Gove County News

Out of sight, out of mind. That's the way Eliamani and Alphaeus Shayo sometimes feel about their situation, tucked away in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa, caring for the terminally ill.

Never mind the cold, rainy weather, there was a fossil to be found. So Mike Everhart and a fossil-aficionado-in-training anxiously chipped away at the soft limestone under a rock overhang last week at a rock outcropping alongside a roadway leading into Wilson Lake.

Calling the crime "despicable," District Judge Ed Bouker Tuesday sentenced David A. Stevenson to a term of life in prison for the first-degree murder of his 85-year-old father, Walter A. Stevenson.

Heavy rain sent floodwaters over highways in Logan County overnight, shutting down power to at least three communities.

By MIKE CORN mcorn@dailynews.net WaKEENEY - After deliberating for nearly four hours Friday, a Gove County jury convicted David A. Stevenson of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his father.

A Western Kansas man has been found guilty in the murder of his father. A jury found David Stevenson guilty of the March, 2008 murder of his father Walter.

Prosecutors continued Monday to try to link David A. Stevenson to his father's death.

Prosecutors continued Monday to try to link David A. Stevenson to his father's death.

Jim Schwarzenberger is back at work after losing his job of 30 years at the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce.

A portrait of a family split apart by money quickly is being painted in the first-degree murder trial against David A. Stevenson.

A large, fragmented line of thunderstorms hammered several western Kansas counties Friday evening, resulting in heavy rain, hail and four reported tornados.

The trial of a man charged with killing his 85-year-old father is scheduled to begin with potential jurors being taken from Gove County to Trego County.

In four equal groups, Gove County residents will be heading to WaKeeney beginning Monday morning for the selection of a jury to hear the first-degree murder case against David A. Stevenson.

When she was a student at Brooks Institute, a prestigious photography school in Santa Barbara, Calif., Robin Lorenson was often asked what she wanted to do with what she was learning there.

Confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been reported in several western Kansas counties, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Wednesday.

Confirmed cases of the H1N1 Influenza A virus in northwest Kansas: * Gove County -- One case involving an adult * Logan County -- One case involving an adult * Rawlins County -- One case involving a child * Sheridan County -- One case involving a child * Sherman County -- One case involving an adult * Thomas County -- Three cases involving adults ...

A 39-year-old Scott City man died Saturday night after falling off a chalk pyramid at Monument Rocks in western Gove County.

Aaron D. Mihalik, 29, and Jenna L. Kennedy, 23, were taken to Gove County Medical Center in Quinter after the crash, which occurred at 12:38 p.m. one and a half miles east of Park.

Three cases of swine flu confirmed in Thomas Co. Three cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus have been confirmed in Thomas County adults.

Two cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus have been confirmed in Neosho County children.