Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.

All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

NAME:&nbsp;Hughes, Toby Allen REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown

NAME:&nbsp;Prather, Edward Daniel REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Operate a MV w/o a valid license, Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrs

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NAME:&nbsp;Raymond, Kelly Frances REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrs

NAME:&nbsp;Rothrock, Alexander James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Silva, Carlos Alberto REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Sexual battery, Theft by deception:Value $1,500 to $25,000, Theft of property lost or mislaid; Value $1,000 to $25,000

Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719148610241.jpeg" alt="Hughes, Toby Allen" />
 <figcaption>Hughes, Toby Allen</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Hughes, Toby Allen REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719148647558.jpeg" alt="Prather, Edward Daniel" />
 <figcaption>Prather, Edward Daniel</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Prather, Edward Daniel REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Operate a MV w/o a valid license, Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrsREAD MORE:&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/42c272c9-264b-4518-95cd-9b37f9bf3c0a">SFD launches lifesaving Safe Haven Baby Box initiative</a><figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719148685840.jpeg" alt="Raymond, Kelly Frances" />
 <figcaption>Raymond, Kelly Frances</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Raymond, Kelly Frances REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrs<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719148739458.jpeg" alt="Rothrock, Alexander James" />
 <figcaption>Rothrock, Alexander James</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Rothrock, Alexander James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719148771510.jpeg" alt="Silva, Carlos Alberto" />
 <figcaption>Silva, Carlos Alberto</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Silva, Carlos Alberto REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Sexual battery, Theft by deception:Value $1,500 to $25,000, Theft of property lost or mislaid; Value $1,000 to $25,000

Saline County Jail Bookings, June 23

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/lia-chien/">LIA CHIEN</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2024/06/19/democratic-women-in-u-s-senate-target-project-2025-on-reproductive-rights/">States Newsroom</a>

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats held a press conference this week to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that if adopted would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.

The lawmakers called attention to the potential restrictions former President Donald Trump could employ to reproductive health care if elected in November outlined in&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf">Project 2025</a>, an almost 1,000-page conservative policy proposal.

The plan would restructure the federal government to be in line with Trump’s political beliefs. The Trump campaign has said other groups do not speak for it, but the project is led by former staffers, including the chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management in the Trump administration.

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray from Washington state, who is&nbsp; the former chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, led the press event. She was joined by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Jacky Rosen of Nevada.

Murray said Project 2025, drafted by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would pose a threat to access to reproductive care nationwide.

“Donald Trump and his allies are planning a detailed road map, they’ve given it out, to rip away a woman’s right to choose in every single state in America,” she said.

Murray addressed concerns about&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too">the Comstock Act</a>, a key element of Republicans’ legal argument in restricting access to abortion in the United States.

In 1873, Congress passed the act to ban mailing of obscene matter, which includes abortion materials. In some interpretations of the law, the act could be used to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/">prohibit</a>&nbsp;mailing chemical abortion pills, like mifepristone. The Supreme Court last week unanimously&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-supreme-court-rejects-attempt-limit-access-abortion-pill-6">rejected</a>&nbsp;an effort to reduce access to mifepristone by anti-abortion groups.

Abortion pills accounted for 63% of&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020">abortions</a>&nbsp;in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights nonprofit.

In line with the Roe v. Wade ruling that upheld abortion rights, chemical abortion pills were protected and it was legal to mail them. In December 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the Department of Justice&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/application-comstock-act-mailing-prescription-drugs-can-be-used-abortions">determined</a>&nbsp;it is still legal to mail drugs like mifepristone despite the Comstock Act.

Still, Republicans potentially could use the Comstock Act to reduce abortion access under a second Trump presidency, the Project 2025 document indicates. Schumer highlighted a quote at Tuesday’s press conference from Jonathan F. Mitchell, an architect of Project 2025 and lifelong anti-abortion advocate.

“We don’t need a federal ban when we have Comstock on the books,” Mitchell said,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/trump-allies-abortion-restrictions.html">quoted</a>&nbsp;in the New York Times.

In May, Sen. Tina Smith from Minnesota announced she planned to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too">introduce</a>&nbsp;legislation to repeal the Comstock Act altogether.

Murray told reporters at Tuesday’s event the DOJ has said Republicans could not use the Comstock Act to restrict abortion access.

“Just let me make it very clear,” said Murray. “Our Department of Justice has made it very clear that Comstock does not apply.”

Schumer slammed Republicans for&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-senate-republicans-reject-democrats-bill-ivf-protections">blocking</a>&nbsp;Duckworth’s IVF access legislation last week. The bill needed 60 votes to advance but only&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00197.htm">received</a>&nbsp;48. Only two Republican senators voted to advance it: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

“In the last two weeks, Senate Republicans have shown that for all their attempts to sound moderate on reproductive care, when it comes time to vote, they choose MAGA extremism,” said Schumer.

Schumer announced that he has begun the process of putting a new bill, the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HLA24625.pdf">Reproductive Freedom for Women Act</a>, on the legislative calendar. The proposed legislation co-sponsored by Murray and every Democratic woman in the Senate would express the sense of Congress that lawmakers should “enshrin(e) the protections of Roe into law,” Schumer said.

The power of the courts was also a prime focus of lawmakers at the press conference.

Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted how Trump’s appointments to federal courts had a major impact on not only the overturning of Roe, but in restricting reproductive care across the country, including abortion.

She highlighted that judges will be critical in protecting rights to legal standing in bringing cases and prohibiting extreme actions by a possible Trump administration. Senate Democrats are battling to keep control of the chamber in November’s elections.

“Every judge we confirm makes a difference,” she said. “We know the American people are with us. They are with us on having judges in place that actually respect the law.”

During Trump’s first term, he appointed three&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm">justices</a>&nbsp;to the Supreme Court: Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. All three were confirmed to the court by the Senate and will remain&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/26/trump-legacy-supreme-court-422058">significant</a>&nbsp;in writing opinions far beyond Trump’s time in office.

Senators at Tuesday’s event called out a number of plans in Project 2025 that Democrats oppose. For example, the plan says the Department of Health and Human Services should make it clear states can defund Planned Parenthood in their Medicaid plans and should propose rules to disqualify Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.

“Planned Parenthood is often the only option for women with low incomes seeking contraception,” Hirono said.

Hirono also noted that Project 2025 proposed changing the name of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Life.

“This isn’t about protecting life,” said Hirono. “This is about power and control and the Republicans’ obsession with controlling women’s bodies.”

Duckworth expressed frustration with Republicans who tell American voters that they care about women’s rights but don’t vote to protect them.

“When the rubber meets the road and we ask not just for empty words on Twitter before their vote, they won’t lift a finger to protect women in this country,” she said.

Murray vowed to protect women’s rights no matter the outcome of November’s election.

“We are fighting back,” said Murray. “We’re doing everything we can to protect women’s rights and we will be here to block anything that the Trump administration tries to do.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718886172392.png" alt="Democratic women serving in the U.S. Senate held a press conference on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, about reproductive rights. Left to right, Sens. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Patty Murray of Washington, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is at right. (Lia Chien/States Newsroom)" />
 <figcaption>Democratic women serving in the U.S. Senate held a press conference on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, about reproductive rights. Left to right, Sens. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Patty Murray of Washington, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is at right. (Lia Chien/States Newsroom)</figcaption>
 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/lia-chien/">LIA CHIEN</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2024/06/19/democratic-women-in-u-s-senate-target-project-2025-on-reproductive-rights/">States Newsroom</a>WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats held a press conference this week to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that if adopted would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.The lawmakers called attention to the potential restrictions former President Donald Trump could employ to reproductive health care if elected in November outlined in&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf">Project 2025</a>, an almost 1,000-page conservative policy proposal.The plan would restructure the federal government to be in line with Trump’s political beliefs. The Trump campaign has said other groups do not speak for it, but the project is led by former staffers, including the chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management in the Trump administration.Democratic Sen. Patty Murray from Washington state, who is&nbsp; the former chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, led the press event. She was joined by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Jacky Rosen of Nevada.Murray said Project 2025, drafted by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would pose a threat to access to reproductive care nationwide.“Donald Trump and his allies are planning a detailed road map, they’ve given it out, to rip away a woman’s right to choose in every single state in America,” she said.<h2>Comstock Act</h2>Murray addressed concerns about&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too">the Comstock Act</a>, a key element of Republicans’ legal argument in restricting access to abortion in the United States.In 1873, Congress passed the act to ban mailing of obscene matter, which includes abortion materials. In some interpretations of the law, the act could be used to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/">prohibit</a>&nbsp;mailing chemical abortion pills, like mifepristone. The Supreme Court last week unanimously&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-supreme-court-rejects-attempt-limit-access-abortion-pill-6">rejected</a>&nbsp;an effort to reduce access to mifepristone by anti-abortion groups.Abortion pills accounted for 63% of&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020">abortions</a>&nbsp;in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights nonprofit.In line with the Roe v. Wade ruling that upheld abortion rights, chemical abortion pills were protected and it was legal to mail them. In December 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the Department of Justice&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/application-comstock-act-mailing-prescription-drugs-can-be-used-abortions">determined</a>&nbsp;it is still legal to mail drugs like mifepristone despite the Comstock Act.Still, Republicans potentially could use the Comstock Act to reduce abortion access under a second Trump presidency, the Project 2025 document indicates. Schumer highlighted a quote at Tuesday’s press conference from Jonathan F. Mitchell, an architect of Project 2025 and lifelong anti-abortion advocate.“We don’t need a federal ban when we have Comstock on the books,” Mitchell said,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/trump-allies-abortion-restrictions.html">quoted</a>&nbsp;in the New York Times.In May, Sen. Tina Smith from Minnesota announced she planned to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/1873-law-banned-mailing-boxing-photos-could-it-block-abortion-pills-too">introduce</a>&nbsp;legislation to repeal the Comstock Act altogether.Murray told reporters at Tuesday’s event the DOJ has said Republicans could not use the Comstock Act to restrict abortion access.“Just let me make it very clear,” said Murray. “Our Department of Justice has made it very clear that Comstock does not apply.”<h2>IVF legislation</h2>Schumer slammed Republicans for&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-senate-republicans-reject-democrats-bill-ivf-protections">blocking</a>&nbsp;Duckworth’s IVF access legislation last week. The bill needed 60 votes to advance but only&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00197.htm">received</a>&nbsp;48. Only two Republican senators voted to advance it: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.“In the last two weeks, Senate Republicans have shown that for all their attempts to sound moderate on reproductive care, when it comes time to vote, they choose MAGA extremism,” said Schumer.Schumer announced that he has begun the process of putting a new bill, the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HLA24625.pdf">Reproductive Freedom for Women Act</a>, on the legislative calendar. The proposed legislation co-sponsored by Murray and every Democratic woman in the Senate would express the sense of Congress that lawmakers should “enshrin(e) the protections of Roe into law,” Schumer said.<h2>Trump appointments</h2>The power of the courts was also a prime focus of lawmakers at the press conference.Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted how Trump’s appointments to federal courts had a major impact on not only the overturning of Roe, but in restricting reproductive care across the country, including abortion.She highlighted that judges will be critical in protecting rights to legal standing in bringing cases and prohibiting extreme actions by a possible Trump administration. Senate Democrats are battling to keep control of the chamber in November’s elections.“Every judge we confirm makes a difference,” she said. “We know the American people are with us. They are with us on having judges in place that actually respect the law.”During Trump’s first term, he appointed three&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm">justices</a>&nbsp;to the Supreme Court: Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. All three were confirmed to the court by the Senate and will remain&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/26/trump-legacy-supreme-court-422058">significant</a>&nbsp;in writing opinions far beyond Trump’s time in office.<h2>Planned Parenthood</h2>Senators at Tuesday’s event called out a number of plans in Project 2025 that Democrats oppose. For example, the plan says the Department of Health and Human Services should make it clear states can defund Planned Parenthood in their Medicaid plans and should propose rules to disqualify Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.“Planned Parenthood is often the only option for women with low incomes seeking contraception,” Hirono said.Hirono also noted that Project 2025 proposed changing the name of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Life.“This isn’t about protecting life,” said Hirono. “This is about power and control and the Republicans’ obsession with controlling women’s bodies.”Duckworth expressed frustration with Republicans who tell American voters that they care about women’s rights but don’t vote to protect them.“When the rubber meets the road and we ask not just for empty words on Twitter before their vote, they won’t lift a finger to protect women in this country,” she said.Murray vowed to protect women’s rights no matter the outcome of November’s election.“We are fighting back,” said Murray. “We’re doing everything we can to protect women’s rights and we will be here to block anything that the Trump administration tries to do.”

Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights

SEDGWICK COUNTY —The Wichita Police Department has arrested a suspect stemming from a shooting investigation of a 27-year-old woman from Wichita.

Just after 7 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a shooting incident reported in the 600 block of N. New York in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo.

 Upon arrival, officers discovered a woman suffering from a non-fatal gunshot wound to her lower extremities. EMS transported her to a local hospital for medical treatment.

WPD investigators and patrol officers immediately followed up on leads, identified and located the suspect later identified as 24-year-old Demetrius Wade of Wichita, according to Sedgwick County booking records.&nbsp;

Police were involved in brief vehicle pursuit with Wade. During the pursuit, Wade's vehicle collided with two other vehicles near 7300 E. Kellogg, rendering the suspect’s vehicle disabled.

Wade then ran from the crash but was quickly apprehended by officers.

EMS attended to one of the drivers involved in the collision as a precautionary measure, while the other driver declined medical treatment. No serious injuries were reported due to the crash, according to Rebolledo.

Wade was booked into the Sedgwick County jail on requested charges that include one count of aggravated battery from the shooting and two counts of aggravated battery after intentionally driving his vehicle into two other vehicles while trying to evade officers during the pursuit. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation.

The facts of this case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office.&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718972806676.png" alt="Wade-photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Wade-photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —The Wichita Police Department has arrested a suspect stemming from a shooting investigation of a 27-year-old woman from Wichita.Just after 7 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a shooting incident reported in the 600 block of N. New York in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo. Upon arrival, officers discovered a woman suffering from a non-fatal gunshot wound to her lower extremities. EMS transported her to a local hospital for medical treatment.WPD investigators and patrol officers immediately followed up on leads, identified and located the suspect later identified as 24-year-old Demetrius Wade of Wichita, according to Sedgwick County booking records.&nbsp;Police were involved in brief vehicle pursuit with Wade. During the pursuit, Wade's vehicle collided with two other vehicles near 7300 E. Kellogg, rendering the suspect’s vehicle disabled.Wade then ran from the crash but was quickly apprehended by officers.EMS attended to one of the drivers involved in the collision as a precautionary measure, while the other driver declined medical treatment. No serious injuries were reported due to the crash, according to Rebolledo.Wade was booked into the Sedgwick County jail on requested charges that include one count of aggravated battery from the shooting and two counts of aggravated battery after intentionally driving his vehicle into two other vehicles while trying to evade officers during the pursuit. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation.The facts of this case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office.&nbsp;

Kan. shooting suspect crashed into vehicles during police pursuit

NAME:&nbsp;Baxa, Levi James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Chaney, Chris Anthony REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to appear, Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Dixon, Antoine Lamar REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation, Failure to appear, Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Huiett, Reesa Noelle REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear, Failure to appear

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NAME:&nbsp;Leidig, Ashlynn Nadine REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Munguia, Ramon REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown, Domestic battery: Knowing/reckless bodily harm

NAME:&nbsp;Posada Martinez, Luis Angel REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Schafer, Caleb Jonathan REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear, Failure to appear, Failure to appear

NAME:&nbsp;Turner, Tina Diane REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear

Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719064735349.jpeg" alt="Baxa, Levi James" />
 <figcaption>Baxa, Levi James</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Baxa, Levi James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719064840842.jpeg" alt="Chaney, Chris Anthony" />
 <figcaption>Chaney, Chris Anthony</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Chaney, Chris Anthony REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to appear, Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719064977323.jpeg" alt="Dixon, Antoine Lamar" />
 <figcaption>Dixon, Antoine Lamar</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Dixon, Antoine Lamar REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation, Failure to appear, Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065223404.jpeg" alt="Huiett, Reesa Noelle" />
 <figcaption>Huiett, Reesa Noelle</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Huiett, Reesa Noelle REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear, Failure to appearREAD MORE: <a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/60cec165-f1ff-4b33-a66d-9b512f342f16">📸 Flashback Friday: Salina Post - Sunset Park - Vol. 47</a><figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065262288.jpeg" alt="Leidig, Ashlynn Nadine" />
 <figcaption>Leidig, Ashlynn Nadine</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Leidig, Ashlynn Nadine REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065301737.jpeg" alt="Munguia, Ramon" />
 <figcaption>Munguia, Ramon</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Munguia, Ramon REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown, Domestic battery: Knowing/reckless bodily harm<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065338553.jpeg" alt="Posada Martinez, Luis Angel" />
 <figcaption>Posada Martinez, Luis Angel</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Posada Martinez, Luis Angel REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065477971.jpeg" alt="Schafer, Caleb Jonathan" />
 <figcaption>Schafer, Caleb Jonathan</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Schafer, Caleb Jonathan REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear, Failure to appear, Failure to appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719065504271.jpeg" alt="Turner, Tina Diane" />
 <figcaption>Turner, Tina Diane</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Turner, Tina Diane REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Failure to appear

Saline County Jail Bookings, June 22

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and have made an arrest.

Just before 11p.m. June 18, police responded to report of a shooting near the intersection of NE Monroe Street and NE Gordon Street, according to police spokesperson Rosie Nichols.

Officers identified one individual with an apparent gunshot wound. The individual was transported by American Medical Response to a local hospital to be treated with life-threatening injuries. 

Just before 9:30p.m. Thursday police booked 41-year-old Dustin F. Tibbits of Topeka into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Attempted voluntary manslaughter; unreasonable belief or justified deadly force; Aggravated battery; Knowingly use weapon cause get body harm/disfigure/death and Interference with LEO; Conceal/alter/destroy evidence in felony case.

Police released no additional details on the victim.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1719000584282.png" alt="Tibbits-photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Tibbits-photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and have made an arrest.Just before 11p.m. June 18, police responded to report of a shooting near the intersection of NE Monroe Street and NE Gordon Street, according to police spokesperson Rosie Nichols.Officers identified one individual with an apparent gunshot wound. The individual was transported by American Medical Response to a local hospital to be treated with life-threatening injuries. Just before 9:30p.m. Thursday police booked 41-year-old Dustin F. Tibbits of Topeka into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Attempted voluntary manslaughter; unreasonable belief or justified deadly force; Aggravated battery; Knowingly use weapon cause get body harm/disfigure/death and Interference with LEO; Conceal/alter/destroy evidence in felony case.Police released no additional details on the victim.

Police capture Kansas shooting suspect 

NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Cowart, Kristopher David

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Theft of prop/services;Value $1,500 to $25,000, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body, Poss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant and Crim poss weapon by a convicted felon

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; Probation Violation

NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Manivong, Logan Pounsavath

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp; Theft of prop/services:Value less than $1,500 and Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrs

NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Lynn, Katherine Elizabeth

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;&nbsp;Contempt of Court; Direct

Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718975802834.png" alt="Cowart, Kristopher David" />
 <figcaption>Cowart, Kristopher David</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Cowart, Kristopher DavidREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Theft of prop/services;Value $1,500 to $25,000, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body, Poss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant and Crim poss weapon by a convicted felon<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718975865123.png" alt="Dirksen, Destany Marie" />
 <figcaption>Dirksen, Destany Marie</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;&nbsp;Dirksen, Destany MarieREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; Probation Violation<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718975909501.png" alt=" Manivong, Logan Pounsavath" />
 <figcaption> Manivong, Logan Pounsavath</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Manivong, Logan PounsavathREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp; Theft of prop/services:Value less than $1,500 and Theft of prop/serv;&lt;$1500 3 business in 72 hrs<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718976427901.png" alt="Lynn, Katherine Elizabeth" />
 <figcaption>Lynn, Katherine Elizabeth</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp; &nbsp;Lynn, Katherine ElizabethREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;&nbsp;Contempt of Court; Direct<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718976323889.png" alt="Sayaphouthone, Phetsakhone Tu" />
 <figcaption>Sayaphouthone, Phetsakhone Tu</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Sayaphouthone, Phetsakhone TuREQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation

Saline County Jail Bookings, June 21

JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged theft and burglary.

Just after 7p.m. June 19, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an enclosed trailer that had been stolen from a rural property near Delia, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

A Jackson County Deputy located the stolen trailer at a residence in Rossville. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and Silver Lake Police then located the suspect at a different address in the City of Rossville. 

The suspect, Tanner Joseph Allen, 27, of Rossville, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of theft, burglary and criminal damage to property.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718727037393.png" alt="Allen-photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Allen-photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged theft and burglary.Just after 7p.m. June 19, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an enclosed trailer that had been stolen from a rural property near Delia, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.A Jackson County Deputy located the stolen trailer at a residence in Rossville. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and Silver Lake Police then located the suspect at a different address in the City of Rossville. The suspect, Tanner Joseph Allen, 27, of Rossville, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of theft, burglary and criminal damage to property.

Sheriff: Kansas man accused of trailer theft from rural property

NAME:&nbsp;Crisp,Mary Sabrina REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;

Distribute certain hallucinogenic; 3.5 - &lt; 100 grams

Poss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant

NAME:&nbsp;Domme,Luck Eric REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Domestic Battery: rude physical contact

NAME:&nbsp;Kelley,William Michael REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;

NAME:&nbsp;Miller,Jessica Lynn REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;

Battery on LEO; Physical contact with county or city officer on duty

Disorderly conduct; Fighting words or noisy conduct to cause resentment

Interf w/LEO; obstr/resist/oppose misd warrant

Pedestrians Under Influence of Drugs or Alcohol

NAME:&nbsp;Turner,Cody James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;

Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718889394285.jpeg" alt="Crisp,Mary Sabrina" />
 <figcaption>Crisp,Mary Sabrina</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Crisp,Mary Sabrina REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Distribute certain hallucinogenic; 3.5 - &lt; 100 gramsUse/poss drug paraphernalian/human bodyPoss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718889417920.png" alt="Domme,Luck Eric" />
 <figcaption>Domme,Luck Eric</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Domme,Luck Eric REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Domestic Battery: rude physical contact<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718889443413.jpeg" alt="Kelley,William Michael" />
 <figcaption>Kelley,William Michael</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Kelley,William Michael REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human bodyDriving While SuspendedPoss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718889467686.png" alt="Miller,Jessica Lynn" />
 <figcaption>Miller,Jessica Lynn</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Miller,Jessica Lynn REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Battery on LEO; Physical contact with county or city officer on dutyDisorderly conduct; Fighting words or noisy conduct to cause resentmentInterf w/LEO; obstr/resist/oppose misd warrantPedestrians Under Influence of Drugs or Alcohol<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718889488247.jpeg" alt="Turner,Cody James" />
 <figcaption>Turner,Cody James</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Turner,Cody James REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Driving While Suspended

Saline County Jail Bookings, June 20

Jeff E. Backstrom May 18, 1960 ~ June 16, 2024

Jeff E. Backstrom, age 64, formerly of Concordia, KS, played his final round of golf and cast his last fishing line on Sunday, June 16, 2024 surrounded by his family at Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, Beloit, KS. &nbsp;He was born on May 18, 1960 in Wakefield, NE to Dean H.L. &amp; Norma L. (Erwin) Backstrom.

Jeff graduated from Wayne High School in 1978, Wayne, NE. &nbsp;In his early years he worked for Heritage Homes in Wayne and worked in custom farming for Kenny Austin. &nbsp;On September 11, 1982, Jeff married Wanda A. Reitz in Grand Island, NE. &nbsp;They continued to live in Wayne until they moved to Concordia, KS in 1985. &nbsp;He worked for ABB Raymond, Alstom Power and Pre-Heater and then Arvos until 2016 when the plant closed. He was one of the original 26 that returned to the plant in 2017 with Concordia Technologies. &nbsp;Jeff worked in several areas throughout his career in the painting department, inventory specialist, sandblasting, inventory control/prefab and later as a supervisor and manager for the metal prefab department until an accident forced him to retire in 2023.

All throughout his life, Jeff loved to fish, hunt, play golf and drive a boat! &nbsp;In his younger years, he played slow pitch softball, ‘old man’ basketball and anything that got him out of the house. &nbsp;He was especially fond of family and friends’ trips to the mountains and snow skiing.He enjoyed playing cards, collecting coins, his Husker football and Husker sports in general.The last few years, he and Wanda enjoyed their time with family and friends at Waconda Lake.

Jeff was involved with his children’s activities from junior golf to baseball, basketball, track and field, especially pole vaulting. &nbsp;Jeff’s pride and joy was becoming a grandpa to Culver, Thomas, Palmer and Colter. &nbsp;He loved to teach them things about hunting, fishing, life lessons and just spending time with them. &nbsp;They are the reason he fought so hard in his battle after his accident and throughout his cancer journey. &nbsp;

He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, former member of the ELKS Lodge in Concordia KS, Cloud County Ducks Unlimited and the Concordia Country Club, American Legion Golf Course and Concordia Golf &amp; Wellness.

He is survived by his wife, Wanda, Beloit, KS; son, Beau Backstrom (Ana), Big Sky, MT; daughter, Mallory Hulett, (Connor), Beloit, KS; grandchildren, Culver, Palmer &amp; Colter Hulett and Thomas Backstrom; sister, Nancy Lind (Terry), Louisville, CO; several nieces &amp; nephews and too many friends to count.

It was Jeff's wishes to be cremated but he wanted to have one last party and have “one more before we all go home” at 5 pm, Thursday, June 20, 2024 at the Concordia Golf &amp; Wellness golf course, 600 W. 13th St., Concordia, KS. &nbsp;Friends may sign the register book from 1-8 pm with a Rosary service at 6 pm and the family greeting friends from 6:30-7:30 pm, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia, KS. &nbsp;In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Cloud County Ducks Unlimited for Lifetime Youth Hunting Licenses. Jeff also wanted it to be a casual affair, so please wear your comfortable golf attire. &nbsp;Please feel free to bring a lawn chair or drive your golf cart up to the clubhouse for your seat to his celebration! &nbsp;For online condolences, please visit www.chaputbuoy.com. &nbsp;Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, 325 W. 6th St., PO Box 606, Concordia, KS 66901 is handling arrangements.

READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/895f950d-3e88-4389-82a0-2b0f657953a0">Salina Juneteenth celebrations this week</a>

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718809584558.jpeg" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Jeff E. Backstrom May 18, 1960 ~ June 16, 2024 Jeff E. Backstrom, age 64, formerly of Concordia, KS, played his final round of golf and cast his last fishing line on Sunday, June 16, 2024 surrounded by his family at Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, Beloit, KS. &nbsp;He was born on May 18, 1960 in Wakefield, NE to Dean H.L. &amp; Norma L. (Erwin) Backstrom.Jeff graduated from Wayne High School in 1978, Wayne, NE. &nbsp;In his early years he worked for Heritage Homes in Wayne and worked in custom farming for Kenny Austin. &nbsp;On September 11, 1982, Jeff married Wanda A. Reitz in Grand Island, NE. &nbsp;They continued to live in Wayne until they moved to Concordia, KS in 1985. &nbsp;He worked for ABB Raymond, Alstom Power and Pre-Heater and then Arvos until 2016 when the plant closed. He was one of the original 26 that returned to the plant in 2017 with Concordia Technologies. &nbsp;Jeff worked in several areas throughout his career in the painting department, inventory specialist, sandblasting, inventory control/prefab and later as a supervisor and manager for the metal prefab department until an accident forced him to retire in 2023.All throughout his life, Jeff loved to fish, hunt, play golf and drive a boat! &nbsp;In his younger years, he played slow pitch softball, ‘old man’ basketball and anything that got him out of the house. &nbsp;He was especially fond of family and friends’ trips to the mountains and snow skiing.He enjoyed playing cards, collecting coins, his Husker football and Husker sports in general.The last few years, he and Wanda enjoyed their time with family and friends at Waconda Lake.Jeff was involved with his children’s activities from junior golf to baseball, basketball, track and field, especially pole vaulting. &nbsp;Jeff’s pride and joy was becoming a grandpa to Culver, Thomas, Palmer and Colter. &nbsp;He loved to teach them things about hunting, fishing, life lessons and just spending time with them. &nbsp;They are the reason he fought so hard in his battle after his accident and throughout his cancer journey. &nbsp;He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, former member of the ELKS Lodge in Concordia KS, Cloud County Ducks Unlimited and the Concordia Country Club, American Legion Golf Course and Concordia Golf &amp; Wellness.He is survived by his wife, Wanda, Beloit, KS; son, Beau Backstrom (Ana), Big Sky, MT; daughter, Mallory Hulett, (Connor), Beloit, KS; grandchildren, Culver, Palmer &amp; Colter Hulett and Thomas Backstrom; sister, Nancy Lind (Terry), Louisville, CO; several nieces &amp; nephews and too many friends to count.He was preceded in death by his parents.It was Jeff's wishes to be cremated but he wanted to have one last party and have “one more before we all go home” at 5 pm, Thursday, June 20, 2024 at the Concordia Golf &amp; Wellness golf course, 600 W. 13th St., Concordia, KS. &nbsp;Friends may sign the register book from 1-8 pm with a Rosary service at 6 pm and the family greeting friends from 6:30-7:30 pm, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia, KS. &nbsp;In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Cloud County Ducks Unlimited for Lifetime Youth Hunting Licenses. Jeff also wanted it to be a casual affair, so please wear your comfortable golf attire. &nbsp;Please feel free to bring a lawn chair or drive your golf cart up to the clubhouse for your seat to his celebration! &nbsp;For online condolences, please visit www.chaputbuoy.com. &nbsp;Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, 325 W. 6th St., PO Box 606, Concordia, KS 66901 is handling arrangements.READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/895f950d-3e88-4389-82a0-2b0f657953a0">Salina Juneteenth celebrations this week</a>

Jeff E. Backstrom

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; Failure to Appear

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Battery; Phys contact rude/insult/angry manner and Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Interfere w/ LEO; unknown circ; felony

REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to Appear and Probation Violation

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Forgery; Possess with intent to distribute written instrument

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Agg battery; Knowingly use deadly weapon, Aggravated robbery, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body, Interfere w/ LEO; Conceal/destroy fel evidence, Poss of marijuana and Crim poss weapon by a convicted felon

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; Misdemeanor

REQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Assault of a law enforcement officer, Criminal threat; Cause terror, evacuation or disruption, Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs Unknown severity, Driving While Suspended and Interf w/LEO; obstr/resist/oppose felony warrant

Following is recent booking activity for the Saline County Jail, as provided by law enforcement. Photos, if provided, are courtesy of Saline County Jail.All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801513389.png" alt="Tovar, Trey Scott" />
 <figcaption>Tovar, Trey Scott</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Tovar, Trey ScottREQUESTED CHARGE(S): Robbery<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801065913.png" alt="Carpenter, Sara Mae" />
 <figcaption>Carpenter, Sara Mae</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Carpenter, Sara MaeREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; Failure to Appear<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801107796.png" alt="Fairbanks, Codi Allen" />
 <figcaption>Fairbanks, Codi Allen</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Fairbanks, Codi AllenREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Battery; Phys contact rude/insult/angry manner and Criminal Damage to Property; Value Unknown<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801156909.png" alt="Glass, Jason Lee" />
 <figcaption>Glass, Jason Lee</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;&nbsp;Glass, Jason LeeREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Interfere w/ LEO; unknown circ; felony<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801199998.png" alt="Heberly, Anna Jeanette" />
 <figcaption>Heberly, Anna Jeanette</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Heberly, Anna JeanetteREQUESTED CHARGE(S): Failure to Appear and Probation Violation<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801246492.png" alt="Meyer, Skylar Matthew" />
 <figcaption>Meyer, Skylar Matthew</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Meyer, Skylar MatthewREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Forgery; Possess with intent to distribute written instrument<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801292228.png" alt="Pierce, Antwon Maurice" />
 <figcaption>Pierce, Antwon Maurice</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Pierce, Antwon MauriceREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp;Agg battery; Knowingly use deadly weapon, Aggravated robbery, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body, Interfere w/ LEO; Conceal/destroy fel evidence, Poss of marijuana and Crim poss weapon by a convicted felon<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801355216.png" alt="Renfro, Joshua Rey" />
 <figcaption>Renfro, Joshua Rey</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Renfro, Joshua ReyREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; Misdemeanor<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801401784.png" alt="Rivale, Jeramie Wayne" />
 <figcaption>Rivale, Jeramie Wayne</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Rivale, Jeramie WayneREQUESTED CHARGE(S):&nbsp; &nbsp;Assault of a law enforcement officer, Criminal threat; Cause terror, evacuation or disruption, Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs Unknown severity, Driving While Suspended and Interf w/LEO; obstr/resist/oppose felony warrant<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/6/1718801450278.png" alt="Swanigan, Alisha Nicole" />
 <figcaption>Swanigan, Alisha Nicole</figcaption>
 </figure>NAME:&nbsp;Swanigan, Alisha NicoleREQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation

Saline County Jail Bookings, June 19

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-2024-score-chiefs-49ers-49b5dca51c05ab0f259cef0d7da76c2d">Super Bowl champions</a>&nbsp;with legislators approving a plan Tuesday&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-new-stadium-d33d64672c1cfb8d015d29b03ccf9b4f">for luring</a>&nbsp;both the Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals away from Missouri.

Bipartisan legislative supermajorities OKed the measure to authorize state bonds to help finance new stadiums and practice facilities for both teams on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which is split by the border with Missouri. Three Super Bowl victories in five years — and player Travis Kelce’s romance with pop icon Taylor Swift — have made the Chiefs perhaps the area’s most celebrated civic asset.

The plan from the Republican-controlled Legislature goes next to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. While she stopped short of promising to sign it, she said in a statement that “Kansas now has the opportunity to become a professional sports powerhouse.”

Both the Chiefs and the Royals said they look forward to considering Kansas options. The lease on the Missouri complex with their side-by-side stadiums runs through January 2031, but both have said they already should have been planning for the future.

“We’re excited about what happened here today,” Korb Maxwell, an attorney for the Chiefs who lives on the Kansas side, said at the Statehouse after the bill cleared the Legislature. “This is incredibly real.”

The approval capped a two-month push to capitalize on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chiefs-royals-kansas-city-stadiums-e9605296b85e91699441e4ba10e83212">the refusal in April</a>&nbsp;by voters on the Missouri side to continue a local sales tax used to finance the upkeep of the teams' stadiums.

Backers of the plan brushed aside decades of research by economists concluding that government subsidies for professional sports stadiums&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-stadiums-public-funding-nfl-mlb-a81d825286530bb95f227efc99f2e9d3">are not worth the cost</a>. They also overcame criticism that lawmakers were moving too quickly.

A spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. But in Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas promised to “lay out a good offer” to keep both teams in town.

“Today was largely, in my opinion, about leverage,” Lucas said. “And the teams are in an exceptional leverage position.”

Some Kansas officials reached the same conclusion.

“I think the Chiefs and the Royals are using us,” said state Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Kansas City-area Democrat.

The votes on the Kansas stadium-financing plan were&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kslegislature.org/li_2024s/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20240618140409_302207/">84-38</a>&nbsp;in the state House and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kslegislature.org/li_2024s/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20240618180827_709784/">27-8</a>&nbsp;in the Senate. Lawmakers from across the state — even western Kansas, far from any new stadium — supported the measure.

It would allow state bonds to cover up to 70% of each new stadium, paying them off over 30 years with revenues from sports betting, state lottery ticket sales and new sales and alcohol taxes collected from shopping and entertainment districts around the new stadiums.

House Commerce Committee Chair Sean Tarwater, a Kansas City-area Republican, said the Chiefs still are likely to spend $500 million to $700 million in private funds on a new stadium.

“There are no blank checks,” Tarwater told GOP colleagues during a briefing.

Legislators debated the plan during a one-day special session called by Kelly to have them consider reducing taxes after she&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-budget-tax-cuts-veto-9ebddf96cd35b614d8e96f2d8b8939c2">vetoed three tax-cutting plans</a>&nbsp;before legislators adjourned their regular annual session May 1.

Republican leaders had promised that the stadium proposal wouldn’t come up until the Legislature first approved a plan to cut income and property taxes by&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tax-cuts-kansas-special-legislative-session-b79d213f1a904dfd7604648ea9d2c454">a total of $1.23 billion</a>&nbsp;over the next three years. Many lawmakers argued that voters would be angry if the state helped finance new stadiums without cutting taxes.

With the tax bill passed, the stadium plan gained support even from lawmakers who saw it as a handout for wealthy team owners. Some said failing to act risked pushing the teams to leave the Kansas City area, and a few said they had wanted the Chiefs in Kansas since childhood.

“It is amazing to me the speed with which we can solve problems when they're oriented around wealth, when they’re oriented around business,” said state Rep. Jason Probst, a Democrat from central Kansas.

“This is the system that we’re stuck in, so if we choose to opt out of that system, we will lose every time,” he said.

Economists who study pro sports teams have concluded in dozens of studies that a new stadium and shopping-and-entertainment area merely takes existing economic activity away from elsewhere in a community, resulting in little or no net gain.

“It could still help Kansas and maybe hurt Missouri by the same amount,” said Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith college in central Massachusetts who has written multiple books about sports. “It’s a zero-sum game.”

A skeptical state Sen. Molly Baumgardner, a Kansas City-area Republican, used a Christmas Eve metaphor to characterize supporters' excitement before she voted no.

"There are visions of sugar plums,” Baumgardner said.

By JOHN HANNA&nbsp;TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-2024-score-chiefs-49ers-49b5dca51c05ab0f259cef0d7da76c2d">Super Bowl champions</a>&nbsp;with legislators approving a plan Tuesday&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-new-stadium-d33d64672c1cfb8d015d29b03ccf9b4f">for luring</a>&nbsp;both the Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals away from Missouri.Bipartisan legislative supermajorities OKed the measure to authorize state bonds to help finance new stadiums and practice facilities for both teams on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which is split by the border with Missouri. Three Super Bowl victories in five years — and player Travis Kelce’s romance with pop icon Taylor Swift — have made the Chiefs perhaps the area’s most celebrated civic asset.The plan from the Republican-controlled Legislature goes next to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. While she stopped short of promising to sign it, she said in a statement that “Kansas now has the opportunity to become a professional sports powerhouse.”Both the Chiefs and the Royals said they look forward to considering Kansas options. The lease on the Missouri complex with their side-by-side stadiums runs through January 2031, but both have said they already should have been planning for the future.“We’re excited about what happened here today,” Korb Maxwell, an attorney for the Chiefs who lives on the Kansas side, said at the Statehouse after the bill cleared the Legislature. “This is incredibly real.”The approval capped a two-month push to capitalize on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chiefs-royals-kansas-city-stadiums-e9605296b85e91699441e4ba10e83212">the refusal in April</a>&nbsp;by voters on the Missouri side to continue a local sales tax used to finance the upkeep of the teams' stadiums.Backers of the plan brushed aside decades of research by economists concluding that government subsidies for professional sports stadiums&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-stadiums-public-funding-nfl-mlb-a81d825286530bb95f227efc99f2e9d3">are not worth the cost</a>. They also overcame criticism that lawmakers were moving too quickly.A spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. But in Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas promised to “lay out a good offer” to keep both teams in town.“Today was largely, in my opinion, about leverage,” Lucas said. “And the teams are in an exceptional leverage position.”Some Kansas officials reached the same conclusion.“I think the Chiefs and the Royals are using us,” said state Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Kansas City-area Democrat.The votes on the Kansas stadium-financing plan were&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kslegislature.org/li_2024s/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20240618140409_302207/">84-38</a>&nbsp;in the state House and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kslegislature.org/li_2024s/b2023_24/measures/vote_view/je_20240618180827_709784/">27-8</a>&nbsp;in the Senate. Lawmakers from across the state — even western Kansas, far from any new stadium — supported the measure.It would allow state bonds to cover up to 70% of each new stadium, paying them off over 30 years with revenues from sports betting, state lottery ticket sales and new sales and alcohol taxes collected from shopping and entertainment districts around the new stadiums.House Commerce Committee Chair Sean Tarwater, a Kansas City-area Republican, said the Chiefs still are likely to spend $500 million to $700 million in private funds on a new stadium.“There are no blank checks,” Tarwater told GOP colleagues during a briefing.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Mayor Lucas’s statement on the Kansas Legislature’s STAR bond vote: <a href="https://t.co/dRYs3KzJrk">pic.twitter.com/dRYs3KzJrk</a>&mdash; Mayor Quinton Lucas (@MayorLucasKC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorLucasKC/status/1803203120924602403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Legislators debated the plan during a one-day special session called by Kelly to have them consider reducing taxes after she&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-budget-tax-cuts-veto-9ebddf96cd35b614d8e96f2d8b8939c2">vetoed three tax-cutting plans</a>&nbsp;before legislators adjourned their regular annual session May 1.Republican leaders had promised that the stadium proposal wouldn’t come up until the Legislature first approved a plan to cut income and property taxes by&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tax-cuts-kansas-special-legislative-session-b79d213f1a904dfd7604648ea9d2c454">a total of $1.23 billion</a>&nbsp;over the next three years. Many lawmakers argued that voters would be angry if the state helped finance new stadiums without cutting taxes.With the tax bill passed, the stadium plan gained support even from lawmakers who saw it as a handout for wealthy team owners. Some said failing to act risked pushing the teams to leave the Kansas City area, and a few said they had wanted the Chiefs in Kansas since childhood.“It is amazing to me the speed with which we can solve problems when they're oriented around wealth, when they’re oriented around business,” said state Rep. Jason Probst, a Democrat from central Kansas.Yet Probst voted for the bill.“This is the system that we’re stuck in, so if we choose to opt out of that system, we will lose every time,” he said.Economists who study pro sports teams have concluded in dozens of studies that a new stadium and shopping-and-entertainment area merely takes existing economic activity away from elsewhere in a community, resulting in little or no net gain.“It could still help Kansas and maybe hurt Missouri by the same amount,” said Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith college in central Massachusetts who has written multiple books about sports. “It’s a zero-sum game.”A skeptical state Sen. Molly Baumgardner, a Kansas City-area Republican, used a Christmas Eve metaphor to characterize supporters' excitement before she voted no."There are visions of sugar plums,” Baumgardner said.

Kansas making a big run at KC's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums

NEW YORK (AP) —Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon.

“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” son Michael Mays said in a statement released by the club. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-career-death-a1a52f9b19a24934ad992a346b39b2c0">The center fielder, who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues</a>&nbsp;in 1948, was baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer. His signature basket catch and his dashes around the bases with his cap flying off personified the joy of the game. His over-the shoulder catch of a long drive in the 1954 World Series is baseball’s most celebrated defensive feat.

Mays died two days before a game between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/rickwood-field-willie-mays-14d999da5a7fb363b43dce06df8f7577">to honor the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field in Birmingham</a>, Alabama.

“All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other began,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League to the historic Giants franchise. From coast to coast ... Willie inspired generations of players and fans as the game grew and truly earned its place as our National Pastime. ... We will never forget this true Giant on and off the field.”

Few were so blessed with each of the five essential qualities for a superstar -- hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, fielding and throwing. Fewer so joyously exerted those qualities -- whether launching home runs; dashing around the bases, loose-fitting cap flying off his head; or chasing down fly balls in center field and finishing the job with his trademark basket catch.

“When I played ball, I tried to make sure everybody enjoyed what I was doing,” Mays told NPR in 2010. “I made the clubhouse guy fit me a cap that when I ran, the wind gets up in the bottom and it flies right off. People love that kind of stuff.”

Over 23 major league seasons, virtually all with the New York/San Francisco Giants but also including one in the Negro Leagues, Mays batted .301, hit 660 home runs, totaled 3,293 hits, scored more than 2,000 runs and won 12 Gold Glove. He was Rookie of the Year in 1951, twice was named the Most Valuable Player and finished in the top 10 for the MVP 10 other times. His lightning sprint and over-the-shoulder grab of an apparent extra base hit in the 1954 World Series remains the most celebrated defensive play in baseball history.

He was voted into the Hall in 1979, his first year of eligibility, and in 1999 followed only Babe Ruth on The Sporting News’ list of the game’s top stars. (Statistician Bill James ranked him third, behind Ruth and Honus Wagner). The Giants retired his uniform number, 24, and set their AT&amp;T Park in San Francisco on Willie Mays Plaza.

For millions in the 1950s and ’60s and after, the smiling ball player with the friendly, high-pitched voice was a signature athlete and showman during an era when baseball was still the signature pastime. Awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2015, Mays left his fans with countless memories. But a single feat served to capture his magic -- one so untoppable it was simply called “The Catch.”

In Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, the then-New York Giants hosted the Cleveland Indians, who had won 111 games in the regular season and were strong favorites in the postseason. The score was 2-2 in the top of the eighth inning. Cleveland’s Vic Wertz faced reliever Don Liddle with none out, Larry Doby on second and Al Rosen on first.

With the count 1-2, Wertz smashed a fastball to deep center field. In an average park, with an average center fielder, Wertz would have homered, or at least had an easy triple. But the center field wall in the eccentrically shaped Polo Grounds was more than 450 feet away. And there was nothing close to average about the skills of Willie Mays.

Decades of taped replays have not diminished the astonishment of watching Mays race toward the wall, his back to home plate; reach out his glove and haul in the drive. What followed was also extraordinary: Mays managed to turn around while still moving forward, heave the ball to the infield and prevent Doby from scoring even as Mays spun to the ground. Mays himself would proudly point out that “the throw” was as important as “the catch.”

“Soon as it got hit, I knew I’d catch the ball,” Mays told biographer James S. Hirsch, whose book came out in 2010.

“All the time I’m running back, I’m thinking, ‘Willie, you’ve got to get this ball back to the infield.’”

“The Catch” was seen and heard by millions through radio and the then-emerging medium of television, and Mays became one of the first Black athletes with mass media appeal. He was a guest star on “The Donna Reed Show,” “Bewitched” and other sitcoms. He inspired a handful of songs and was named first in Terry Cashman’s 1980s novelty hit, “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey &amp; The Duke),” a tribute in part to the brief era when New York had three future Hall of Famers in center: Mays, Mantle of the Yankees and Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Giants went on to sweep the Indians, with many citing Mays’ play as the turning point. The impact was so powerful that 63 years later, in 2017, baseball named the World Series Most Valuable Player after him even though it was his only moment of postseason greatness. He appeared in three other World Series, in 1951 and 1962 for the Giants and 1973 for the Mets, batting just .239 with no home runs in the four series. (His one postseason homer was in the 1971 National League playoffs, when the Giants lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates).

But “The Catch” and his achievements during the regular season were greatness enough. Yankees and Dodgers fans may have fiercely challenged Mays’ eminence, but Mantle and Snider did not. At a 1995 baseball writers dinner in Manhattan, with all three at the dais, Mantle raised the eternal question: Which of the three was better?

“We don’t mean being second, do we, Duke?” he added.

Between 1954 and 1966, Mays drove in 100 or more runs 10 times, scored 100 or more 12 times, hit 40 or more homers six times, more than 50 homers twice and led the league in stolen bases four times. His numbers might have been bigger. He missed most of 1952 and all of 1953 because of military service, quite possibly costing him the chance to overtake Ruth’s career home run record of 714, an honor that first went to Henry Aaron; then Mays’ godson, Barry Bonds. He likely would have won more Gold Gloves if the award had been established before 1956. He insisted he would have led the league in steals more often had he tried.

Mays was fortunate in escaping serious injury and avoiding major scandal, but he endured personal and professional troubles. His first marriage, to Marghuerite Wendell, ended in divorce. He was often short of money in the pre-free agent era, and he received less for endorsements than did Mantle and other white athletes. He was subject to racist insults and his insistence that he was an entertainer, not a spokesman, led to his being chastised by Jackie Robinson and others for not contributing more to the civil rights movement. He didn’t care for some of his managers and didn’t always appreciate a fellow idol, notably Aaron, his greatest contemporary.

“When Henry began to soar up the home-run chart, Willie was loathe to give even a partial nod to Henry’s ability, choosing instead to blame his own performance on his home turf, (San Francisco’s) Candlestick Park, saying it was a lousy park in which to hit homers and this was the reason for Henry’s onrush,” Aaron biographer Howard Bryant wrote in 2010.

Admirers of Aaron, who died in 2021, would contend that only his quiet demeanor and geographical distance from major media centers -- Aaron played in Atlanta and Milwaukee -- kept him from being ranked the same as, or even better than Mays. But much of the baseball world placed Mays above all. He was the game’s highest-paid player for 11 seasons (according to the Society for American Baseball Research) and often batted first in All-Star games, because he was Willie Mays. From center field, he called pitches and positioned other fielders. He boasted that he relied on his own instincts, not those of any coach, when deciding whether to try for an extra base.

Sports writer Barney Kremenko has often been credited with nicknaming him “The Say Hey Kid,” referring to Mays’ spirited way of greeting his teammates. Moments on and off the field sealed the public’s affection. In 1965, Mays defused a horrifying brawl after teammate Juan Marichal clubbed Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat. Mays led a bloodied Roseboro away and sat with him on the clubhouse bench of the Dodgers, the Giants’ hated rivals.

Years earlier, when living in Manhattan, he endeared himself to young fans by playing in neighborhood stickball games.

“I used to have maybe 10 kids come to my window,” he said in 2011 while visiting the area of the old Polo Grounds. “Every morning, they’d come at 9 o’clock. They’d knock on my window, get me up. And I had to be out at 9:30. So they’d give me a chance to go shower. They’d give me a chance to eat breakfast. But I had to be out there at 9:30, because that’s when they wanted to play. So I played with them for about maybe an hour.”

He was born in Westfield, Alabama, in 1931, the son of a Negro League player who wanted Willie to do the same, playing catch with him and letting him sit in the dugout. Young Mays was so gifted an athlete that childhood friends swore that basketball, not baseball, was his best sport.

By high school he was playing for the Birmingham Black Barons, and late in life would receive an additional 10 hits to his career total, 3,293, when Negro League statistics were recognized in 2024 by Major League Baseball. With Robinson breaking the major league’s color barrier in 1947, Mays’ ascension became inevitable. The Giants signed him after he graduated from high school (he had to skip his senior prom) and sent him to its minor league affiliate in Trenton, New Jersey. He began the 1951 season with Minneapolis, a Triple-A club. After 35 games, he was batting a head-turning .477 and was labeled by one scout as “the best prospect in America.” Giants Manager Leo Durocher saw no reason to wait and demanded that Mays, barely 20 at the time, join his team’s starting lineup.

Durocher managed Mays from 1951-55 and became a father figure -- the surly but astute leader who nurtured and sometimes pampered the young phenom. As Durocher liked to tell it, and Mays never disputed, Mays struggled in his first few games and was ready to go back to the minors.

“In the minors I’m hitting .477, killing everybody. And I came to the majors, I couldn’t hit. I was playing the outfield very, very well, throwing out everybody, but I just couldn’t get a hit,” Mays told the Academy of Achievement, a Washington-based leadership center, in 1996. “And I started crying, and Leo came to me and he says, ‘You’re my center fielder; it doesn’t make any difference what you do. You just go home, come back and play tomorrow.’ I think that really, really turned me around.”

Mays finished 1951 batting .272 with 20 home runs, good enough to be named the league’s top rookie. He might have been a legend that first season. The Giants were 13 games behind Brooklyn on Aug. 11, but rallied and tied the Dodgers, then won a best-of-3 playoff series with one of baseball’s most storied homers: Bobby Thomson’s shot in the bottom of the ninth off Ralph Branca.

“I was concentrating on Branca, what he was throwing, what he might throw me,” Mays told The New York Times in 2010. “When he hit the home run, I didn’t even move.

“I remember all the guys running by me, running to home plate, and I’m saying, ‘What’s going on here?’ I was thinking, ‘I got to hit!‘”

His military service the next two years stalled his career, but not his development. Mays was assigned as a batting instructor for his unit’s baseball team and, at the suggestion of one pupil, began catching fly balls by holding out his glove face up, around his belly, like a basket. Mays adopted the new approach in part because it enabled him to throw more quickly.

He returned full time in 1954, hit 41 homers and a league-leading .345. He was only 34 when he hit his 500th career homer, in 1965, but managed just 160 over the next eight years. Early in the 1972 season, with Mays struggling and the Giants looking to cut costs, the team stunned Mays and others by trading its marquee player to the New York Mets, returning him to the city where he had started out in the majors.

Mays’ debut with his new team could not have been better scripted: He hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning against the visiting Giants, and helped the Mets win 5-4. But he deteriorated badly over the next two seasons, even falling down on occasion in the field. Many cited him as example of a star who stayed too long.

In retirement, he mentored Bonds and defended him against allegations of using steroids. Mays himself was in trouble when Commissioner Bowie Kuhn banned him from the game, in 1979, for doing promotional work at the Bally’s Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Kuhn’s successor, Peter Ueberroth, reinstated Mays and fellow casino promoter Mantle in 1985).

But tributes were more common and they came from everywhere -- show business, sports, the White House. In the 1979 movie “Manhattan,” Woody Allen’s character cites Mays as among his reasons for living. When Obama learned he was a distant cousin of political rival and former Vice President Dick Cheney, he lamented that he wasn’t related to someone “cool,” like Mays.

Asked about career highlights, Mays inevitably mentioned “The Catch,” but also cherished hitting four home runs in a game against the Braves; falling over a canvas fence to make a catch in the minors; and running into a fence in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field while chasing a bases-loaded drive, knocking himself out, but still holding on to the ball.

Most of the time, he was happy just being on the field, especially when the sun went down.

“I mean, you had the lights out there and all you do is go out there, and you’re out there by yourself in center field,” he told the achievement academy. “And, I just felt that it was such a beautiful game that I just wanted to play it forever, you know.”

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 </figure>NEW YORK (AP) —Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon.“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” son Michael Mays said in a statement released by the club. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”<a href="https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-career-death-a1a52f9b19a24934ad992a346b39b2c0">The center fielder, who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues</a>&nbsp;in 1948, was baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer. His signature basket catch and his dashes around the bases with his cap flying off personified the joy of the game. His over-the shoulder catch of a long drive in the 1954 World Series is baseball’s most celebrated defensive feat.Mays died two days before a game between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/rickwood-field-willie-mays-14d999da5a7fb363b43dce06df8f7577">to honor the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field in Birmingham</a>, Alabama.“All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other began,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League to the historic Giants franchise. From coast to coast ... Willie inspired generations of players and fans as the game grew and truly earned its place as our National Pastime. ... We will never forget this true Giant on and off the field.”Few were so blessed with each of the five essential qualities for a superstar -- hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, fielding and throwing. Fewer so joyously exerted those qualities -- whether launching home runs; dashing around the bases, loose-fitting cap flying off his head; or chasing down fly balls in center field and finishing the job with his trademark basket catch.“When I played ball, I tried to make sure everybody enjoyed what I was doing,” Mays told NPR in 2010. “I made the clubhouse guy fit me a cap that when I ran, the wind gets up in the bottom and it flies right off. People love that kind of stuff.”Over 23 major league seasons, virtually all with the New York/San Francisco Giants but also including one in the Negro Leagues, Mays batted .301, hit 660 home runs, totaled 3,293 hits, scored more than 2,000 runs and won 12 Gold Glove. He was Rookie of the Year in 1951, twice was named the Most Valuable Player and finished in the top 10 for the MVP 10 other times. His lightning sprint and over-the-shoulder grab of an apparent extra base hit in the 1954 World Series remains the most celebrated defensive play in baseball history.He was voted into the Hall in 1979, his first year of eligibility, and in 1999 followed only Babe Ruth on The Sporting News’ list of the game’s top stars. (Statistician Bill James ranked him third, behind Ruth and Honus Wagner). The Giants retired his uniform number, 24, and set their AT&amp;T Park in San Francisco on Willie Mays Plaza.For millions in the 1950s and ’60s and after, the smiling ball player with the friendly, high-pitched voice was a signature athlete and showman during an era when baseball was still the signature pastime. Awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2015, Mays left his fans with countless memories. But a single feat served to capture his magic -- one so untoppable it was simply called “The Catch.”In Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, the then-New York Giants hosted the Cleveland Indians, who had won 111 games in the regular season and were strong favorites in the postseason. The score was 2-2 in the top of the eighth inning. Cleveland’s Vic Wertz faced reliever Don Liddle with none out, Larry Doby on second and Al Rosen on first.With the count 1-2, Wertz smashed a fastball to deep center field. In an average park, with an average center fielder, Wertz would have homered, or at least had an easy triple. But the center field wall in the eccentrically shaped Polo Grounds was more than 450 feet away. And there was nothing close to average about the skills of Willie Mays.Decades of taped replays have not diminished the astonishment of watching Mays race toward the wall, his back to home plate; reach out his glove and haul in the drive. What followed was also extraordinary: Mays managed to turn around while still moving forward, heave the ball to the infield and prevent Doby from scoring even as Mays spun to the ground. Mays himself would proudly point out that “the throw” was as important as “the catch.”Decades of taped replays have not diminished the astonishment of watching Mays race toward the wall, his back to home plate; reach out his glove and haul in the drive. What followed was also extraordinary: Mays managed to turn around while still moving forward, heave the ball to the infield and prevent Doby from scoring even as Mays spun to the ground. Mays himself would proudly point out that “the throw” was as important as “the catch.”“Soon as it got hit, I knew I’d catch the ball,” Mays told biographer James S. Hirsch, whose book came out in 2010.“All the time I’m running back, I’m thinking, ‘Willie, you’ve got to get this ball back to the infield.’”“The Catch” was seen and heard by millions through radio and the then-emerging medium of television, and Mays became one of the first Black athletes with mass media appeal. He was a guest star on “The Donna Reed Show,” “Bewitched” and other sitcoms. He inspired a handful of songs and was named first in Terry Cashman’s 1980s novelty hit, “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey &amp; The Duke),” a tribute in part to the brief era when New York had three future Hall of Famers in center: Mays, Mantle of the Yankees and Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers.The Giants went on to sweep the Indians, with many citing Mays’ play as the turning point. The impact was so powerful that 63 years later, in 2017, baseball named the World Series Most Valuable Player after him even though it was his only moment of postseason greatness. He appeared in three other World Series, in 1951 and 1962 for the Giants and 1973 for the Mets, batting just .239 with no home runs in the four series. (His one postseason homer was in the 1971 National League playoffs, when the Giants lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates).But “The Catch” and his achievements during the regular season were greatness enough. Yankees and Dodgers fans may have fiercely challenged Mays’ eminence, but Mantle and Snider did not. At a 1995 baseball writers dinner in Manhattan, with all three at the dais, Mantle raised the eternal question: Which of the three was better?“We don’t mean being second, do we, Duke?” he added.Between 1954 and 1966, Mays drove in 100 or more runs 10 times, scored 100 or more 12 times, hit 40 or more homers six times, more than 50 homers twice and led the league in stolen bases four times. His numbers might have been bigger. He missed most of 1952 and all of 1953 because of military service, quite possibly costing him the chance to overtake Ruth’s career home run record of 714, an honor that first went to Henry Aaron; then Mays’ godson, Barry Bonds. He likely would have won more Gold Gloves if the award had been established before 1956. He insisted he would have led the league in steals more often had he tried.Mays was fortunate in escaping serious injury and avoiding major scandal, but he endured personal and professional troubles. His first marriage, to Marghuerite Wendell, ended in divorce. He was often short of money in the pre-free agent era, and he received less for endorsements than did Mantle and other white athletes. He was subject to racist insults and his insistence that he was an entertainer, not a spokesman, led to his being chastised by Jackie Robinson and others for not contributing more to the civil rights movement. He didn’t care for some of his managers and didn’t always appreciate a fellow idol, notably Aaron, his greatest contemporary.“When Henry began to soar up the home-run chart, Willie was loathe to give even a partial nod to Henry’s ability, choosing instead to blame his own performance on his home turf, (San Francisco’s) Candlestick Park, saying it was a lousy park in which to hit homers and this was the reason for Henry’s onrush,” Aaron biographer Howard Bryant wrote in 2010.Admirers of Aaron, who died in 2021, would contend that only his quiet demeanor and geographical distance from major media centers -- Aaron played in Atlanta and Milwaukee -- kept him from being ranked the same as, or even better than Mays. But much of the baseball world placed Mays above all. He was the game’s highest-paid player for 11 seasons (according to the Society for American Baseball Research) and often batted first in All-Star games, because he was Willie Mays. From center field, he called pitches and positioned other fielders. He boasted that he relied on his own instincts, not those of any coach, when deciding whether to try for an extra base.Sports writer Barney Kremenko has often been credited with nicknaming him “The Say Hey Kid,” referring to Mays’ spirited way of greeting his teammates. Moments on and off the field sealed the public’s affection. In 1965, Mays defused a horrifying brawl after teammate Juan Marichal clubbed Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat. Mays led a bloodied Roseboro away and sat with him on the clubhouse bench of the Dodgers, the Giants’ hated rivals.Years earlier, when living in Manhattan, he endeared himself to young fans by playing in neighborhood stickball games.“I used to have maybe 10 kids come to my window,” he said in 2011 while visiting the area of the old Polo Grounds. “Every morning, they’d come at 9 o’clock. They’d knock on my window, get me up. And I had to be out at 9:30. So they’d give me a chance to go shower. They’d give me a chance to eat breakfast. But I had to be out there at 9:30, because that’s when they wanted to play. So I played with them for about maybe an hour.”He was born in Westfield, Alabama, in 1931, the son of a Negro League player who wanted Willie to do the same, playing catch with him and letting him sit in the dugout. Young Mays was so gifted an athlete that childhood friends swore that basketball, not baseball, was his best sport.By high school he was playing for the Birmingham Black Barons, and late in life would receive an additional 10 hits to his career total, 3,293, when Negro League statistics were recognized in 2024 by Major League Baseball. With Robinson breaking the major league’s color barrier in 1947, Mays’ ascension became inevitable. The Giants signed him after he graduated from high school (he had to skip his senior prom) and sent him to its minor league affiliate in Trenton, New Jersey. He began the 1951 season with Minneapolis, a Triple-A club. After 35 games, he was batting a head-turning .477 and was labeled by one scout as “the best prospect in America.” Giants Manager Leo Durocher saw no reason to wait and demanded that Mays, barely 20 at the time, join his team’s starting lineup.Durocher managed Mays from 1951-55 and became a father figure -- the surly but astute leader who nurtured and sometimes pampered the young phenom. As Durocher liked to tell it, and Mays never disputed, Mays struggled in his first few games and was ready to go back to the minors.“In the minors I’m hitting .477, killing everybody. And I came to the majors, I couldn’t hit. I was playing the outfield very, very well, throwing out everybody, but I just couldn’t get a hit,” Mays told the Academy of Achievement, a Washington-based leadership center, in 1996. “And I started crying, and Leo came to me and he says, ‘You’re my center fielder; it doesn’t make any difference what you do. You just go home, come back and play tomorrow.’ I think that really, really turned me around.”Mays finished 1951 batting .272 with 20 home runs, good enough to be named the league’s top rookie. He might have been a legend that first season. The Giants were 13 games behind Brooklyn on Aug. 11, but rallied and tied the Dodgers, then won a best-of-3 playoff series with one of baseball’s most storied homers: Bobby Thomson’s shot in the bottom of the ninth off Ralph Branca.Mays was the on-deck batter.“I was concentrating on Branca, what he was throwing, what he might throw me,” Mays told The New York Times in 2010. “When he hit the home run, I didn’t even move.“I remember all the guys running by me, running to home plate, and I’m saying, ‘What’s going on here?’ I was thinking, ‘I got to hit!‘”His military service the next two years stalled his career, but not his development. Mays was assigned as a batting instructor for his unit’s baseball team and, at the suggestion of one pupil, began catching fly balls by holding out his glove face up, around his belly, like a basket. Mays adopted the new approach in part because it enabled him to throw more quickly.He returned full time in 1954, hit 41 homers and a league-leading .345. He was only 34 when he hit his 500th career homer, in 1965, but managed just 160 over the next eight years. Early in the 1972 season, with Mays struggling and the Giants looking to cut costs, the team stunned Mays and others by trading its marquee player to the New York Mets, returning him to the city where he had started out in the majors.Mays’ debut with his new team could not have been better scripted: He hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning against the visiting Giants, and helped the Mets win 5-4. But he deteriorated badly over the next two seasons, even falling down on occasion in the field. Many cited him as example of a star who stayed too long.In retirement, he mentored Bonds and defended him against allegations of using steroids. Mays himself was in trouble when Commissioner Bowie Kuhn banned him from the game, in 1979, for doing promotional work at the Bally’s Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Kuhn’s successor, Peter Ueberroth, reinstated Mays and fellow casino promoter Mantle in 1985).But tributes were more common and they came from everywhere -- show business, sports, the White House. In the 1979 movie “Manhattan,” Woody Allen’s character cites Mays as among his reasons for living. When Obama learned he was a distant cousin of political rival and former Vice President Dick Cheney, he lamented that he wasn’t related to someone “cool,” like Mays.Asked about career highlights, Mays inevitably mentioned “The Catch,” but also cherished hitting four home runs in a game against the Braves; falling over a canvas fence to make a catch in the minors; and running into a fence in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field while chasing a bases-loaded drive, knocking himself out, but still holding on to the ball.Most of the time, he was happy just being on the field, especially when the sun went down.“I mean, you had the lights out there and all you do is go out there, and you’re out there by yourself in center field,” he told the achievement academy. “And, I just felt that it was such a beautiful game that I just wanted to play it forever, you know.”___

Baseball legend Willie Mays dead at 93

Randall K. Carlson October 21, 1957 ~ June 7, 2024

Randall K. Carlson, 66, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away Friday, June 7, 2024. He was born on October 21, 1957, in Salina to Carl L. A. (Lawrence) Carlson and Glenna (Miller) Carlson. He graduated from Salina High School Central in 1975 and obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bethany College. During this period, he was a member of several honor societies and clubs including Alpha Sigma Nu, Theta Chi Delta (chemistry honors), Math and Physics Club, and the Chemistry Club. Following his undergraduate work, he went on to advanced studies in organic chemistry at Iowa State University where he obtained his master’s degree.

Following his university studies, he has spent his 40+ year career working for a number chemical and pharmaceutical companies including Dupont, Bristol Myers-Squibb, and Lab Corp. His work during the last few decades was for firms that provide statistical analyses and reporting of testing performed for pharmaceutical development. During his time at DuPont, he was listed as co-inventor on several US patents.

As a young man, Randall enjoyed participating in the world of amateur radio. He received his “Ham” license in the ‘70s but was most active when he was in Delaware. He served a term as Delaware Section Leader for the American Radio Relay League (emergency ham communications and other related activities). Randall was also a skilled photographer with wildlife being a favorite subject. He didn’t need to take exotic trips for subjects. He found them all around… birds, bees on a flower, any local creature. He spent many pleasant hours in local parks and nature preserves pursuing this hobby.

He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 infant sisters, Kay, Fay and May Carlson. Randall is survived by his brother Darvin of Shawnee, Kansas.

A graveside service will be held at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, 2020 East Iron Avenue, Salina, Kansas at Noon on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Friends and family who wish to gather and reminisce may gather at Ryan Mortuary at 11:00 a.m. prior to the procession to the cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Bethany College Endowment, in care of Ryan Mortuary, 137 North Eight Street, Salina, Kansas 67401.

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 </figure>Randall K. Carlson October 21, 1957 ~ June 7, 2024Randall K. Carlson, 66, of Wilmington, Delaware passed away Friday, June 7, 2024. He was born on October 21, 1957, in Salina to Carl L. A. (Lawrence) Carlson and Glenna (Miller) Carlson. He graduated from Salina High School Central in 1975 and obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bethany College. During this period, he was a member of several honor societies and clubs including Alpha Sigma Nu, Theta Chi Delta (chemistry honors), Math and Physics Club, and the Chemistry Club. Following his undergraduate work, he went on to advanced studies in organic chemistry at Iowa State University where he obtained his master’s degree.Following his university studies, he has spent his 40+ year career working for a number chemical and pharmaceutical companies including Dupont, Bristol Myers-Squibb, and Lab Corp. His work during the last few decades was for firms that provide statistical analyses and reporting of testing performed for pharmaceutical development. During his time at DuPont, he was listed as co-inventor on several US patents.As a young man, Randall enjoyed participating in the world of amateur radio. He received his “Ham” license in the ‘70s but was most active when he was in Delaware. He served a term as Delaware Section Leader for the American Radio Relay League (emergency ham communications and other related activities). Randall was also a skilled photographer with wildlife being a favorite subject. He didn’t need to take exotic trips for subjects. He found them all around… birds, bees on a flower, any local creature. He spent many pleasant hours in local parks and nature preserves pursuing this hobby.He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 infant sisters, Kay, Fay and May Carlson. Randall is survived by his brother Darvin of Shawnee, Kansas.A graveside service will be held at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, 2020 East Iron Avenue, Salina, Kansas at Noon on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Friends and family who wish to gather and reminisce may gather at Ryan Mortuary at 11:00 a.m. prior to the procession to the cemetery.Memorials may be made to Bethany College Endowment, in care of Ryan Mortuary, 137 North Eight Street, Salina, Kansas 67401.READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/posts/7e26158f-be6a-4c99-91b4-2ee353cbaafe">Red Fern Booksellers hosting author talk and book signing event next week</a>