COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – More than 450 tenured faculty in the University of Missouri System are eligible for an employee buyout program.

The voluntary buyout program announced Friday will provide payments of 1.5 times the faculty member’s benefit-eligible salary.

Eligible faculty must be tenured, working full time, 62 or older and have at least five years of employment at the university. The buyouts will be capped at $200,000.

A total of 466 faculty are eligible.

The largest number is on the Columbia campus, where 224 faculty members are eligible. Missouri-Kansas City has 112 eligible faculty; Missouri-St. Louis has 72; and Missouri University of Science and Technology has 55 eligible.

There are three tenured faculty assigned to the system that are also eligible.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who was killed by a stray bullet in Lawrence will be honored in the Rose Bowl Parade.

Leah Brown, of Shawnee, will be one of about 40 organ, eye and tissue donors from across the country who will be remembered on a Donate Life Rose Parade Float on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California.

The donors will be seen in “floragraphs,” which are artistic portraits often designed by their family members. Organ recipients and other advocates will ride and walk alongside the float.

The Donate Life float website says Brown donated her corneas and tissues, which are helping at least 50 recipients.

Brown and two men from Topeka were fatally shot on Oct. 1, 2017 when gunfire erupted in a crowd of people.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Joplin man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the abuse of his 8-week-old son that left the child legally blind and unable to eat or drink.

Jasper County Circuit Judge Gayle Crane sentenced 32-year-old Earl Clark on Monday. Clark pleaded guilty to child abuse in a plea deal for the injuries inflicted on his son, Sebastian.

Emergency medical help was summoned to Clark’s residence in September 2017 for a baby suffering seizures and respiratory distress. An affidavit says Sebastian showed signs of abusive head trauma and was later found to have extensive brain bleeding and other injuries.

An affidavit says Clark admitted that he dropped and shook his son.

Assistant Prosecutor Kimberly Fisher says Sebastian is expected to survive but won’t be able to eat or drink on his own.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas native and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has saluted President George H.W. Bush at the casket of the late president.

.@SenatorDole pays respects as President George H.W. Bush Lies in State https://t.co/FQ1dJwqquv #Bush41 pic.twitter.com/hdaTISMN4v

— CSPAN (@cspan) December 4, 2018

Like Bush, Dole is a World War II veteran. He arrived in the Capitol rotunda in a wheelchair pushed by an aide. At the casket’s side, the aide lifted Dole, 95, into a standing position. Once steadied, Dole saluted.

Bush achieved the office that Dole sought in 1996 as the Republican presidential nominee.

Bush died on Friday at age 94. An invitation-only funeral service is set for Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral.

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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service says a man convicted of murder who escaped from a county jail in Oklahoma has been apprehended in Missouri.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Callen Stephens says 34-year-old Patrick M. Walker was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at an extended-stay motel in St. Louis.

Authorities say Walker escaped from the Payne County Jail on Thursday after he assumed the identity of a cellmate who was being released on bond. Walker, also known as “Notty G,” was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder out of Oklahoma County and was housed temporarily at the Payne County Jail for a court appearance.

Federal marshals say Walker made his way to St. Louis with the help of a female accomplice. Details about the woman haven’t been released.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting outside a Kansas hospital (all times local):

Authorities say the victim of a deadly shooting outside a Kansas hospital was a 28-year-old man.

Police identified the man Tuesday as Dominic Garcia, of Kansas City, Kansas.

Police say he and a woman apparently were wounded when gunfire erupted around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Kansas City, Kansas. Garcia then drove the woman about 2 ½ miles to the hospital for help with the gunman in pursuit.

Upon arriving, Garcia ran to the secured main entrance, where he was shot again before the gunman turned the gun on himself. The gunman’s name wasn’t immediately released.

The hospital says the woman’s injuries aren’t life-threatening. No hospital employees were hurt.

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Authorities say a gunman pursued two shooting victims as they drove to a Kansas hospital, where he fatally shot one of them at the entrance before killing himself.

Police say the initial shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Kansas City, Kansas, and stemmed from an apparent domestic dispute. Police say 28-year-old Dominic Garcia and woman who apparently were wounded then drove about 2 ½ miles (about 4 kilometers) to the University of Kansas Hospital for help.

Upon arriving, Garcia ran to the secured main entrance, where he was shot again before the gunman turned the gun on himself. Police announce Tuesday that Garcia also had died. The gunman’s name wasn’t immediately released.

The hospital says the woman’s injuries aren’t life-threatening. No hospital employees were hurt.

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KANSAS CITY,  Kan. —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Just before midnight, police responded to what police indicated was a homicide, domestic incident at 39th and Rainbow at the entrance to the hospital emergency room, according to Police Chief Terry Ziegler.

Just after 11:30 p.m. Monday, police initially responded to shots fired call near 7th Street and Osage Avenue, according to a media release. The victims drove to the hospital and the suspect followed.

Officers working a homicide at the ER entrance of KU Hospital.

— Terry Zeigler (@KCKPDChief) December 4, 2018

 

The hospital says the shooter died, but the male victim survived with life-threatening injuries. The woman’s injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening.

No hospital employees were hurt.

Authorities are expected to release additional details and identify the victims later Tuesday.

-The Associated Press contributed to this report

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a fleeing motorist in a stolen pickup truck has caused a deadly crash in Springfield.

The truck was stolen around 7 a.m. Tuesday in Rogersville. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Pace says a trooper spotted the truck minutes later in Springfield and tried to stop it.

But Pace say the driver took off and crashed into a Jeep. The impact killed one person and injured two others. The patrol isn’t releasing whether the person who was killed was in the truck or the Jeep.

NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. beef is being recalled because it may be contaminated with salmonella.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a unit of Brazil’s JBS is now recalling a total of more than 12 million pounds of raw beef that was shipped around the country. JBS Tolleson in Arizona already recalled about 7 million pounds of beef in October.

Health officials say their investigation identified additional products with the USDA inspection number “EST. 267.” The products were packaged between late July and September. The USDA says any products still in people’s freezers should be thrown away. It says 246 illnesses have been reported.

The USDA says salmonella is prevalent in raw poultry and meat and is reminding people of to properly cook and handle meat. It says cooking kills salmonella.