WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say they have arrested a man and two women in a hit-and-run accident that killed a man on a horse.

Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old man for leaving the scene of a fatal accident and felony obstruction of justice. Two women, ages 19 and 28, also were arrested on obstruction of justice charges.

Police say the man was driving and the 19-year-old woman was a passenger when the car hit a horse carrying 49-year-old Lloyd Ferguson and 6-year-old Eddie Caddell on July 5th.

Ferguson died and the boy is recovering in a rehabilitation hospital in Lincoln, Neb. Ferguson’s horse had to be euthanized.

Police say a tip to Crime Stoppers this week led them to the vehicle involved in the accident.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nancy Moritz to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The White House announced the Democratic president’s nomination Thursday, and it immediately drew support from Republican U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas. Moran called Moritz “highly qualified” and said he intends to vote for her confirmation.

The 53-year-old Moritz has served on the state’s highest court since 2011, having been appointed by outgoing Democratic Governor Mark Parkinson. She previously spent seven years on the Kansas Court of Appeals.

The Denver-based 10th Circuit court handles cases from Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.

Moran and Senator Pat Roberts had opposed Obama’s nomination of former state Attorney General Steve Six to the same appeals court in 2011.

Obama also announced that he’s nominating Kansas City-area attorney Daniel D. Crabtree for a U.S. District Court judgeship in Kansas. Moran also endorsed Crabtree’s nomination.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit arising from a close Kansas House race last year and the losing incumbent’s attempt to contact voters whose ballots were set aside.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled Thursday that a change in state election laws this year made the case moot.

Former Rep. Ann Mah (D-Topeka) wanted to keep the lawsuit alive to review new issues about contacting voters after balloting.

Mah lost her bid for re-election last year by 21 votes out of almost 10,800 cast.

After the initial vote count, Mah sued successfully to learn the names of voters whose ballots had not been counted, so she might help them correct flaws.

Lawmakers rewrote state law to prevent such a move again.

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An Ohio man is in custody in Missouri, accused in a “quick change” con for allegedly bilking cashiers at stores out of hundreds of dollars.

Jay V. Jackson, 59, of Cincinnati is charged with two counts of felony stealing. He is jailed on $30,000 cash-only bond.

Jackson is accused of staging the con game July 13 at Wal-Mart stores in Washington and Union. Police say he stole $300 at the Washington store and $100 at Union. He is suspected of similar in other areas of Missouri and Kansas.

In a “quick change” con, an offer is made to change an amount of money with someone, while at the same time taking change or bills back and forth to confuse the person making change.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Marshalltown Police are searching for an inmate who did not return from work release.

Casey Eugene Sheriff, 40, never returned to the Marshalltown Work Release Facility on Thursday, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Sheriff is serving five years for domestic assault. He began his sentence in July 2012.

Information on his whereabouts should be reported to the Marshalltown Police Department or the Marshall County Sheriff.

He is described as a white male, 6 feet tall and 292 pounds. He has tattoos on his left and right arms and left hand and leg, as well as his neck and back.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One child remains hospitalized a day after a car came crashing into a Kansas City day care center.

The injured child was kept overnight for observation at Children’s Mercy and remained at the hospital Wednesday.

Children’s Mercy spokeswoman Jessica Salazar says two other children were treated and released.

The three children were among 40 inside the Christian Academy Child Care east of downtown when the accident happened around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the driver of an SUV was “approximately 80” years old. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Witnesses said the SUV plowed into a parked Cadillac that careened into, and through the front of the day care center. Two children were pinned briefly underneath the Cadillac. They were rescued by passersby. A third child was injured inside the center.

The crash that left a giant hole in the front of the day care facility.

ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri is accused of leaving a loaded rifle in her toddler’s crib.

Cheryl Darlene Dudley of St. Peters is charged with seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child, along with one count of child abuse.

Police went to the home Monday after someone reported seeing Dudley’s 22-month-old daughter tied to the garage with a rope. Police say they found a loaded rifle in the toddler’s crib. The 37-year-old mom allegedly said she put it there after hearing noises in her back yard.

Police say they also found narcotics in a dresser within reach of the toddler and a 7-year-old, and feces-covered living conditions.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Street performers can dance and sing all they want on the streets of St. Louis, without regulation, as far as a federal judge is concerned.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the city from charging $100 for permits, and requiring auditions of performers.

The ruling, which affects street musicians, jugglers, dancers, magicians, mimes and other performers, was in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The judge also ordered both sides to try to resolve the case in mediation by Sept. 30, or she will consider a permanent injunction.