Deerfield News

A Garden City man accused of raping, sodomizing and murdering a Deerfield girl has been declared competent to stand trial.

Published online 10/20/2009 10:19 PM By The News staff LAKIN - There haven't been any sightings since last week of the inmate who escaped Oct.

A wanted man who escaped from jail earlier this week is still on the run, despite several days of intensive searching by area law enforcement.

Officials say 27-year-old Mitchel Ebihara of Garden City was being held on charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery.

Officials of the Deerfield school district are considering switching to a four-day school week, beginning in the 2010-2011 academic year.

Janet Anguiano walked into the Deerfield Community Learning Center Wednesday morning, sat down at a computer and began reading chapters and taking notes in world geography.

A competency hearing in the case of a 17-year-old Garden City boy accused of murdering a 16-year-old Deerfield girl has been continued at the request of the defense attorney.

The future and how Kearny County Hospital will move forward after a requested budget increase failed by 18 votes Tuesday remained uncertain this morning as Hospital Administrator John Loebl spoke on the election's results and where the hospital will go from here.

Kristina Bridgeman, who ran Saturday's turtle races for the Deerfield Days and Summer Celebration, feels the day-long celebration is a good way to bring the community together.

Tommy Sanjuan, 19, Julio Gonzalez, 17, and Beto Medrano, 18, were just hanging out together on the evening of July 21.

Southwest Kansas residents have several fairs, as well as the Deerfield Days and Summer Celebration, to choose from on Friday and through the weekend.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Garden City.

The wheat harvest so far has been diverse across southwest Kansas. Spring storms that moved east of Syracuse to Deerfield earlier this month wreaked havoc on wheat fields, while fields north and east of Garden City are doing well, according to area grain elevator managers.

A preliminary hearing in the case of a 17-year-old Garden City boy accused of murdering a 16-year-old Deerfield girl has been continued, and further mental health evaluations ordered, following a hearing at the Finney County District Courthouse this morning.