KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of his 4-year-old daughter.

The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Devondre Sanders was scheduled to go to trial Monday but instead entered the guilty pleas. Sentencing is set for Dec. 15.

The child, Honesty Sanders, died in May 2016. Officers tried to save her with CPR, but she never regained consciousness and died at a hospital.

Sanders’ 24-year-old girlfriend, Sierra Mitchell, is also charged in the case and is scheduled for trial in March.

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld the 2008 murder conviction of a former radio reporter found guilty of killing his wife by poisoning her with antifreeze.

The state Supreme Judicial Court said in its decision issued Monday the evidence of James Keown’s guilt was “overwhelming.” Keown is serving a life sentence in the 2004 death of Julie Keown.

The court rejected arguments that the judge presiding over the trial was wrong to allow evidence from Keown’s laptop and his internet search results, which included “antifreeze human death” and “poison recipe.”

Authorities said the former Missouri man killed his 31-year-old wife by spiking his wife’s Gatorade with antifreeze while the couple lived in Waltham.

Keown’s lawyer had argued his wife could have accidently ingested the chemical or taken her own life.

JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating four suspects on drug and charges.

On Saturday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Holton Police Department served a search warrant on a Holton apartment house located at 511 New Jersey Street in the City of Holton.

The investigation originated from an initial report of battery that allegedly occurred at the residence.

Deputies arrested Danny Ross Adams, 28, of Holton at the scene on the follow charges:  Battery, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine, the use of a communication facility device in the commission of a felony drug violation. They arrested Stanley Morris Drinkard, 27, of Holton for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamine, the use of a communication facility device in the commission of a felony drug violation, Possession of Hydrocodone, Distribution of Methamphetamine within 1000′ of school, Possession of Marijuana within 1000′ of school.

Alexander Morris Mercer-Jones, 28, of Holton was arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Crystal Diane Bratcher 37, of Mayetta was arrested for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Methamphetamine.

On Monday, Bratcher, Drinkard and Mercer-Jones remain jailed.  Drinkard is being held on a $20,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s department.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The special master looking into the taping of attorney-client meetings and phone calls at the pretrial detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas, says in a new report that the U.S. Attorney’s office in Kansas is no longer cooperating with the investigation.

Special Master David R. Cohen says in a report obtained by KCUR Radio that he received a 24-page letter last month from the U.S. Attorney’s Office stating that it will no longer provide him with information and documents he seeks.

A message on Monday seeking comment from the U.S. Attorney’s office was not immediately returned.

The decision may heighten suspicions that the office is concealing information about tapings from criminal defense lawyers, many of whom have filed motions to dismiss cases on the grounds that clients’ constitutional rights were violated.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A large downtown entertainment venue in Lawrence is ramping up security in the wake of recent fatal shootings nearby.

The Lawrence Journal World reports that all people attending events at Liberty Hall must now pass by handheld metal detectors to enter. The venue already prohibited guns, large bags and purses.

Three people were killed and two others injured on Oct. 1 near Liberty Hall, following an altercation. General manager Dean Edington says the venue wants to make sure that everyone there feels welcome and safe. He says the “world that we live in” requires more stringent security measures.Anthony L.

Roberts Jr. of Topeka is charged with killing all three victims, and with attempted murder of one of the men who survived.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Questions are being raised about Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of campaign funds to bring his pick to be the state’s next school commissioner to the capital city this summer.

The issue with using campaign money to pay for Kenneth Zeff’s trip is restrictions on how such money may be spent. The Missouri visit was part of an ill-fated effort to replace Margie Vandeven as the state’s education commissioner.

Greitens’ campaign adviser Austin Chambers says state law provides that contributions may be used for any purpose allowed by law. Chambers says that includes any ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the duties of a holder of elective office.

But University of Missouri Law School Professor Richard Reuben described the spending as “questionable.”

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — A California company has voluntarily recalled packaged vegetables distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada because of possible bacterial contamination.

Mann Packing of Salinas says there have been no reported illnesses associated with the products. The recall was ordered last week after random testing in Canada turned up a single positive result for listeria.

The vegetables have “best if used by” dates from Oct. 11 through Oct. 20.

The recalled brands are: Signature Farms products sold at Albertsons; Archer Farms products sold at Target; kohlrabi salad blends sold at Trader Joe’s; several varieties of broccoli and cauliflower sold at Walmart; and at least 30 Mann branded bags of veggies.

Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas public school officials are launching a project to overhaul the way education is delivered in the state.

The Kansas State Board of Education members were briefed about the program Wednesday. The “Kansans Can” vision is an initiative to completely change the way K-12 education is taught in Kansas over the next 10 years.

Officials say the project involves tearing apart a 100-year-old structure in which public education is organized around grade levels that are generally determined by a student’s age.

Seven school districts are expected to have new, individualized structures in place by August 2018.

State Education Commissioner Randy Watson says the project grew out of a statewide listening tour in 2015. People said they want schools to teach character development, citizenship and work ethics.