SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of using various names to make 26 false 911 calls to Salina authorities in 24 hours has been sentenced to a year and four months in prison.

Forty-two-year-old David Slover was sentenced Monday.

Slover pleaded guilty to one count of criminal threat and three counts of interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting information.

Authorities said emergency responders received the calls between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, in which Slover reported various emergencies at a Salina Motel 6. He also threatened to burn the motel down unless his money and wallet were returned to him.

Police say Slover was found by an officer at a truck stop and that he had three cellphones with him.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas Board of Regents panel is ready to make public its latest, tweaked plan governing how to allow concealed weapons on the state’s college campuses by mid-2017.

The board’s four-member governance committee will discuss the newest draft Wednesday morning in Topeka, Kansas.

 

In Kansas, gun owners can carry concealed weapons without a license. And public universities in Kansas must allow concealed weapons on campus beginning in July 2017 in buildings that don’t have security measures including metal detectors.

Opponents argue that classroom dialogue could be hindered because students may worry an armed student or educator who disagrees could react violently, or that a firearm could accidentally discharge.

A regents’ spokeswoman says it’s possible the full board could consider the policy drafts as early as next month.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita Democrat plans to resign from the Kansas House over what she says is anti-education rhetoric in the Republican-dominated Legislature.

Rep. Carolyn Bridges announced Tuesday that she will step down Sunday.  Bridges was a school principal for 25 years before being elected to the House in 2012.

 

She says educators are, in her words, “just beat up daily by the people who don’t believe in public education.”

She said her 83rd District needs to be represented by someone who won’t take anti-education rhetoric as personally as she does. She’s served on the Education and Taxation committees.

House Education Committee Chairman and Wamego Republican Ron Highland said lawmakers don’t intend to attack teachers and must be willing to listen to differing opinions.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — An Iowa television station was doing a live update on a Minnesota bank robbery when police say the suspect returned to rob it a second time.  KIMT-TV of Mason City, Iowa, was outside Sterling State Bank in Rochester on Tuesday when a bank employee ran out and pointed out the robbery suspect.

Reporter Adam Sallet broke away from the report, saying: “I have to go. I have to call 911.”

The Post-Bulletin reports that police spotted the suspect’s vehicle on U.S. Highway 52. Minnesota State Patrol says the 36-year-old Rochester man was pulled over south of Minneapolis and arrested.

Police Capt. John Sherwin says the man is suspected of robbing the bank two days in a row. In both robberies, the suspect presented a note and escaped with money.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis aldermen are meeting in special session to consider approving the city’s share of funding for a new NFL stadium — $150 million.

The funding would help pay for a $1 billion stadium along the Mississippi River, north of the Gateway Arch.

It’s part of an effort to either keep the Rams or to attract another team if owner Stan Kroenke moves the team to Los Angeles.  NFL owners meet Jan. 12-13 in Houston to consider proposals from three teams seeking relocation to Los Angeles — the Rams, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders. The league could approve moves of one or two teams.

Also Tuesday, the Missouri Development Finance Board voted 9-1 to approve a $3 million credit line for loans for the new stadium.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 15–year-old boy is facing two first-degree murder charges for his role in the shooting deaths of two Omaha teens.

The 15-year-old was charged Monday in connection with last Wednesday’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old James Star and 17-year-old Brandon Phelps. He is being held at a juvenile detention center without bail.

Two other teens boys, ages 17 and 18, have been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony in connection with the shootings.

The Associated Press typically does not name juveniles charged with crimes.

Prosecutors says the teen suspects were trying to buy guns before the shooting began.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Board members of school district in Grand Island have approved a policy to randomly drug test students who participate in extracurricular activities.  The Northwest school board approved the policy Monday. It is set to go into effect at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year.  Superintendent Matt Fisher said at the board’s meeting that a third party would be needed to randomly select names of students to be tested and to carry out the examinations.

He also said that the district still needs to decide what method of testing it will use and how many times per year it will hold tests.

Fisher told the board that once details have been solidified, changes will be made to the student handbook.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri student is accused of a campus threat posted on social media.

The university says the 18-year-old student was arrested Monday and later released on $4,500 bond. Formal charges had not been filed by midday Tuesday.

The student is accused of making a threat on the social media site Yik Yak. University police have not disclosed details, but interim chancellor Hank Foley says in a statement that the threat was not believed to be credible.

It was the second threat against the university on Yik Yak since Nov. 9, when racial unrest led to the resignations of the Columbia campus chancellor and university system president. A student at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla was arrested on Nov. 11.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Missouri men who led a multi-million drug trafficking ring in the Kansas City metropolitan area were sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of Kansas says Eduardo Perez-Alcala, of Independence, and Hector Aguilera, of Sugar Creek, were sentenced Tuesday for conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Prosecutors say they led a $28.5 million drug trafficking group. Aguilera received shipments of cocaine from Perez-Alcala and two other Mexican sources.

An investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted in the seizure and forfeiture of more than $2 million in cash, 194 firearms, 29 vehicles, 26 kilograms of cocaine and three kilograms of crack.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas group has received a $294,000 grant from the Department of Defense to evaluate the economic impact of potential future force reductions at Fort Riley.

The director for The Flint Hills Regional Council told Riley County Commissioners Monday that the grant will be used to hire a consultant to complete the evaluation, which will look at the effects of past reductions, and make recommendations about how surrounding communities could handle the impact of a troop reduction.

Council director Gary Stith said the evaluations will focus on the impact of potential reductions on local jobs, housing, schools and retail services.

Stith said that once the evaluation is complete, the council would have to apply for additional funds to implement the consultant’s recommendations.