SPRINGFIELD—The suspect wanted in a triple shooting in Southwest Missouri is in custody.

Law enforcement authorities say Willie D. Clark was arrested without incident at a home in Arkansas Tuesday evening and taken into custody without incident by the U.S. Marshals-Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force and Arkansas State Police.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police in southwestern Missouri still are searching for a man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and one of her sons to death after an argument in the woman’s home.

The Springfield News-Leader  reports that 51-year-old Willie D. Clark is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree assault.

Police say that 50-year-old Andrea Anderson and 35-year-old Kevin Anderson were killed Feb. 13. Another son of Andrea Anderson’s was wounded but survived after managing to escape through a window.

Clark does not have a listed home telephone number. Online court records do not show whether he has an attorney.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hallmark Cards plans to end printing work at its Litho-Krome printing subsidiary in Georgia and transfer the work to Lawrence, Kansas.

Hallmark officials said Tuesday the Litho-Krome subsidiary produces greeting cards and Crayola packaging.

The work will end in Midland, Georgia, in the third quarter of this year. The work will move to a Hallmark production center in Lawrence, Kansas.

The Kansas City Star reports 10 Litho-Krome employees will be offered a relocation option and about 40 other employees will receive severance pay.

Hallmark acquired the Litho-Krome lithography and printing operation in 1979. The current plant is being marketed for sale by the Kansas City-based real estate office of CBRE.

LOUISVILLE, Neb. (AP) — A derailment of several railroad cars has spilled tons of coal just west of Louisville in eastern Nebraska, two hours north of St. Joseph.

The accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. No injuries have been reported.

It’s unclear when all the coal will be picked up and train traffic resumes on the tracks.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southern Missouri woman is jailed without bond on federal charges that she tried to hire someone to kill her sister.

Federal prosecutors in Springfield charged Leta Faye Douglas of Houston, Missouri, last week with use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.

Authorities allege that Douglas told her ex-husband in Nebraska that she questioned her sister’s handling of the finances of the women’s parents.

Investigators say Douglas asked her former husband to help her hire someone to kill her sister for $2,000. But the former husband, who had been divorced from Leta Douglas for 18 years, notified Nebraska authorities.

A message left Tuesday with Douglas’ court-appointed public defenders was not immediately returned.

She is scheduled for a detention hearing Thursday in Springfield.

GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — The Gardner City Council has unanimously voted to select a Kansas City, Missouri, police major as its new police chief.

The Kansas City Star reports James Pruetting will take over as chief of the Johnson County city later this month.

The eastern Kansas community voted Monday to select Pruetting, who will fill the job that’s been vacant since the previous chief resigned last June.

Gardner Mayor Chris Morrow says Pruetting brings a wealth of experience to the job and was chosen after an “exhaustive” search.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A hawk is recovering after crashing through a window earlier this month at a south Kansas City home.

Drew Arnold tells the Kansas City Star he was at home Feb. 6 when he heard a crash in a bedroom. Arnold says he went to investigate and found a large red-tailed hawk sitting on the room’s floor and with a dazed look on its face.

He called the city’s animal health and public safety division, requesting an animal control officer to remove the bird.

The hawk is now recuperating at the Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park. The center’s director says the hawk suffered some cuts to her legs and broken feathers.

Larry Rizzo of the Missouri Department of Conservation says hawks often hit windows but seldom break through them.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Parents of children suffering from seizure disorders are asking Kansas lawmakers to legalize hemp oil.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the House Health and Human Services Committee had a hearing Tuesday on a bill sponsored by Democratic Rep. John Wilson of Lawrence.

Parent Ryan Reed testified that he and his wife feed their 4-year-old son Otis hemp oil with a spoonful of apple sauce three times a day so that he can sleep soundly.

The Reeds once lived in Wilson’s district but moved last year to Colorado Springs last year, because medical marijuana is legal there. The Kansas bill would be limited to hemp oil.

But the Kansas police chiefs’ association opposed the measure and argued it could lead to a broader legalization of marijuana.

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – The Missouri Senate has approved legislation that would exempt new or expanding data centers from sales taxes.

Senators voted 28-4 Tuesday in favor of the measure, which now moves to the House.

Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation for tax exemptions for the data centers last year, but this year’s bill is substantially different.

Businesses must create at least 10 jobs with above-average wages, among other investment requirements outlined in the bill. Those companies also would have to repay money if they fell below the requirements after entering an agreement with the state.

Nixon previously cited concerns that the data centers might not lead to a return on the state’s investments. But Republican supporters say accountability measures in this year’s bill might make it more appealing to the Democratic governor.