The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Osborne County Sheriff’s Office again ask for the public’s assistance as they investigate the murder of 48-year-old Calvin Beams of Downs.

Leonard Rahjes, age 74, Kensington, passed away on January 26, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City after a valiant, months-long battle with lymphoma.

He was born on July 12, 1947, in Smith Center, Kansas.

Leonard grew up on his family’s farm in the rural Agra-Kensington area and continued living on this homestead his whole life. Leonard attended Agra High School and graduated in 1965. His work ethic helped establish a successful farming operation which was his lifelong work.

Leland Steven Dix, age 73, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

He was born January 13, 1949 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, the son of Leonard F. and Lula Jane (Richardson) Dix. He grew up in Stockton and graduated from Stockton High School in 1967.

Rita Joan Hrabe, Stockton, passed away on January 30, 2022, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville at the age of 86.