KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two teens are facing federal gun charges after firearms and police equipment were stolen from an unmarked police car.

Leronte Swinton and Carvon Brown, both 19, are charged with illegal possession of stolen firearms.

Federal court documents show the two are suspects in several car break-ins and thefts around Kansas City and in Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties.

Prosecutors say a rifle, handgun and shotgun were taken from a patrol car parked in a south Kansas City on Nov. 10. Two Tasers, two bullet-resistant vests and two hand-held radios were also taken.

Investigators determined two vehicles the suspects were in were involved in several other thefts.

Police arrested Swinton and Brown Monday at a Kansas City home, where other stolen items were found.

SEDGWICK COUNTY— A Kansas man was sentenced Thursday to the Hard 50 for the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found in a dumpster in Wichita last spring.

According to a media release from the Sedgwick County Attorney, District Judge Faith Maughan sentenced Donnell Stafford, 31 of Wichita, to life with no possibility of parole for 50 years.

Stafford was found guilty on October 22nd of first degree murder and two counts of cruelty to animals. Judge Maughan sentenced Stafford to one year in jail on each cruelty charge and ran the sentences concurrently with the life sentence.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly has named a Democratic legislative leader’s top aide as her chief of staff.

The incoming Democratic governor announced Will Lawrence’s appointment Thursday and said he has a “sharp understanding of the legislative process.”

Lawrence had been chief of staff to Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka since 2016 after serving as Hensley’s staff attorney. He also was in a law firm with former Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis.

During the governor’s race, Lawrence filed an unsuccessful legal challenge to independent candidate Greg Orman’s right to appear on the November ballot.

Kelly also has named 23 advisers for her transition team who include former Republican Gov. Mike Hayden. Also among them is former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, who lost to Kelly in the Democratic primary.

JOPLIN — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting.

On Wednesday,  police in Joplin were contacted by authorities in Monroe, Louisiana in reference to a homicide investigation, according to a media release.

They requested assistance locating Markeivion R. Hill, 17, Louisiana. Hill was charged with shooting and killing another man in Monroe, Louisiana on November 24, 2018 and was supposed to be in Joplin.

He faces one count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 24 shooting death of 27-year-old Deshaun Cook at an apartment complex in Monroe, Louisiana.

WILLARD, Mo. (AP) – Officials say a man has died after a tractor fell onto him in southwest Missouri.

The accident happened Wednesday morning in Willard. Fire Chief Ken Scott says the victim was in his 70s and either had a medical condition or the tractor got away from him while he was working in his barn.

Scott says the tractor went up a wall in the barn and fell back on top of the man. He was dead when authorities responded in the afternoon. Scott says crews had to take the roof off the barn and use a crane to lift the tractor off the victim. His name wasn’t immediately released.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Officials are making plans to restore the main Kansas State University library after a blaze caused extensive smoke and water damage.

Students were invited Tuesday to offer input on the renderings of the inside of Hale Library. The building was undergoing renovations in May when a fire broke out. Plans calls for renovating all four floors of the building.

The renderings call for an innovation lab on the first and second floors, connected by a staircase, expanded athlete tutoring space in the Student Success Center and new classroom spaces scattered throughout the building.

The dean of libraries, Lori Goetsch, says the biggest change students can expect is the innovation lab and maker space. Those areas will be full of virtual reality and artificial intelligence equipment.

KANSAS CITY — In an effort to help homeowners with package theft prevention, Kansas City  police have posted a video on social media. It shows a man attempting to steal a package from the porch of a Kansas City home until an alarm sounds.

“The homeowner was out of state, but his security camera app notified him of motion, and when he saw the suspect go for the box on the porch, the homeowner set off the alarm. Looks like it worked.”

Police also suggested having the sound on while watching the video makes it more fun to watch.