RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy who was following a fleeing vehicle when he collided with another car has suffered two broken legs and that the other driver was seriously injured.
Vehicle involved in the crash with the Jackson County deputy -photo courtesy Fox4Kansas City
WDAF-TV reports that the fleeing driver remains on the loose Wednesday morning. Deputy Raashid Brown says the pursuit began after the driver refused to stop along Interstate 70. The traffic stop was initiated because the vehicle’s tags didn’t match the registration information.
Brown says that after a second deputy managed to attach a GPS tracker to the suspect’s vehicle, the deputies turned off their emergency lights. They were tracking the route of the fleeing vehicle using a GPS tracker system when the crash happened in Raytown. Investigators haven’t yet said which driver was at fault in the crash.
The above normal temperatures will continue today and through the rest of the week. Highs today will be in the low to mid 80s with temperatures rising into the mid to upper 80s Thursday and Friday. A few rounds of storms will be possible Thursday night to Friday morning and again Friday night into Saturday morning. The round of storms Friday night does have the potential to produce severe weather and will need to be monitored. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. West northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers after 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Monday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The head of the Kansas Department of Children and Families says the agency is making more changes in the Wichita area after another child death.
Gina Meier-Hummel started her job as secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families on Dec. 1. Photo by MADELINE FOX / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
Secretary Meier-Hummel said Tuesday in a news release that the agency will be “implementing corrective action plans.” The announcement came after court records showed that relatives of 2-year-old Anthony Bunn reported concerns to the agency before the toddler died last week. His mother and her boyfriend are jailed on suspicion of murder.
The welfare agency previously replaced the head of its Wichita office. It’s been under fire since a 3-year-old boy was found encased in concrete after his relatives repeatedly reported abuse to the state and police. And relatives of 5-year-old who disappeared in February also say they called the state to report suspected abuse.
SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an aggravated robbery and searching for suspects.
Just after 11:30p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the 1500 block of SE Quincy in Topeka after reports of gunshots, according to Lt. Ron Ekis.
At the scene, officers found an adult male victim who had been shot. The investigation revealed the victim was ambushed by two suspects described as black males wearing masks and he was robbed of personal belongings. His wounds were considered non-life threatening, according to Ekis. No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is encouraged to contact the Topeka Police Department.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a bill requiring high school sex education to include information about sexual harassment and assault.
The proposal, approved Tuesday in an 85-59 vote, would mandate that information about consent, sexual violence and sexual harassment be covered in schools teaching sex education. Lessons also would address how to resist unwanted sexual advances.
The mandate would only affect schools that already teach sex education. Individual school districts in Missouri can decide whether to teach sex education.
Proponents say this will help protect students from assault. One lawmaker says it doesn’t go far enough because it wouldn’t reach all students in the state.
Mosaic Life Care announced it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award.
According to a press release, the distinction places Mosaic Life Care among the top five percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Mosaic Life Care is the only hospital in Missouri to be named among the Top 5 percent of hospitals in the Nation for both Clinical Outcomes and Patient Safety in 2018.
“This impressive patient quality award speaks to the dedication of our caregivers and the investment they pour into their patients,” says Mark Laney, MD, Mosaic Life Care CEO. “The data is clear that the quality of care here in St. Joseph is outstanding.”
During the 2014 to 2016 study period, Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average:
55.6 percent less likely to experience an accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals
52.4 percent less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals
62.8 percent less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals
54.3 percent less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals
To view the Healthgrades hospital quality methodologies, click here.
A Rock Port woman was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday morning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 6:38 a.m., 55-year-old Tami R. Hughes was driving a Ford Explorer north on US 275 at 175th St. about four miles north of Rock Port, when the vehicle traveled off the east side of the road. The vehicle traveled back onto the road, crossed the center line, went off the west side of the road, hit a ditch and overturned.
Hughes was transported to Community Hospital in Fairfax for treatment of serious injuries. According to the crash report, she was wearing a seatbelt.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A woman considered one of two people of interest in the slaying of a Nebraska woman has pleaded guilty in an unrelated gold coin scheme in Kansas.
Boswell-photo Taney County
Court records show Bailey Boswell entered the plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. Prosecutors agreed to drop several other counts in return. Sentencing is set for Aug. 3.
Aubrey Trail is accused in the scam and also is considered a person of interest in the death of 24-year-old Sidney Loofe. Court records don’t show that he or Boswell have been charged in the homicide.
Trail’s pleaded not guilty in the coin case, but a plea hearing is scheduled for him later Tuesday.
Trail has previous convictions for theft and writing worthless checks in Kansas.
Investigators say Trail used a false name when he persuaded a Kansas couple to enter a joint venture to purchase a gold coin and then sell it.
Trail and Boswell were arrested Nov. 30 near Branson, Missouri.
KANSAS CITY – A Kansas City man with a prior federal felony conviction for possessing child pornography was convicted at trial Tuesday of printing obscene images from a computer at a local public library, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Buie -photo sex offender registry
David R. Buie, 63, of Kansas City, was found guilty of one count of possessing obscene images of the sexual abuse of children, contained in an Oct. 25, 2017, federal indictment.
Evidence introduced during the trial indicated that Buie printed images of child obscenity from a computer at a public library. On July 11, 2017, Buie printed about 50 pages from a computer he was using at the Mid-Continent Public Library at 9253 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City.
Buie didn’t realize that the printer stopped because it was out of toner, so his print jobs were interrupted and only about half of his pages were printed. After Buie left the library, the toner in the printer was changed and the remaining pages of his original print job were printed. As one of the librarians was cleaning up, she removed the remaining pages and observed they were color copies from a graphic sex comic.
Library staff contacted the Kansas City Police Department to make a report. Buie was identified because his library card was associated with the print job. Security cameras within the library showed him using a computer at the time of the printing.
The U.S. Probation Office was also contacted, because Buie was on supervised release for a prior federal felony conviction for possessing child pornography. When probation officers searched Buie’s residence, they found the images of child obscenity that Buie had printed at the library. Buie told investigators that he visited various public libraries about once a week to view child obscenity anime. Buie said he often printed the images on the library’s printer.
Following the presentation of evidence, the jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City deliberated for less than an hour before returning the guilty verdicts to U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough, ending a trial that began Monday, May 7, 2018.
Under federal statutes, Buie is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole due to a prior felony conviction for possessing child pornography, up to a sentence of 20 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has moved to expand who can carry concealed weapons into schools.
The bill, approved Tuesday in an 85-59 vote, would allow school districts to designate any employee as a school protection officer, which would make them eligible to carry concealed firearms into schools. Currently, only teachers and administrators can be designated as school protection officers.
The measure would also increase training requirements to become a protection officer.
Proponents say this could improve safety in the event of a school shooting, especially in isolated schools. Opponents say it could lead to unqualified people being armed around children.
