LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Members of a fraternity at the University of Kansas are moving back into their chapter house after a minor fire.

6NewsLawrence reports Lawrence-Douglas County firefighters were called to the Sigma Chi house around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of smoke coming from the third floor.

The fire was under control at 12:30 p.m. and was contained to an area that houses bedrooms and a bathroom.

The university said the 74 residents of the house were able to move back in by Tuesday evening. Four were moving to other rooms in the house.

The Sigma Chi house was also damaged in August 2012 in an accidental fire caused by construction.

KANSAS CITY (AP) – A 24-year-old Kansas City man is facing a federal charge accusing him of aiming a laser pointer at a Kansas City Police Department helicopter last fall.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City says Jordan Clarence Rogers was charged in a federal grand jury indictment on Tuesday. Prosecutors say he aimed the beam of a laser pointer at the helicopter on Oct. 8.

It was unclear Tuesday afternoon whether Rogers had obtained an attorney.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City technology director has been charged in federal court with selling nearly $100,000 in city-purchased electronic devices on an internet auction site.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City, Kansas, says 44-year-old Andrew Davey of Overland Park appeared in court Monday on five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft.

Prosecutors say Davey was Lenexa’s technology director when he used city funds to purchase electronics and then sell them on eBay for a total of roughly $98,000.

Davey could face up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each wire fraud count and up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine on the theft charge.

His attorneys weren’t available Tuesday afternoon for comment.

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The state fire marshal says an explosion that killed a worker at a southeast Kansas fireworks company has been ruled accidental.

The blast happened Aug. 12 at a Pittsburg warehouse owned by Jake’s Fireworks. Two employees were unloading a shipping container of fireworks to move them to the company’s new headquarters when the explosion occurred.

An investigator from the Kansas fire marshal’s office told The Joplin Globe on Tuesday the explosion has been traced to debris around a forklift the men were using.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kenny Clark died several hours later at a hospital in Joplin, Missouri. The other employee also suffered severe burns.

JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate has died after being beaten by his cellmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.

The Cole County sheriff’s office said Tuesday that 35-year-old Mark Melton was assaulted Aug. 9 and taken to University Hospital in Columbia. The sheriff’s office said Melton died Sunday as a result of his injuries, and the case has now been classified as a homicide.

Melton was from the southeast Missouri town of Malden. He pleaded guilty in 2009 to attempted first-degree sodomy and was sentenced in Dunklin County Circuit Court to nine years in prison.

An autopsy was performed Monday, but the sheriff’s office says results will not be ready for several weeks.

Kansas Water Office

TOPEKA – In response to Kansans wanting a simple way to provide feedback on the Preliminary Discussion Draft on the Future of Water in Kansas, an online survey has been developed and can be found on the Kansas Water Office website.

To date, more than 200 vision meetings with more than 10,000 attendees have been held to receive input to help establish priorities to ensure a reliable water supply for our state. The deadline for this round of input and feedback is October 15. The Governor’s Water Vision Team encourages all Kansans to provide input as feedback is critical to the success of the Vision.

For more information or to view the Preliminary Discussion Draft of the Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas, visit www.kwo.org. The final discussion draft will be shared later this fall at the Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas, Nov. 12 and 13, in Manhattan.

INDEPENDENCE (AP) – Investigators are focusing on natural gas as the possible cause of an explosion that leveled a house in western Missouri.

The Kansas City Star reports the blast in Independence early Tuesday afternoon was felt two miles away.

No injuries were reported. All three members of the family that has occupied the three-bedroom home since 1971 were away at the time.

Videos from television news helicopters showed the walls flattened and the roof collapsed, with only the chimney still standing.

Neighbors reported smelling natural gas after the explosion, but the homeowner said there had been no odor of gas about 90 minutes before the blast.

Two firefighters were taken to a hospital as a precaution to be treated for heat exhaustion.

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California food company has recalled nearly 93,000 pounds of fully cooked chicken Caesar salad kits sold at Sam’s Club stores over concerns of possible listeria contamination.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says the Daily Chef salad kits were shipped to the warehouse chain for sale in its in-store cafes nationwide.

The affected products by Corona’s APPA Fine Foods come in 11-ounce clear plastic containers with use-by dates through Sept. 17.

The USDA and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.

People who consume food contaminated with listeria are at risk of getting listeriosis, which can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion and convulsions.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An Olathe man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the November 2013 death of a Kansas State University student.

Riley County police say 21-year-old Gregory Haug Jr. was arrested Saturday and is charged in the death of 18-year-old freshman Jordan Forbit.

KMAN reports that Forbit, of Elkhart, was found dead on Nov. 20 inside a vehicle parked in a campus lot outside the Derby residential complex in Manhattan.

Forbit was a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Further details about what led to Haug’s arrest in the case were not released.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has picked a Connecticut official to run HealthCare.gov ahead of a second open enrollment season looming as a test of competence for the feds.

Kevin Counihan leads Access Health CT, a health insurance marketplace seen as a national model.

As CEO of the federal exchange, Counihan’s challenge will be far bigger. Connecticut enrolled about 80,000 people, while more than 5 million signed up in the 36 states served by the federal marketplace.

Insurance exchanges offer subsidized private coverage to people who don’t have workplace health plans.

The role of federal CEO is new, created by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to avoid a repeat of last year’s technical meltdown. Burwell also named Lori Lodes of the Center for American Progress as communications director.