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4 students hospitalized after eating drug-laced candies

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GULFPORT, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say four Tampa Bay area high school students were hospitalized after eating drug-laced gummy candies.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent said Monday that presumptive tests showed the drug was likely THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

Pinellas County Schools spokeswoman Lisa Wolf says a student brought the candy to school and passed it around to other students. She says seven students ate it and four were taken to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a precaution.

Wolf said the parents of the students who were taken to the hospital have been notified.

Vincent said the investigation was ongoing and no charges had been filed Monday afternoon. He declined to speak in detail about the case.

Kansas couple to appeal custody ruling; drug use suspected

court, law,TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas appellate court says five children of a Navy veteran and his wife were taken into state custody because of suspected drug use and neglect, not because of his use of medical marijuana.

The Topeka Capital-Journal says a Kansas Court of Appeals panel determined Friday the children don’t feel safe returning to Raymond and Amelia Schwab.

The appellate court found that Raymond Schwab tested positive for methamphetamine and opioids during a court-ordered blood screening last year.

Raymond Schwab says he has used medical marijuana to treat PTSD, even though Kansas has not legalized medical marijuana. He alleges the state “kidnapped” the children in April 2015.

The Schwabs’ case has become a rallying cry for marijuana advocates.

Kansas US attorney Grissom to step down

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U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Barry Grissom says he will step down as U.S. attorney for Kansas effective Friday.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday said in a news release that Grissom helped make Kansas and the entire United States a safer and more just place. She lauded his work building new relations with state and local law enforcement.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Beall will serve as acting U.S. attorney. He also served as a member of the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and served on Justice Department subcommittees focusing on civil rights and other issues.

Grissom was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010.

Grissom made civil rights enforcement and community outreach one of his top priorities during his tenure.

He plans to return to private law practice.

Keystone Pipeline resumes operations after spill, shutdown

keystone pipelineSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. has resumed sending oil through the Keystone Pipeline after a weeklong shutdown prompted by a leak and oil spill in southeastern South Dakota.

The pipeline came back online Sunday, but with a reduced pressure.

The company says it is continuing cleanup and land restoration at the site of the spill, which TransCanada estimates was about 400 barrels, or just under 17,000 gallons.

The leak was discovered April 2. The company says there was no significant environmental impact or threat to public safety.

The pipeline transports crude from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, passing through the eastern Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. It can handle 550,000 barrels, or about 23 million gallons, daily.

The company has not released estimates on cleanup costs and repairs.

Airline flight to KCI diverted

Southwest AirlinesWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, has been diverted to a Kansas airport after cabin pressure dropped.

The airline said in a news release that Flight 50 landed safely Sunday night at Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita. The Boeing 737 was carrying 143 passengers and five crew members.

The release said the airline worked with passengers to get them to their final destinations.

Amtrak sues Kansas feed yard over damaged tracks, derailment

AMTRAK logoWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Amtrak is suing a southwest Kansas feed yard claiming gross negligence related to a train derailment that injured 28 passengers last month.

The Wichita Eagle reports Amtrak and BNSF Railway Company filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Cimarron Crossing Feeders of failing to report that one of its trucks had damaged tracks about 20 miles west of Dodge City.

The lawsuit says an Amtrak train traveling east on the tracks shortly after midnight March 14th hit the damaged tracks and derailed near Cimarron.

A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report estimated damage from the derailment at more than $1.4 million.

The plaintiffs have requested a jury trial in Wichita. Officials with Cimarron Crossing Feeders didn’t immediately return a phone call Sunday seeking comment.

Topeka police patrol vehicle collides with minivan, hurts 3

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl is one of three people who sustained nonlife-threatening injuries in a crash involving a Topeka Police Department patrol vehicle.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the incident, which was reported to the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center at 6:32 p.m. Saturday.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the highway patrol’s crash log says 23-year-old Gary Atchison the Third of Burlingame was driving the police department SUV south with its emergency lights and sirens activated.

The vehicle and a 2004 Dodge Caravan collided in an intersection. The Dodge driver, 40-year-old Jesus Meza of Topeka, and a 10-year-old in the vehicle were taken to a local hospital.

Atchison and a passenger in the SUV, 22-year-old Caitlan Hornung, also were transported to the hospital.

Missouri lawmakers weigh daily fantasy sports rules, taxes

Missouri StatehouseJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers are advancing legislation to make Missouri one of the first states to adopt policies allowing for daily fantasy sports. It’s not yet clear if the state will tax the games.

The State of Kansas is one of three states to legalize daily fantasy sports through statute.

A bill passed by the Missouri House last week would require daily fantasy sports sites to pay a $5,000 annual fee, ban workers with insider knowledge from playing, and limit the games to those 18 and older.

The measure would exempt the operations from gambling laws, which opponents say is unfair.

At issue is whether daily fantasy sports are based on skill or luck.

A bill that would impose taxes and more stringent restrictions on daily fantasy sports is awaiting debate in the Senate.

Missouri man gets 30 months for lying about law license

courtST. LOUIS (AP) — A southeast Missouri man has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for fraudulently claiming to be an attorney.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 51-year-old James Michael Arnold, of Sikeston, was sentenced Thursday for charges that included aggravated identity theft and mail fraud.

Court documents say he graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1992 but never passed the state bar examination. He has never been licensed to practice law in Missouri or elsewhere.

But from January 2010 to January 2014, he claimed to be a licensed attorney to gain employment. Court documents say he used the name and Missouri Bar number of a licensed attorney to apply for jobs as an attorney and file court documents.

Authorities: Stun gun subdues woman who pointed gun

PoliceVILLA RIDGE, Mo. (AP) — An investigation continues after an eastern Missouri woman allegedly pointed a loaded handgun at deputies.

The incident happened Wednesday in Franklin County. Authorities say a deputy used a stun gun on the woman.

KMOV-TV reports that deputies were called to a report of a gunshot at a home in Villa Ridge. The 54-year-old woman refused to allow the deputies inside.

Deputies learned of an active arrest warrant for the woman, entered the home and forced their way into a locked bedroom. The sheriff’s department says the woman, who was intoxicated, was found pointing a gun toward them.

One of the deputies had his stun gun drawn and immediately used it. The woman dropped the gun and fell to the floor.

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