Two teenage boys were injured in a Barton County accident on Monday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol fifteen year old Tyler Alexander Specht of Hoisinton was driving a1994 Chevy S-10 Blazer in the 100 block of NE 20th Ave,  2 miles east of Hoisington and swerved to miss a deer. The vehicle went into the ditch and over turned one time.

Specht and a passenger in the vehicle Cameron Alan Davis age 15 of Hoisington were transported to the Clara Barton Hospital. They were not wearing seat belts.

 (AP) — Pratt County officials say a standoff ended peacefully after nearly six hours.

The confrontation began about 3:30 p.m. Monday at a home about two miles east of Isabel in southern Pratt County.

Sheriff Vernon Chinn says a man called 911 after his wife made threats to harm herself and fired two shots when he got home.

The standoff ended around 9:45 p.m. No one was injured.

The wife was taken into custody and will undergo a mental evaluation at Pratt Regional Hospital.

 (AP) — A new report ranks Kansas fourth in the nation when it comes to volunteering.

The report was issued Monday by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that helps Americans engage in volunteer activities.

The Volunteering and Civic Life in America report says nearly 37 percent of Kansas residents volunteered in 2012. That amounts to nearly 808,000 volunteers giving 82.9 million hours of service. It also estimated the worth of that volunteer work at $1.59 billion.

Nationwide, the group found that roughly one in four adults volunteered last year. Altogether, 64.5 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.9 billion hours. The estimated value of the volunteer service was estimated at nearly $175 billion.