshot wound.&nbsp; EMS transported him to St. Catherine Hospital and later he was transferred to a Wichita hospital where he died.

Investigators determine Lloyd was picked up by a family member after being out for the evening. An altercation ensued between the individuals and another family member at the residence, according to police. 

Lloyd allegedly produced a firearm and threatened family members when he was shot. Police have not reported an arres.

FINNEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting at a home in southwest Kansas.Just before 5:30a.m. Monday, police responded to report of a shooting in the 2600 Block of North 3rd Street in Garden City, according to a media release.First responders found 27-year-old Braxton Lloyd inside a residence with a gunshot wound.&nbsp; EMS transported him to St. Catherine Hospital and later he was transferred to a Wichita hospital where he died.Investigators determine Lloyd was picked up by a family member after being out for the evening. An altercation ensued between the individuals and another family member at the residence, according to police. Lloyd allegedly produced a firearm and threatened family members when he was shot. Police have not reported an arres.

Police: 27-year-old dead after altercation at SW Kansas home

SUMNER COUNTY —Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a&nbsp; train derailment in Sumner County.

Just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday, eighteen Union Pacific cars filled with grain derailed north of Wellington,&nbsp;according to Union Pacific spokesperson Robynn Tyvser. There were no injuries, and no HAZMAT was involved.&nbsp;

The track was repaired and reopened to traffic Sunday at about 5:30 p.m.&nbsp;All the rail cars were cleared from the right of way and there were no injuries during that process, according to Tyvser.

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 </figure>SUMNER COUNTY —Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a&nbsp; train derailment in Sumner County.Just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday, eighteen Union Pacific cars filled with grain derailed north of Wellington,&nbsp;according to Union Pacific spokesperson Robynn Tyvser. There were no injuries, and no HAZMAT was involved.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678143422835.png" alt="photo courtesy KWCH" />
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 </figure>The track was repaired and reopened to traffic Sunday at about 5:30 p.m.&nbsp;All the rail cars were cleared from the right of way and there were no injuries during that process, according to Tyvser.

Cause of Kansas train derailment remains under investigation

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea, a day after the U.S. flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in a demonstration of strength against the North.

The United States flew the bomber to the Korean Peninsula for a joint drill with South Korean warplanes, and the allies' militaries are also preparing to revive their largest field exercises later this month.

Kim Yo Jong didn’t elaborate on any planned actions in her statement, but North Korea has often test-launched missiles in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills because it views them as an invasion rehearsal.

“We keep our eye on the restless military moves by the U.S. forces and the South Korean puppet military and are always on standby to take appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment,” Kim Yo Jong said in the statement carried by state media.

“The demonstrative military moves and all sorts of rhetoric by the U.S. and South Korea, which go so extremely frantic as not to be overlooked, undoubtedly provide (North Korea) with conditions for being forced to do something to cope with them,” she said.

Monday’s flyover of the B-52 bomber was the latest in a series of U.S.-South Korean aerial exercises involving powerful U.S. aircraft. The U.S. deployed a long-range U.S. B-1B bomber or multiple B-1Bs to the peninsula a few times earlier this year. South Korea said those drills demonstrated the allies’ ability to make a decisive response to potential North Korean aggressions.

Last Friday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries announced they would conduct a computer-simulated command post training from March 13-23 and restore their largest springtime field exercises that were last held in 2018.

The allies had canceled or scaled back some of their regular drills since 2018 to support now-dormant diplomacy with North Korea and guard against the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’ve been restoring their exercises after North Korea last year conducted a record number of missile tests and openly threatened to use its nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with its rivals.

In a separate statement Tuesday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called the flyover of the U.S. B-52 bomber a reckless provocation that pushes the situation on the peninsula “deeper into the bottomless quagmire.” The statement, attributed to the unnamed head of the ministry's foreign news office, said “there is no guarantee that there will be no violent physical conflict” if U.S.-South Korean military provocations continue.

North Korea often unleashes fiery rhetoric in times of heightened animosities with the United States and South Korea. Possible steps North Korea could take include a nuclear test or the launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile targeting the mainland U.S., observers say.

Last month, Kim Yo Jong threatened to turn the Pacific into the North’s firing range. In her statement Tuesday, she said North Korea would consider a possible U.S. attempt to intercept a North Korean ICBM a declaration of war. She cited a South Korean media report saying the U.S. military plans to shoot down a North Korean ICBM if it’s test-launched toward the Pacific.

All known North Korean ICBM tests have been made at steep angles to avoid neighboring countries, and the weapons landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678156712150.png" alt="FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Aug. 10, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)" />
 <figcaption>FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Aug. 10, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)</figcaption>
 </figure>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea, a day after the U.S. flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in a demonstration of strength against the North.The United States flew the bomber to the Korean Peninsula for a joint drill with South Korean warplanes, and the allies' militaries are also preparing to revive their largest field exercises later this month.Kim Yo Jong didn’t elaborate on any planned actions in her statement, but North Korea has often test-launched missiles in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills because it views them as an invasion rehearsal.“We keep our eye on the restless military moves by the U.S. forces and the South Korean puppet military and are always on standby to take appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment,” Kim Yo Jong said in the statement carried by state media.“The demonstrative military moves and all sorts of rhetoric by the U.S. and South Korea, which go so extremely frantic as not to be overlooked, undoubtedly provide (North Korea) with conditions for being forced to do something to cope with them,” she said.Monday’s flyover of the B-52 bomber was the latest in a series of U.S.-South Korean aerial exercises involving powerful U.S. aircraft. The U.S. deployed a long-range U.S. B-1B bomber or multiple B-1Bs to the peninsula a few times earlier this year. South Korea said those drills demonstrated the allies’ ability to make a decisive response to potential North Korean aggressions.Last Friday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries announced they would conduct a computer-simulated command post training from March 13-23 and restore their largest springtime field exercises that were last held in 2018.The allies had canceled or scaled back some of their regular drills since 2018 to support now-dormant diplomacy with North Korea and guard against the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’ve been restoring their exercises after North Korea last year conducted a record number of missile tests and openly threatened to use its nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with its rivals.In a separate statement Tuesday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called the flyover of the U.S. B-52 bomber a reckless provocation that pushes the situation on the peninsula “deeper into the bottomless quagmire.” The statement, attributed to the unnamed head of the ministry's foreign news office, said “there is no guarantee that there will be no violent physical conflict” if U.S.-South Korean military provocations continue.North Korea often unleashes fiery rhetoric in times of heightened animosities with the United States and South Korea. Possible steps North Korea could take include a nuclear test or the launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile targeting the mainland U.S., observers say.Last month, Kim Yo Jong threatened to turn the Pacific into the North’s firing range. In her statement Tuesday, she said North Korea would consider a possible U.S. attempt to intercept a North Korean ICBM a declaration of war. She cited a South Korean media report saying the U.S. military plans to shoot down a North Korean ICBM if it’s test-launched toward the Pacific.All known North Korean ICBM tests have been made at steep angles to avoid neighboring countries, and the weapons landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

North Korea warns it's ready to act against US, South Korea

LYON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 10:30p.m. Monday in Lyon County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Peterbilt semi driven by Yuriy Yuryevich Lendel, 35, Nixa, Missouri, was northbound on Interstate 70 just south of the Emporia exit.&nbsp;

The semi drifted onto the shoulder and rear-ended a 2023 Peterbilt semi driven by Darrien Lorenzo Williams, 28, Houston, Texas, that was parked on the shoulder.

Lendel was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Williams to Newman Regional Health. The drivers were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

LYON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 10:30p.m. Monday in Lyon County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Peterbilt semi driven by Yuriy Yuryevich Lendel, 35, Nixa, Missouri, was northbound on Interstate 70 just south of the Emporia exit.&nbsp;The semi drifted onto the shoulder and rear-ended a 2023 Peterbilt semi driven by Darrien Lorenzo Williams, 28, Houston, Texas, that was parked on the shoulder.Lendel was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Williams to Newman Regional Health. The drivers were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

One dead, one injured after semi rear-ends semi on Kan. Turnpike

KANSAS CITY— A Kansas City man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit nine armed robberies of local businesses in the summer of 2018, as well as an armed robbery in which a convenience store employee was beaten and then fatally shot.

Joe Lee Nichols, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 45 years in federal prison without parole, according to the United State's Attorney.

On March 11, 2022, Nichols pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, three counts of robbery, and three counts of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Additionally, federal prosecutors used evidence of Nichols’s involvement in a tenth, uncharged armed robbery in which a person was killed as relevant conduct for determining his sentence.

Nichols admitted that he was part of a conspiracy to rob nine businesses at gunpoint between June 1 and July 18, 2018. Nichols also admitted that he was directly involved in the armed robbery of Boost Mobile, 5218 E. Truman Road, on June 12, 2018; the armed robbery of Arrowhead Inn, 6006 E.&nbsp; 31st&nbsp;Street, on July 2, 2018; and the armed robbery of Wood Springs Suites, 11301 Colorado Avenue, on July 14, 2018.

The government presented evidence at Nichols’s sentencing hearing that he was also involved in a tenth, uncharged, armed robbery of Inner-City Oil convenience store, 5901 Swope Parkway, on July 16, 2018. The court determined there was sufficient evidence of Nichols’s involvement to consider the robbery as relevant conduct, which impacted the court’s sentencing decision.

Video surveillance evidence introduced during the sentencing hearing indicated that Nichols pointed a handgun at an employee of Inner-City Oil, who resisted and engaged in a struggle for Nichols’s firearm. Nichols fired his gun multiple times before the employee fell to the floor. The employee then retrieved a handgun and began to fire back at Nichols. Nichols began to stomp and kick at the head and body of the employee, who was still lying on the floor. The employee lost his firearm, which was recovered by Nichols’s accomplice, who then used it to also shoot the store clerk. When they were unable to access the cash register, Nichols and his accomplice left the store. The employee can be seen on the surveillance video, still moving while lying on the floor, until eventually becoming motionless when he died from his injuries. A witness who saw their car leaving the area and discovered the body of the employee immediately called 911.

The surveillance video depicts Nichols leaning on an ice cream freezer with his left hand while assaulting the employee on the floor. Investigators determined that a palm print found on the ice cream freezer belonged to Nichols.&nbsp; Nichols was also identified by his appearance in other robbery videos and by several witnesses who viewed the Inner-City Oil video.

Nichols is the third defendant to be sentenced in this case. One additional co-defendant has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing and two other defendants remain set for trial in May 2023.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1677514498917.png" alt="Police at the scene of the fatal armed robbery at Inner-City Oil convenience store, 5901 Swope Parkway in July of 2018 photo courtesy Fox4Kansas City" />
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 </figure>KANSAS CITY— A Kansas City man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit nine armed robberies of local businesses in the summer of 2018, as well as an armed robbery in which a convenience store employee was beaten and then fatally shot.Joe Lee Nichols, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 45 years in federal prison without parole, according to the United State's Attorney.On March 11, 2022, Nichols pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, three counts of robbery, and three counts of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Additionally, federal prosecutors used evidence of Nichols’s involvement in a tenth, uncharged armed robbery in which a person was killed as relevant conduct for determining his sentence.Nichols admitted that he was part of a conspiracy to rob nine businesses at gunpoint between June 1 and July 18, 2018. Nichols also admitted that he was directly involved in the armed robbery of Boost Mobile, 5218 E. Truman Road, on June 12, 2018; the armed robbery of Arrowhead Inn, 6006 E.&nbsp; 31st&nbsp;Street, on July 2, 2018; and the armed robbery of Wood Springs Suites, 11301 Colorado Avenue, on July 14, 2018.The government presented evidence at Nichols’s sentencing hearing that he was also involved in a tenth, uncharged, armed robbery of Inner-City Oil convenience store, 5901 Swope Parkway, on July 16, 2018. The court determined there was sufficient evidence of Nichols’s involvement to consider the robbery as relevant conduct, which impacted the court’s sentencing decision.Video surveillance evidence introduced during the sentencing hearing indicated that Nichols pointed a handgun at an employee of Inner-City Oil, who resisted and engaged in a struggle for Nichols’s firearm. Nichols fired his gun multiple times before the employee fell to the floor. The employee then retrieved a handgun and began to fire back at Nichols. Nichols began to stomp and kick at the head and body of the employee, who was still lying on the floor. The employee lost his firearm, which was recovered by Nichols’s accomplice, who then used it to also shoot the store clerk. When they were unable to access the cash register, Nichols and his accomplice left the store. The employee can be seen on the surveillance video, still moving while lying on the floor, until eventually becoming motionless when he died from his injuries. A witness who saw their car leaving the area and discovered the body of the employee immediately called 911.The surveillance video depicts Nichols leaning on an ice cream freezer with his left hand while assaulting the employee on the floor. Investigators determined that a palm print found on the ice cream freezer belonged to Nichols.&nbsp; Nichols was also identified by his appearance in other robbery videos and by several witnesses who viewed the Inner-City Oil video.Nichols is the third defendant to be sentenced in this case. One additional co-defendant has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing and two other defendants remain set for trial in May 2023.

Kansas City man sentenced for 9 armed robberies 

SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man accused in a fatal September shooting made a first court appearance this week.

Michael Austin, Jr., 38, Wichita, was charged with 2nd degree murder, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. 

Amyion Mcdowell-Mitchell, 18, died in that shooting that occurred following an argument during a party at a home in the 5000 block of Osie in Wichita, according to Wichita Police. Security camera images showed a suspect running from the scene of the crime.

Austin remains in custody on a $250,000 bond.&nbsp; He is due back in court March 13, according to the district attorney's office.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man accused in a fatal September shooting made a first court appearance this week.Michael Austin, Jr., 38, Wichita, was charged with 2nd degree murder, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. <figure>
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 </figure>Amyion Mcdowell-Mitchell, 18, died in that shooting that occurred following an argument during a party at a home in the 5000 block of Osie in Wichita, according to Wichita Police. Security camera images showed a suspect running from the scene of the crime.Austin remains in custody on a $250,000 bond.&nbsp; He is due back in court March 13, according to the district attorney's office.

Kan. suspect seen on security camera charged with murder

WYANDOTTE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 3p.m. Monday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ducati motorcycle driven by Jacob Keith, 29, Kansas City, Mo. was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Missouri State line.

The driver lost control of the motorcycle. It left the roadway to the right and fell off the overpass. Keith was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 3p.m. Monday in Wyandotte County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ducati motorcycle driven by Jacob Keith, 29, Kansas City, Mo. was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Missouri State line.The driver lost control of the motorcycle. It left the roadway to the right and fell off the overpass. Keith was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.

Man dies after motorcycle falls off I-70 overpass in Kansas

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a weekend homicide in Sedgwick County.

Just before 11:30p.m. Saturday, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of 4200 S. Clifton to check the welfare of an individual lying in the street, according to Sheriff Jeff Easter.

First responders found several bystanders who were providing aid to an individual. The victim has been identified as Evan Harrison, a 24-year-old white male of Wichita.

 Harrison was found to have a gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital where he later died. This is believed to be an isolated incident.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is looking for anyone who may have information about this incident or who may have had contact with Harrison prior to the incident.

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a weekend homicide in Sedgwick County.Just before 11:30p.m. Saturday, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of 4200 S. Clifton to check the welfare of an individual lying in the street, according to Sheriff Jeff Easter.First responders found several bystanders who were providing aid to an individual. The victim has been identified as Evan Harrison, a 24-year-old white male of Wichita. Harrison was found to have a gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital where he later died. This is believed to be an isolated incident.The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is looking for anyone who may have information about this incident or who may have had contact with Harrison prior to the incident.

Homicide: Kan. man found in the street died of gunshot wound

JUNCTION CITY - R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation along with the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation have each donated $7,500 to support the nursing program at the Cloud County Community College Geary County Campus.

“All three organizations believe in the same goals, which is to provide career and technical training for future professionals, and support the needs of workforce development within Geary County, Junction City and our surrounding service area,”&nbsp;Kelly Cook, Cloud County Director of Workforce Development and Outreach says.

Cloud County has expanded its nursing program to the Geary County campus last year with the first class starting in January 2022. Those students will complete the program as the first Geary County Campus nursing class in May of 2023.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/3/1678142270907.jpeg" alt="Pictured, left to right, are: Jennifer Zabokrtsky, Director CCCC Geary County Campus; Kelly Cook, Director of Workforce Development and Outreach; Tracy Geisler, Geary Community Healthcare Foundation Executive Director; Sandra Grubb, BSN, RN, CCCC Nursing Instructor; Dr. Lacy Hargitt-Pelkey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CCCC Nursing Instructor; Theresa Bramlage, The R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation&nbsp;Treasurer and Program Director; and Bob Bramlage, R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation President.&nbsp;" />
 <figcaption>Pictured, left to right, are: Jennifer Zabokrtsky, Director CCCC Geary County Campus; Kelly Cook, Director of Workforce Development and Outreach; Tracy Geisler, Geary Community Healthcare Foundation Executive Director; Sandra Grubb, BSN, RN, CCCC Nursing Instructor; Dr. Lacy Hargitt-Pelkey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CCCC Nursing Instructor; Theresa Bramlage, The R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation&nbsp;Treasurer and Program Director; and Bob Bramlage, R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation President.&nbsp;</figcaption>
 </figure>JUNCTION CITY - R2B4 Bramlage Family Foundation along with the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation have each donated $7,500 to support the nursing program at the Cloud County Community College Geary County Campus.“All three organizations believe in the same goals, which is to provide career and technical training for future professionals, and support the needs of workforce development within Geary County, Junction City and our surrounding service area,”&nbsp;Kelly Cook, Cloud County Director of Workforce Development and Outreach says.Cloud County has expanded its nursing program to the Geary County campus last year with the first class starting in January 2022. Those students will complete the program as the first Geary County Campus nursing class in May of 2023.

Cloud County CC-Geary Co. Nursing Program receives donation

BUTLER COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal crash that occurred just before 9p.m. Sunday in Butler County.

According to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff, a Nissan Pathfinder driven by a 23-year-old from Andover was westbound on SW 70th just east of Andover. The driver made a left turn to travel south on SW Prairie Creed Road in front of an eastbound motorcycle driven by Shane Bushey, 32, of rural Towanda.

The motorcycle struck the SUV at the intersection. Bushey was pronounced dead at the scene.&nbsp; He was wearing a helmet, according to Cundiff. Authorities are working to determine if alcohol was a factor in the crash, according to Cundiff.

BUTLER COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal crash that occurred just before 9p.m. Sunday in Butler County.According to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff, a Nissan Pathfinder driven by a 23-year-old from Andover was westbound on SW 70th just east of Andover. The driver made a left turn to travel south on SW Prairie Creed Road in front of an eastbound motorcycle driven by Shane Bushey, 32, of rural Towanda.The motorcycle struck the SUV at the intersection. Bushey was pronounced dead at the scene.&nbsp; He was wearing a helmet, according to Cundiff. Authorities are working to determine if alcohol was a factor in the crash, according to Cundiff.

Sheriff investigating SUV, motorcycle crash that killed Kan. man

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine but were caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday.

The four were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. They came under fire on Friday shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas near the Gulf coast, the FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday.

“All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” the office said. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the victims' return and the arrest of the kidnappers.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday the four were going to buy medicine, “there was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained,” without offering details.

A woman driving in Matamoros saw what appeared to be the shooting and abduction. She asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal.

The scene illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the Gulf cartel who often&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-shootings-health-coronavirus-pandemic-046b8c762155f8b5e5a3f24185d37a5b">fight among themselves</a>. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared just in Tamaulipas state, where Matamoros is located.

The woman said she saw the white minivan get hit by another vehicle near an intersection, then gunfire rang out.

Another SUV rolled up and several armed men hopped out.

“All of a sudden they (the gunmen) were in front of us,” she said. “I entered a state of shock, nobody honked their horn, nobody moved. Everybody must have been thinking the same thing, ‘if we move they will see us, or they might shoot us.’”

She said the gunmen forced a woman, who was able to walk, into the back of a pickup truck. Another person was carried to the truck by the gunmen but could still move his head.

“The other two they dragged across the pavement, we don't know if they were alive or dead,” she said.

Mexican authorities arrived minutes later.

A video posted to social media Friday shows men with assault rifles and tan body armor loading the four people into the bed of a pickup truck in broad daylight. One was alive and sitting up, but the others appeared to be either dead or wounded.

Shootouts in Matamoros on Friday were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger and local authorities warned people to shelter in place. It was not immediately clear how the abductions could have been connected to that violence Friday.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement Monday that the Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint and an “innocent” Mexican citizen died in the attack. He said various U.S. justice agencies were working with their Mexican counterparts to recover the missing. Authorities have provided no other details about who the victims were or where they were from.

President Joe Biden had been informed of the situation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. She declined to answer other questions, citing privacy concerns.

Tamaulipas state police said people had been killed and injured Friday, but not how many. The state police said on social media that neither law enforcement nor the military were involved in “two armed incidents between unidentified civilians.”

Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted, because the cartels have a history taking bodies of their own with them. Local media often avoid reporting on such incidents out of safety concerns, creating an information vacuum.

Photographs from the scene viewed by The Associated Press show a white minivan with the driver’s side window shot out and all of the doors open, sitting on the side of the road after apparently colliding with red SUV. Multiple people were lying in the street beside it surrounded by rifle-toting gunmen.

Their positions appeared to correspond with the video posted online that was taken from another angle, which showed them being dragged across the street and loaded into the bed of a white pickup. One person who was sitting up in the street walks under their own power to the pickup. At least one other appeared to lift his head from the pavement before being dragged to the truck.

Tamaulipas state’s many border crossings with Texas make it lucrative for the cartels that move drugs, migrants and guns between Mexico and the U.S.

The State Department’s travel warning for Tamaulipas warns U.S. citizens not to travel there. However, being a border city, U.S. citizens who live in Brownsville or elsewhere in Texas frequently cross to visit family, attend medical appointments or shop. It would also be a crossing point for people traveling deeper into Mexico.

Previously, as the headquarters of the powerful Gulf cartel, Matamoros was relatively calm. For years, a night out in Matamoros was also part of the “two-nation vacation” for spring breakers flocking to Texas’ South Padre Island.

But increased cartel violence over the past 10 to 15 years&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">frightened away much of that business.</a>&nbsp;Sometimes U.S. citizens are swept up in the violence.

Three U.S. siblings disappeared near Matamoros in October 2014 and were later found shot to death and burned. They had disappeared two weeks earlier while visiting their father in Mexico. Their parents said they had been abducted by men dressed in police gear identifying themselves as “Hercules,” a tactical security unit in the violent border city.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine but were caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">ALERT: U.S. Consulate General Matamoros, México (March 3, 2023) <a href="https://t.co/m9o23gPsQx">https://t.co/m9o23gPsQx</a> <a href="https://t.co/nLDz143Eb2">pic.twitter.com/nLDz143Eb2</a>&mdash; Embajada EU en Mex (@USEmbassyMEX) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbassyMEX/status/1631772375430709249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The four were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. They came under fire on Friday shortly after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, the southernmost tip of Texas near the Gulf coast, the FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday.“All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” the office said. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the victims' return and the arrest of the kidnappers.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday the four were going to buy medicine, “there was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained,” without offering details.A woman driving in Matamoros saw what appeared to be the shooting and abduction. She asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal.The scene illustrates the terror that has prevailed for years in Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the Gulf cartel who often&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-shootings-health-coronavirus-pandemic-046b8c762155f8b5e5a3f24185d37a5b">fight among themselves</a>. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared just in Tamaulipas state, where Matamoros is located.The woman said she saw the white minivan get hit by another vehicle near an intersection, then gunfire rang out.Another SUV rolled up and several armed men hopped out.“All of a sudden they (the gunmen) were in front of us,” she said. “I entered a state of shock, nobody honked their horn, nobody moved. Everybody must have been thinking the same thing, ‘if we move they will see us, or they might shoot us.’”She said the gunmen forced a woman, who was able to walk, into the back of a pickup truck. Another person was carried to the truck by the gunmen but could still move his head.“The other two they dragged across the pavement, we don't know if they were alive or dead,” she said.Mexican authorities arrived minutes later.A video posted to social media Friday shows men with assault rifles and tan body armor loading the four people into the bed of a pickup truck in broad daylight. One was alive and sitting up, but the others appeared to be either dead or wounded.Shootouts in Matamoros on Friday were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger and local authorities warned people to shelter in place. It was not immediately clear how the abductions could have been connected to that violence Friday.U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement Monday that the Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint and an “innocent” Mexican citizen died in the attack. He said various U.S. justice agencies were working with their Mexican counterparts to recover the missing. Authorities have provided no other details about who the victims were or where they were from.President Joe Biden had been informed of the situation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. She declined to answer other questions, citing privacy concerns.Tamaulipas state police said people had been killed and injured Friday, but not how many. The state police said on social media that neither law enforcement nor the military were involved in “two armed incidents between unidentified civilians.”Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted, because the cartels have a history taking bodies of their own with them. Local media often avoid reporting on such incidents out of safety concerns, creating an information vacuum.Photographs from the scene viewed by The Associated Press show a white minivan with the driver’s side window shot out and all of the doors open, sitting on the side of the road after apparently colliding with red SUV. Multiple people were lying in the street beside it surrounded by rifle-toting gunmen.Their positions appeared to correspond with the video posted online that was taken from another angle, which showed them being dragged across the street and loaded into the bed of a white pickup. One person who was sitting up in the street walks under their own power to the pickup. At least one other appeared to lift his head from the pavement before being dragged to the truck.Tamaulipas state’s many border crossings with Texas make it lucrative for the cartels that move drugs, migrants and guns between Mexico and the U.S.The State Department’s travel warning for Tamaulipas warns U.S. citizens not to travel there. However, being a border city, U.S. citizens who live in Brownsville or elsewhere in Texas frequently cross to visit family, attend medical appointments or shop. It would also be a crossing point for people traveling deeper into Mexico.Previously, as the headquarters of the powerful Gulf cartel, Matamoros was relatively calm. For years, a night out in Matamoros was also part of the “two-nation vacation” for spring breakers flocking to Texas’ South Padre Island.But increased cartel violence over the past 10 to 15 years&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-donald-trump-caribbean-international-news-d3f0b97ae09d49f9842a92c20a70f20a">frightened away much of that business.</a>&nbsp;Sometimes U.S. citizens are swept up in the violence.Three U.S. siblings disappeared near Matamoros in October 2014 and were later found shot to death and burned. They had disappeared two weeks earlier while visiting their father in Mexico. Their parents said they had been abducted by men dressed in police gear identifying themselves as “Hercules,” a tactical security unit in the violent border city.

FBI: 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine

MONTGOMERY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident during a police chase in Montgomery County.

Just before 8a.m. Monday, a police officer was running school zone traffic at 1st and McGee in Caney, according to a media release.  This School Crossing is where most of the Caney&nbsp; students cross the street. 

 The Caney Officer clocked a black SUV at 80mph in a 20 mph school zone headed north on McGee Street. 

It was later to be determined that the vehicle was a 2006 Jeep SUV belonging to Richard Bresson of Bartlesville Okla.  Bresson was later identified as the driver of the SUV. The Officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but it continued at a high rate of speed northbound out of Caney. 

 The vehicle was observed running the stop signs at the 4 way stop at U.S.75 and U.S. 166 North of Caney before proceeding North on 75 Highway. 

Caney P.D. continued to chase the vehicle at speeds up to 120 M.P.H.  The suspect vehicle was driving erratically, weaving in and out of traffic, while continuing to attempt to elude officers.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the chase and set up stop sticks in the area of CR 3800 and 75 Highway.  The suspect’s vehicle struck the stop sticks which flattened one tire on the fleeing vehicle but continued northbound on 75 Highway and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office took over the pursuit.

At the intersection of 75 and U.S. 160 the vehicle failed to negotiate the intersection and continued North at the T intersection.  The suspect vehicle traveled north into a tree thicket, ultimately landing upside down. 

 The driver was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated from the vehicle by Independence Rural Fire, before being life flighted to a hospital in Tulsa, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The driver faces requested charges of driving 80 in a 20 MPH School Zone, 125 mph in a 65 mph zone; Reckless driving; Felony Attempt to Elude a Police Officer; Failure to yield at stop sign; Driving left of center; Passing in a no passing zone; Failure to maintain lane; Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and Improper lane change.

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 </figure>MONTGOMERY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident during a police chase in Montgomery County.Just before 8a.m. Monday, a police officer was running school zone traffic at 1st and McGee in Caney, according to a media release. This School Crossing is where most of the Caney&nbsp; students cross the street. The Caney Officer clocked a black SUV at 80mph in a 20 mph school zone headed north on McGee Street. It was later to be determined that the vehicle was a 2006 Jeep SUV belonging to Richard Bresson of Bartlesville Okla. Bresson was later identified as the driver of the SUV. The Officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but it continued at a high rate of speed northbound out of Caney. The vehicle was observed running the stop signs at the 4 way stop at U.S.75 and U.S. 166 North of Caney before proceeding North on 75 Highway. Caney P.D. continued to chase the vehicle at speeds up to 120 M.P.H. The suspect vehicle was driving erratically, weaving in and out of traffic, while continuing to attempt to elude officers.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the chase and set up stop sticks in the area of CR 3800 and 75 Highway. The suspect’s vehicle struck the stop sticks which flattened one tire on the fleeing vehicle but continued northbound on 75 Highway and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office took over the pursuit.At the intersection of 75 and U.S. 160 the vehicle failed to negotiate the intersection and continued North at the T intersection. The suspect vehicle traveled north into a tree thicket, ultimately landing upside down. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated from the vehicle by Independence Rural Fire, before being life flighted to a hospital in Tulsa, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.The driver faces requested charges of driving 80 in a 20 MPH School Zone, 125 mph in a 65 mph zone; Reckless driving; Felony Attempt to Elude a Police Officer; Failure to yield at stop sign; Driving left of center; Passing in a no passing zone; Failure to maintain lane; Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and Improper lane change.----------------MONTGOMERY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Monday in Montgomery County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Jeep driven by&nbsp; Richard Damon&nbsp; Bresson, 38, Miami, Oklahoma, was being perused by law enforcement approaching the U.S. 75 and the U.S. 160 T Intersection one mile west of Independence, Kansas.The driver failed to slow for the intersection.&nbsp; The Jeep crossed through the intersection, entered a tree line, rolled multiple times came to rest on its top.&nbsp;Bresson was airlifted to St. John's Hospital in Tulsa. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.&nbsp; Authorities did not released details on what prompted the chase.