Fugitive from authorities shot, captured in Deweese

Residents of Nuckolls and Clay counties rarely experience anything close to what so many people watch on TV, or read about in the larger cities concerning crime, law enforcement and the outcome of such actions.

However, Thursday residents around the Deweese area lived through such an experience. From news reports on television and from the Hastings newspaper we put together the following summary.

Last Tuesday a resident of Hastings, Donald Blessing, age 45, a parolee, was in southwest Clay County near Deweese. A woman who was driving the vehicle, managed to escape from Blessing when they stopp...