HARVIELL, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man remains hospitalized nearly two weeks after he was badly injured when he got stuck in the midst of a fight between two bulls.
Relatives say that 75-year-old Bob Newcomb of Harviell suffered 16 rib fractures, a collapsed lung and two fractured vertebrae on Aug. 10. He’s being treated at a St. Louis hospital.
Newcomb and other relatives operate Newcomb Bucking Bulls. He was loading two bulls onto a trailer for transport when they began to fight.
One of the bulls kicked a partition as Newcomb was trying to close it, knocking him to the ground. With Newcomb on the ground in a confined area, the bulls continued their fight, trampling him.
SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting, have made two arrests and are asking the public to help locate another person of interest for questioning.
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The Topeka Police Department would like to speak with 23-year-old Isaiah James Calhoun.
Just before 5:30p.m. August 16, police were dispatched to the 400 Block of SW Taylor in Topeka in the west alley in reference to several gunshots being heard and a man down in the alley, according to Lt. Robert Simmons.
Officers located the man identified as 20-year-old Gianni Sabastian Noriega of Topeka, with several apparent gunshot wounds and he was transported to a local hospital where he died.
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On Sunday police arrested Brandon L. Gayer 18, in connection with the shooting. Late Monday morning, police reported a second suspect, 21-year-old John F. Alston, was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections as part of the investigation.
Calhoun is described as 5-foot-11, 150 pounds. Anyone with information on Calhoun or his whereabouts should call 911, according to police.
After another mild day on Wednesday thunderstorms will return to the area for Thursday and Friday. Most of the area should see at least some wetting rain, which will help out with the drought. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 73. South southeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 a.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 93.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Breezy.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man is suing after he was mistakenly diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and began planning his funeral.
52-year-old Pasquale Michael Fatino, of Pleasant Hill, filed the lawsuit against three doctors at ProPartners Healthcare, his former primary care clinic in Leawood, Kansas.
He says their misdiagnosis caused him and his family, including his 12- and 13 year-old children, unnecessary pain and suffering last year before a specialist told him he didn’t have a terminal cancer of his lungs and liver. The specialist said he probably had an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis, which could be treated with a common steroid.
An employee reached by phone at the clinic said they could not comment on Fatino’s case because of the pending litigation.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state board plans to meet Thursday to consider a challenge to independent candidate Greg Orman’s right to appear on the November ballot in the Kansas governor’s race.
The three-member, all-Republican State Objections Board set its meeting for 9 a.m. Thursday in Topeka. A Democratic legislative leader’s chief of staff filed an objection to Orman’s candidacy with the secretary of state’s office Monday.
The objection questions the validity of petitions submitted by the independent candidate and Kansas City-area businessman to get on the ballot.
Orman needed signatures from 5,000 registered Kansas voters. The secretary of state’s office said he had more than 7,000.
Orman’s campaign spokesman has called the objection “frivolous.”
The board is Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s top deputy, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrats launched a legal challenge Monday in hopes of removing Kansas City-area businessman Greg Orman from the November ballot as an independent candidate for Kansas governor after Orman stoked fears that his bid would imperil Democrats’ chances of winning.
Attorney Will Lawrence filed a formal objection to Orman’s candidacy Monday with the Kansas secretary of state’s office. Lawrence is lawyer and chief of staff for Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, but has hired a prominent Topeka lawyer to pursue the challenge.
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Many Democrats fear that Orman could siphon votes from their nominee, state Sen. Laura Kelly, of Topeka, helping the Republican, conservative Secretary of State Kris Kobach. The objection will be considered by a state board made up of Kobach’s top deputy, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann, all Republicans.
Orman submitted petitions signed by more than 10,000 people to get his name on the Nov. 6 ballot, needing signatures from 5,000 registered Kansas voters. The secretary of state’s office said last week that Orman qualified; it validated more than 7,000 of Orman’s signatures.
But Lawrence’s objection argues that election officials in seven counties took one day more than allowed by state law to validate more than 6,000 of Orman’s signatures, finishing Friday. The objection also raised questions about whether petitions were properly notarized and whether some circulators were qualified under state law to gather signatures.
His attorney, Pedro Irigonegaray, wrote in a separate letter that the issues “raise serious doubts” about whether Orman’s name can appear on the ballot.
Orman spokesman Sam Edelen called the objection “frivolous” and said it shows “the lengths to which the supporters of the failed system will go.”
“They want to avoid giving voters a real choice at all costs,” Edelen said in an email.
Democrats saw a bigger opening in the governor’s race after Kobach unseated Gov. Jeff Colyer in the Republican primary by fewer than 400 votes out of more than 317,000 cast. Kobach is President Donald Trump’s closest political ally in the state but has a history of alienating GOP moderates, partly by advocating tough policies against illegal immigration.
Orman is potentially the most serious independent candidate for governor since the 1930s. He founded a private equity firm and garnered national attention as an independent candidate against U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in 2014.
Orman did so well in initial polling in 2014 that the Democratic nominee dropped out to create a better chance of toppling the veteran Republican. But Orman lost by 10.5 percentage points after Roberts got help from GOP stalwarts, including former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
The GOP began a clean sweep of statewide and congressional races in 2010 but Kansas has a solid bloc of moderate GOP and independent voters and a history over the past 50 years of alternating between electing Republican and Democratic governors.
HALLSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that her 13-year-old daughter killed herself after years of unchecked school bullying.
Elizabeth Overstreet is suing the Hallsville School District and several employees over the April 2017 death of her daughter, Rylie Wagner. The petition says Rylie was the victim of ongoing abuse at the Hallsville Middle School because of her sexual orientation, clothes and other characteristics.
The suit says Overstreet and parents of other bullied students complained, but school administrators did not take any action.
School district attorney spokeswoman Kari Yeagy says the school system can’t comment on the lawsuit but that school officials take all allegations of bullying seriously. The suit was transferred Friday from state court to federal court.
PHELPS COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 1:30p.m. Tuesday in Phelps County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Richard G. Martin, 47, Rolla, was southbound on Highway 68 eight miles south of St. James. The van crossed the center line and struck a 2006 Sterling truck driven by Russell C. Enyard, 51, O’Fallon, head-on.
An air medical transport flew Martin to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis where he died. Enyard was not injured.
Martin was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) – The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph says a longtime employee at a Blue Springs church embezzled $446,000 during the past several years.
The diocese said Tuesday the woman worked at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church for decades but the embezzlement occurred over the last seven years. Diocese spokesman Jack Smith says the woman agreed to repay the money within 60 days after she was confronted last week. The diocese didn’t name the employee.
A member of the parish’s finance council discovered that the employee had been writing checks to herself and entering the names of vendors on accounting stubs.
The findings of the diocese’s investigation were turned over to the Blue Springs police department on Monday.
WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas City woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison for selling heroin to a user who suffered a near-fatal overdose, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
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Loretta Gilliard, 35, Kansas City, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin. The investigation began when a user from Overland Park, Kan., bought heroin from Gilliard and then overdosed and lost consciousness.
Emergency medical technicians responded and saved the user’s life by administering an opioid reversing agent called Narcan. Investigators learned that Gilliard had sold heroin to the user more than 100 times, usually two to four times a week. Investigators made controlled buys from Gilliard.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has referred the investigation into last month’s deadly sinking of a Missouri tourist boat to federal prosecutors.
Coast Guard spokeswoman Lisa Novak on Tuesday confirmed a report first published by the Kansas City Star that the case was referred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City on Aug. 13.
Don Ledford of the U.S. attorney’s office says the referral is “to consider a potential criminal investigation and federal prosecution.”
The accident occurred July 19 at Table Rock Lake near Branson. An amphibious duck boat sank amid strong winds, killing 16 passengers and a crew member. Fourteen people survived.
The Missouri attorney general’s office also is conducting a criminal investigation for possible violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
The duck boat attraction owner, Ripley Entertainment, says it is cooperating with the investigations.
