Assault And Battery

Fort Scott man sentenced for 2004 murder (05/03/08)
By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune Starr Marshall wore an oval-shaped picture of Karl "Rex" Schenker on her jacket. So did Kay Werling and Chad Schenker. And so did about a dozen relatives of Rex Schenker, the victim of a 2004 murder. Kohlby Freeze pleaded guilty to the murder last year...

Bourbon County man receives max sentence for sex crime (04/22/08)
Nathan E. Goodwin was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward handed down the maximum or "aggravated" sentence on Goodwin on two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, severity level three felonies. Ward sentenced him to 71 months on the first count and 61 months on the second. The sentences will be served consecutively or back to back...