By TYLER HENRY Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post

When Heart of America National Basketball Camp director Troy Thrasher met with his coaches before this year’s camps, he had just three words to share.

Thrasher, whose involvement with Heart of America stems back 44 years to his time as a camper, has seen firsthand the impact this event has had on young hoopers across the Midwest and has been proud to continue that tradition despite the challenges of recent years.

Heart of America is the third longest-running overnight basketball camp in the US and has been a staple of summers in Salina for over 50 years, drawing young athletes from all across the nation's heartland.

Several hardwood legends have come to Heart of America to hone their skills over the years, including University of Illinois head coach Brad Underwood, women’s basketball superstar Jackie Stiles, and a slew of future college athletes on both the men’s and women’s sides.&nbsp;

While much has changed over the last half-century, the values instilled into the campers have not, and that tradition remains a core part of what the Heart of America camps are all about today.

“The fundamentals are important to us, and this is a skills-based camp,” Thrasher said. “But this is also an intense camp and we want these kids to come out of this a little bit tougher and to be ultra-competitive in everything they do. We’re a blue-collar camp, and I think that’s why parents want to send their kids here.”

That blue-collar mentality was tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent renovations to Kansas Wesleyan’s campus, but the Salina community pulled together to ensure that one of the longest-running camps in the nation could not only survive but continue to thrive.

“When you have the tradition of keeping this camp going for so long, you really do risk losing that if you shut it down for a year,” Thrasher said. “Alyssa Wendel and her entire staff at K-State Salina came through in the clutch for us and allowed us to use their facilities. They were a fantastic host, and it was amazing to see Salina take care of a us again in that way.”

Even with a slight change to the venue, the Heart of America camp continues to regain steam as the pandemic fades into the past, with over 300 campers this summer. Total historical attendance is expected to reach 100,000 campers next summer.

Ultimately, despite the success stories of the Heart of America, both large and small, this camp has been built on tradition, trust, and deep ties to the Salina community.

“We’ve had some really great people and some big names come through this camp,” Thrasher said. “But now we’re to the point where we’ve got parents and grandparents who came to this camp as kids come to watch their kids and grandkids and that’s been a great thing to see.”

While this year’s camp is in the books, you can get more information and look ahead to next year’s camp by visiting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hoasportscamps.com.">hoasportscamps.com</a>.

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 </figure>By TYLER HENRY Lead Sportswriter - Salina PostWhen Heart of America National Basketball Camp director Troy Thrasher met with his coaches before this year’s camps, he had just three words to share.We. Are. Back.<figure>
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 </figure>Thrasher, whose involvement with Heart of America stems back 44 years to his time as a camper, has seen firsthand the impact this event has had on young hoopers across the Midwest and has been proud to continue that tradition despite the challenges of recent years.Heart of America is the third longest-running overnight basketball camp in the US and has been a staple of summers in Salina for over 50 years, drawing young athletes from all across the nation's heartland.Several hardwood legends have come to Heart of America to hone their skills over the years, including University of Illinois head coach Brad Underwood, women’s basketball superstar Jackie Stiles, and a slew of future college athletes on both the men’s and women’s sides.&nbsp;While much has changed over the last half-century, the values instilled into the campers have not, and that tradition remains a core part of what the Heart of America camps are all about today.“The fundamentals are important to us, and this is a skills-based camp,” Thrasher said. “But this is also an intense camp and we want these kids to come out of this a little bit tougher and to be ultra-competitive in everything they do. We’re a blue-collar camp, and I think that’s why parents want to send their kids here.”That blue-collar mentality was tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent renovations to Kansas Wesleyan’s campus, but the Salina community pulled together to ensure that one of the longest-running camps in the nation could not only survive but continue to thrive.“When you have the tradition of keeping this camp going for so long, you really do risk losing that if you shut it down for a year,” Thrasher said. “Alyssa Wendel and her entire staff at K-State Salina came through in the clutch for us and allowed us to use their facilities. They were a fantastic host, and it was amazing to see Salina take care of a us again in that way.”Even with a slight change to the venue, the Heart of America camp continues to regain steam as the pandemic fades into the past, with over 300 campers this summer. Total historical attendance is expected to reach 100,000 campers next summer.Ultimately, despite the success stories of the Heart of America, both large and small, this camp has been built on tradition, trust, and deep ties to the Salina community.“We’ve had some really great people and some big names come through this camp,” Thrasher said. “But now we’re to the point where we’ve got parents and grandparents who came to this camp as kids come to watch their kids and grandkids and that’s been a great thing to see.”While this year’s camp is in the books, you can get more information and look ahead to next year’s camp by visiting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hoasportscamps.com.">hoasportscamps.com</a>.

Heart of America basketball camp continues to thrive in Salina

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots, but it wasn't the first time he had&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-rnc-2024-67880a3003a69938aebd3ac8a586dc65#:~:text=MILWAUKEE%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Introducing%20himself,best%20understands%20the%20challenges%20facing">shared his personal story</a>.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8TlBHRtrvM">Click here </a>to watch his full acceptance speech

Long before he was a U.S. senator from Ohio, Vance rose to prominence on the wings of “Hillbilly Elegy,” a bestselling memoir that many thought&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">captured the essence of Donald Trump's political resonance</a>&nbsp;in a rural white America ravaged by joblessness, opioid addiction and poverty.

The 2016 book set off a fierce debate in the region. Many Appalachian scholars thought it trafficked in stereotypes and blamed working-class people for their own struggles, without giving enough weight to the decades of exploitation by coal and pharmaceutical companies that figure prominently in Appalachia's story.

Some of the resentment sparked by the book crossed party lines.

“A lot of us born and raised natives of Appalachia are just highly sensitive to the fact that knocking hillbillies is the final frontier of accepted prejudice in America," said TJ Litafik, an eastern Kentucky Republican political consultant and Trump supporter.

Litafik said he would vote for Trump no matter whom he chose as vice president, but Vance was not anywhere near the top of his list. That's in part because Vance had strong words to say against Trump around the time the book was published, even suggesting once that he might be “America’s Hitler” in a text to a former roommate that later became public.

Litafik, who read “Hillbilly Elegy,” subtitled “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” and saw the 2020 film adaptation, said Vance might come off as condescending to some voters. But he called the senator “dynamic and intelligent” and said Vance’s accomplishments are undeniably impressive.

“I think to me and to a lot of my friends, JD Vance is something of an enigma,” Litafik said. “We appreciate some of his recent convictions, but based on past history, there’s a hesitancy there.”

He said he's open to giving Vance a chance if he's willing to show his commitment to rural and blue-collar Americans by protecting them from policy proposals like those that would roll back expanded Medicaid, especially for drug treatment.

Vance was raised by his grandparents in Middletown, in southwestern Ohio, while his mother, whom he introduced during his speech Wednesday, battled an addiction he said she put behind her 10 years ago. He spent a significant amount of time traveling to Kentucky with his grandparents to visit family and said he hoped to be buried in a small mountain cemetery there.

He vowed in the speech to be “a vice president who never forgets where he came from.”

Many conservatives loved the book. Among them were some who lobbied for Vance to be Trump's vice presidential pick. They include Donald Trump Jr.; Kevin Roberts, who leads the Heritage Foundation; and Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk.

In an interview before Vance was selected, Illinois native Kirk said he thought both the book and movie were excellent.

“It’s incredibly persuasive, and he’s lived the experience that many Trump voters have," he said. "So it’s not talking down to Trump voters, or people in the Midwest. He grew up in southwestern Ohio, in Appalachia, you know, raised by his Mamaw, and understands kind of how that part of the world stopped working. And he also now, of course, has an agenda and a vision and a passion to try to bring it back to prominence and greatness.”

Roberts, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, said he couldn’t put the book down after discovering it, so true was it to his own life story.

“I think it’s one of the most important books written in the past 20 years,” he told The Associated Press before Vance’s selection. “Not because he’s in the Senate. It’s just such an authentic portrayal of an experience that tens of millions of Americans have had.”

Some critics acknowledge Vance's right to tell his own story. Where they have trouble is when he makes sweeping generalizations.

At one point, for example, Vance describes his grandmother’s violent reaction to his grandfather coming home drunk after she had threatened to kill him if it happened again. In another scene, his grandparents curse out a store employee and smash a toy after one of their children was told not to play with it without paying.

“Destroying store merchandise and threatening a sales clerk were normal to Mamaw and Papaw,” Vance wrote. “That’s what Scots-Irish Appalachians do when people mess with your kid.”

Ray Jones, the judge-executive of Pike County, Kentucky, and a former Democratic state senator, said he recognized nothing about his family’s experience in “Hillbilly Elegy.”

“Maybe that’s his life story, but I thought the overall depiction of the people in eastern Kentucky was offensive,” said Jones, whose grandfathers were both union coal miners. “I don’t think that book is a fair depiction of the people of this region, and most certainly not the hard-working men and women here."

“The book paints the people of this region as white trash, and that’s just not true,” he said, before adding, “His story is obviously compelling to people who aren’t from here.”

Neema Avashia, a public educator and author from West Virginia who now lives in Boston, said she was unsettled by the book’s tone, by its lack of representation of Appalachia’s nonwhite residents and by what she called “sweeping generalizations” about working-class white people.

Avashia responded with her own memoir, “Another Appalachia,” about growing up Indian-American and queer in a West Virginia chemical plant community.

“People are allowed to write memoirs about whatever they want — it’s their life," Avashia said. "I think where I really started to struggle was with the attempt to draw lines in terms of claiming sort of expertise around culture and characterizing like, entire groups of people.”

“I would never claim to say that my Appalachian story is the Appalachian story. It is an Appalachian story. It's called ‘Another Appalachia’ for a reason. It’s ‘another’ because there are many.”

Avashia said the book's popularity “is rooted in a desire to have your biases confirmed.”

Vance, whose office didn't return a request for comment Wednesday, has acknowledged some criticism. He recently told The New York Times he’d distanced himself from “Hillbilly Elegy,” in order not to “wake up in 10 years and really hate everything that I’ve become.”

Sam Workman, a professor of political science at West Virginia University, called the book “poverty porn.” He said the reception to it has more to say about the disconnect between intellectual pundits in academics, politics, the media and rural working-class people than anything else.

“‘Hillbilly Elegy’ was so popular at the start, and all of a sudden everyone now dislikes it, because they realize the rabbit’s out of the hat in a way,” said Workman, who runs WVU's Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs. “This is really about a lot of liberal intellectuals being caught off guard as to what the real purposes of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ were. It was the first foray into a really potent, conservative political career.”

On the heels of the book's popularity, Vance started a charity called “Our Ohio Renewal” that he said he would use as a vehicle for helping solve the scourge of opioid addiction that he had lamented in the book. He&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-health-175153d8a80d93b2c9c6654a6a730de9">shuttered the nonprofit</a>&nbsp;shortly after clinching the Senate nomination in 2022.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots, but it wasn't the first time he had&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-rnc-2024-67880a3003a69938aebd3ac8a586dc65#:~:text=MILWAUKEE%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Introducing%20himself,best%20understands%20the%20challenges%20facing">shared his personal story</a>.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">JD Vance: &quot;Our movement is about single moms like mine, who struggled with money and addiction, but never gave up. I&#39;m proud to say that tonight my my mom is here, 10 years, clean and sober. I love you mom.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sl2P0hDk5i">pic.twitter.com/sl2P0hDk5i</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1813783939099828705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">JD Vance: &quot;I stand here humbled and I&#39;m overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officially accept your nomination to be Vice President of the United States of America.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/xSq3U4sLeR">pic.twitter.com/xSq3U4sLeR</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1813770852082860461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8TlBHRtrvM">Click here </a>to watch his full acceptance speechLong before he was a U.S. senator from Ohio, Vance rose to prominence on the wings of “Hillbilly Elegy,” a bestselling memoir that many thought&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">captured the essence of Donald Trump's political resonance</a>&nbsp;in a rural white America ravaged by joblessness, opioid addiction and poverty.The 2016 book set off a fierce debate in the region. Many Appalachian scholars thought it trafficked in stereotypes and blamed working-class people for their own struggles, without giving enough weight to the decades of exploitation by coal and pharmaceutical companies that figure prominently in Appalachia's story.Some of the resentment sparked by the book crossed party lines.“A lot of us born and raised natives of Appalachia are just highly sensitive to the fact that knocking hillbillies is the final frontier of accepted prejudice in America," said TJ Litafik, an eastern Kentucky Republican political consultant and Trump supporter.Litafik said he would vote for Trump no matter whom he chose as vice president, but Vance was not anywhere near the top of his list. That's in part because Vance had strong words to say against Trump around the time the book was published, even suggesting once that he might be “America’s Hitler” in a text to a former roommate that later became public.Litafik, who read “Hillbilly Elegy,” subtitled “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” and saw the 2020 film adaptation, said Vance might come off as condescending to some voters. But he called the senator “dynamic and intelligent” and said Vance’s accomplishments are undeniably impressive.“I think to me and to a lot of my friends, JD Vance is something of an enigma,” Litafik said. “We appreciate some of his recent convictions, but based on past history, there’s a hesitancy there.”He said he's open to giving Vance a chance if he's willing to show his commitment to rural and blue-collar Americans by protecting them from policy proposals like those that would roll back expanded Medicaid, especially for drug treatment.Vance was raised by his grandparents in Middletown, in southwestern Ohio, while his mother, whom he introduced during his speech Wednesday, battled an addiction he said she put behind her 10 years ago. He spent a significant amount of time traveling to Kentucky with his grandparents to visit family and said he hoped to be buried in a small mountain cemetery there.He vowed in the speech to be “a vice president who never forgets where he came from.”Many conservatives loved the book. Among them were some who lobbied for Vance to be Trump's vice presidential pick. They include Donald Trump Jr.; Kevin Roberts, who leads the Heritage Foundation; and Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk.In an interview before Vance was selected, Illinois native Kirk said he thought both the book and movie were excellent.“It’s incredibly persuasive, and he’s lived the experience that many Trump voters have," he said. "So it’s not talking down to Trump voters, or people in the Midwest. He grew up in southwestern Ohio, in Appalachia, you know, raised by his Mamaw, and understands kind of how that part of the world stopped working. And he also now, of course, has an agenda and a vision and a passion to try to bring it back to prominence and greatness.”Roberts, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, said he couldn’t put the book down after discovering it, so true was it to his own life story.“I think it’s one of the most important books written in the past 20 years,” he told The Associated Press before Vance’s selection. “Not because he’s in the Senate. It’s just such an authentic portrayal of an experience that tens of millions of Americans have had.”Some critics acknowledge Vance's right to tell his own story. Where they have trouble is when he makes sweeping generalizations.At one point, for example, Vance describes his grandmother’s violent reaction to his grandfather coming home drunk after she had threatened to kill him if it happened again. In another scene, his grandparents curse out a store employee and smash a toy after one of their children was told not to play with it without paying.“Destroying store merchandise and threatening a sales clerk were normal to Mamaw and Papaw,” Vance wrote. “That’s what Scots-Irish Appalachians do when people mess with your kid.”Ray Jones, the judge-executive of Pike County, Kentucky, and a former Democratic state senator, said he recognized nothing about his family’s experience in “Hillbilly Elegy.”“Maybe that’s his life story, but I thought the overall depiction of the people in eastern Kentucky was offensive,” said Jones, whose grandfathers were both union coal miners. “I don’t think that book is a fair depiction of the people of this region, and most certainly not the hard-working men and women here."“The book paints the people of this region as white trash, and that’s just not true,” he said, before adding, “His story is obviously compelling to people who aren’t from here.”Neema Avashia, a public educator and author from West Virginia who now lives in Boston, said she was unsettled by the book’s tone, by its lack of representation of Appalachia’s nonwhite residents and by what she called “sweeping generalizations” about working-class white people.Avashia responded with her own memoir, “Another Appalachia,” about growing up Indian-American and queer in a West Virginia chemical plant community.“People are allowed to write memoirs about whatever they want — it’s their life," Avashia said. "I think where I really started to struggle was with the attempt to draw lines in terms of claiming sort of expertise around culture and characterizing like, entire groups of people.”“I would never claim to say that my Appalachian story is the Appalachian story. It is an Appalachian story. It's called ‘Another Appalachia’ for a reason. It’s ‘another’ because there are many.”Avashia said the book's popularity “is rooted in a desire to have your biases confirmed.”Vance, whose office didn't return a request for comment Wednesday, has acknowledged some criticism. He recently told The New York Times he’d distanced himself from “Hillbilly Elegy,” in order not to “wake up in 10 years and really hate everything that I’ve become.”Sam Workman, a professor of political science at West Virginia University, called the book “poverty porn.” He said the reception to it has more to say about the disconnect between intellectual pundits in academics, politics, the media and rural working-class people than anything else.“‘Hillbilly Elegy’ was so popular at the start, and all of a sudden everyone now dislikes it, because they realize the rabbit’s out of the hat in a way,” said Workman, who runs WVU's Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs. “This is really about a lot of liberal intellectuals being caught off guard as to what the real purposes of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ were. It was the first foray into a really potent, conservative political career.”On the heels of the book's popularity, Vance started a charity called “Our Ohio Renewal” that he said he would use as a vehicle for helping solve the scourge of opioid addiction that he had lamented in the book. He&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-health-175153d8a80d93b2c9c6654a6a730de9">shuttered the nonprofit</a>&nbsp;shortly after clinching the Senate nomination in 2022.___

🎥Trump vice presidential pick talks Appalachian ties in speech at RNC

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a 15-year-old in connection with a shooting during an altercation with a man and his wife who were taking a walk.

Just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a large disturbance at 100 S. Saint Francis in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo. 

Officers were then notified of a possible shooting. Subsequently, another call came in from 100 S. Broadway reporting a shooting victim. Officers responded to that location and found a 64-year old man from Wichita suffering from a gunshot wound to his left shoulder. 

EMS transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment of critical but non-life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the victim and his wife were walking in the Naftzger Park area when they got into a verbal argument with a large group of young individuals. The argument escalated into a physical altercation, leading to several individuals pursuing the victim to a nearby parking lot, where a 15- year-old boy shot the victim before fleeing the area.

The 15-year-old juvenile was later taken into custody and booked on requested charges of aggravated battery and attempted murder. The case will be presented to the District Attorney's Office for charge.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a 15-year-old in connection with a shooting during an altercation with a man and his wife who were taking a walk.Just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a large disturbance at 100 S. Saint Francis in Wichita, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo. Officers were then notified of a possible shooting. Subsequently, another call came in from 100 S. Broadway reporting a shooting victim. Officers responded to that location and found a 64-year old man from Wichita suffering from a gunshot wound to his left shoulder. EMS transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment of critical but non-life-threatening injuries.Preliminary investigations indicate that the victim and his wife were walking in the Naftzger Park area when they got into a verbal argument with a large group of young individuals. The argument escalated into a physical altercation, leading to several individuals pursuing the victim to a nearby parking lot, where a 15- year-old boy shot the victim before fleeing the area.The 15-year-old juvenile was later taken into custody and booked on requested charges of aggravated battery and attempted murder. The case will be presented to the District Attorney's Office for charge.

Police: 15-year-old shot man walking with his wife in Kansas park

July 18, 2024 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. | Author Meet n Greet | The&nbsp;Standard Book of Anything&nbsp;

Andrea Rome is an indie author from Kansas. A Wildcat by education, Andrea also spent a year in Abilene at the Great Plains Theatre before moving to the Kansas&nbsp;City Metro Area.

On weekdays she works as an actuary, but in her free time, she loves writing fantasy and adventure stories. "The Standard Book of Anything" is her first novel. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram (@andreahrome) for updates on her writing and author events.

Book Synopsis:&nbsp;Emaline Strider fixes everything that breaks in her small village of Brookerby. When the Warding Tree of Protection crashes to the ground and cripples the town, Em is up for the challenge of finding a solution.&nbsp;As she travels south to the glamourous capital city, she finds magic all around her. A shape-shifting book guides her. A never-empty flask sustains her. An improbable relationship blossoms.

But can Em trust magic when her hammer and pliers are infinitely more reliable?&nbsp;When the empress threatens her life and friends double-cross her, magic seems downright dangerous. Suddenly, a simple repair has become a race against the empire to save the only home she has ever&nbsp;known.

July 23, 2024 3 p.m - 4 p.m. | Children's Author visit and activity |&nbsp;Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

Lindsay Metcalf will be at Red Fern Booksellers reading her book&nbsp;Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm,&nbsp;where your kiddo will explore the differences between the two and how they help farmers! There will also be a fun activity that your kiddo can take home with them

.Lindsay H. Metcalf is a former journalist who writes nonfiction and poetry for children. Her books include&nbsp;Beatrix Potter, Scientist, a Mighty Girl Best Book of 2020 and Young People’s Literature Award winner from the Friends of American Writers Chicago;&nbsp;Farmers Unite! 

Planting a Protest for Fair Prices, a Kansas Notable Book, Friends of American Writers honoree, NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and Junior Library Guild selection; and&nbsp;No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History, a&nbsp;Kirkus&nbsp;and Chicago Public Library Best Book, Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and NCTE Notable Poetry Book.&nbsp;

Lindsay lives in north-central Kansas with her husband, two sons, and a menagerie of pets. Learn more at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://lindsayhmetcalf.com/">lindsayhmetcalf.com</a>&nbsp;and @lindsayhmetcalf on social media

July 27, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Author Meet n Greet | Soon You&nbsp;Will Be Mine

&nbsp;Jeanne Riedel is a mom with two grown children and two grandchildren. She is retired and enjoys baking and writing mystery novels. She turned seventy during the&nbsp;process of her book being published. No matter what your age, never give up your dream.&nbsp;

Book Synopsis:&nbsp;William, along with his two marine comrades Randy and Bob, never thought that the papers Bob found would turn their world upside down. Though retired from the marines, they vowed to right a wrong involving their former commander, Frank Kraft.&nbsp;Kraft would stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out. Explosions, kidnappings, and murder were not above the realm of possibilities with Kraft.&nbsp;

Circumstances become very personal for William when Kraft starts targeting his fiancee, Anna. William is ready to take matters into his own hands as Kraft becomes more obsessed with killing William and making Anna his own.

Learn more about Red Fern Booksellers by checking out their <a href="https://redfernbooksellers.com/">website here.&nbsp;</a>

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 </figure>By SALINA POSTJuly 18, 2024 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. | Author Meet n Greet | The&nbsp;Standard Book of Anything&nbsp;Andrea Rome is an indie author from Kansas. A Wildcat by education, Andrea also spent a year in Abilene at the Great Plains Theatre before moving to the Kansas&nbsp;City Metro Area. On weekdays she works as an actuary, but in her free time, she loves writing fantasy and adventure stories. "The Standard Book of Anything" is her first novel. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram (@andreahrome) for updates on her writing and author events.<figure>
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 </figure>Book Synopsis:&nbsp;Emaline Strider fixes everything that breaks in her small village of Brookerby. When the Warding Tree of Protection crashes to the ground and cripples the town, Em is up for the challenge of finding a solution.&nbsp;As she travels south to the glamourous capital city, she finds magic all around her. A shape-shifting book guides her. A never-empty flask sustains her. An improbable relationship blossoms. But can Em trust magic when her hammer and pliers are infinitely more reliable?&nbsp;When the empress threatens her life and friends double-cross her, magic seems downright dangerous. Suddenly, a simple repair has become a race against the empire to save the only home she has ever&nbsp;known.July 23, 2024 3 p.m - 4 p.m. | Children's Author visit and activity |&nbsp;Outdoor Farm, Indoor FarmLindsay Metcalf will be at Red Fern Booksellers reading her book&nbsp;Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm,&nbsp;where your kiddo will explore the differences between the two and how they help farmers! There will also be a fun activity that your kiddo can take home with them.Lindsay H. Metcalf is a former journalist who writes nonfiction and poetry for children. Her books include&nbsp;Beatrix Potter, Scientist, a Mighty Girl Best Book of 2020 and Young People’s Literature Award winner from the Friends of American Writers Chicago;&nbsp;Farmers Unite! Planting a Protest for Fair Prices, a Kansas Notable Book, Friends of American Writers honoree, NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and Junior Library Guild selection; and&nbsp;No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History, a&nbsp;Kirkus&nbsp;and Chicago Public Library Best Book, Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and NCTE Notable Poetry Book.&nbsp;Lindsay lives in north-central Kansas with her husband, two sons, and a menagerie of pets. Learn more at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://lindsayhmetcalf.com/">lindsayhmetcalf.com</a>&nbsp;and @lindsayhmetcalf on social mediaJuly 27, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Author Meet n Greet | Soon You&nbsp;Will Be Mine&nbsp;Jeanne Riedel is a mom with two grown children and two grandchildren. She is retired and enjoys baking and writing mystery novels. She turned seventy during the&nbsp;process of her book being published. No matter what your age, never give up your dream.&nbsp;Book Synopsis:&nbsp;William, along with his two marine comrades Randy and Bob, never thought that the papers Bob found would turn their world upside down. Though retired from the marines, they vowed to right a wrong involving their former commander, Frank Kraft.&nbsp;Kraft would stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out. Explosions, kidnappings, and murder were not above the realm of possibilities with Kraft.&nbsp;Circumstances become very personal for William when Kraft starts targeting his fiancee, Anna. William is ready to take matters into his own hands as Kraft becomes more obsessed with killing William and making Anna his own.Learn more about Red Fern Booksellers by checking out their <a href="https://redfernbooksellers.com/">website here.&nbsp;</a>

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday chose U.S.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-vice-president-vance-rubio-burgum-rnc-6cc438a8370a21b2631f5a53b06b71d0">Sen. JD Vance of Ohio</a>&nbsp;to be his running mate as he looks to return to the White House.

Two members of the Kansas congressional delegation used social media to show their support for the choice.

Here are some things to know about Vance, a 39-year-old Republican now in his first term in the Senate:

Vance rose to prominence with the memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Vance was born and raised in Middletown, Ohio. He joined the Marines and served in Iraq, and later earned degrees from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. He also worked as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.

Vance made a name for himself with his memoir, the 2016 bestseller&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">“Hillbilly Elegy</a>," which was published as Trump was first running for president. The book earned Vance a reputation as someone who could help explain the maverick New York businessman’s appeal in middle America, especially among the working class, rural white voters who helped Trump win the presidency.

“Hillbilly Elegy” also introduced Vance to the Trump family. Donald Trump Jr. loved the book and knew of Vance when he went to launch his political career. The two hit it off and have remained friends.

He was first elected to public office in 2022

After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, Vance&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/9f3517a87604417eab5e9ad0063cd589">returned to his native Ohio</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/took%20to%20the%20lecture%20circuit">set up an anti-opioid charity</a>. He also took to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-ohio-education-186ca3f092a60603891b60e199a3fa02">lecture circuit</a>&nbsp;and was a favored guest at Republican Lincoln Day dinners where his personal story — including the hardship Vance endured because of his mother’s drug addiction — resonated.

Vance's appearances were opportunities to sell his ideas for fixing the country and helped lay the groundwork for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-government-and-politics-83e8bf8e1c90d88164b5a51fb1baf3c7">entering politics in 2021</a>, when he sought the Senate seat vacated by Republican Rob Portman, who retired.

Trump endorsed Vance. Vance went on to win&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ohio-senate-9eeeed38cff92dbd88f1a7d48dcbfefc">a crowded Republican primary</a>&nbsp;and the general election.

Personal relationships are extremely important to the former president and he and Vance have developed a strong rapport over years, speaking on the phone regularly.

Trump has also complimented Vance’s beard, saying he “looks like a young Abraham Lincoln.”

Vance went from never-Trumper to fierce ally

Vance was a “never Trump” Republican in 2016. He called Trump “dangerous” and “unfit” for office. Vance, whose wife, lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance, is Indian American and the mother of their three children, also criticized Trump’s racist rhetoric, saying he could be “America’s Hitler.”

But by the time Vance met Trump in 2021, he had reversed his opinion, citing Trump’s accomplishments as president. Both men downplayed Vance's past scathing criticism.

Once elected, Vance became a fierce Trump ally on Capitol Hill, unceasingly defending Trump’s policies and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-court-allies-jd-vance-2666cc432e5291e8fa7dd7fba9c2ffad">behavior</a>.

Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called Vance a leading voice for the conservative movement, on key issues including a shift away from interventionist foreign policy, free market economics and “American culture writ large.”

Democrats call him an extremist, citing provocative positions Vance has taken but sometimes later amended. Vance signaled&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-tim-ryan-biden-6b00b57614dff12903d4228e74c37ac8">support for a national 15-week abortion ban</a>&nbsp;during his Senate run, for instance, then softened that stance once&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-amendment-election-2023-fe3e06747b616507d8ca21ea26485270">Ohio voters overwhelmingly backed</a>&nbsp;a 2023 abortion rights amendment.

Vance has adopted Trump's rhetoric about Jan. 6

On the 2020 election, he said he wouldn't have certified the results immediately if he had been vice president and said Trump had “a very legitimate grievance.” He has put conditions on honoring the results of the 2024 election that echo&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-2024-election-lies-voter-fraud-biden-f3f3691c2ea0667ad694e3bee577d802">Trump's</a>. A litany of government and outside investigations have not found any election fraud that could have swung the outcome of Trump's 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden.

In the Senate, Vance sometimes embraces bipartisanship. He and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/derailment-ohio-safety-senate-legislation-brown-vance-82c55dc95aca9524d6ae8e6d01336dbe">Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown</a>&nbsp;co-sponsored a railway safety bill following a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591">fiery train derailment in the Ohio village of East Palestine</a>. He's sponsored legislation extending and increasing funding for Great Lakes restoration, and supported bipartisan legislation boosting workers and families.

People familiar with the vice presidential vetting process said Vance would bring to the GOP ticket debating skills and the ability to articulate Trump’s vision.

Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, said Vance compellingly articulates the America First world view and could help Trump in states he closely lost in 2020, such as Michigan and Wisconsin, that share Ohio’s values, demographics and economy.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/7/1721141641503.png" alt="Trump greeting Vance during the RNC Monday night-image courtesy CSPAN" />
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 </figure>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday chose U.S.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-vice-president-vance-rubio-burgum-rnc-6cc438a8370a21b2631f5a53b06b71d0">Sen. JD Vance of Ohio</a>&nbsp;to be his running mate as he looks to return to the White House.Two members of the Kansas congressional delegation used social media to show their support for the choice.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I couldn’t be more proud of <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a>. Trump made the perfect choice. JD is not only a colleague of mine, but he’s become a trusted friend that I have gotten to know very well. At this hour in America, we need a new generation of fighters, and there&#39;s no better name to aid…&mdash; Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1812927349320786304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">President Trump has chosen a vice president that will get our country back on track. <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a> will fight for Main Street and our American values. Congratulations, Senator &amp; congratulations President Trump on an incredible pick. I’m looking forward to November! <a href="https://t.co/4ClYjsrrR3">pic.twitter.com/4ClYjsrrR3</a>&mdash; Tracey Mann (@RepMann) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMann/status/1812953820135367148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Here are some things to know about Vance, a 39-year-old Republican now in his first term in the Senate:<h2>Vance rose to prominence with the memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’</h2>Vance was born and raised in Middletown, Ohio. He joined the Marines and served in Iraq, and later earned degrees from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. He also worked as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.Vance made a name for himself with his memoir, the 2016 bestseller&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">“Hillbilly Elegy</a>," which was published as Trump was first running for president. The book earned Vance a reputation as someone who could help explain the maverick New York businessman’s appeal in middle America, especially among the working class, rural white voters who helped Trump win the presidency.“Hillbilly Elegy” also introduced Vance to the Trump family. Donald Trump Jr. loved the book and knew of Vance when he went to launch his political career. The two hit it off and have remained friends.<h2>He was first elected to public office in 2022</h2>After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, Vance&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/9f3517a87604417eab5e9ad0063cd589">returned to his native Ohio</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/took%20to%20the%20lecture%20circuit">set up an anti-opioid charity</a>. He also took to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-ohio-education-186ca3f092a60603891b60e199a3fa02">lecture circuit</a>&nbsp;and was a favored guest at Republican Lincoln Day dinners where his personal story — including the hardship Vance endured because of his mother’s drug addiction — resonated.Vance's appearances were opportunities to sell his ideas for fixing the country and helped lay the groundwork for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-government-and-politics-83e8bf8e1c90d88164b5a51fb1baf3c7">entering politics in 2021</a>, when he sought the Senate seat vacated by Republican Rob Portman, who retired.Trump endorsed Vance. Vance went on to win&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ohio-senate-9eeeed38cff92dbd88f1a7d48dcbfefc">a crowded Republican primary</a>&nbsp;and the general election.<h2>He and Trump have personal chemistry</h2>Personal relationships are extremely important to the former president and he and Vance have developed a strong rapport over years, speaking on the phone regularly.Trump has also complimented Vance’s beard, saying he “looks like a young Abraham Lincoln.”<h2>Vance went from never-Trumper to fierce ally</h2>Vance was a “never Trump” Republican in 2016. He called Trump “dangerous” and “unfit” for office. Vance, whose wife, lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance, is Indian American and the mother of their three children, also criticized Trump’s racist rhetoric, saying he could be “America’s Hitler.”But by the time Vance met Trump in 2021, he had reversed his opinion, citing Trump’s accomplishments as president. Both men downplayed Vance's past scathing criticism.Once elected, Vance became a fierce Trump ally on Capitol Hill, unceasingly defending Trump’s policies and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-court-allies-jd-vance-2666cc432e5291e8fa7dd7fba9c2ffad">behavior</a>.<h2>He is a leading conservative voice</h2>Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called Vance a leading voice for the conservative movement, on key issues including a shift away from interventionist foreign policy, free market economics and “American culture writ large.”Democrats call him an extremist, citing provocative positions Vance has taken but sometimes later amended. Vance signaled&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-tim-ryan-biden-6b00b57614dff12903d4228e74c37ac8">support for a national 15-week abortion ban</a>&nbsp;during his Senate run, for instance, then softened that stance once&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-amendment-election-2023-fe3e06747b616507d8ca21ea26485270">Ohio voters overwhelmingly backed</a>&nbsp;a 2023 abortion rights amendment.<h2>Vance has adopted Trump's rhetoric about Jan. 6</h2>On the 2020 election, he said he wouldn't have certified the results immediately if he had been vice president and said Trump had “a very legitimate grievance.” He has put conditions on honoring the results of the 2024 election that echo&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-2024-election-lies-voter-fraud-biden-f3f3691c2ea0667ad694e3bee577d802">Trump's</a>. A litany of government and outside investigations have not found any election fraud that could have swung the outcome of Trump's 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden.In the Senate, Vance sometimes embraces bipartisanship. He and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/derailment-ohio-safety-senate-legislation-brown-vance-82c55dc95aca9524d6ae8e6d01336dbe">Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown</a>&nbsp;co-sponsored a railway safety bill following a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591">fiery train derailment in the Ohio village of East Palestine</a>. He's sponsored legislation extending and increasing funding for Great Lakes restoration, and supported bipartisan legislation boosting workers and families.<h2>Vance can articulate Trump's vision</h2>People familiar with the vice presidential vetting process said Vance would bring to the GOP ticket debating skills and the ability to articulate Trump’s vision.Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, said Vance compellingly articulates the America First world view and could help Trump in states he closely lost in 2020, such as Michigan and Wisconsin, that share Ohio’s values, demographics and economy.

2 Kansas lawmakers like Trump's choice for Vice President

JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. —Law enforcement are investigating a Kansas woman on drug allegations.

Just after 10p.m. July 9, a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop near 150th and Q Road in rural Jackson County on an Oldsmobile Regency for a traffic infraction, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

During the traffic stop, the deputy discovered crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. 

The front seat passenger, Lisa Ann Tisdale, 59, of Topeka, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and transporting an open container.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/7/1720659255090.png" alt="Tisdale photo Jackson County" />
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 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. —Law enforcement are investigating a Kansas woman on drug allegations.Just after 10p.m. July 9, a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop near 150th and Q Road in rural Jackson County on an Oldsmobile Regency for a traffic infraction, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.During the traffic stop, the deputy discovered crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The front seat passenger, Lisa Ann Tisdale, 59, of Topeka, was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and transporting an open container.

Kansas deputy found crack cocaine during traffic stop

MILWAUKEE (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;named&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/jd-vance">Sen. JD Vance</a>&nbsp;of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America’s political leaders.

“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.

The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.

But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment. An&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5">attempted assassination</a>&nbsp;of Trump at a rally Saturday has shaken the campaign, bringing new attention to the nation’s coarse political rhetoric and reinforcing the importance of those who are one heartbeat away from the presidency.

Vance himself faced criticism in the wake of the shooting for a post on X that suggested President Joe Biden was to blame for the violence.

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President&nbsp;<a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance wrote. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”

Law enforcement has not yet specified a motivation for the shooting. Still, the pick is sure to energize Trump’s loyal base. Vance has become a fixture on the conservative media circuit and frequently spars with reporters on Capitol Hill, helping establish him as the kind of leader who could carry Trump’s mantle into the future, beginning with the next presidential election in 2028.

But the pick also means that two white men will now lead the Republican ticket at a time when Trump has sought to make inroads with Black and Latino voters.

In “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance detailed life in Appalachian communities that drifted from a Democratic Party many residents found disconnected from their daily travails. While the book was a bestseller, it was also criticized for sometimes oversimplifying rural life and ignoring the role of racism in modern politics.

Vance’s fame grew in tandem with Trump’s unlikely rise from a reality television star to Republican presidential nominee and eventually president. During the early stages of Trump’s political career, Vance cast him as “a total fraud,” “a moral disaster” and “America’s Hitler.”

But like many Republicans who sought relevance in the Trump era, Vance eventually shifted his tone. He said he was proved wrong by Trump’s performance in office and evolved into one of his most steadfast defenders.

“I didn’t think he was going to be a good president,” Vance recently told Fox News Channel. “He was a great president. And it’s one of the reasons why I’m working so hard to make sure he gets a second term.”

Vance was rewarded for his turnaround during his bid for an open Senate seat in 2022, during which he landed Trump’s coveted endorsement and rode it to victory in a crowded Republican primary and a general election hard fought by Democrats. He is close to Trump’s son Donald Jr.

Vance is now a Trump loyalist who has challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against him and questions the results of the 2020 election.

He told ABC News in February that, if he had been vice president on Jan. 6, 2021, he would have told states where Trump disputed Biden wins “that we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there.”

“That is the legitimate way to deal with an election that a lot of folks, including me, think had a lot of problems in 2020,” he said.

Many states adopted emergency measures four years ago to allow people to vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. But judges, election officials in both parties and Trump’s own attorney general have concluded there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

The relationship between Vance and Trump has been symbiotic.

Vance’s book — subtitled “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” — was embraced for its&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">insights into Trump’s appeal in middle America</a>, where manufacturing job losses and the opioid crisis had driven many families like his into poverty, abuse and addiction.

The tale of Vance’s hardscrabble childhood in Middletown, Ohio, where he was born, and his familial eastern Kentucky hills region also captivated Hollywood. Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw.”

With his grandmother’s encouragement, Vance went on to serve in the Marine Corps, including in Iraq, and to graduate from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. From there, he joined a Silicon Valley investment firm before returning to Ohio to launch a nonprofit that he said would aim to develop opioid addiction treatments that might be “scaled nationally.”

Ultimately, Our Ohio Renewal&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-health-175153d8a80d93b2c9c6654a6a730de9">failed at that mission</a>&nbsp;and was shuttered. During the 2022 campaign, then-U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, his Democratic rival, charged that the charity was little more than a front for Vance’s political ambitions. Ryan pointed to reports that the organization made payments to a Vance political adviser and conducted public opinion polling, even as its actual efforts to address addiction largely floundered. Vance denied the characterization.

As a senator, Vance has shown some willingness to work across the aisle. He and Ohio’s senior senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, have teamed up on a number of issues important to the state, including fighting for funding for a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-games-video-games-cb3e3a36f48416a25b5d00baa405f91a">$20 billion chip facility Intel is building</a>&nbsp;in central Ohio and introducing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/derailment-ohio-safety-senate-legislation-brown-vance-82c55dc95aca9524d6ae8e6d01336dbe">rail safety legislation</a>&nbsp;in response to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591">fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio</a>.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/7/1721071246145.png" alt="File photo Senator JD Vance -courtesy CSPAN" />
 <figcaption>File photo Senator JD Vance -courtesy CSPAN</figcaption>
 </figure>MILWAUKEE (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;named&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/jd-vance">Sen. JD Vance</a>&nbsp;of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America’s political leaders.“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/7/1721072505896.png" alt="Photo courtesy Trump campaign" />
 <figcaption>Photo courtesy Trump campaign</figcaption>
 </figure>The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment. An&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5">attempted assassination</a>&nbsp;of Trump at a rally Saturday has shaken the campaign, bringing new attention to the nation’s coarse political rhetoric and reinforcing the importance of those who are one heartbeat away from the presidency.Vance himself faced criticism in the wake of the shooting for a post on X that suggested President Joe Biden was to blame for the violence.“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President&nbsp;<a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance wrote. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”Law enforcement has not yet specified a motivation for the shooting. Still, the pick is sure to energize Trump’s loyal base. Vance has become a fixture on the conservative media circuit and frequently spars with reporters on Capitol Hill, helping establish him as the kind of leader who could carry Trump’s mantle into the future, beginning with the next presidential election in 2028.But the pick also means that two white men will now lead the Republican ticket at a time when Trump has sought to make inroads with Black and Latino voters.In “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance detailed life in Appalachian communities that drifted from a Democratic Party many residents found disconnected from their daily travails. While the book was a bestseller, it was also criticized for sometimes oversimplifying rural life and ignoring the role of racism in modern politics.Vance’s fame grew in tandem with Trump’s unlikely rise from a reality television star to Republican presidential nominee and eventually president. During the early stages of Trump’s political career, Vance cast him as “a total fraud,” “a moral disaster” and “America’s Hitler.”But like many Republicans who sought relevance in the Trump era, Vance eventually shifted his tone. He said he was proved wrong by Trump’s performance in office and evolved into one of his most steadfast defenders.“I didn’t think he was going to be a good president,” Vance recently told Fox News Channel. “He was a great president. And it’s one of the reasons why I’m working so hard to make sure he gets a second term.”Vance was rewarded for his turnaround during his bid for an open Senate seat in 2022, during which he landed Trump’s coveted endorsement and rode it to victory in a crowded Republican primary and a general election hard fought by Democrats. He is close to Trump’s son Donald Jr.Vance is now a Trump loyalist who has challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against him and questions the results of the 2020 election.He told ABC News in February that, if he had been vice president on Jan. 6, 2021, he would have told states where Trump disputed Biden wins “that we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there.”“That is the legitimate way to deal with an election that a lot of folks, including me, think had a lot of problems in 2020,” he said.Many states adopted emergency measures four years ago to allow people to vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. But judges, election officials in both parties and Trump’s own attorney general have concluded there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.The relationship between Vance and Trump has been symbiotic.Vance’s book — subtitled “A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” — was embraced for its&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-arts-and-ohio-8c7a70bad96c48df9544049a38584cb8">insights into Trump’s appeal in middle America</a>, where manufacturing job losses and the opioid crisis had driven many families like his into poverty, abuse and addiction.The tale of Vance’s hardscrabble childhood in Middletown, Ohio, where he was born, and his familial eastern Kentucky hills region also captivated Hollywood. Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw.”With his grandmother’s encouragement, Vance went on to serve in the Marine Corps, including in Iraq, and to graduate from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. From there, he joined a Silicon Valley investment firm before returning to Ohio to launch a nonprofit that he said would aim to develop opioid addiction treatments that might be “scaled nationally.”Ultimately, Our Ohio Renewal&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-health-175153d8a80d93b2c9c6654a6a730de9">failed at that mission</a>&nbsp;and was shuttered. During the 2022 campaign, then-U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, his Democratic rival, charged that the charity was little more than a front for Vance’s political ambitions. Ryan pointed to reports that the organization made payments to a Vance political adviser and conducted public opinion polling, even as its actual efforts to address addiction largely floundered. Vance denied the characterization.As a senator, Vance has shown some willingness to work across the aisle. He and Ohio’s senior senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, have teamed up on a number of issues important to the state, including fighting for funding for a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-games-video-games-cb3e3a36f48416a25b5d00baa405f91a">$20 billion chip facility Intel is building</a>&nbsp;in central Ohio and introducing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/derailment-ohio-safety-senate-legislation-brown-vance-82c55dc95aca9524d6ae8e6d01336dbe">rail safety legislation</a>&nbsp;in response to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fires-5d399dc745f51ef746e22828083d8591">fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio</a>.

Trump picks Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his GOP running mate

SHAWNEE COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman with previous convictions of forgery on new forgery allegaions.

On&nbsp;July 10, police responded to a reported fraudulent check at Azura Credit Union, 1129 S Kansas Avenue in Topeka, according to police spokesperson Rosie Nichols.

The bank reported Tina M. Funk, 31, of Topeka, was attempting to cash a check that was fraudulent.

It was then found that Funk had four outstanding warrants. As a result of the investigation, Funk was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Forgery; Making or altering a written instrument; unknown conviction, Identity theft, Theft by deception; Value less than $1,500, Theft by deception; Value $1,500 to $25,000 and the Warrants.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Funk has previous forgery convictions in Atchison and Jefferson County. She has an ID theft conviction in Morris County, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman with previous convictions of forgery on new forgery allegaions.On&nbsp;July 10, police responded to a reported fraudulent check at Azura Credit Union, 1129 S Kansas Avenue in Topeka, according to police spokesperson Rosie Nichols.The bank reported Tina M. Funk, 31, of Topeka, was attempting to cash a check that was fraudulent.It was then found that Funk had four outstanding warrants. As a result of the investigation, Funk was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Forgery; Making or altering a written instrument; unknown conviction, Identity theft, Theft by deception; Value less than $1,500, Theft by deception; Value $1,500 to $25,000 and the Warrants.&nbsp;&nbsp;Funk has previous forgery convictions in Atchison and Jefferson County. She has an ID theft conviction in Morris County, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Kan. woman with forgery convictions stopped while cashing a check 

GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating an alleged domestic altercation that occurred Sunday on Interstate 70 and have a suspect in custody.

Late Sunday, deputies responded to eastbound Interstate 70 near McDowell Creek Road after a report of a rolling domestic dispute in a passenger car, according to the Geary County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies were able to locate the vehicle approximately 12 miles west near Frontage Road in Riley County.

After an investigation deputies arrested 28-year-old Nina Kravtsova of Centerton, Arkansas and booked her into jail just before 2a.m. Monday on requested charges of Domestic Battery, Aggravated Assault (Domestic), Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, and Interference with LEO. 

Kravtsova was later accused of Battery on a Corrections Officer, according to the Sheriff's office.

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 </figure>GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating an alleged domestic altercation that occurred Sunday on Interstate 70 and have a suspect in custody.Late Sunday, deputies responded to eastbound Interstate 70 near McDowell Creek Road after a report of a rolling domestic dispute in a passenger car, according to the Geary County Sheriff's Department.Deputies were able to locate the vehicle approximately 12 miles west near Frontage Road in Riley County.After an investigation deputies arrested 28-year-old Nina Kravtsova of Centerton, Arkansas and booked her into jail just before 2a.m. Monday on requested charges of Domestic Battery, Aggravated Assault (Domestic), Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, and Interference with LEO. Kravtsova was later accused of Battery on a Corrections Officer, according to the Sheriff's office.

Woman jailed after reported domestic disturbance on I-70

NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday.

Los Angeles police and fire departments say they responded to a Los Angeles house where a man was declared dead from natural causes. Neither provided a name, but The Associated Press matched the address and age to Simmons through public records.

TMZ was first to report his death, which has also been reported by other outlets citing unnamed Simmons representatives.

Simmons, who had revealed a skin diagnosis in March 2024, had lately dropped out of sight, sparking speculating about his health and well-being.

Simmons was a former 268-pound teen who shared his hard-won weight-loss tips as host of the Emmy-winning daytime "Richard Simmons Show," author of best-selling books and the diet plan Deal-A-Meal, as well as opening exercise studios and starring in millions of exercise videos, including the successful “Sweatin' to the Oldies” line.

"My food plan and diet are just two words — common sense. With a dash of good humor,” he told The Associated Press in 1982. "I want to help people and make the world a healthier, happy place."

Simmons embraced mass communication to get his message out, even as he eventually became the butt of jokes for his outfits and flamboyant flair. He was a guest on TV shows led by Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and Phil Donahue. But David Letterman would prank him and Howard Stern would tease him until he cried. He was mocked in Neil Simon’s "The Goodbye Girl" on Broadway in 1993, and Eddie Murphy put on white makeup and dressed like him in "The Nutty Professor," screaming “I’m a pony!”

Asked if he thought he could motivate people by being silly, Simmons answered, "I think there's a time to be serious and a time to be silly. It's knowing when to do it. I try to have a nice combination. Being silly cures depression. It catches people off guard and makes them think. But in between that silliness is a lot of seriousness that makes sense. It's a different kind of training."

Simmons’ daytime show was seen on 200 stations in America, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan and South America. His first book, "Never Say Diet," was a smash best seller.

He was known to counsel the severely obese, including Rosalie Bradford, who held records for being the world's heaviest woman, and Michael Hebranko, who credited Simmons for helping him lose 700 pounds. Simmons put real people — chubby, balding or non-telegenic — in his exercise videos to make the fitness goals seem reachable.

Throughout his career, Simmons was a reliable critic of fad diets, always emphasizing healthy eating and exercise plans. "There'll always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador," he told the AP in 2005 as the Atkins diet craze swept the country. "If you watch your portions and you have a good attitude and you work out every day you'll live longer, feel better and look terrific."

Simmons was a native of New Orleans, a chubby boy named Milton by his parents. (He renamed himself “Richard” around the age of 10 to improve his self-image). He would tell people he ate to excess because he believed his parents liked his older brother more. He was teased by schoolmates and ballooned to almost 200 pounds.

Simmons told the AP his mother watched exercise guru Jack LaLanne's TV show religiously when he was growing up, but he wasn't crazy about the fitness fanatic. "I hated him," Simmons said. "I wasn't ready for his message because he was fit and he was healthy and he had such a positive attitude, and I was none of those things."

Simmons went to Italy as a foreign exchange student and ended up doing peanut butter commercials and bacchanalian eating scenes for director Federico Fellini in his film "Fellini Satyricon." He told the AP: "I was fat, had curly hair. The Italians thought I was hysterical. I was the life of the party."

His life changed after getting an anonymous letter. "One dark, rainy day I went to my car and found a note. It said, 'Dear Richard, you're very funny, but fat people die young. Please don't die." He was so stunned that he went on the starvation diet that left him thin but very ill.

After the crash diet he gained back 65 pounds. Eventually, he was able to devise a sensible plan to take off the pounds and keep them off. "I went into the business because I couldn't find anything I liked," he said.

When Simmons hadn’t been seen in public for several years, some news outlets speculated that he was being held hostage in his own house. In telephone interviews with “Entertainment Tonight” and the “Today” show, Simmons refuted the claims and told his fans he was enjoying the time by himself. Filmmaker-writer Dan Taberski, one of his regular students, launched a podcast in 2017 called “Missing Richard Simmons.”

In 2022, Simmons broke his six-year silence, with his spokesperson telling The New York Post that the beloved fitness icon was “living the life he has chosen.”

___ Mark Kennedy is at&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits">http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits</a>

Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio and Andrew Dalton contributed from Los Angeles.

<figure>
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 </figure>NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday.Los Angeles police and fire departments say they responded to a Los Angeles house where a man was declared dead from natural causes. Neither provided a name, but The Associated Press matched the address and age to Simmons through public records.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am sitting here writing emails. Have a most beautiful rest of your Friday. Love, Richard&mdash; Richard Simmons (@TheWeightSaint) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWeightSaint/status/1811857432001544349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>TMZ was first to report his death, which has also been reported by other outlets citing unnamed Simmons representatives.Simmons, who had revealed a skin diagnosis in March 2024, had lately dropped out of sight, sparking speculating about his health and well-being.Simmons was a former 268-pound teen who shared his hard-won weight-loss tips as host of the Emmy-winning daytime "Richard Simmons Show," author of best-selling books and the diet plan Deal-A-Meal, as well as opening exercise studios and starring in millions of exercise videos, including the successful “Sweatin' to the Oldies” line."My food plan and diet are just two words — common sense. With a dash of good humor,” he told The Associated Press in 1982. "I want to help people and make the world a healthier, happy place."Simmons embraced mass communication to get his message out, even as he eventually became the butt of jokes for his outfits and flamboyant flair. He was a guest on TV shows led by Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and Phil Donahue. But David Letterman would prank him and Howard Stern would tease him until he cried. He was mocked in Neil Simon’s "The Goodbye Girl" on Broadway in 1993, and Eddie Murphy put on white makeup and dressed like him in "The Nutty Professor," screaming “I’m a pony!”Asked if he thought he could motivate people by being silly, Simmons answered, "I think there's a time to be serious and a time to be silly. It's knowing when to do it. I try to have a nice combination. Being silly cures depression. It catches people off guard and makes them think. But in between that silliness is a lot of seriousness that makes sense. It's a different kind of training."Simmons’ daytime show was seen on 200 stations in America, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan and South America. His first book, "Never Say Diet," was a smash best seller.He was known to counsel the severely obese, including Rosalie Bradford, who held records for being the world's heaviest woman, and Michael Hebranko, who credited Simmons for helping him lose 700 pounds. Simmons put real people — chubby, balding or non-telegenic — in his exercise videos to make the fitness goals seem reachable.Throughout his career, Simmons was a reliable critic of fad diets, always emphasizing healthy eating and exercise plans. "There'll always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador," he told the AP in 2005 as the Atkins diet craze swept the country. "If you watch your portions and you have a good attitude and you work out every day you'll live longer, feel better and look terrific."Simmons was a native of New Orleans, a chubby boy named Milton by his parents. (He renamed himself “Richard” around the age of 10 to improve his self-image). He would tell people he ate to excess because he believed his parents liked his older brother more. He was teased by schoolmates and ballooned to almost 200 pounds.Simmons told the AP his mother watched exercise guru Jack LaLanne's TV show religiously when he was growing up, but he wasn't crazy about the fitness fanatic. "I hated him," Simmons said. "I wasn't ready for his message because he was fit and he was healthy and he had such a positive attitude, and I was none of those things."Simmons went to Italy as a foreign exchange student and ended up doing peanut butter commercials and bacchanalian eating scenes for director Federico Fellini in his film "Fellini Satyricon." He told the AP: "I was fat, had curly hair. The Italians thought I was hysterical. I was the life of the party."His life changed after getting an anonymous letter. "One dark, rainy day I went to my car and found a note. It said, 'Dear Richard, you're very funny, but fat people die young. Please don't die." He was so stunned that he went on the starvation diet that left him thin but very ill.After the crash diet he gained back 65 pounds. Eventually, he was able to devise a sensible plan to take off the pounds and keep them off. "I went into the business because I couldn't find anything I liked," he said.When Simmons hadn’t been seen in public for several years, some news outlets speculated that he was being held hostage in his own house. In telephone interviews with “Entertainment Tonight” and the “Today” show, Simmons refuted the claims and told his fans he was enjoying the time by himself. Filmmaker-writer Dan Taberski, one of his regular students, launched a podcast in 2017 called “Missing Richard Simmons.”In 2022, Simmons broke his six-year silence, with his spokesperson telling The New York Post that the beloved fitness icon was “living the life he has chosen.”___ Mark Kennedy is at&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits">http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits</a>___Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio and Andrew Dalton contributed from Los Angeles.

Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76

NESS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on child sex allegations.

Just after 11:30 p.m. July 11, deputies from the Ness County Sheriffs Office executed an arrest warrant at 414 S Kansas Avenue in Ransom, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Braydan Lee Fringer, 22,&nbsp; was arrested after a cooperative investigation between the Ness County Sheriffs Office and the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KBIKansas?__cft__[0]=AZXYnBtgVGJ0QHx-1EJXjViED43b1Dn-KwE2fQjy3eIpZnPQ_s65RfMGg1pmAJs-SQ3G621PEY5twfelp1DXQN5Dju27M64D4QlQ7Nu27KmfFXF1I7Z6ihkz7iCJ6xjkX9Syn78w92CF-6tRttfgEZMUpQ4M9pVk5JKlPLCPQR362hpbY24h4NZ3fNwHaFM2QYqSAgtxNSBKryDPpBCfmyLP1KVPsdZ0AUNWfXwoyxWDWH3eCE6KvMX-w-zcNrnn3eQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R"> Kansas Bureau of Investigatio</a>n.

Fringer was booked into the Ness County Jail for one count of Electronic Solicitation of a Child, and four counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child.&nbsp;

NESS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on child sex allegations.Just after 11:30 p.m. July 11, deputies from the Ness County Sheriffs Office executed an arrest warrant at 414 S Kansas Avenue in Ransom, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Braydan Lee Fringer, 22,&nbsp; was arrested after a cooperative investigation between the Ness County Sheriffs Office and the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KBIKansas?__cft__[0]=AZXYnBtgVGJ0QHx-1EJXjViED43b1Dn-KwE2fQjy3eIpZnPQ_s65RfMGg1pmAJs-SQ3G621PEY5twfelp1DXQN5Dju27M64D4QlQ7Nu27KmfFXF1I7Z6ihkz7iCJ6xjkX9Syn78w92CF-6tRttfgEZMUpQ4M9pVk5JKlPLCPQR362hpbY24h4NZ3fNwHaFM2QYqSAgtxNSBKryDPpBCfmyLP1KVPsdZ0AUNWfXwoyxWDWH3eCE6KvMX-w-zcNrnn3eQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R"> Kansas Bureau of Investigatio</a>n. Fringer was booked into the Ness County Jail for one count of Electronic Solicitation of a Child, and four counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child.&nbsp;

KBI: Kansas man accused of child sex crimes

SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man accused in a deadly shooting in Wichita made his first court appearance in the case last week.

Peter McKinney, 22 of Wichita, is charged with 2nd&nbsp;degree murder, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

Police also arrested McKinney's father at the scene on a requested charge of Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.&nbsp;&nbsp;More investigation is needed before further charges are filed against him, according to the district attorney's office.

Just after 11a.m. July 1, Sedgwick County Emergency Communications received a call reporting a shooting at the&nbsp;Rockborough apartment complex, 202 N Rock Road in Wichita, according to police spokesman Andrew Ford.

First responders located 25-year-old Sebastian Crawford of Wichita with a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Multiple other individuals, including two juveniles, were located inside the apartment. EMS transported a woman to an area hospital to be evaluated for a condition apparently unrelated to the shooting.&nbsp;No other injuries were reported.

Homicide investigators responded to the scene and worked with patrol officers to understand what led up to the shooting. According to Sedgwick County booking records, police arrested 22-year-old Peter McKinney and 50-year-old Jeffrey McKinney.

At this time, police believe that Crawford and Peter McKinney knew each other and were involved in an argument before the shooting.

Peter McKinney remains jailed on a half-million dollar bond. His next court hearing is July 15, according to the district attorney's office.&nbsp; His father remains jailed on a $50,000 bond, according to online jail records.

&nbsp;This is the 18th criminal homicide in Wichita this year, according to Ford.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY—A Kansas man accused in a deadly shooting in Wichita made his first court appearance in the case last week. Peter McKinney, 22 of Wichita, is charged with 2nd&nbsp;degree murder, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.Police also arrested McKinney's father at the scene on a requested charge of Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.&nbsp;&nbsp;More investigation is needed before further charges are filed against him, according to the district attorney's office.Just after 11a.m. July 1, Sedgwick County Emergency Communications received a call reporting a shooting at the&nbsp;Rockborough apartment complex, 202 N Rock Road in Wichita, according to police spokesman Andrew Ford.<figure>
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 </figure>First responders located 25-year-old Sebastian Crawford of Wichita with a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased on the scene.Multiple other individuals, including two juveniles, were located inside the apartment. EMS transported a woman to an area hospital to be evaluated for a condition apparently unrelated to the shooting.&nbsp;No other injuries were reported.<figure>
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 </figure>Homicide investigators responded to the scene and worked with patrol officers to understand what led up to the shooting. According to Sedgwick County booking records, police arrested 22-year-old Peter McKinney and 50-year-old Jeffrey McKinney.At this time, police believe that Crawford and Peter McKinney knew each other and were involved in an argument before the shooting.Peter McKinney remains jailed on a half-million dollar bond. His next court hearing is July 15, according to the district attorney's office.&nbsp; His father remains jailed on a $50,000 bond, according to online jail records.&nbsp;This is the 18th criminal homicide in Wichita this year, according to Ford.

Father, son remain jailed after Kan. apartment complex killing

JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman on multiple allegations after a traffic stop.

Just after 4a.m. July 9,&nbsp; a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2011 Cadillac CTS for multiple driving infractions near 158th and Q. Road in rural Jackson County, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

 During the traffic stop, a Jackson County Sheriff’s K-9 alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics within the vehicle. 

The deputy arrested 39-year-old Sarah Diane White of Council Grove and her booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, transporting an open container, driving under the influence and no insurance.

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 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman on multiple allegations after a traffic stop.Just after 4a.m. July 9,&nbsp; a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2011 Cadillac CTS for multiple driving infractions near 158th and Q. Road in rural Jackson County, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. During the traffic stop, a Jackson County Sheriff’s K-9 alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics within the vehicle. The deputy arrested 39-year-old Sarah Diane White of Council Grove and her booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, transporting an open container, driving under the influence and no insurance.

Sheriff: Kan. woman accused of DUI, transporting cocaine

By NATE KING Salina Post

Salina Police Department (SPD) officers reported to a residence located in the 400 block of Baker Street on Monday after a 34-year-old Salina woman called 911 after a man choked and bit her.

Feldman said officers arrived at the scene on Monday, July 8 at 5 p.m.&nbsp;

"She indicated that she had an associate and that he had been at the residence," said SPD Cpt. James Feldman. "She left one of the rooms, when she heard glass breaking in another room."

When she came out of the room, she had her cell phone in her hand. The associate came up and ripped it out of her hands, Feldman said. 

SPD later identified the man as 29-year-old Joseph Daulton.

The 34-year-old woman became afraid of Daulton and began to hit him so she could run away. She then went to another room, and he followed her.

"He told her she would not be leaving. She put her shoes on and said she needed to drink," Feldman said. "He then came up around from behind her, put his arm around her neck and choked her. She had difficulty breathing. As he continued, he ended up biting her ear and the left side of her back."

Daulton told the woman he would return her phone if she did not call the police.

"She was still not let out of the room. She again asked for a drink," Feldman said. "She attempted to get out of the bathroom window, when he grabbed her and pulled her back in."

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 </figure>By NATE KING Salina PostSalina Police Department (SPD) officers reported to a residence located in the 400 block of Baker Street on Monday after a 34-year-old Salina woman called 911 after a man choked and bit her.Feldman said officers arrived at the scene on Monday, July 8 at 5 p.m.&nbsp;"She indicated that she had an associate and that he had been at the residence," said SPD Cpt. James Feldman. "She left one of the rooms, when she heard glass breaking in another room."When she came out of the room, she had her cell phone in her hand. The associate came up and ripped it out of her hands, Feldman said. SPD later identified the man as 29-year-old Joseph Daulton.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/7/1720614356343.png" alt="Daulton, Joseph Theodore" />
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 </figure>The 34-year-old woman became afraid of Daulton and began to hit him so she could run away. She then went to another room, and he followed her."He told her she would not be leaving. She put her shoes on and said she needed to drink," Feldman said. "He then came up around from behind her, put his arm around her neck and choked her. She had difficulty breathing. As he continued, he ended up biting her ear and the left side of her back."Daulton told the woman he would return her phone if she did not call the police."She was still not let out of the room. She again asked for a drink," Feldman said. "She attempted to get out of the bathroom window, when he grabbed her and pulled her back in."According to the report from the SPD, Daulton allowed her to go into another room to talk. She told Daulton she was leaving. He responded by grabbing her from behind again and bit her on the cheek. "She then grabbed a rod and hit him and kicked him to get him away from her. She grabbed her bag and got outside, where she called the police," Feldman said.Daulton was not at the scene when officers arrived Monday evening. "We tried to locate him, but he had left before our arrival," Feldman said. "Yesterday [July 9] at around 7 p.m. We had information he [Daulton] was in the 200 block of North Phillips."Officers found Daulton at the residence and took him into custody without incident. Daulton was booked into the Saline County Jail with the following requested charges: aggravated domestic battery, robbery, kidnapping, criminal restraint, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property