Lansing Correctional Facility inmate dies

Lansing Correctional Facility resident Jamie Gaius Marshall died Monday, July 11, at the facility, according to a news release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.

The cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy, authorities stated in the news release. Preliminary assessment indicates the death was not related to COVID-19.

When a resident dies in the custody of the KDOC, the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the news release stated.

Marshall, 43, has been incarcerated since January 15, 2013, due to two drug convictions in 2003 and one rape conviction in 2012. He was convicted from Johnson County.

The Lansing Correctional Facility, formerly the Kansas State Penitentiary, opened in 1867. Serving only males, the facility maintains maximum and medium units totaling 1,920 beds, and a 512-bed minimum security unit.

KCK man sentenced in international drug smuggling case

A Kansas City, Kansas, man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas.


In April 2022, Jovanny Medina, 24, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.


According to court documents, Medina took part in a conspiracy to traffic illegal narcotics sourced from his family in Mexico in the Kansas City metro area. His primary role in the operation was to import and distribute multi-kilogram quantities of methamphetamine, collect drug debts, and transport bulk United States currency from Kansas City to Mexico.

“As long as drug smugglers infiltrate our borders and peddle poison into our communities, the Department of Justice will remain vigilant in arresting and prosecuting offenders with the deliberate intention of dismantling these criminal enterprises,” U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard said in a news release.


U.S. Attorney Slinkard commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration for their collaborative investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Catania who prosecuted the case.


This prosecution was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Strike Force Initiative, which provides for the establishment of permanent multi-agency task force teams that work side-by-side in the same location.

Voter registration deadline is today

July 12 is the last day to register to vote for the Aug. 2 primary election.

Voters may register to vote online at https://www.kdor.ks.gov/Apps/VoterReg, according to information from the Wyandotte County Election office’s website.

If voters are unsure of their registration status, they may use the secretary of state’s Voter View website to look up their status online at
https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview.

The Voter View website will tell voters if they are currently registered, and will tell them their polling place.

There also are sample ballots available for voters to look at.

Voter View also will tell voters what districts they are in. Some Wyandotte County voters have been taken out of the 3rd Congressional District and placed in the 2nd Congressional District this year, and some changes also have occurred with the state legislative and State Board of Education districts because of redistricting passed by the Kansas Legislature.

Links to updated district maps are at https://www.wycovotes.org/news/2022/6/17/updated-district-maps.

Advance voting by mail begins soon, as mail ballots will be sent out beginning July 13.

The last day to submit an application for an advance voting ballot by mail is Tuesday, July 26. Applications for advance voting are at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56606b47e4b0b9403ad6ff96/t/62cc4eccf559485147892d48/1657556684510/Primary+2022+AV1.pdf.

Ballots may be returned to any early voting location or an election day polling location during voting hours, or to any mail drop box location. The locations are listed at https://www.wycovotes.org/where-do-i-vote.

Early voting in person begins Saturday, July 23.

To see more information from the election office, visit wycovotes.org.

The Wyandotte County Election Office may be reached at 913-573-8500 or email [email protected].