Former Baxter Springs man pleads guilty to second degree burglary

A former Baxter Springs man pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm stemming from a 2017 case and to delivering a controlled substance from a separate case that same year.

A Jasper County judge sentenced Gary L. Tavis, 42, to four terms of seven years in prison to be served concurrently on several felony convictions, including burglary and delivery of methamphe…