TULSA, Okla. — Federal indictments have been returned by a federal grand jury in two recent Tulsa area bank robberies.

The most recent robbery occurred Aug. 2 at the Arvest Bank on East 36th St. Twenty-year-old Joseph Paul Beeson, III and 35-year-old Chantz Germaine Patterson of Tulsa and 28-year-old Calvin Shobe of Coffeyville, Kan., were all three indicted on weapons and robbery charges in that hold-up. Two of the three were caught less than one mile from the crime.

There was no word on possible trial dates.

Three men who allegedly made about $800,000 selling methamphetamine in Kansas City were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday.

Luis Hernandez, 50, of Kansas City, Jerry Dean Matlock, 55, of Cherryvale, Kan., and Jesus Roberto Zamudio Beltran, a Mexican citizen, were named in the indictment.

From 2008 until mid-August, undercover police conducted 31 drug transactions with Hernandez, according to the indictment.

Besides the $800,000, federal prosecutors also are seeking the forfeiture of property and vehicles allegedly obtained with illegal drug proceeds.

UPDATE (Friday, Aug. 26): Derek Smith of Independence has been formally charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Tyra (Goins) Smith. Tyra was shot and killed at her home Wednesday evening. Derek’s bond was set at $2 million. More details later.

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Here is a statement issued from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, Aug 25:

At approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening, Aug. 24, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of shots fire at a residence south of Independence.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers found Tyra Smith had been the victim of a shooting at her home. A person of interest has been taken into custody.

Montgomery County Detectives and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are continuing the investigation at this time. Charges will be filed pending review of the reports by the Montgomery County Attorney’s Office.

BREAKING NEWS: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has removed the blue-green algae advisory for Big Hill Lake. Swimming and direct contact with the water is now permissible.

The Montgomery County Chronicle publishes death notices on this website at no charge to the family of the deceased. Complete obituary can be found in the print edition of the Montgomery County Chronicle. Complete obituaries are printed at $20, which is billed to the funeral home handling the funeral and burial arrangements. Click on “Read More” to find the death notices.

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BY ANDY TAYLOR

CHERRYVALE — The family of an 11-year-old Cherryvale boy is counting their blessings today — after a freak bicycle accident on Monday caused the bicycle handle bar to impale the boy’s left leg.

The damage to Colton Poole’s left leg was contained to fatty tissue and not the femur bone or the femoral artery that travels down the thigh. The fact that Poole sustained only tissue damage is regarded as a miracle considering how the damage happened in the first place.

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INDEPENDENCE — A clothing and department store will soon by coming to Independence.

Work has already begun on converting a portion of the KMart property on West Main Street in Independence into a Goody’s Department Store. Bob Aronson,  vice president of investor relations with Goody’s, confirmed the arrival of the department store, which he said should take place by mid-October.

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Eleven people have been arrested — and more arrested are expected — following a multi-week investigation into the theft of heavy equipment, tools, firearms and copper wiring as well as the discovery of various drugs and drug paraphernalia.

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(Published in the Montgomery County Chronicle on Thursday, Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2011)

DELINQUENT TAX LIST AND NOTICE

This Is Not a Sheriff’s Sale  •  These Properties Are Not For Sale

Notice is hereby given that so much of each tract of land or town lot described in the following list located in Montgomery County, Kansas, as may be necessary for the purpose, will be on the first Tuesday of September, 2011, for the taxes and charges thereon for the year of 2010 be transferred to the Montgomery County Treasurer at the treasurer’s office at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Independence, Kansas, to the tax sale book, pursuant to Kansas Statutes 79-2302 or 79-2303. State law requires a publication fee of $16.00 be assessed against of the names listed.

Nancy Clubine, Montgomery County Treasurer

August 12, 2011