· Larry Leslie (b. 1943) Sheriff 1993-2002 · It’s Friday morning, January 3, 2003, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Larry Leslie, 59, ex-sheriff of Reno County, is beginning his jail sentence for misdemeanor conflict of interest. He’s been booked into the same jail he had formally run. He’s been fingerprinted. Instead of a suit and tie, he’s wearing the jail’s standard black-and-white striped jumpsuit. * Larry Leslie was an honest sheriff before he became a careless criminal. * In 1998, … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: Larry Leslie
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Memories Make Memoirs
· Susan Painter · The older you get—hopefully—the more memories you'll have to write about. Recently, I’ve run into a number of former students from my days as a School Resource Officer when I was a sergeant with the Reno County Sheriff’s Office. Since I visited the schools for so many years, like full-time teachers, I continue to refer to these young people, now adults, as “my” students. One student reminded me that he had a really tough time in school due to being bullied. He … [Read more...] about Memories Make Memoirs