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Authorities continue to suspect that a Wichita man charged with kidnapping and raping a Viola convenience store clerk has most likely left Sedgwick County and headed to Oregon.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Robert D. Abner, 39, who is charged in Sedgwick County District Court with one count of aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and six counts of rape, records show.

The "best lead that we have" is that Abner has left the Sedgwick County area, Undersheriff Bob Hinshaw said Monday. The Sheriff's Office is asking that anyone with information about Abner's location call the investigations section at 316-660-5300, Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111, or 911, Hinshaw said.

An Oregon State Police news release says Abner reportedly was born in Eugene, Ore., may be on his way to Oregon, and may have acquaintances there.

On Monday, Eugene police spokeswoman Kerry Delf said police and the public there have received an alert about Abner. There have been no reports indicating that Abner is in the area, Delf said.

The second suspect in a November shooting death faced charges including first-degree murder on Monday, the day after being apprehended at a traffic stop.

Michael E. Phillips, 26, was charged in connection with the Nov. 19 slaying of Miguel Moya. Phillips joins 26-year-old Tiffany Berry, who was arrested in December and faces charges of murder and armed robbery. She is tentatively set for trial next month.

Wichita police said Phillips tried to run after officers pulled over a white Dodge van he was riding in about 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities said officers stopped the van for failure to use a turn signal and for a defective brake light near I-135 and 21st Street.

"He bailed from the car, ran, jumped a fence," said Ken Landwehr, commander of the Wichita homicide squad.

A crime that spurred a public outcry over how people reacted to a stabbing inside a convenience store last year brings Cherish McCullough to trial this week charged with murder.

McCullough has pleaded not guilty in the stabbing death of 27-year-old LaShanda Callaway. McCullough was 19 when she was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Lawyers began questioning potential jurors Monday afternoon and will continue jury selection today.

The circumstances surrounding Callaway's death in June 2007 shocked some.

An acquaintance of Callaway's said the clerks didn't close the store at 2601 N. Hillside and people continued to mill about the store after the stabbing.

Both candidates in the primary election race for the 77th District's Kansas House seat are longtime fixtures in their communities as small-business owners and as public servants.

Incumbent David Crum, an optometrist, will square off against retired veterinarian Gary Harmon in the August Republican primary.

For Crum, 62, re-election would mean continuing to champion the fiscal conservatism he said has guided him since he joined the Legislature in 2006.

Harmon, 68, hopes what he classified as a more moderate approach will strike a chord with the district's voters.

"Moderates tend to be the decisionmakers," he said.