TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas inmate accused of stabbing and injuring a corrections officer has been charged in the case.

Allen Thomas Schroeder Jr., 27, was bound over to for trial after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. He’ll be arraigned Thursday.

Shawnee County corrections officer Lacy Noll alleges Schroeder became angry after she threatened to write him up for screaming and inciting a riot in April.

She says Schroeder was initially upset because all the inmates in the module he was in were on lockdown at the same time.

Witnesses testify that Schroeder sharpened a broken drawer handle to stab Noll. She says she was struck on her face, back and shoulder.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia has received a license to begin offering abortions.

Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced Tuesday the clinic received its license and its first counseling appointments will be scheduled for Monday.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the first abortions will be provided Oct. 23.

The new license comes after Planned Parenthood won a court ruling in April that some new state requirements for abortion clinics violated infringed on women’s abortion rights. The Department of Health and Senior Services was ordered to process abortion license applications for clinics in Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield and Joplin. At the time, a St. Louis facility was the only place in Missouri offering abortions.

Kansas City received its license in August. The licenses for Springfield and Joplin are still being processed.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A former school custodian in Missouri has been accused of attempting to lure a 10-year-old girl into sexual contact by sending erotic anime and having explicit conversations online.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that 23-year-old Thomas Ciambor was charged Friday with felony enticement of a child. He’s pleaded not guilty and remains jailed in Springfield with a $50,000 bond.

Court records show the girl’s parents called police this summer after finding a series of messages on her smartphone. Documents show the messages began in April and continued into July.

Messages include sexually explicit photos, statements and suggestive anime, a form of animation that often has vibrant characters.

A Willard Public Schools official says Ciambor no longer works as a school custodian.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former JE Dunn job recruiter admitted he received kickbacks as part of an $840,000 fraud scheme.

Federal prosecutors say 46-year-old John Kirwin, of Lee’s Summit, pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud and mail fraud.

Kirwin was an internal recruiter for the Kansas City-based company. He worked with outside job recruiters across the country to find workers for construction projects. Beginning in 2013, Kirwin submitted fraudulent invoices to J.E. Dunn from other recruitment companies. The invoices included inflated costs or involved employees who were never hired.

Kirwin received more than $400,000 from the scheme. He was ordered to forfeit that money and pay restitution to JE Dunn.

A co-defendant, 53-year-old Debi Jordan, 53, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty in August to one count of mail fraud.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers are expressing outrage after learning more than 70 foster children are missing in Kansas.

The Kansas City Star reports that foster care contractors discussed the issued Tuesday. The discussion was prompted by the disappearance in August of three sisters from a northeast Kansas foster home. Democratic Sen. Laura Kelly, of Topeka, says she’s “flabbergasted.”

The Kansas Department for Children and Families’ chief, Phyllis Gilmore, says in many cases children went to their biological families or other people with whom they have a relationship.

Chad Anderson, an official for one contractor, KVC Kansas, says the number of missing represents about 1 percent of the foster care population and is in line with the national average. But Anderson acknowledged more could be done to share day-to-day information about missing youth.

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — A telemarketing company plans to open a new call center in Carthage.

The company, iPacesetters, announced this week that the new center could bring 150 to 200 full-time jobs to the southwest Missouri city. Site director Brian Dinwiddie says 15 employees already hired by the company will begin work Monday.

The Joplin Globe reports center employees will make sales calls for a cable provider, which he declined to identify.

The company has call centers in seven states, as well as overseas, and employs about 1,600 people. It is based in Montvale, New Jersey.

The company also announced plans this week to open another call center in Lincoln, Nebraska, that will employee 200 people.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 32-year-old man who dragged a Springfield police officer about 150 feet during a traffic stop has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Jeffrey Lyon Jr. was sentenced Tuesday for second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer. A seven-year sentence for resisting arrest will run concurrently.

Prosecutors say that in February 2016 Officer Clinton Laws tried to talk to Lyons in what he considered a suspicious vehicle. Lyons took off in his vehicle, dragging Laws about 150 yards before the officer was able to get free. Laws was able to fire twice at the car but neither shot hit Lyon.

Laws suffered severe burns and other injuries and had to retire from the force because of the injuries.

Kansas City’s Mayor is asking people to include Kansas City in its product reviews on Amazon in an effort to get the retail giant to notice the community for a new headquarters.

“How do I get Amazon to take notice of Kansas City?” James asked in a video posted online shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. “Product reviews.”

As we’ve previously reported, Amazon announced it’s looking to establish a second headquarters and is taking applications from cities until Oct. 19.  Amazon said a final site selection and announcement will be made next year.

Amazon’s Request for Proposal (RFP) specifies that it’s interested in metropolitan areas with more than one million people. In Missouri, that means only St. Louis and Kansas City will even qualify.

James is asking people to tell Amazon why they love KC with #KC5stars.

James said he bought 1,000 products for charity on Amazon and reviewed them all, “with a little KC Love.”  He said every review was made with a reason for Amazon to move to KC.

Click here to read his read his reviews.

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I’ve been busy online shopping. Find out why at 3 pm. pic.twitter.com/4tpKRqLBFi

— Mayor Sly James (@MayorSlyJames) October 11, 2017

Kansas City Mayor Sly James sent out a tweet early Wednesday morning with his photo surrounded by Amazon boxes.

James said, “I’ve been busy online shopping.  Find out why at 3 p.m.”

 

TREGO COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on illegal hunting charges.

Kansas Game Wardens received a tip of an archery deer hunter who shot a bobcat out of season, according to a social media report from the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism.

The wardens had a vehicle description, a few pictures and knew the suspect was somewhere on the Smoky Hill River in Trego County.

Wardens were able to find the area of the suspect by matching up identifiable landmarks in the pictures which in turn led to finding the suspect’s vehicle.

During the investigation, it was determined the suspect had shot a bobcat out of season and did not possess a valid fur harvester license. The bobcat and bow were seized as evidence. Charges are pending, according to the KDWP&T.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is the latest Republican to criticize athletes for kneeling in protest during the national anthem.

He said Wednesday in a Facebook post that the American flag “brings real patriots to their feet, not their knees.” The former Navy SEAL says he was taught to respect the flag. He describes those who refuse to stand as “selfish,” saying they are making the moment about them.

President Donald Trump and others have been lashing out at NFL players for not standing during the anthem. On Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence left a 49ers-Colts game after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee.

The kneeling protests started last year as a statement against the killings of unarmed black men and boys at the hands of police.