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Probation violation results in prison

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Misti Dawn Caton, 36, of Pittsburg, was sentenced to prison earlier this month after failing to comply with the terms of probation stemming from a 2018 case, where Caton pled guilty to possessing methamphetamine. On May 3 Caton was ordered to serve her original 15-month term of imprisonment.

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Cherokee County Jail Report

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Ryan Patrick Miller, 42, was arrested Wednesday by Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies on charges of violation of offender registration act; third or subsequent and is being held in lieu of $7,500 bail.

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CALENDAR

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Friday, May 12 •USD 493 Elementary Track Meet.

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Tax sale set for July 18

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Friday, May 12, 2023

The Cherokee County Delinquent property auction is now set for July 18 at 1 p.m. in the District Court Room. Any owner of a property that is in this auction has until the day before the sale to redeem their property. This is the first of three sales planned for this year.

Graduation! County schools graduate 250

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Graduation! County schools graduate 250

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Graduating seniors in Cherokee County this year numbered 250 slightly down as 267 graduated in 2022. Today’s News Report features pictures and profiles of the graduates from Southeast, Riverton and Baxter Springs.

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Oklahoma food bank gets thanks from Weir

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Friday, May 12, 2023

A financial disaster was averted by the City of Weir thanks to the accommodating actions of an Oklahoma non-profit food bank. As they turned into a real bank for the city last month.

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District 11 water plan rejected by cities

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Friday, May 12, 2023

The government bodies of three Cherokee County cities buying water from Wholesale Water District 11, known as Bone Creek have expressed alarm by a proposed plan that would marry the wholesale water supplier with the City of Girard.

Big Brutus Birthday Bash begins Friday

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Big Brutus Birthday Bash begins Friday

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Friday, May 12, 2023

The newspapers called it a coal monster, and a monster it was. Dubbed “Big Brutus,” the enormous power shovel towered 15 stories high and weighed 11 million pounds. Purchased in 1962 from the Bucyrus-Erie Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The machine’s cost was $6.5 million.

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Cherokee County Court Docket

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Maradeth Frederick Wednesday, May 10 9 a.m. – State of Kansas vs. John Clark, jury trial, (criminal) 9 a.m. – In the Matter of the Estate of Galen Merle Culver, final settlement, (probate) Thursday, May 11 9 a.m. – State of Kansas vs. John Clark, jury trial, (criminal) Friday, May 12 9 a.m. – In...

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Cherokee County Jail Report

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Carl Wayne Rakestraw, 30, was arrested Sunday by Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies on charges of failure to appear and was released on $2,500 bail.

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