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With a jury trial about a month away, the Greenwood County District Court held a motion to sever hearing for the William Dee Wallace felony case, on Monday of this week to discuss various items, including the defendant’s wish to sever the three additional charges that were added in an amended complaint on March 21.

Greenwood County residents received an early morning wake-up call last Tuesday, April 16, as severe weather impacted the area. Alerts to take shelter were sent through Greenwood County Alerts, Weather Radios and other app notification systems around 4:15 a.m., notifying residents in the Eureka area to seek shelter as they were in a tornado watch. According to the National Weather Service, two tornado tracks were found across Greenwood County from storms last week. The strongest tornado was an EF-2 that occurred south of Virgil around 7:30 a.m., which went unreported until Greenwood County Road and Bridge checked the area later in the morning. Warning systems did not go out as radar didn’t show that severe weather was occurring. However, after the damage was found, three witnesses stated they saw the tornado come through. The EF-2 traveled 2.7 miles and had a max width of 116 yards. The storm began at 7:34 and ended at 7:42 a.m.

Here it is, the last full week of April. Only six days until May 1. Did you do something good for our planet Monday? It was Earth Day. I saw a very fitting t-shirt for the day: “Leave behind only your footprints, not trash!” Such a simple little request, yet so many fail to respond accordingly. I also saw on TV that our national parks have signs everywhere, especially on hiking trails, pertaining to trash. If you take something in with you, make sure it leaves with you.

Two Tornadoes, Spanning A Total

The April 1 Howard City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Richard Clark at 7:30 p.m., with council members Martin Hunter, Shilo Crupper, Derek Cookson, Jerrad Pope and Gary Harrod present. Also present was Howard Housing Authority (HHA) board members John Black, Debbie Roebuck, Patty Wiseman, Rodney Indermill, Susan Galvan Board Chair, Sherry Swendson State Certified Executive Director Specialist and Joanna Hunter City Clerk.

The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating circumstances behind an incident that resulted in the death of a 66-year-old Derby man.

The Greenwood County 4-H Meat Judging Teams traveled to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday, April 13, to compete in the 2024 Midwest Invitational Meat Judging Contest. The contest was attended by teams from Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. The Senior Team, consisting of Hannah Perrier, Addison Westerman and Cort Decker, placed 3rd in the overall contest with Hannah Perrier individually placing 9th overall.

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(Editor’s Note: Office staff gathers weekly court news from the 13th District Public Access Portal. For more information on a case listed below or any case within the 13th Judicial District visit www.kscourts.org.