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Woman charged with will doctoring set to go on trial in fall

HAYS, Kan. (AP) — A former caretaker is set to go on trial this fall on charges alleging that she doctored the will of her western Kansas employer to make herself the primary beneficiary of his more than $20 million estate instead of the Fort Hays State University Foundation.

The Hutchinson News reports that the federal mail fraud trial for Wanda Oborny is set for Nov. 14 in Wichita. Oborny is free on $25,000 bond.

She was indicted in January after an Ellis County District Court ruled that the valid will for Earl Field is the one bequeathing most of his wealth to the foundation. A legal fight erupted when Oborny said she found a letter shortly after Field’s 2013 death that said he’d decided to give most of his estate to her.

Cerner Corp. co-founder, CEO Neal Patterson dies at 67

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The health care technology firm Cerner Corp. says its co-founder and CEO, Neal Patterson, has died.

The Kansas City Star reports that Cerner said in a statement that Patterson died Sunday at 67. The statement said that Patterson died of unexpected complications from a soft-tissue cancer for which he had been treated previously.

The company’s vice chairman and co-founder, Cliff Illig, has been named chairman and interim CEO. Patterson and Illig had worked closely together during the 38 years since they co-founded the North Kansas City-based company.

Illig described Patterson’s death as a “profound loss” in a statement. Patterson said frequently in his last public appearances: “What we do is hard. It isn’t easy.”

The company has about 12,800 workers in the Kansas City area and about 24,000 worldwide.

Report: Kansas wheat harvest almost finished

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government snapshot shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is almost complete.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 93 percent of the wheat has been cut. That is near the 89 percent reported a year ago as well as the average for this time. The agency says warm, dry weather helped aided harvest progress.

Other field crops in Kansas are also making progress.

About 3 percent of the soybeans in the state are now setting pods. Four percent of the sorghum has headed. About 36 percent of the corn is now silking.

The agency rated corn condition as 10 percent excellent, 51 percent good and 31 percent fair. Another 8 percent is in poor to very poor condition.

Kansas man sentenced for theft from store where he worked

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who admitted he stole more than $275,000 in merchandise from a store where he worked has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

Federal prosecutors say Craig Sullivan, of Olathe, was sentenced Monday for wire fraud. He also was ordered to pay full restitution.

In his plea, Sullivan admitted he stole the items — primarily Garmin GPS devices — while working for Garry Gribble’s Running Sports, which has five locations in the Kansas City area. Sullivan oversaw merchandise arriving at the main store in Overland Park and distribution to the other locations.

Sullivan said he sold the items to a buyer in California via Craigslist. The buyer used PayPal to send Sullivan 51 payments totaling $275,780.

Person injured in fall likely trying to jump between bridges

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a person who suffered critical injuries after falling 25 feet was likely trying to jump a gap between two bridges in Kansas.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the male was transported to a Topeka hospital Sunday evening with injuries that are considered life-threatening. He’s believed to be between 17 and 20 years old.

Topeka Police Lt. Aaron Jones says the male victim likely thought he could land safely or that there was something to catch him.

Jones says investigators don’t believe the victim intentionally jumped off the bridge, but that he may have been trying to jump between northbound and southbound bridges along Kansas Avenue.

Police say witnesses reported calling 911 after watching the fall. Jones says witnesses described him as “happy go lucky.”

Wichita approves funding for 3 new park projects

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita city officials are planning big changes at three undeveloped park sites.

The parks are scheduled to get funding in the city’s 2016-2025 capital improvement plan. The parks aren’t expected to be completed before 2025.

The Wichita Eagle reports plans include Pracht Wetlands, which would provide boardwalks and observation areas for wildlife viewing. It is scheduled to receive a total of $750,000 in the next two years.

Crystal Prairie Lake Park eventually would include a 215-acre lake, a swim beach, marina and 14 miles of trails. It is scheduled to receive $9.5 million between 2019 and 2024.

Central and Bristol Park is a 14.4-acre lot in east Wichita. No plans are final except it will include a police substation. It’s scheduled to receive $1.3 million between 2021 and 2023.

14 children suffer minor injuries in Missouri bus crash

ROACH, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 14 children on a bus from Oklahoma suffered minor injuries when a school bus taking them to a church camp in overturned.

The accident was reported Monday afternoon on a highway between Macks Creek and Camdenton in western Camden County.

The bus from a church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was on its way to Windermere Church Camp at the Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says the driver failed to negotiate a turn and the bus overturned.

The injured children are between 12 and 14. One was from Tulsa, one from Claremore, 11 from Broken Arrow and one from Washington, Pennsylvannia. Ambulances took 13 of them to the hospital in Osage Beach. One child was flown to a hospital in Springfield.

Tests reveal stormwater contamination at Missouri landfill

BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri test results reveal that stormwater from just outside a landfill complex contains radioactive contaminants.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Missouri Department of Natural Resources found levels of alpha particles that exceeded the threshold allowed for drinking water outside the West Lake Landfill.

The Environmental Protection Agency says the data doesn’t signal a public health risk because stormwater doesn’t represent a source of drinking water. Alpha particles are a form of radiation that needs to be ingested to pose a significant health threat.

The department says the alpha readings released last month couldn’t be attributed to uranium and radium that were tested for, so the agency is conducting additional tests for thorium as a potential cause for high particle levels.

Missouri receives extension on Real ID mandate

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The federal government has given Missouri more time to comply with stricter identification requirements for airports and military bases.

U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill on Tuesday praised the extension granted for the federal Real ID Act.

Compliance with the tougher proof-of-identity requirements is necessary at airports, some federal facilities and military bases. The federal government has said Missouri licenses won’t be valid at airports in 2018 if they’re not compliant.

Missouri resisted the federal law for years, and in 2009 banned state compliance amid concerns about privacy. The federal law requires that states retain personal documents, such as birth certificates.

But Missouri lawmakers this year passed legislation to give residents the option to get compliant driver’s licenses or other ID cards. The new law takes effect Aug. 28.

Cabela’s shareholders approve selling firm to rival Bass Pro

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SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Cabela’s shareholders have approved selling the outdoor outfitter to rival Bass Pro Shops for roughly $4 billion.

The Nebraska-based chain said Tuesday that shareholders had voted for the deal that will pay them $61.50 per share.

Cabela’s CEO Tommy Millner says the shareholder vote is an encouraging milestone for the deal that was announced last October.

Company officials have said they expect the deal to close later this year, but banking regulators have yet to approve the sale of Cabela’s credit card unit that is part of the transaction.

After the merger, the company will be based in Bass Pro’s hometown of Springfield, Missouri. It’s not yet clear how many of the roughly 2,000 jobs in Cabela’s headquarters of Sidney, Nebraska will remain after the deal.

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