Vincent Hoyle Road woke to sirens and confusion just after 2:40 a.m. Sunday when deputies from the Vance County Sheriff’s Office arrived at 187 Vincent Hoyle Road, Lot 7, and found 26-year-old Jashia Wright bleeding from multiple stab wounds in the front yard. She was rushed to Maria Parham Hospital, where she died despite emergency … Read more
Marquavious Da’shawn Westbrook, 19, is being mourned as a gentle giant after a Saturday night shooting at a block party in Ocilla left him dead and another young man critically wounded. Family members described Westbrook as always smiling, respectful and full of promise—traits that made his sudden death feel particularly cruel to those who loved … Read more
Seward County — The quiet stretch of U.S. Highway 83 near the Liberal Animal Shelter turned deadly just after 3 a.m. Sunday when a northbound 1999 Ford F-150 ran up onto a curb, fishtailed and rolled before coming to rest facing south. Emergency crews rushed both occupants to a local hospital. Twenty-two-year-old Elijio Beltran of … Read more
Colfax woke to sorrow and questions after corrections officers at the Whitman County Jail found inmate Jesse Harrell unresponsive during routine morning rounds. Staff and emergency medical crews tried life‑saving measures, but Harrell was pronounced dead at the scene. The Whitman County Coroner has not yet released an official cause of death. Sheriff’s officials have … Read more
Montario D. Peoples, 34, died early Easter Sunday after being shot while seated in a vehicle outside Bourbon Street Sports Bar & Grill on the 800 block of East 53rd Street. First responders arrived after a 2:43 a.m. report and found Peoples suffering multiple gunshot wounds; Madison County Coroner Adam Matson ruled the cause of … Read more
