PAOLA- Three people were injured in an accident just before 8 a.m. on Wednesday in Miami County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford passenger car driven by Robert L. Geiler Jr., 36, Osawatomie, was northbound on U.S.69 and stopped in traffic.

A 2013 Ford SUV driven by Denise M. Sieben, 53, Bucyrus, was slowing to stop and was rear-ended by a 2000 Acura driven by Marin E. Hoskins, 17, Olathe.

The impact pushed the SUV into the car.

Geiler JR, and a passenger in the car Anthony L. Woltkamp, 25, Olathe, were transported to Miami County Medical Center.

Sieben was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

The KHP reported Hoskins was possibly injured but not where she was treated and all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

MANHATTAN, KAN. – Today, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), along with a bipartisan group of 13 Senators, expressed concern to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jack Lew about recent proposals that would repeal the accounting method of “last-in, first-out” (LIFO), which is used by many American businesses.

In the letter, the Senators argue that a repeal of LIFO could create undue burdens for American businesses and would run counter to the goal of a simple and efficient tax code that allows businesses to compete.

The Senators wrote, “LIFO is a widely accepted inventory accounting method, and has been recognized in the U.S. tax code for more than 70 years. By allowing businesses to qualify their inventory under the LIFO standards, businesses report a fair tax liability that is both realistic and unoppressive to growth.

“…If this reform is passed, the penalty to the businesses that used LIFO could extend decades into the past, forcing companies to pay off the “reserve” to which they had legally been entitled. This retroactive tax would place undue burden on companies that abided by an accepted standard… At worst, repeal could force cuts to employment or drive companies out of business altogether.”

Many American manufacturers, retailers, distributors and small businesses rely on LIFO. A LIFO repeal could result in retroactive tax increases for many of these companies – costs that could ultimately be passed on to employees and consumers, hindering future growth and job creation.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri funeral director is sending his father out with a bang. His father’s ashes, anyway.

Greenlawn Funeral Homes will hold its first Firework Memorial program on Saturday night, when fireworks packed with James Carver’s cremated remains will be launched skyward as part of his family’s goodbye.

Carver’s family is the first to try Greenlawn’s new program. His son is funeral director Jim Carver. He says his father, who died in 2008, loved watching fireworks and would appreciate the unusual send off. The family will follow the eight-minute fireworks display with a cookout and memorial celebration.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that  Greenlawn’s Fireworks Memorials range from a $300 “Sensational Celebration” to the “Ultimate Goodbye,” costing between $8,000 and $10,000.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The aircraft overhaul base at Kansas City International Airport has signed a three-year contract to do maintenance work for Southwest Airlines.

Base operator Aviation Technical Services said Tuesday maintenance work for Southwest will begin later this year. Southwest operates 67 daily non-stop flights from KCI to 26 destinations.

The repair base reopened at KCI earlier this year. It also has contracts with Hawaiian Airlines, Air Canada and UTair Aviation, one of Russia’s largest airlines.

ATS has said it plans to employ 540 workers and 40 contract employees in three to five years, and the operation eventually could grow to 1,000 jobs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former ConAgra sales executive is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 12 in Omaha for wire fraud.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports  that Donald Wilson pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha, where ConAgra is headquartered. Wilson originally pleaded not guilty to eight counts of wire fraud or aiding and abetting wire fraud.

Wilson was accused of using nearly $606,000 from his company’s marketing budget to help pay personal expenses and expenses for a professional softball team he helped sponsor.

Authorities say that from 2006 through April 2012 Wilson worked in Bothell, Washington, and supervised four regional managers. ConAgra provided him with a marketing budget, but he was not allowed to use it for personal or unapproved expenses.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two state senators from Wichita say they want to introduce a plan in the Legislature to eliminate sales tax on food purchased for preparation at home.

Republican Sen. Michael O’Donnell says he worked on a similar proposal on the tax code during the 2013 legislative session but the House rejected it.

The Wichita Eagle  reports O’Donnell is working with Democratic Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau on a plan that would slowly reduce the sales tax on food over several years.

The Kansas Department of Revenue says groceries make up about 15 percent of total sales tax collections, bringing in about $392.5 million each year — most of which goes into the state’s general fund.

Kansas is currently projected to have a $260 million deficit by the end of June 2016.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson will start safety testing in early January on a vaccine combination that could protect people from a strain of the deadly Ebola virus.

The health care products maker says it has committed up to $200 million to speed up and expand production of a vaccine program being developed by its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.

J&J is developing the vaccine with the Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic. It involves a regimen in which two vaccines are delivered two months apart. The combination provided complete protection in animals against a virus strain similar to the one causing the current outbreak in West Africa that has killed thousands of people.

The New Brunswick, New Jersey, company says it will also determine whether its vaccine protects against the version causing the outbreak.