SAVANNAH- A woman was injured in an accident just after 5 p.m. on Sunday in Andrew County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle driven by Shari A. Pawline, 36, Savannah, was southbound in the yard of a residence at 14326 Country Road three miles south of Savannah.
The driver lost control of the motorcycle and struck the passenger side of a parked 2001 Dodge Town and Country van. Pawline was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center.
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – The Missouri Department of Insurance is offering free help to seniors who want to review their coverage or enroll in Medicare.
Open enrollment for the federal health insurance program for anyone aged 65 and over runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.
Those who want to review their current plan, change their drug coverage or enroll can meet in person or talk on the phone with the state’s Community Leaders Assisting the Insured of Missouri program.
Counselors can help low-income residents determine if they qualify for federal or state assistance in paying for prescription drugs.
Interested residents can call 800-390-3330 or visit missouriclaim.org for help.
SPRINGFIELD (AP) – A judge has found sufficient evidence to try an 18-year-old on charges tied to the accidental discharge of a gun at a Springfield high school.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that Larvern Hale was bound over for arraignment at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing Friday. He is charged in Greene County with unlawful use of a weapon, delivery of a controlled substance and resisting arrest.
Witnesses at the hearing testified that the loaded weapon moved undetected for about three hours last month through Central High School. The gun was in a backpack when it was dropped and discharged.
No one else has been charged in the case, but police spokeswoman Lisa Cox says the investigation is ongoing.
Hale was represented by a public defender.
SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Springfield police say dismissal was delayed at an elementary school after a mother brandished a knife.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that the mother doesn’t have custody of her daughter, and problems arose when she showed up Friday afternoon at the child’s school. When the mother saw her daughter leaving Pittman Elementary in a guardian’s car, she became upset.
The principal was helping with dismissal outside the school and agreed the mother couldn’t take the child.
After the principal said she planned to get school security, the woman reportedly pulled a knife out of a holster – which “looked similar to a gun” holster. The woman then stormed off but was arrested a short time later.
The school was briefly placed under lockdown, which delayed the dismissal of other students.
BLUE SPRINGS (AP) – A Colorado man has been charged with fatally shooting a man at a motel outside Kansas City.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Sunday that 25-year-old Michael Page of Rifle, Colorado, has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Shane Bossow. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Court records say police responded Saturday to the motel in Blue Springs after receiving a report that shots had been fired. Officers found Bossow’s body in a room.
Page was standing in front of a nearby restaurant with a gun when police first encountered him. The probable cause statement said Page later told police he pulled the trigger and had probably “flipped out from the dope.”
Prosecutors are requesting a $150,000 cash bond.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Pittsburg police are offering a reward for help locating two more suspects in the killing of a Pittsburg State University student.
KOAM-TV reports that $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the two 19-year-old suspects from Pittsburg. Two other men, ages 21 and 24, were arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Taylor C. Thomas and several other felonies.
Officers responding to a disturbance call at an off-campus home where Thomas lived found him wounded around 2 a.m. Thursday. The junior in mechanical engineering was pronounced dead at Via Christi Hospital.
An obituary posted on the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home website said he died after a burglary. An autopsy listed the cause of death as a single gunshot wound.
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The re-emergence of gay marriage as a hot legal issue nationally has complicated Democrat Paul Davis’ bid in Kansas to unseat conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
Davis has represented a safely Democratic seat as a Kansas House member and voted three times in 2004 and 2005 against proposals to ban gay marriage in the state constitution. Voters amended the constitution in 2005.
But Davis is avoiding a public declaration of support for gay marriage.
His chances of defeating Brownback depend upon winning support from disaffected Republicans and unaffiliated voters. Davis’ foes could more easily paint him as a liberal if he explicitly supports gay marriage.
Also, a declaration could raise doubts for voters with some conservative religious views who otherwise might be receptive to his message on fiscal issues.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new report shows women are approaching parity with men on owning businesses in Kansas.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that about 70,900 businesses in the state were at least 51 percent owned by a female in 2014. That means 42 percent of the roughly 168,700 businesses the Secretary of State’s office had on record in September were owned by women.
Kansas saw businesses owned by women grow by close to 30 percent between 1997 and 2014. While that was one of the lowest rates in the country, it still represented a substantial change relative to total business growth in those years.
Most businesses owned by women are relatively small, with 70,900 businesses employing only an estimated 73,300 people in Kansas. Sales this year were estimated at about $10.5 billion.
STANBERRY- a Missouri woman was injured in an accident just after 5:30 a.m. in Gentry County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Plymouth Neon driven by Lisa L. Davis, 43, Stanberry, was southbound on U.S. 169 three miles south of Stanberry. The vehicle crossed the centerline, traveled off the east side of the road, struck a fence and a pile of hay bales.
Davis was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Maryville.
The MSHP reported she was not wearing a seat belt.
SAVANNAH- A Maryville man was injured in an accident just after 3 a.m. on Sunday in Andrew County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Subaru Legacy driven by Jarroda A. Hoover, 32, was northbound on U.S. 71 eight miles north of Savannah. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road and overturned.
Hoover was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center.
The MSHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident. Hoover was charged with investigation of DWI and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.
