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MARKETS SETTLE UP Straighten up! I don’t read lips well but even sitting several pews back from my mom in church I knew what she was saying. I knew that sitting lower in the pew where she couldn’t see me wasn’t an option and that I needed to straighten up quickly.

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Wilson man convicted on child sex charges

ELLSWORTH – (July 18, 2022) – A Wilson man has been convicted of child sex crimes under the Kansas version of Jessica’s Law, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. Jason Cunningham, 36, was found guilty late Friday by an Ellsworth County jury of two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one count of indecent liberties with a child, one count of aggravated intimidation of a victim, and two counts of promoting obscenity to a minor.

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Barton County Sheriff’s Office Press Release

On July 18, 2022, just before 4 PM Sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 2400 block of 6th Street in the city of Great Bend. The vehicle was stopped for a traffic infraction. During the investigation Sheriff’s Office K9 Maxx was deployed and indicated the presence of controlled substances in or around the vehicle. During the course of the investigation, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and brass knuckles were discovered.

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