WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police have released the names of three people killed in a hit-and-run weekend crash.

The victims were identified Monday as 21-year-old Emily Phillips, of McPherson, and Jake Hallacy and Zachery Taylor, both 26 and from Valley Center.

All three were passengers in a car that police say was struck around 2 a.m. Sunday by a speeding SUV that ran a red light at a west Wichita intersection. The car’s driver remained in a hospital Monday, and a fourth passenger was treated and released.

Police said the SUV’s 31-year-old driver ran from the scene but was later arrested at a Wichita home. He was being held on suspicion of three counts of second-degree murder and other charges.

Authorities said there was no sign that the man had used his brakes.

By KHI News Service

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Salina police say several businesses have reported receiving counterfeit $20 and $100 bills over the weekend.

Police Capt. Mike Sweeney says four fake $100 bills were used to purchase a prepaid Visa card at a convenience store between 10:50 p.m. and 10:55 p.m.

He says two counterfeit $20 bills were used at the same store Sunday afternoon.

The Salina Journal reports a different store reported receiving three counterfeit $20 bills on Saturday, while another took in two fake $20 bills on Sunday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas businessman says his vigorous campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate makes him the true alternative to Republican incumbent Pat Roberts.

Greg Orman of Olathe said Monday during a Statehouse news conference that his supporters gathered signatures from more than 10,000 registered voters to get him on the November general election ballot. He needs 5,000 valid signatures to qualify and plans to submit them Tuesday.

Orman said his ability to gather signatures and raise campaign funds shows he’s more viable as a candidate than Democratic hopeful Chad Taylor.

Taylor campaign manager Brandon Naylor says Orman has no solid political base.

Roberts faces tea party challenger Milton Wolf in the Aug. 5 GOP primary. Taylor faces Lawrence attorney Patrick Wiesner in the Democratic contest.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Supreme Court decisions overturning two brothers’ death sentences for a robbery, rape and killing spree in Wichita are likely to fuel another push by conservative Republicans to change how the justices are picked.

Senate Majority Leader and Nickerson Republican Terry Bruce says the judicial selection process will be an issue when legislators reconvene in January.

Bruce said the rulings in the cases of Jonathan and Reginald Carr were no surprise because many members of the GOP-dominated Legislature believe the justices have shown an “activist” streak.

The Supreme Court last week voided the Carr brothers’ death sentences and returned the case to Sedgwick County District Court for more proceedings. The court has yet to uphold any death sentence imposed under the state’s current capital punishment law enacted in 1994.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A software developer who moved to Lawrence less than a year ago has started an online petition seeking to ban smoking on one of the city’s most popular streets through downtown.

Mike DuPont says he’s sick of walking on Massachusetts Street and smelling like cigarette smoke when he gets home. He says a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars has pushed smokers outside, where they often disobey restrictions meant to keep them away from entrances.

DuPont says that when his family moved to Kansas in October, he chose Lawrence because of its downtown area.

Several smokers on Massachusetts Street told The Lawrence Journal-World they would oppose such a ban because they feel current restrictions are strict enough.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods says it will sell its poultry businesses in Mexico and Brazil for $575 million in cash to help pay debt tied to its acquisition of Hillshire Brands.

The company expects the sale to JBS’ Pilgrim’s Pride, which is based in Greeley, Colorado, to be completed by the end of the year.

Tyson’s Mexico and Brazil operations employ more than 10,000 people combined.

Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson says it still plans to expand its international operations, especially in Asia, but the businesses it plans to sell didn’t have the scale to gain leading market positions.