WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A three-time Paralympics gold medalist from Wichita wants whoever stole the gold ring he received during the 2004 Athens Paralympics to return the ring.

Nick Taylor’s ring and other items were stolen during a robbery at his home earlier this month. He says the ring is a symbol of his first Paralympics tennis championship.

Of the three gold Paralympics tennis medals – in Athens, London and Beijing – his first in Athens is special because it’s among few things he has that mark that high point in his life.

Wichita police spokeswoman Sgt. Nikki Woodrow says the robbery investigation is still open and phone calls and Crime Stoppers tips about the incident are welcomed.

Taylor says he’d just like the thief to return the ring.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral for a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain shot to death on duty.

Capt. Robert Melton was fatally shot Tuesday by a suspect fleeing law enforcement. A 20-year-old man, Jamaal Lewis, is charged with capital murder in Melton’s death. Melton was 46.

The Kansas City Star reports people began showing up at Children’s Mercy Park after sunrise for the service, which began at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Military veterans also lined the street holding American flags.

Police Chief Terry Zeigler struggled to make it through his tribute to Melton, who he said was committed to the force. Zeigler said Melton’s family would always be part of the department.

Police officers also attended from other states, including Oklahoma and Texas.

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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A western Missouri man has been found not guilty in a 2014 fatal shooting at a Cass County cemetery.

A Cass County jury on Friday acquitted Tyler Smallwood of Peculiar in the June 2014 death of 25-year-old Forrest Fuller.

The Kansas City Star reports that Smallwood was 18 when he was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the case, which was investigated by the Kansas City Metro Squad and included 30 investigators from 14 agencies.

Fuller, of Cass County, was found shot to death at a rural cemetery in rural Peculiar, which is about 30 miles south of Kansas City.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City voters may get a chance to vote on another light-rail system.

City Attorney Bill Geary said a proposal from Clay Chastain is not “unconstitutional on its face” so under the city charter it should be put to voters Nov. 8.

The council votes on the ballot language Thursday. Geary and council members said they weren’t endorsing the idea.

Chastain gathered more than the 1,709 valid petition signatures needed to place a measure on a Kansas City ballot. His plan seeks three sales taxes totaling three-quarter cents for 25 years each to help build a light rail and electric bus system from Kansas City International Airport to the Cerner campus in south Kansas City and from Union Station to the Truman Sports Complex.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials say the sugarcane aphid has returned to Kansas.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the tiny Southern pests have threatened grain sorghum, or milo, fields in the Sunflower State the previous two years. Kansas is the nation’s leading producer of grain sorghum.

Aphids were reported and confirmed in fields in Sumner and Cowley counties this week.

Officials are scouting fields but haven’t determined how far north the aphids have spread.

Last year, some sorghum producers saw heavy yield losses due to sugarcane aphids. Kansas State University says the pest spread to 36 Kansas counties, making it close to the Nebraska border.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas man faces up to 11 years in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently obtained more than 60,000 DVD movies at discount prices from the Disney Movie Club.

Forty-seven-year-old Harvey Self of Derby pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of filing false tax returns and one count of giving the U.S. Postal Service false names and address for fraudulent purposes.

Self admits he created aliases to qualify for discounts while buying DVD and Blue-ray movies, then resold the movies at a profit. Authorities say the net sales of the movies totaled more than $106,000.

Self also admitted overstating business losses for tax years 2011 and 2012.

Self has told The Associated Press he was just trying to supplement his income so he could support his eight children.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence imposed on a man convicted of fatally shooting a sheriff during a 2005 drug raid.

Kansas hasn’t executed anyone in more than 50 years, and Friday’s decision in Scott Cheever’s case is only the second time the court has upheld a death sentence under the state’s 1994 capital punishment law.

The decision came four years after the court ordered a new trial for Cheever over questions about an expert’s testimony. The U.S. Supreme Court directed the Kansas court to reconsider.

Cheever acknowledged shooting Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels as he tried to serve a warrant at a rural home about 75 miles northeast of Wichita. But Cheever’s attorney argued he was too high on methamphetamine for the crime to be premeditated

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas man has been convicted in the 2014 death and sexual assault of 100-year-old woman.

The Wichita Eagle reports that a Sedgwick County jury deliberated about two hours Thursday before convicting Kasey Nesbitt of first-degree felony murder, rape and aggravated burglary with the intent to commit a sexual assault.

Jurors concluded that Nesbitt kicked in Martha Schell’s door and assaulted her in September 2014.

Marc Bennett, the county’s district attorney, told jurors that Schell died from blood clots that formed after the attack, which left her with a broken back and other injuries.

Nesbitt’s sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 18. He faces up to life in prison on the murder conviction, as well as up to 54 years for the rape.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old man charged in the killing of a Kansas police captain is on suicide watch.

Jamaal Lewis wore an anti-suicide prison smock when he made his first court appearance Friday.

Lewis is charged with capital murder in the shooting death Tuesday of Kansas City, Kansas, police Capt. Robert Melton. The judge read the charges against Lewis, which also include aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a weapon

At the end of the hearing, Lewis turned to his family at the back of the courtroom and mouthed “I love you.” A man moved toward Lewis and responded: “I love you son. I love you.”

Jail official Jeff Fewell says Lewis was placed on suicide watch after a mental health evaluation.

His next hearing is set for Sept. 23.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of impersonating an officer during a Kansas City traffic stop.

The Kansas City Star reports that the arrest was made Thursday. Police said a motorist called police Wednesday after the driver of a Ford Crown Victoria signaled him to pull over with a flash red light. The motorist said a non-uniformed man who appeared to be armed told him to slow down.

The motorist asked the man whether he was a police officer and was told not to worry about that.

The motorist said he drove back into the interstate traffic as the man walked back to his vehicle. Eventually, the motorist began following the man but lost sight of him when he swerved across several lanes of traffic and exited the highway.