TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators put off a debate on delaying tougher regulations for amusement parks following the death of a young girl injured at a Wichita carnival.

The House had been scheduled Friday to debate a bill delaying the new rules for a year until July 2018. Lawmakers approved the tougher regulations last month in response to the death of a colleague’s son on a water slide last summer.

The new law requires annual inspections of rides by qualified inspectors or certified engineers. The state Department of Labor sought a delay over concerns that some operators couldn’t comply by July.

But the Wichita Eagle reported Friday that the family of a 15-month-old girl issued a statement through a local hospital that she had died after being critically injured at a carnival May 12.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An Environmental Protection Agency examination has found no radioactive contamination in a neighborhood that sits near a suburban St. Louis landfill where nuclear waste is buried.

The EPA said Thursday that no remediation is necessary in the Spanish Village neighborhood in Bridgeton, Missouri.

The agency tested two homes in December after a lawsuit was filed that cited private testing indicating high levels of radiation. A law firm said last week that additional private testing has found radiation at four additional homes, prompting a second lawsuit.

But EPA Acting Region 7 Administrator Edward Chu says no Manhattan Project waste was found despite extensive testing.

Cold War-era nuclear waste was illegally buried four decades ago at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton. Underground smoldering is in the adjacent Bridgeton Landfill.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Democratic Rep. Randy Dunn says he will be resigning from the Missouri House, effective May 31.

Dunn announced in a Facebook post Thursday and on the floor of the House last week that he will not be returning to the Legislature next year.

A Facebook post on Dunn’s page says that he will accept a job in Omaha, Nebraska, as the executive director of a community development organization.

Dunn represents the 23rd district in Kansas City and has served in the Missouri House since 2012.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced Thursday that lawmakers would return to the Capitol for a special session next week, meaning that Dunn will likely return to the capitol before his resignation date.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man cites a controversial law when talking to police about allegedly firing multiple rounds at a woman on his front porch.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that 19-year-old David Smith is currently being held in Greene County Jail on a $75,000 bond with pending charges.

Court records say Smith and the woman had been arguing when it moved out onto his porch. Police say Smith allegedly displayed two handguns and fired one at the woman, threatened a neighbor with a gun, and attempted to flee the scene with the victim in his car.

Smith claims he was allegedly “standing his ground,” a law that doesn’t require people to retreat before using deadly force.

Hospital staff says the woman, who is alive, has bullet fragments in her leg.

Jail records show no attorney listed for Smith.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri-Kansas City officials say the school plans to cut about 30 jobs as part of efforts to reduce the campus budget.

University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said last month the system’s four campuses must impose 8 to 12 percent budget reductions for fiscal year 2018 to prepare for an expected drop in state aid.

Missouri-Kansas City announced the layoffs Thursday but added no details about which jobs will be eliminated.

The Kansas City Star reports  the university said in a statement earlier this month that the only positions considered for hiring would be those that “mission-critical” and 100 percent funded by grants or external funds.

The four system campuses will turn in budget strategies Choi next month.

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — The county agency charged with overseeing the care of a developmentally disabled Missouri man whose body was found in a concrete-encased container says it had ongoing issues with the group home where the victim lived.

Callaway County Special Services conducted an internal investigation after Carl DeBrodie was found dead in April. Authorities say DeBrodie, who lived at Second Chance Group Homes in Fulton, was missing for months before his body was found.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the county agency was supposed to have monthly personal visits with DeBrodie but its investigation found the visits were not face-to-face. The case manager overseeing DeBrodie’s care no longer works for the agency.

Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers says federal, state, county and local authorities continue to investigate the case.

ST Louis just hours after an anti-violence rally took place nearby.

Authorities say the child was shot in the stomach by another juvenile Wednesday afternoon. Police said he was in critical but stable condition following the incident. No update was provided Thursday.

KSDK-TV reports the shooting occurred near Northwest Academy of Law High School, where an anti-violence rally had wrapped up just a couple hours before.

Police say a group of young men was in the home when the gun was fired. The 13-year-old suspect fled from the home after the gunshot. Authorities say the victim knew the accused shooter.

The suspect turned himself in to police Thursday at the North Patrol Division, where he was in the custody of juvenile authorities while the investigation is ongoing.

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — Police are searching for a handcuffed eastern Missouri burglary suspect who was able to get out of a seat belt in the back of an unmarked police car and steal it, nearly striking a deputy as he drove away.

Jefferson County authorities say the deputy fired at the man Thursday, but he was apparently not hit. No police officers were injured. The suspect got away but the abandoned car was found in a wooded area.

The incident began when the suspect was arrested at a gas station near Hillsboro on suspicion of several home burglaries. The suspect managed to free himself from the back seat and take the car.

The deputy says the suspect drove toward him, prompting him to fire several shots.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and wounded by a Kansas City-area deputy patrolling a park area prone to vehicle break-ins managed to drive away before being arrested after crashing into an ambulance.

Jackson County sheriff’s Sgt. John Payne says the suspect was being treated later Thursday for the wounds sustained in the shooting shortly before 9 a.m. near a trail at a county park.

Payne says the deputy also was being given medical attention for unspecified injuries.

Payne says the ambulance’s occupants only included that vehicle’s crew. There was no immediate word if they were injured.

Payne says a woman and child who were in the van initially stopped by the deputy managed to flee on foot during the deputy’s struggle with the suspect and were being sought later Thursday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 13-year-old boy is in custody following the shooting of another 13-year-old in St. Louis.

Police say the suspect turned himself in Thursday morning and is now in juvenile custody.

The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon at a home in north St. Louis. The victim was shot in the chest. He is hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

Witnesses told police they heard a gunshot then saw the suspect, who is an acquaintance of the victim, running away.