St. Joseph Police have identified the woman who died after a vehicle crashed into a residence early Monday.
As previously reported, a vehicle crashed into a residence in the area of 28th and Patee St. shortly after 3 a.m. Monday. A 49-year-old woman, identified as Staci L. Mayhew of St. Joseph, died and a 53-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
According to Capt. Jeff Wilson, the case is still being investigated and prepared for review by the Prosecutor’s office.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say a young girl died after she ran into a street and was hit by a truck.
The girl’s mother was seriously injured when she ran into the street to stop her and was also hit by the truck on Monday evening.
Kansas City Police spokesman Jonathon Westbrook says the case was an accident. He says the driver was not speeding and was not under the influence.
The driver immediately pulled over after the accident and is cooperating with investigators.
Westbrook says it’s unclear what prompted the girl to run into the street.
The ages and identities of the girl and mother are being withheld pending notification of relatives.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are backing President Donald Trump’s plan to switch federal agency control of a biodefense laboratory complex under construction in the state.
The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility is currently controlled by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Federal and state officials say the $1.25 billion project in Manhattan will aid efforts to prepare for agro-terrorism and research how to protect the country’s food supply.
Trump this year proposed handing over operational control of the facility to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of his budget plan. The idea brought some concern, but federal officials and Kansas lawmakers on Monday supported the bureaucratic changeover.
Construction on the facility is about two-thirds complete. The facility is expected begin operating in 2022 or 2023.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security toured the National Agro-Defense Facility that is under construction in Manhattan.
Today, I toured the National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility at @KState, an asset that’ll provide indispensable capabilities essential for food security in a global economy. Together with @USDA we will defend our Ag industry & public health. Learn more here: https://t.co/V5pO6vrzIL pic.twitter.com/ofoaKEJXtM
— Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) September 10, 2018
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited the facility Monday with a host of federal and state leaders. They include U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, U.S. Reps. Roger Marshall and Kevin Yoder, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and Kansas State President Richard Myers.
The $1.25 billion research facility, or NBAF, will study diseases that can be spread from animals to humans. The facility is expected to open in 2022.
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MANHATTAN – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts will host U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on a tour of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), currently under construction, and of Kansas State University’s Bio Research Institute (BRI) next door.
Roberts will be joined by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, Representatives Roger Marshall and Kevin Yoder, and Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer.
The federal and state leaders will be joined by Kansas State University President Richard Myers.
Senator Roberts invited Secretary Nielsen to see NBAF firsthand to ensure the protection of plant and animal health remains a national security priority.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo.”
The lawsuit accuses Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri’s consumer protection law and putting profits above safety. The suit seeks financial penalties. It also asks a judge to ban operation of the amphibious vehicle tours, though tours ceased after the July 19 accident on Table Rock Lake near Branson.
Attorneys for the companies, in a rebuttal filed Monday, seek dismissal of Hawley’s lawsuit.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Josh Hawley called the rebuttal “a frivolous attempt … to evade responsibility for the deaths of 17 people.”
BROWN COUNTY — One person died from injuries in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Tuesday in Brown County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Shawn Simpson, 40, Hiawatha, was westbound on 290th Street five miles north of Hiawatha.
The driver failed to make the curve at Kill Deer Road. The motorcycle entered the west ditch, rolled and the driver was ejected.
Simpson was transported to KU Medical Center and died Tuesday afternoon.
He was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Manhattan officials say flood waters that inundated the college town over the Labor Day holiday weekend damaged 106 buildings and 381 homes and apartment units.
Local entities haven’t yet determined the total cost of the damage, but they expect to have those numbers next week.
Officials say development along Wildcat Creek contributed to the severity of the flooding. Nearly 9 inches of rain (23 centimeters) caused the creek to burst its banks, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate their homes.
The city’s community development assistant director, Chad Bunger, says Manhattan sits at the confluence of two rivers — the Kansas River and the Big Blue River. He says homes and businesses are situated near the drain of the bathtub for Wildcat Creek watershed.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is canceling a campaign rally in Missouri as a potentially catastrophic hurricane nears the East Coast.
Trump on Tuesday announced he’s axing his planned visit to Cape Girardeau on Thursday. His campaign says that’s the safest decision in light of the approaching hurricane.
Hurricane Florence is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday night.
Trump had planned to urge the defeat of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill at the rally. He’s backing her Republican challenger, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley.
Trump won Missouri by 18 percentage points in 2016. McCaskill is a top target for Republicans seeking to expand the party’s slim 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate.
She is among 10 Senate Democrats up for re-election this year in states that Trump won.
ATCHISON, Kan. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts and Representative Lynn Jenkins will be in Atchison on Tuesday, September, 11, 2018, to host a post office dedication ceremony in honor of Atchison native and aviation legend, Amelia Earhart. Bram Kleppner, Earhart’s great nephew, as well as representatives from the Atchison Chamber of Commerce and Atchison Mayor Allen Reavis will be in attendance.
The Amelia Earhart U.S. Post Office Act, renames Earhart’s hometown post office in Atchison, Kansas, in her honor. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) in the Senate and Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) in the House in November 2017.
“Amelia Earhart was one of the great pioneers of our nation, whose story began at home in Atchison,” said Senator Roberts. “She is an inspiration to all aviators and a role model to women around the world. Renaming this post office is one more way to honor her incredible legacy.”
“Although she was tragically lost at sea while attempting a flight around the world, Amelia Earhart’s legacy still soars today,” said Congresswoman Jenkins. “Growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart’s courageous actions inspired me, and many others, to dream big and accomplish lofty goals. It is only right that we rename her hometown post office in her honor, to continue her legacy and inspire future generations.”
Before Amelia Earhart became an aviation hero, she grew up in her family’s home – called the Otis house after her grandfather – and lived there until the age of twelve. Although she lived in several different cities, she always considered Atchison her hometown and the town is proud to be one of the few tangible associations with the legend.
Mild, dry conditions continue until further notice. Stronger southerly breeze develops today, and will persist through the next several days. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light south southeast wind becoming south 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 59. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 7 to 11 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 84.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has rejected the claims of two sued over a $110 million sweepstakes-and-contest scheme that they need a combined $43,000 a month in “living expenses.”
Judge Greg Kays says Kevin Brandes will need to live on $10,000 a month, not the $28,740 he sought. His business partner, William Graham, was pared back to $8,000 a month from $14,058.
The Federal Trade Commission and Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley sued them in February. The federal complaints say their businesses had pitched million-dollar sweepstakes prizes that no one ever won and ran mail-in contests with virtually unsolvable top-prize puzzles.
Kays wrote in his order that money used to support a “lavish lifestyle” would come out of money that could end up paying restitution to consumers.
