SEDGWICK COUNTY– A Kansas has been sentenced for a shooting and for robbing a business in south Wichita. 

District Judge Bruce Brown sentenced Jacob Caddell, 21 of Wichita, to 17-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

In May of 2021, a man in his 20’s told police three young men stole his 2001 Honda Accord.

 The suspects later called and said they were going to return it. While the man waited near 31st Street South and Meridian, one of the suspects, later identified as Caddell, shot him in the face. He was able to give officers a description of the man who shot him.

On June 1, of 2021, two suspect robbed the Kwik Shop at 2700 S. Oliver in Wichita. The men took $180.00 from the cash register and $770.00 in tobacco products.

On June 2nd, a Wichita police officer saw the stolen car travelling 80 mph on W. Kellogg. The officer tried to stop the car, but discontinued the chase near Grove and Central. A mile later, the stolen car crashed into another car near Central and Hillside.

The driver ran from the wreckage, carrying an AR-15 style rifle. With the help of a police service dog, officers found Jacob Caddell hiding in a garage in the 400 block of N. Chautauqua. He was treated at a hospital for dog bites. Police later found the AR-15 rifle and a semi-automatic pistol. They also located stolen cigarettes and cigars from the Kwik Trip in the wrecked car.

On April 14, 2022 Caddell pled guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated robbery. One of the aggravated battery charges was for an injured person in the second car at Central and Hillside. Charges are pending against the other suspect in the armed robbery. 

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/6/1622716398129.png" alt="Police on the scene of the&nbsp; June 2021 crash during the chase-photo courtesy KWCH" />
 <figcaption>Police on the scene of the&nbsp; June 2021 crash during the chase-photo courtesy KWCH</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY– A Kansas has been sentenced for a shooting and for robbing a business in south Wichita. District Judge Bruce Brown sentenced Jacob Caddell, 21 of Wichita, to 17-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/6/1622731882288.png" alt="Caddell-photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Caddell-photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>In May of 2021, a man in his 20’s told police three young men stole his 2001 Honda Accord. The suspects later called and said they were going to return it. While the man waited near 31st Street South and Meridian, one of the suspects, later identified as Caddell, shot him in the face. He was able to give officers a description of the man who shot him.On June 1, of 2021, two suspect robbed the Kwik Shop at 2700 S. Oliver in Wichita. The men took $180.00 from the cash register and $770.00 in tobacco products.On June 2nd, a Wichita police officer saw the stolen car travelling 80 mph on W. Kellogg. The officer tried to stop the car, but discontinued the chase near Grove and Central. A mile later, the stolen car crashed into another car near Central and Hillside.The driver ran from the wreckage, carrying an AR-15 style rifle. With the help of a police service dog, officers found Jacob Caddell hiding in a garage in the 400 block of N. Chautauqua. He was treated at a hospital for dog bites. Police later found the AR-15 rifle and a semi-automatic pistol. They also located stolen cigarettes and cigars from the Kwik Trip in the wrecked car.On April 14, 2022 Caddell pled guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated robbery. One of the aggravated battery charges was for an injured person in the second car at Central and Hillside. Charges are pending against the other suspect in the armed robbery.

Kan. man sentenced for crime spree with AR-15 style rifle

BARTON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges after a late night encounter.

Just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the 200 block of Chestnut Street in Great Bend after report of&nbsp; an unknown man with a flashlight, according to a media release.

At the home, police made contact with 42-year-old Eduardo Torres.

During the encounter, Torres removed his hands from his pockets dropping items to the floor. Officers located and secured a small bag containing a white powdery substance, a small bag containing a green leafy vegetation and a broken glass pipe.

Officers field tested both substances. Each bag tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana.

Torres was arrested on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Torres was transported to the Barton County Jail where he was booked and held on a $10,000 bond.

If anyone has any information regarding this or any other investigation, they are encouraged to contact the Great Bend Police Department at (620) 793-4120 or Great Bend Crime Stoppers at (620) 792-1300.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653575749855.jpeg" alt="Torres-photo Barton County" />
 <figcaption>Torres-photo Barton County</figcaption>
 </figure>BARTON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges after a late night encounter.Just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the 200 block of Chestnut Street in Great Bend after report of&nbsp; an unknown man with a flashlight, according to a media release.At the home, police made contact with 42-year-old Eduardo Torres.During the encounter, Torres removed his hands from his pockets dropping items to the floor. Officers located and secured a small bag containing a white powdery substance, a small bag containing a green leafy vegetation and a broken glass pipe.Officers field tested both substances. Each bag tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana.Torres was arrested on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Torres was transported to the Barton County Jail where he was booked and held on a $10,000 bond.If anyone has any information regarding this or any other investigation, they are encouraged to contact the Great Bend Police Department at (620) 793-4120 or Great Bend Crime Stoppers at (620) 792-1300.

Police: Kansas man with flashlight also had meth, marijuana

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka indicted a U.S. Army service member for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $149,476 from at least 25 individuals, according to the United State's Attorney.

According to court documents, Innocent N. Ugwu, 24, of Fort Riley, Kansas, is charged with five counts of wire fraud, five counts of laundering monetary instruments, and one count of procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. 

From an unknown date until January 2021, Ugwu is accused of conspiring with others to defraud money from individuals in the United States using false pretenses and promises, and the omission of material facts to carry out romance, advance fee and other fraudulent schemes.

The U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service are investigating the case.

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka indicted a U.S. Army service member for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $149,476 from at least 25 individuals, according to the United State's Attorney.According to court documents, Innocent N. Ugwu, 24, of Fort Riley, Kansas, is charged with five counts of wire fraud, five counts of laundering monetary instruments, and one count of procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. From an unknown date until January 2021, Ugwu is accused of conspiring with others to defraud money from individuals in the United States using false pretenses and promises, and the omission of material facts to carry out romance, advance fee and other fraudulent schemes.The U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service are investigating the case.

Kansas soldier indicted in romance fraud scheme

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —&nbsp;Oklahoma&nbsp;Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill requiring public school students to use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate.

About a dozen conservative states have passed laws targeting the transgender population over bathroom use, participation in school sports, and gender-affirming treatments or surgery for young people.

The bill passed overwhelmingly in the Republican-controlled House and Senate last week, and Stitt signed it on Wednesday.

“It’s about safety, it’s about protection, it’s about common sense,” said Republican Rep. Danny Williams, the House author of the bill. “The goal of this bill is to protect our children.”

Democrats who opposed the bill said it singles out and targets transgender students, putting them at risk of ridicule.

The bill was proposed after Stillwater Public Schools declined to change a policy allowing students to use the bathroom that agrees with their gender identity unless forced by law to do otherwise.

Nicole McAfee, executive director of Freedom Oklahoma which supports the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and queer people, said the bill violates federal law and she is discussing legal action with other organizations, including the ACLU and Lambda Legal.

“This law is unconstitutional, a violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, and more than anything it is unnecessarily cruel for the sake of cruelty," McAfee said in a statement. “Over the last day we’ve heard people talk about school safety over and over again. But with a flick of his pen, Governor Stitt said that safety doesn’t extend to already vulnerable transgender and Two Spirit young people."

Stitt, a Republican running for reelection, earlier this year signed bills to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams in public schools or universities and to prohibit transgender people from changing their birth certificate.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653584408671.png" alt="Democrats who opposed the bill said it singles out and targets transgender students, putting them at risk of ridicule -courtesy governor's office" />
 <figcaption>Democrats who opposed the bill said it singles out and targets transgender students, putting them at risk of ridicule -courtesy governor's office</figcaption>
 </figure>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —&nbsp;Oklahoma&nbsp;Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill requiring public school students to use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate.About a dozen conservative states have passed laws targeting the transgender population over bathroom use, participation in school sports, and gender-affirming treatments or surgery for young people.The bill passed overwhelmingly in the Republican-controlled House and Senate last week, and Stitt signed it on Wednesday.“It’s about safety, it’s about protection, it’s about common sense,” said Republican Rep. Danny Williams, the House author of the bill. “The goal of this bill is to protect our children.”Democrats who opposed the bill said it singles out and targets transgender students, putting them at risk of ridicule.The bill was proposed after Stillwater Public Schools declined to change a policy allowing students to use the bathroom that agrees with their gender identity unless forced by law to do otherwise.Nicole McAfee, executive director of Freedom Oklahoma which supports the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and queer people, said the bill violates federal law and she is discussing legal action with other organizations, including the ACLU and Lambda Legal.“This law is unconstitutional, a violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, and more than anything it is unnecessarily cruel for the sake of cruelty," McAfee said in a statement. “Over the last day we’ve heard people talk about school safety over and over again. But with a flick of his pen, Governor Stitt said that safety doesn’t extend to already vulnerable transgender and Two Spirit young people."Stitt, a Republican running for reelection, earlier this year signed bills to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams in public schools or universities and to prohibit transgender people from changing their birth certificate.

Oklahoma transgender school bathroom bill effective immediately

TOPEKA&nbsp;– Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that her request for a federal disaster declaration for the winter storms that occurred in late March has been granted, according to a media release from Kelly's office.

Governor Kelly made the request on May 3. Its approval will open federal funding streams for rural electric cooperatives to repair or replace infrastructure damaged by the disaster.

“This federal disaster declaration will enable rural electric cooperatives to access the funding they need to get back on their feet,”&nbsp;said Governor Kelly, who issued a Governor’s Declaration of Emergency March 20.

Counties named in the declaration are Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Graham, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Lane, Meade, Ness, Pawnee, Phillips, Rooks, Rush, Stafford, Trego, and Wallace counties.

The declaration allows rural electric cooperatives to apply for Public Assistance funds for emergency and permanent work for the repair or replacement of infrastructure, including utility lines, damaged by the disaster. It also activates the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program statewide for actions taken to prevent or reduce long term risk to life and property from natural hazards.

“Our staff in the Kansas Division of Emergency Management will be working closely with the counties named in the declaration,”&nbsp;Maj. Gen. David Weishaar, the adjutant general and director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management,&nbsp;said.

This request was due to two late winter storms that impacted western and parts of central Kansas beginning on March 17 with impacts lasting into March 22. Each storm produced sticky wet heavy snow combined with strong winds of 50 to 70 mph that damaged power poles and power lines. Many power outages occurred especially during the second winter storm due to the previous storm’s damage to the utility infrastructure and rural electric cooperatives.

On March 31, due to the severity of the damage reported by local officials, the Kansas Division of Emergency Management requested a joint federal, state, and local survey of the damaged areas. On April 5, Governor Kelly requested an extension for enough time to complete the joint preliminary damage assessments which was approved until May 5.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653595554522.png" alt="In March, Midwest Energy crews worked on lines in the Burdett/Rozel area, where there were dozens upon dozens of poles down-photo courtesy Midwest Energy" />
 <figcaption>In March, Midwest Energy crews worked on lines in the Burdett/Rozel area, where there were dozens upon dozens of poles down-photo courtesy Midwest Energy</figcaption>
 </figure>TOPEKA&nbsp;– Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that her request for a federal disaster declaration for the winter storms that occurred in late March has been granted, according to a media release from Kelly's office.Governor Kelly made the request on May 3. Its approval will open federal funding streams for rural electric cooperatives to repair or replace infrastructure damaged by the disaster.“This federal disaster declaration will enable rural electric cooperatives to access the funding they need to get back on their feet,”&nbsp;said Governor Kelly, who issued a Governor’s Declaration of Emergency March 20.Counties named in the declaration are Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Graham, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Lane, Meade, Ness, Pawnee, Phillips, Rooks, Rush, Stafford, Trego, and Wallace counties.The declaration allows rural electric cooperatives to apply for Public Assistance funds for emergency and permanent work for the repair or replacement of infrastructure, including utility lines, damaged by the disaster. It also activates the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program statewide for actions taken to prevent or reduce long term risk to life and property from natural hazards.“Our staff in the Kansas Division of Emergency Management will be working closely with the counties named in the declaration,”&nbsp;Maj. Gen. David Weishaar, the adjutant general and director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management,&nbsp;said.This request was due to two late winter storms that impacted western and parts of central Kansas beginning on March 17 with impacts lasting into March 22. Each storm produced sticky wet heavy snow combined with strong winds of 50 to 70 mph that damaged power poles and power lines. Many power outages occurred especially during the second winter storm due to the previous storm’s damage to the utility infrastructure and rural electric cooperatives.On March 31, due to the severity of the damage reported by local officials, the Kansas Division of Emergency Management requested a joint federal, state, and local survey of the damaged areas. On April 5, Governor Kelly requested an extension for enough time to complete the joint preliminary damage assessments which was approved until May 5.

Gov. secures disaster declaration for Kan. counties recovering from winter storm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating problems at the nation’s largest baby formula plant that prompted an&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/baby-formula-shortage-what-to-know-735cef06e68ed9c5a46233bdfcf0573d">ongoing shortage</a>.

<a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?520252-1/baby-formula-manufacturers-fda-commissioner-testify-shortage&amp;live&amp;vod">Click here to watch</a> a replay of the hearing

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony that slowed his agency’s response, including a COVID-19 outbreak at the plant and a whistleblower complaint that didn’t reach FDA leadership because it was apparently lost in the mail.

Califf testified before a House subcommittee investigating the shortage, which has snowballed into a national political controversy and forced the U.S. military to begin airlifting supplies from Europe.

The shortage largely stems from Abbott’s Michigan plant, which the FDA shut down in February due to contamination issues. Under fire from Congress, parents and the media, Califf gave the first detailed account Wednesday of why his agency took months to inspect and shutter the plant despite learning of potential problems as early as September.

The FDA’s response was: “Too slow and there were decisions that were suboptimal along the way,” Califf told lawmakers.

The FDA and President Joe Biden face mounting&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-politics-science-e4aef87dfb74039f1612ca5279e85227">political pressure</a>&nbsp;to explain why they didn’t intervene sooner to head off the supply crisis.

“Why did it take an onslaught of national media attention for the Biden administration to act with a sense of urgency required to address an infant formula shortage?” asked Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, the committee’s ranking Republican.

Califf said the agency had been trying to monitor formula supplies since 2020 when COVID-related disruptions first emerged, but regulators have limited visibility into company supply chains.

The House panel also heard from three formula manufacturers, including a top Abbott Nutrition executive who apologized to parents for the shortage.

“We let you down,” said Abbott vice president Christopher Calamari. “We are deeply sorry.”

Calamari repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether any employees were disciplined or fired over the problems at the plant, which included standing water, a leaky roof and damaged equipment.

FDA staff began honing in on Abbott’s plant last fall while tracking several bacterial infections in infants who had consumed formula from the facility. The four cases occurred between September and January, causing hospitalizations and two deaths.

The FDA planned to begin inspecting the Sturgis, Michigan, plant on Dec. 30, according to Califf’s testimony. But Abbott warned that about a dozen plant employees had tested positive for COVID-19 and requested a delay. As a result, the FDA didn’t begin its inspection until Jan. 31.

After detecting positive samples of a rare-but-dangerous bacteria in multiple parts of the plant, the FDA closed the facility and Abbott announced a massive recall of its formula on Feb. 17.

“We knew that ceasing plant operations would create supply problems but we had no choice given the insanitary conditions,” said Califf, calling the problems “shocking” and “unacceptable.”

Abbott and the FDA have reached an agreement to reopen the plant next week, under which the company must regularly undergo outside safety audits.

Califf also struggled to explain delays in following up on a whistleblower complaint alleging numerous safety violations at Abbott’s plant, including employees falsifying records and failing to test formula before shipment.

Several FDA staffers reviewed the complaint in late October when it was sent to a regional FDA office, but an interview didn’t take place until two months later, in part due to the whistleblower’s scheduling conflicts.

Senior FDA officials eventually received the complaint via email, but not until February due to “an isolated failure in FDA’s mailroom, likely due to COVID-19 staffing issues,” according to the FDA testimony. A mailed copy addressed to then-acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock has still not been located.

Political outrage over the shortage has landed squarely on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-politics-science-e4aef87dfb74039f1612ca5279e85227">the FDA and Califf</a>, who was confirmed to the FDA role for a second time in February. The problems have escalated into a political firestorm for the White House, which has invoked&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-government-and-politics-df586c2e52b5e5865ea9f8091d4d1f80">the Defense Production Act</a>&nbsp;and emergency import measures.

The FDA contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Feb. 11. about a potential shortage, just days before Abbott’s recall, according to FDA’s timeline.

Califf said the FDA requested new authorities, funding and staff to track supply chain data that could have helped get ahead of the problem, but noted Congress has not provided them.

Several lawmakers raised longstanding concerns that the FDA’s food program — which oversees most U.S. foods except meat, poultry and eggs — is underfunded and needs restructuring.

The program has a convoluted leadership structure in which there is a director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and a separate deputy commissioner for “food policy and response.” The deputy commissioner has more of a safety focus, but has no direct authority over food center staff nor field staff who inspect company plants.

Both officials testified Wednesday, along with Califf.

When Rep. Nanette Diaz-Barragan, D-Calif., asked who is in charge of food safety, Califf and food center director Susan Mayne gave extended answers, describing different roles and responsibilities.

“I don’t think there’s one person that is responsible,” Diaz-Barragan responded. “I just think it goes to show there needs to be restructuring and it needs to be more clear who’s ultimately responsible.”

Later Wednesday afternoon, Abbott’s Calamari told lawmakers his company plans to build extra capacity and redundancies into its supply chain to avoid future disruptions. He reiterated the company’s point that the FDA has not drawn a direct link between the illnesses reported in infants and bacteria samples collected from its plant.

After the company restarts production next month it will be able to produce more formula than before the recall, he noted.

“We’re going to learn from this. We’re going to get better as a result of this,” Calamari said.

Executives from Reckitt and Gerber also testified on their efforts to boost production.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653503720164.png" alt="Califf testified before a House subcommittee investigating the shortage, which has snowballed into a national political controversy and forced the U.S. military to begin airlifting supplies from Europe-photo courtesy CSPAN" />
 <figcaption>Califf testified before a House subcommittee investigating the shortage, which has snowballed into a national political controversy and forced the U.S. military to begin airlifting supplies from Europe-photo courtesy CSPAN</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating problems at the nation’s largest baby formula plant that prompted an&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/baby-formula-shortage-what-to-know-735cef06e68ed9c5a46233bdfcf0573d">ongoing shortage</a>.<a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?520252-1/baby-formula-manufacturers-fda-commissioner-testify-shortage&amp;live&amp;vod">Click here to watch</a> a replay of the hearingFDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony that slowed his agency’s response, including a COVID-19 outbreak at the plant and a whistleblower complaint that didn’t reach FDA leadership because it was apparently lost in the mail.Califf testified before a House subcommittee investigating the shortage, which has snowballed into a national political controversy and forced the U.S. military to begin airlifting supplies from Europe.The shortage largely stems from Abbott’s Michigan plant, which the FDA shut down in February due to contamination issues. Under fire from Congress, parents and the media, Califf gave the first detailed account Wednesday of why his agency took months to inspect and shutter the plant despite learning of potential problems as early as September.The FDA’s response was: “Too slow and there were decisions that were suboptimal along the way,” Califf told lawmakers.The FDA and President Joe Biden face mounting&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-politics-science-e4aef87dfb74039f1612ca5279e85227">political pressure</a>&nbsp;to explain why they didn’t intervene sooner to head off the supply crisis.“Why did it take an onslaught of national media attention for the Biden administration to act with a sense of urgency required to address an infant formula shortage?” asked Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, the committee’s ranking Republican.Califf said the agency had been trying to monitor formula supplies since 2020 when COVID-related disruptions first emerged, but regulators have limited visibility into company supply chains.The House panel also heard from three formula manufacturers, including a top Abbott Nutrition executive who apologized to parents for the shortage.“We let you down,” said Abbott vice president Christopher Calamari. “We are deeply sorry.”Calamari repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether any employees were disciplined or fired over the problems at the plant, which included standing water, a leaky roof and damaged equipment.FDA staff began honing in on Abbott’s plant last fall while tracking several bacterial infections in infants who had consumed formula from the facility. The four cases occurred between September and January, causing hospitalizations and two deaths.The FDA planned to begin inspecting the Sturgis, Michigan, plant on Dec. 30, according to Califf’s testimony. But Abbott warned that about a dozen plant employees had tested positive for COVID-19 and requested a delay. As a result, the FDA didn’t begin its inspection until Jan. 31.After detecting positive samples of a rare-but-dangerous bacteria in multiple parts of the plant, the FDA closed the facility and Abbott announced a massive recall of its formula on Feb. 17.“We knew that ceasing plant operations would create supply problems but we had no choice given the insanitary conditions,” said Califf, calling the problems “shocking” and “unacceptable.”Abbott and the FDA have reached an agreement to reopen the plant next week, under which the company must regularly undergo outside safety audits.Califf also struggled to explain delays in following up on a whistleblower complaint alleging numerous safety violations at Abbott’s plant, including employees falsifying records and failing to test formula before shipment.Several FDA staffers reviewed the complaint in late October when it was sent to a regional FDA office, but an interview didn’t take place until two months later, in part due to the whistleblower’s scheduling conflicts.Senior FDA officials eventually received the complaint via email, but not until February due to “an isolated failure in FDA’s mailroom, likely due to COVID-19 staffing issues,” according to the FDA testimony. A mailed copy addressed to then-acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock has still not been located.Political outrage over the shortage has landed squarely on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-politics-science-e4aef87dfb74039f1612ca5279e85227">the FDA and Califf</a>, who was confirmed to the FDA role for a second time in February. The problems have escalated into a political firestorm for the White House, which has invoked&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-government-and-politics-df586c2e52b5e5865ea9f8091d4d1f80">the Defense Production Act</a>&nbsp;and emergency import measures.The FDA contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Feb. 11. about a potential shortage, just days before Abbott’s recall, according to FDA’s timeline.Califf said the FDA requested new authorities, funding and staff to track supply chain data that could have helped get ahead of the problem, but noted Congress has not provided them.Several lawmakers raised longstanding concerns that the FDA’s food program — which oversees most U.S. foods except meat, poultry and eggs — is underfunded and needs restructuring.The program has a convoluted leadership structure in which there is a director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and a separate deputy commissioner for “food policy and response.” The deputy commissioner has more of a safety focus, but has no direct authority over food center staff nor field staff who inspect company plants.Both officials testified Wednesday, along with Califf.When Rep. Nanette Diaz-Barragan, D-Calif., asked who is in charge of food safety, Califf and food center director Susan Mayne gave extended answers, describing different roles and responsibilities.“I don’t think there’s one person that is responsible,” Diaz-Barragan responded. “I just think it goes to show there needs to be restructuring and it needs to be more clear who’s ultimately responsible.”Later Wednesday afternoon, Abbott’s Calamari told lawmakers his company plans to build extra capacity and redundancies into its supply chain to avoid future disruptions. He reiterated the company’s point that the FDA has not drawn a direct link between the illnesses reported in infants and bacteria samples collected from its plant.After the company restarts production next month it will be able to produce more formula than before the recall, he noted.“We’re going to learn from this. We’re going to get better as a result of this,” Calamari said.Executives from Reckitt and Gerber also testified on their efforts to boost production.

🎥 FDA chief struggles to explain slow response on baby formula

BARTON COUNTY&nbsp;–&nbsp;Today, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested a former police officer from the Ellinwood Police Department, according to a media release from the agency.

Just after 8 a.m., KBI agents arrested 40-year-old Christopher W. Rowland of Great Bend, at 1025 Main St. in Great Bend. 

He was arrested on requested charges of theft, possession of marijuana, official misconduct, interference with a law enforcement officer, and interference with the judicial process.

Rowland was employed as an officer with the Ellinwood Police Department until November of 2021. On December 14, 2021, the Ellinwood Police Department requested the KBI investigate missing money and drugs discovered during an audit of their evidence locker. The police department cooperated fully with the investigation.

Following his arrest, Rowland was transported to the Barton County Jail for booking.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653588022478.png" alt="Rowland-photo Barton County&nbsp;" />
 <figcaption>Rowland-photo Barton County&nbsp;</figcaption>
 </figure>BARTON COUNTY&nbsp;–&nbsp;Today, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested a former police officer from the Ellinwood Police Department, according to a media release from the agency.Just after 8 a.m., KBI agents arrested 40-year-old Christopher W. Rowland of Great Bend, at 1025 Main St. in Great Bend. He was arrested on requested charges of theft, possession of marijuana, official misconduct, interference with a law enforcement officer, and interference with the judicial process.Rowland was employed as an officer with the Ellinwood Police Department until November of 2021. On December 14, 2021, the Ellinwood Police Department requested the KBI investigate missing money and drugs discovered during an audit of their evidence locker. The police department cooperated fully with the investigation.Following his arrest, Rowland was transported to the Barton County Jail for booking.

KBI: Former Kansas police officer arrested in theft investigation

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) —Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67.

An official at the Dominican Republic’s National Forensic Science Institute who was not authorized to speak to the media confirmed the death of Ray Liotta and said his body was taken to the Cristo Redentor morgue. The Hollywood Reporter and NBC News cited representatives for Liotta who said he died in his sleep Wednesday night. He was in the Dominican Republic to film a new movie.

Lorraine Bracco, who played Karen Hill in “Goodfellas” tweeted Thursday that she was, “Utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray. I can be anywhere in the world &amp; people will come up &amp; tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.”

Alessandro Nivola, who recently appeared with Liotta in “The Sopranos” prequel film “The Many Saints of Newark” wrote, “I feel so lucky to have squared off against this legend in one of his final roles. The scenes we did together were among the all time highlights of my acting career. He was dangerous, unpredictable, hilarious, and generous with his praise for other actors. Too soon.”

The Newark, New Jersey, native was born in 1954 and adopted at age six months out of an orphanage by a township clerk and an auto parts owner. Though he mostly grew up playing sports, including baseball, during his senior year of high school, the drama teacher at the school asked him if he wanted to be in a play, which he agreed to on a lark. And it stuck: He’d go on to study acting at the University of Miami. After graduation, he got his first big break on the soap opera “Another World.”

Liotta’s first big film role was in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” as Melanie Griffith’s character’s hotheaded ex-convict husband Ray. The turn earned him a Golden Globe nomination. A few years later, he would get the memorable role of the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams.”

His most iconic role, as real life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” came shortly after. He, and Scorsese, had to fight for it though, with multiple auditions and pleas to the studio to cast the still relative unknown.

“The thing about that movie, you know, Henry Hill isn’t that edgy of a character,” Liotta said in an interview in 2012. “It’s really the other guys who are doing all the actual killings. The one physical thing he does do, when he goes after the guy who went after Karen — you know, most audiences, they actually like him for that.”

In the same interview, he marveled at how “Goodfellas” had a “life of its own” and has only grown over time.

“People watch it over and over, and still respond to it, and different ages come up, even today, teenagers come up to me and they really emotionally connect to it,” he said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) —Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67.An official at the Dominican Republic’s National Forensic Science Institute who was not authorized to speak to the media confirmed the death of Ray Liotta and said his body was taken to the Cristo Redentor morgue. The Hollywood Reporter and NBC News cited representatives for Liotta who said he died in his sleep Wednesday night. He was in the Dominican Republic to film a new movie.Lorraine Bracco, who played Karen Hill in “Goodfellas” tweeted Thursday that she was, “Utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray. I can be anywhere in the world &amp; people will come up &amp; tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.”Alessandro Nivola, who recently appeared with Liotta in “The Sopranos” prequel film “The Many Saints of Newark” wrote, “I feel so lucky to have squared off against this legend in one of his final roles. The scenes we did together were among the all time highlights of my acting career. He was dangerous, unpredictable, hilarious, and generous with his praise for other actors. Too soon.”The Newark, New Jersey, native was born in 1954 and adopted at age six months out of an orphanage by a township clerk and an auto parts owner. Though he mostly grew up playing sports, including baseball, during his senior year of high school, the drama teacher at the school asked him if he wanted to be in a play, which he agreed to on a lark. And it stuck: He’d go on to study acting at the University of Miami. After graduation, he got his first big break on the soap opera “Another World.”Liotta’s first big film role was in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” as Melanie Griffith’s character’s hotheaded ex-convict husband Ray. The turn earned him a Golden Globe nomination. A few years later, he would get the memorable role of the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams.”His most iconic role, as real life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” came shortly after. He, and Scorsese, had to fight for it though, with multiple auditions and pleas to the studio to cast the still relative unknown.“The thing about that movie, you know, Henry Hill isn’t that edgy of a character,” Liotta said in an interview in 2012. “It’s really the other guys who are doing all the actual killings. The one physical thing he does do, when he goes after the guy who went after Karen — you know, most audiences, they actually like him for that.”In the same interview, he marveled at how “Goodfellas” had a “life of its own” and has only grown over time.“People watch it over and over, and still respond to it, and different ages come up, even today, teenagers come up to me and they really emotionally connect to it,” he said.

Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Police in Kansas City are searching for a driver of a stolen pickup truck they say fatally hit a pedestrian as it fled from officers.

The chase began Wednesday afternoon on Kansas City’s east side when officers spotted the stolen pickup and tried to pull it over, police said in a news release. The truck fled, ramming a patrol car in the process.

Police said the officers called off the chase as the truck entered the northbound lanes of Interstate 435 traveling southbound. Less that a minute later, police found the body a man in the road that appeared to have been hit by the fleeing truck.

The truck was found a short distance away, and a woman who was a passenger in the truck was arrested. The driver of the truck fled on foot and, despite a search involving helicopters and police dogs, was not found, police said.

The name of the pedestrian killed was not immediately released.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653581203815.png" alt="Police said the officers called off the chase as the truck entered the northbound lanes of Interstate 435 traveling southbound. Less than a minute later, police found the body a man in the road that appeared to have been hit by the fleeing truck.-photo courtesy KCTV" />
 <figcaption>Police said the officers called off the chase as the truck entered the northbound lanes of Interstate 435 traveling southbound. Less than a minute later, police found the body a man in the road that appeared to have been hit by the fleeing truck.-photo courtesy KCTV</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY (AP) — Police in Kansas City are searching for a driver of a stolen pickup truck they say fatally hit a pedestrian as it fled from officers.The chase began Wednesday afternoon on Kansas City’s east side when officers spotted the stolen pickup and tried to pull it over, police said in a news release. The truck fled, ramming a patrol car in the process.Police said the officers called off the chase as the truck entered the northbound lanes of Interstate 435 traveling southbound. Less that a minute later, police found the body a man in the road that appeared to have been hit by the fleeing truck.The truck was found a short distance away, and a woman who was a passenger in the truck was arrested. The driver of the truck fled on foot and, despite a search involving helicopters and police dogs, was not found, police said.The name of the pedestrian killed was not immediately released.

Driver sought in pedestrian fatality following KCPD chase

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span.

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement with Twitter on Wednesday. The regulators allege Twitter violated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-federal-trade-commission-fd528c1bb9264ebb950d2e14928f251f">a 2011 FTC order</a>&nbsp;by deceiving users about how well it maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information.

From May 2013 to September 2019, Twitter told users that it was collecting their phone numbers and email addresses for purposes of account security. But it failed to disclose that it also would use the information to enable companies to send targeted online ads to users on the platform, the government alleged.

The regulators also alleged, in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, that Twitter falsely claimed that it complied with U.S. privacy agreements with the European Union and Switzerland, which prohibit companies from processing user information in ways that are at odds with purposes authorized by users.

“Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “This practice affected more than 140 million Twitter users, while boosting Twitter’s primary source of revenue.”

The San Francisco-based company has more than 229 million users around the world.

The $150 million penalty and the required new compliance measures under the settlement must be approved by a federal court in California.

The FTC’s 2011 order had alleged serious lapses in Twitter’s data security that allowed hackers to gain unauthorized administrative control of Twitter, including access to nonpublic user information.

“Keeping data secure and respecting privacy is something we take extremely seriously, and we have cooperated with the FTC every step of the way,” Twitter’s chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, said in a blog post Wednesday. He said the company has taken steps in accord with the FTC on updating operations and making other improvements “to ensure that people’s personal data remains secure and their privacy protected.”

Twitter announced in November the formation of a new data governance committee within the company.

Word of the settlement came on the day of Twitter’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-7b9c0d3b83179d7ee2560e9b98ad8ea9">annual shareholders meeting</a>. The drama of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion purchase of Twitter has swirled around the company for weeks. Musk, who is one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, on Wednesday revised the financing plan for his proposed takeover, raising investor hopes that he still intends to pull off the deal.

Twitter yields unrivaled influence on news, politics, and society thanks to its public nature, simple interface and of-the-moment immediacy. Some experts fear that Musk would relax content-moderation rules that offer some protection against white supremacy, hate speech and threats of violence. The platform famously banned former President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span.The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement with Twitter on Wednesday. The regulators allege Twitter violated&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-federal-trade-commission-fd528c1bb9264ebb950d2e14928f251f">a 2011 FTC order</a>&nbsp;by deceiving users about how well it maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information.From May 2013 to September 2019, Twitter told users that it was collecting their phone numbers and email addresses for purposes of account security. But it failed to disclose that it also would use the information to enable companies to send targeted online ads to users on the platform, the government alleged.The regulators also alleged, in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, that Twitter falsely claimed that it complied with U.S. privacy agreements with the European Union and Switzerland, which prohibit companies from processing user information in ways that are at odds with purposes authorized by users.“Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “This practice affected more than 140 million Twitter users, while boosting Twitter’s primary source of revenue.”The San Francisco-based company has more than 229 million users around the world.The $150 million penalty and the required new compliance measures under the settlement must be approved by a federal court in California.The FTC’s 2011 order had alleged serious lapses in Twitter’s data security that allowed hackers to gain unauthorized administrative control of Twitter, including access to nonpublic user information.“Keeping data secure and respecting privacy is something we take extremely seriously, and we have cooperated with the FTC every step of the way,” Twitter’s chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, said in a blog post Wednesday. He said the company has taken steps in accord with the FTC on updating operations and making other improvements “to ensure that people’s personal data remains secure and their privacy protected.”Twitter announced in November the formation of a new data governance committee within the company.Word of the settlement came on the day of Twitter’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-7b9c0d3b83179d7ee2560e9b98ad8ea9">annual shareholders meeting</a>. The drama of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion purchase of Twitter has swirled around the company for weeks. Musk, who is one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, on Wednesday revised the financing plan for his proposed takeover, raising investor hopes that he still intends to pull off the deal.Twitter yields unrivaled influence on news, politics, and society thanks to its public nature, simple interface and of-the-moment immediacy. Some experts fear that Musk would relax content-moderation rules that offer some protection against white supremacy, hate speech and threats of violence. The platform famously banned former President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.

Twitter to pay $150M penalty over use of your personal information

BUTLER COUNTY — USD 394 in Rose Hill issued a statement Wednesday following the May 19 abduction of a 5-year-old boy from the daycare at the school. As law enforcement authorities continue their investigation of the incident, the district shared a statement,&nbsp;"We are taking the time to review our procedures with child safety at the focus of the review."&nbsp; The USD 394 day care facility will reopen on Tuesday.

At 2:40p.m. May 19, a woman later identified as 31-year-old Danielle Banzet entered the school day care at USD 394 posing as a Social Worker, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. She gained access to the 5-year-old boy, exited the school and left in a black suburban.

Banzet was ultimately identified as the boy's mother who had her parental rights severed by the court. Actions taken by Banzet prior to the abduction, including threats of violence, indicated that boy was in imminent danger and the KBI issued an Amber Alert.&nbsp;

Late that night, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol located the boy, Banzet and the boy's father, 33-year-old Zachery Sisk.

The couple remain jailed in Noble County Oklahoma on requested charges of kidnapping, felon in possession of a firearm, transporting a loaded firearm, using a firearm while committing a felony, possession of a controlled substance and related drug accusations.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653065131179.png" alt="Banzet-photo Noble County" />
 <figcaption>Banzet-photo Noble County</figcaption>
 </figure>BUTLER COUNTY — USD 394 in Rose Hill issued a statement Wednesday following the May 19 abduction of a 5-year-old boy from the daycare at the school. As law enforcement authorities continue their investigation of the incident, the district shared a statement,&nbsp;"We are taking the time to review our procedures with child safety at the focus of the review."&nbsp; The USD 394 day care facility will reopen on Tuesday.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653562823051.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>At 2:40p.m. May 19, a woman later identified as 31-year-old Danielle Banzet entered the school day care at USD 394 posing as a Social Worker, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. She gained access to the 5-year-old boy, exited the school and left in a black suburban.Banzet was ultimately identified as the boy's mother who had her parental rights severed by the court. Actions taken by Banzet prior to the abduction, including threats of violence, indicated that boy was in imminent danger and the KBI issued an Amber Alert.&nbsp;Late that night, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol located the boy, Banzet and the boy's father, 33-year-old Zachery Sisk.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653071579508.png" alt="Sisk-photo Noble Co." />
 <figcaption>Sisk-photo Noble Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>The couple remain jailed in Noble County Oklahoma on requested charges of kidnapping, felon in possession of a firearm, transporting a loaded firearm, using a firearm while committing a felony, possession of a controlled substance and related drug accusations.----------

School district responds following Amber Alert for Kansas boy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/25/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/?fbclid=IwAR1DtlNkKGamb2bBlscgFLRzJQKhhbQKvT8xW1gJ9dVyGLrusw7xQn5lp0w">executive order</a> Wednesday to improve accountability in policing —a meaningful but limited action on the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">second anniversary of George Floyd’s death</a>&nbsp;that reflected the challenges in addressing racism, excessive use of force and public safety when Congress is deadlocked on stronger measures.

During the ceremony, the President made comments on the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a day after the&nbsp;mass shooting at a Texas elementary school&nbsp;that killed 19 children and two teachers.&nbsp;

(Click below to watch the President's comments)

In addition, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks that tried to comfort those affected by the shooting as well those who have suffered from police brutality, promising them that change could come eventually despite the partisan divides on Capitol Hill.

“I know progress can be slow and frustrating,” Biden said. “Today we’re acting. We’re showing that speaking out matters. Being engaged matters. That the work of our time, healing the soul of this nation, is ongoing and unfinished and requires all of us never to give up.”

Floyd’s family was in the audience at the White House as the president declared that “what we do in their memory matters.” With lawmakers unable to reach agreement on how to reform police policies or on efforts to reduce mass shootings, the president has limited avenues for advancing his campaign promises. And as he tries to build consensus, Biden is also attempting to strike a balance between police and civil rights groups at a time when rising concerns about crime are eclipsing calls for reform.

Most of Biden’s order is focused on federal law enforcement agencies — for example, requiring them to review and revise policies on use of force. It will also create a database to help track officer misconduct, according to the White House.

Although the administration cannot require local police departments to participate in the database, which is intended to prevent problem officers from hopping from job to job, officials are looking for ways to use federal funding to encourage their cooperation.

In addition, the order is designed to restrict the flow of surplus military equipment to local police.

Many organizations and lawmakers said the order was an important but incomplete step forward.

“While this action does not have the long-term impact that we had hoped for,” Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump said in a statement, “it does represent incremental progress, and we need to commit ourselves to making progress every day.”

The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Fraternal Order of Police both engaged with the Biden administration on the order. They said that they “see many components of the order as a blueprint for future congressional action.”

“President Biden’s executive order is a poor excuse for the transformation of public safety that he promised the Black voters who put him in office,” the Movement for Black Lives, a civil rights group, said in a statement.

Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police sparked nationwide protests two years ago. It was the largest series of demonstrations in American history, occurring in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic">midst of coronavirus lockdowns</a>&nbsp;and President Donald Trump’s divisive reelection campaign.

However, transforming the initial outcry into political change has proven difficult.

When four officers were convicted last year for killing Floyd, Biden urged Congress to pass legislation to reform police by the anniversary of his death.

The guilty verdict was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-harris-floyd-chauvin-systemic-racism-32a9117ee3d36e051e424ef4b4888bee">“not enough,”</a>&nbsp;he said, and “we can’t stop here.”

However,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-bills-police-af435d319d8083aa50c5d4aff50f8067">no legislation was passed</a>, and bipartisan talks dragged on, and later broke down.

The White House eventually decided to move forward with executive actions rather than wait for Congress.

Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who helped lead the talks, said the order will enhance transparency, accountability and policing standards. But he noted that additional efforts will be needed for the police to improve relationships with the people they are to protect and serve.

“Across the United States, there is a deficit of trust between law enforcement and the communities they are sworn to protect – particularly Black and Brown communities,” Booker said.

In September, the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-united-states-breonna-taylor-0f4fe5a44589b09d9616af3dabcd418c">Justice Department curtailed federal agents’ use of no-knock warrants</a>&nbsp;— which allow law enforcement agents to enter a home without announcing their presence — and updated its policy to prohibit agents from using chokeholds in most circumstances.

But extending such rules to local police is more challenging, and White House officials have spent months in negotiations with civil rights groups and police organizations.

The resulting set of policies is less extensive than originally sought, not to mention delayed by a year.

“We know full well that an executive order cannot address America’s policing crisis the same way Congress has the ability to, but we’ve got to do everything we can,” said a statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson.

The order goes beyond issues involving misconduct and use of force. It also assesses the impact of facial recognition software on civil liberties, looks for ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in federal correctional facilities and suggests better ways to collect data on police practices.

Biden is only the latest president to sign an executive order on police reform. His predecessor, Trump, signed a similar order less than a month after Floyd’s death in 2020 aimed at curbing police brutality. It provided federal dollars to departments that met certain credentialing standards on the use of force. One of the elements of the order called for the establishment of a database tracking terminations, criminal convictions and civil judgments against law enforcement officers for excessive use of force.

Former President Barack Obama also tried to push for police reform through a task force he formed in 2014. One of that task force’s recommendations was an expansion of an already existing database of officers who had been decertified.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/25/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/?fbclid=IwAR1DtlNkKGamb2bBlscgFLRzJQKhhbQKvT8xW1gJ9dVyGLrusw7xQn5lp0w">executive order</a> Wednesday to improve accountability in policing —a meaningful but limited action on the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">second anniversary of George Floyd’s death</a>&nbsp;that reflected the challenges in addressing racism, excessive use of force and public safety when Congress is deadlocked on stronger measures.During the ceremony, the President made comments on the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a day after the&nbsp;mass shooting at a Texas elementary school&nbsp;that killed 19 children and two teachers.&nbsp;(Click below to watch the President's comments)<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWhiteHouse%2Fvideos%2F967976427229599%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=673" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe></div>In addition, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks that tried to comfort those affected by the shooting as well those who have suffered from police brutality, promising them that change could come eventually despite the partisan divides on Capitol Hill.“I know progress can be slow and frustrating,” Biden said. “Today we’re acting. We’re showing that speaking out matters. Being engaged matters. That the work of our time, healing the soul of this nation, is ongoing and unfinished and requires all of us never to give up.”Floyd’s family was in the audience at the White House as the president declared that “what we do in their memory matters.” With lawmakers unable to reach agreement on how to reform police policies or on efforts to reduce mass shootings, the president has limited avenues for advancing his campaign promises. And as he tries to build consensus, Biden is also attempting to strike a balance between police and civil rights groups at a time when rising concerns about crime are eclipsing calls for reform.Most of Biden’s order is focused on federal law enforcement agencies — for example, requiring them to review and revise policies on use of force. It will also create a database to help track officer misconduct, according to the White House.Although the administration cannot require local police departments to participate in the database, which is intended to prevent problem officers from hopping from job to job, officials are looking for ways to use federal funding to encourage their cooperation.In addition, the order is designed to restrict the flow of surplus military equipment to local police.Many organizations and lawmakers said the order was an important but incomplete step forward.“While this action does not have the long-term impact that we had hoped for,” Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump said in a statement, “it does represent incremental progress, and we need to commit ourselves to making progress every day.”The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Fraternal Order of Police both engaged with the Biden administration on the order. They said that they “see many components of the order as a blueprint for future congressional action.”Yet not everyone was satisfied.“President Biden’s executive order is a poor excuse for the transformation of public safety that he promised the Black voters who put him in office,” the Movement for Black Lives, a civil rights group, said in a statement.Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police sparked nationwide protests two years ago. It was the largest series of demonstrations in American history, occurring in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic">midst of coronavirus lockdowns</a>&nbsp;and President Donald Trump’s divisive reelection campaign.However, transforming the initial outcry into political change has proven difficult.When four officers were convicted last year for killing Floyd, Biden urged Congress to pass legislation to reform police by the anniversary of his death.The guilty verdict was&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-harris-floyd-chauvin-systemic-racism-32a9117ee3d36e051e424ef4b4888bee">“not enough,”</a>&nbsp;he said, and “we can’t stop here.”However,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-bills-police-af435d319d8083aa50c5d4aff50f8067">no legislation was passed</a>, and bipartisan talks dragged on, and later broke down.The White House eventually decided to move forward with executive actions rather than wait for Congress.Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who helped lead the talks, said the order will enhance transparency, accountability and policing standards. But he noted that additional efforts will be needed for the police to improve relationships with the people they are to protect and serve.“Across the United States, there is a deficit of trust between law enforcement and the communities they are sworn to protect – particularly Black and Brown communities,” Booker said.In September, the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-united-states-breonna-taylor-0f4fe5a44589b09d9616af3dabcd418c">Justice Department curtailed federal agents’ use of no-knock warrants</a>&nbsp;— which allow law enforcement agents to enter a home without announcing their presence — and updated its policy to prohibit agents from using chokeholds in most circumstances.But extending such rules to local police is more challenging, and White House officials have spent months in negotiations with civil rights groups and police organizations.The resulting set of policies is less extensive than originally sought, not to mention delayed by a year.“We know full well that an executive order cannot address America’s policing crisis the same way Congress has the ability to, but we’ve got to do everything we can,” said a statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson.The order goes beyond issues involving misconduct and use of force. It also assesses the impact of facial recognition software on civil liberties, looks for ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in federal correctional facilities and suggests better ways to collect data on police practices.Biden is only the latest president to sign an executive order on police reform. His predecessor, Trump, signed a similar order less than a month after Floyd’s death in 2020 aimed at curbing police brutality. It provided federal dollars to departments that met certain credentialing standards on the use of force. One of the elements of the order called for the establishment of a database tracking terminations, criminal convictions and civil judgments against law enforcement officers for excessive use of force.Former President Barack Obama also tried to push for police reform through a task force he formed in 2014. One of that task force’s recommendations was an expansion of an already existing database of officers who had been decertified.___

🎥 President Biden: 2nd Amendment on guns 'not absolute'

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a gunfight and have two suspects in custody.&nbsp;

Just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of SE Indiana in Topeka on a report of a two vehicle accident that involved shots being fired, according to Police Lt. Manuel Munoz.

Upon arrival, officers located both vehicles involved in the accident and both vehicles had been abandoned. 

Officers spoke with several witnesses who provided very detailed description of two individuals. Officers were able to locate both of the individuals near the accident scene.

As a result of the investigation, two juveniles were taken into custody and transported to Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of&nbsp; Aggravated Assault, Possession of Stolen Property and Discharge of a Firearm within the city limits. Police reported two injuries.

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a gunfight and have two suspects in custody.&nbsp;Just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to the 1300 block of SE Indiana in Topeka on a report of a two vehicle accident that involved shots being fired, according to Police Lt. Manuel Munoz.Upon arrival, officers located both vehicles involved in the accident and both vehicles had been abandoned. Officers spoke with several witnesses who provided very detailed description of two individuals. Officers were able to locate both of the individuals near the accident scene.As a result of the investigation, two juveniles were taken into custody and transported to Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of&nbsp; Aggravated Assault, Possession of Stolen Property and Discharge of a Firearm within the city limits. Police reported two injuries.

Police arrest 2 Kan. juveniles for gunfight after 2-vehicle crash

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.

State lawmakers&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/a43f7f21c1b8e07a383b120d1bdbc695">approved</a>&nbsp;the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year. The law takes effect immediately upon Stitt’s signature and prohibits all abortions with few exceptions. Abortion providers have said they will stop performing the procedure as soon as the bill is signed.

“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” the first-term Republican said in a statement. “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother. That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe.”

Abortion providers across the country have been bracing for the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court’s new conservative majority&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/roe-wade-supreme-court-state-fight-e53b2b46d9606dc9468b8044a0b42ed0">might further restrict the practice,</a>&nbsp;and that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-texas-oklahoma-0e1686a889006ae87389718fff699eda">has especially been the case in Oklahoma and Texas.</a>

“The impact will be disastrous for Oklahomans,” said Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst for the abortion-rights supporting Guttmacher Institute. “It will also have severe ripple effects, especially for Texas patients who had been traveling to Oklahoma in large numbers after the Texas six-week abortion ban went into effect in September.”

The bills are part of an&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-arizona-mississippi-d88d5a28973039a3fedadaaf3d086b1c">aggressive push in Republican-led states</a>&nbsp;to scale back abortion rights. It comes on the heels of a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/roe-wade-supreme-court-state-fight-e53b2b46d9606dc9468b8044a0b42ed0">leaked draft opinion</a>&nbsp;from the nation’s high court that suggests justices are considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago.

The only exceptions in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4327&amp;Session=2200" target="_blank">the Oklahoma law</a>&nbsp;are to save the life of a pregnant woman or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.

The bill specifically authorizes doctors to remove a “dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion,” or miscarriage, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy, a potentially life-threatening emergency that occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, often in a fallopian tube and early in pregnancy.

The law also does not apply to the use of morning-after pills such as Plan B or any type of contraception.

Two of Oklahoma’s four abortion clinics already stopped providing abortions after the governor&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-texas-oklahoma-528aede70223d68dd5ed09160098445f">signed a six-week ban</a>&nbsp;earlier this month.

With the state’s two remaining abortion clinics expected to stop offering services, it is unclear&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-legislature-sexual-assault-6441b51fb0945cd6a6435d1d441f6bb9">what will happen to women who qualify under one of the exceptions</a>. The law’s author, State Rep. Wendi Stearman, says doctors will be empowered to decide which women qualify and that those abortions will be performed in hospitals. But providers and abortion-rights activists warn that trying to prove qualification could prove difficult and even dangerous in some circumstances.

In addition to the Texas-style bill already signed into law, the measure is one of at least three anti-abortion bills sent this year to Stitt.

Oklahoma’s law is styled after a first-of-its-kind Texas law that the U.S. Supreme Court has&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-texas-0b4ed1808ed44d176bf6c86e6646a718">allowed to remain in place</a>&nbsp;that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion. Other Republican-led states sought to copy Texas’ ban.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/idaho-abortion-ban-law-6eec10650b51c2b9dc98607d13cd8f40">Idaho’s governor</a>&nbsp;signed the first copycat measure in March, although it has been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-business-texas-idaho-87992ce80b3c9e55100444e34bdcb173">temporarily blocked</a>&nbsp;by the state’s Supreme Court

The third Oklahoma bill is to take effect this summer and would make it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. That bill contains no exceptions for rape or incest.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/4/1649779268364.png" alt="The law takes effect immediately- Gov. Kevin Stitt during a signing ceremony in April.-courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>The law takes effect immediately- Gov. Kevin Stitt during a signing ceremony in April.-courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.State lawmakers&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/a43f7f21c1b8e07a383b120d1bdbc695">approved</a>&nbsp;the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year. The law takes effect immediately upon Stitt’s signature and prohibits all abortions with few exceptions. Abortion providers have said they will stop performing the procedure as soon as the bill is signed.“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” the first-term Republican said in a statement. “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother. That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe.”Abortion providers across the country have been bracing for the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court’s new conservative majority&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/roe-wade-supreme-court-state-fight-e53b2b46d9606dc9468b8044a0b42ed0">might further restrict the practice,</a>&nbsp;and that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-texas-oklahoma-0e1686a889006ae87389718fff699eda">has especially been the case in Oklahoma and Texas.</a>“The impact will be disastrous for Oklahomans,” said Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst for the abortion-rights supporting Guttmacher Institute. “It will also have severe ripple effects, especially for Texas patients who had been traveling to Oklahoma in large numbers after the Texas six-week abortion ban went into effect in September.”The bills are part of an&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-arizona-mississippi-d88d5a28973039a3fedadaaf3d086b1c">aggressive push in Republican-led states</a>&nbsp;to scale back abortion rights. It comes on the heels of a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/roe-wade-supreme-court-state-fight-e53b2b46d9606dc9468b8044a0b42ed0">leaked draft opinion</a>&nbsp;from the nation’s high court that suggests justices are considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago.The only exceptions in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4327&amp;Session=2200" target="_blank">the Oklahoma law</a>&nbsp;are to save the life of a pregnant woman or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.The bill specifically authorizes doctors to remove a “dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion,” or miscarriage, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy, a potentially life-threatening emergency that occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, often in a fallopian tube and early in pregnancy.The law also does not apply to the use of morning-after pills such as Plan B or any type of contraception.Two of Oklahoma’s four abortion clinics already stopped providing abortions after the governor&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-texas-oklahoma-528aede70223d68dd5ed09160098445f">signed a six-week ban</a>&nbsp;earlier this month.With the state’s two remaining abortion clinics expected to stop offering services, it is unclear&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-legislature-sexual-assault-6441b51fb0945cd6a6435d1d441f6bb9">what will happen to women who qualify under one of the exceptions</a>. The law’s author, State Rep. Wendi Stearman, says doctors will be empowered to decide which women qualify and that those abortions will be performed in hospitals. But providers and abortion-rights activists warn that trying to prove qualification could prove difficult and even dangerous in some circumstances.In addition to the Texas-style bill already signed into law, the measure is one of at least three anti-abortion bills sent this year to Stitt.Oklahoma’s law is styled after a first-of-its-kind Texas law that the U.S. Supreme Court has&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-texas-0b4ed1808ed44d176bf6c86e6646a718">allowed to remain in place</a>&nbsp;that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who helps a woman obtain an abortion. Other Republican-led states sought to copy Texas’ ban.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/idaho-abortion-ban-law-6eec10650b51c2b9dc98607d13cd8f40">Idaho’s governor</a>&nbsp;signed the first copycat measure in March, although it has been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-business-texas-idaho-87992ce80b3c9e55100444e34bdcb173">temporarily blocked</a>&nbsp;by the state’s Supreme CourtThe third Oklahoma bill is to take effect this summer and would make it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. That bill contains no exceptions for rape or incest.

Nation's strictest abortion ban signed into law in Oklahoma

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a Joplin High School football player is suing the school district over his death after he suffered breathing problems during a football practice.

<a href="https://www.parkermortuary.com/obituary/kadin-roberts-day">Kadin Roberts-Day, a sophomore, died on Sept. 4</a>, 2019, after suffering a medical emergency during practice, which was held indoors because of high temperatures.

His mother, Lashonda Roberts, alleges in the lawsuit filed earlier this month that several coaches and trainers with the football team watched her son have trouble breathing for 26 minutes and called emergency workers only after he became unconscious, The Joplin Globe&nbsp;<a href="https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/mother-joplin-coaches-let-player-struggle-to-breathe-didnt-call-911/article_08d97bca-dc58-11ec-a9aa-5f1663d7c30d.html">reported</a>.

Former Jasper County coroner Rob Chappell said Roberts-Day died of cardiac arrest, and that asthma was a contributing factor in the death.

Roberts is asking for a jury trial and is seeking damages in excess of $25,000.

A spokesperson for Joplin Schools said Wednesday the district will not comment on pending litigation.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653561998632.png" alt="Kadin Roberts-Day-photo courtesy Parker Mortuary" />
 <figcaption>Kadin Roberts-Day-photo courtesy Parker Mortuary</figcaption>
 </figure>JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a Joplin High School football player is suing the school district over his death after he suffered breathing problems during a football practice.<a href="https://www.parkermortuary.com/obituary/kadin-roberts-day">Kadin Roberts-Day, a sophomore, died on Sept. 4</a>, 2019, after suffering a medical emergency during practice, which was held indoors because of high temperatures.His mother, Lashonda Roberts, alleges in the lawsuit filed earlier this month that several coaches and trainers with the football team watched her son have trouble breathing for 26 minutes and called emergency workers only after he became unconscious, The Joplin Globe&nbsp;<a href="https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/mother-joplin-coaches-let-player-struggle-to-breathe-didnt-call-911/article_08d97bca-dc58-11ec-a9aa-5f1663d7c30d.html">reported</a>.Former Jasper County coroner Rob Chappell said Roberts-Day died of cardiac arrest, and that asthma was a contributing factor in the death.Roberts is asking for a jury trial and is seeking damages in excess of $25,000.A spokesperson for Joplin Schools said Wednesday the district will not comment on pending litigation.

Mother of football player who died sues school district

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission this week announced it has received requests for $2,814,736,532 in the third application filing window of the Emergency Connectivity Fund program to fund 5,120,453 connected devices and 4,285,794 broadband connections.  Applications will be prioritized to fund schools and libraries with the greatest need first, with a preference for schools and libraries located in rural areas.  With the estimated $1.5 billion remaining in the program, the Commission expects to be able to fund requests from many of the 7,369 schools and school districts, 628 libraries and library systems, and 133 consortia which applied from across the country.  

“The continued interest in the Emergency Connectivity Fund demonstrates what we’ve known for a long time – far too many kids across the country need off-campus support to get online and keep up with their schoolwork.  This program has been able to help millions of students over the past year and into the coming school year.  I’m proud of that,” said Chairwoman Rosenworcel.  “We received more requests than Congress gave us funds to support for this final round of applications, so we’re prioritizing those with the greatest need.  But the work doesn’t stop there.  We’ll continue to look for ways to close the Homework Gap and ensure no child is left offline.”

During the third, and final, application filing window, the Commission received applications from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

The funding can be used to support off-campus learning, such as nightly homework, to ensure

students across the country have the necessary support to keep up with their education. To date, the program has helped over 12.5 million students, and provided schools and libraries with over 10 million connected devices and 5 million broadband connections.  Over $4.8 billion in program funding commitments have been approved to date, with over $4 billion from Window 1 applications and over $815 million in commitments from Window 2 applications.

More details about which schools and libraries have received funding commitments can be found <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-connectivity-fund">HERE</a>.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/3/1584977952684.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>FCCWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission this week announced it has received requests for $2,814,736,532 in the third application filing window of the Emergency Connectivity Fund program to fund 5,120,453 connected devices and 4,285,794 broadband connections. Applications will be prioritized to fund schools and libraries with the greatest need first, with a preference for schools and libraries located in rural areas. With the estimated $1.5 billion remaining in the program, the Commission expects to be able to fund requests from many of the 7,369 schools and school districts, 628 libraries and library systems, and 133 consortia which applied from across the country. “The continued interest in the Emergency Connectivity Fund demonstrates what we’ve known for a long time – far too many kids across the country need off-campus support to get online and keep up with their schoolwork. This program has been able to help millions of students over the past year and into the coming school year. I’m proud of that,” said Chairwoman Rosenworcel. “We received more requests than Congress gave us funds to support for this final round of applications, so we’re prioritizing those with the greatest need. But the work doesn’t stop there. We’ll continue to look for ways to close the Homework Gap and ensure no child is left offline.”During the third, and final, application filing window, the Commission received applications from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.The funding can be used to support off-campus learning, such as nightly homework, to ensurestudents across the country have the necessary support to keep up with their education. To date, the program has helped over 12.5 million students, and provided schools and libraries with over 10 million connected devices and 5 million broadband connections. Over $4.8 billion in program funding commitments have been approved to date, with over $4 billion from Window 1 applications and over $815 million in commitments from Window 2 applications.More details about which schools and libraries have received funding commitments can be found <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-connectivity-fund">HERE</a>.

$2.8B in funding requests for final emergency broadband window

JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a suspect&nbsp;&nbsp;following a Monday night manhunt south in rural northeast Kansas.

Just before 9p.m. Monday, The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was notified by neighbors of a burglary in progress at 2830 102nd Road south of Delia, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

Deputies and KHP troopers arrived where the alleged burglar fled into the woods.  The Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter also responded and assisted with the search. 

 During the search, the suspect managed to return to his pickup truck that was parked on the property and nearly struck a Jackson County Deputy and a Kansas State Trooper. 

 The man sped across a cornfield and ran into a heavily wooded area northwest of the residence. Deputies and troopers used K-9s during the search. The search continued until approximately 4 A.M. Tuesday, which was reduced to deputies patrolling the immediate area.  The Sheriff’s Office issued an alert, warning the public to be alert that this suspect may be in the area on foot, and to lock doors and remove keys from vehicles. 

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/5/1653428867638.png" alt="Harrmon-photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Harrmon-photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a suspect&nbsp;&nbsp;following a Monday night manhunt south in rural northeast Kansas.Just before 9p.m. Monday, The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was notified by neighbors of a burglary in progress at 2830 102nd Road south of Delia, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.Deputies and KHP troopers arrived where the alleged burglar fled into the woods. The Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter also responded and assisted with the search. During the search, the suspect managed to return to his pickup truck that was parked on the property and nearly struck a Jackson County Deputy and a Kansas State Trooper. The man sped across a cornfield and ran into a heavily wooded area northwest of the residence. Deputies and troopers used K-9s during the search. The search continued until approximately 4 A.M. Tuesday, which was reduced to deputies patrolling the immediate area. The Sheriff’s Office issued an alert, warning the public to be alert that this suspect may be in the area on foot, and to lock doors and remove keys from vehicles. At approximately 9:45 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a subject approaching a residence near the Shawnee and Jackson County line, Jackson County deputies and detectives located the suspect later identified as 41-year-old Dallas Eugene Harrmon about 1 mile south of the Jackson County line on Capper Road. Deputies arrested and transported Harrmon to the Jackson County Jail. He is being held on requested charges of aggravated assault of law enforcement officers, burglary and theft and fleeing and eluding law enforcement. Harmon was also wanted on a full-extradition warrant of the State of Colorado.