TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Washburn University in Topeka is withholding comment for now about being added to a national list of colleges and universities under federal investigation for their response to complaints about sexual assault.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced additions to the list Wednesday. The colleges are facing inquiries under Title IX, the federal law that prohibits gender discrimination on campus. The agency previously released a list of 55 universities under investigation as part of a broader examination by federal officials.

Washburn spokeswoman Amanda Hughes said the university hadn’t received notification as of Wednesday about the federal investigation and couldn’t comment further about any alleged incidents of sexual assault.

Some of the investigations were initiated from complaints made to the Education Department. Others were launched following compliance reviews.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed an educator to the last open spot on a new Kansas commission that will examine ways to make public schools more efficient.

But a spokesman for the state’s biggest teachers’ union says earlier appointments by a legislative leader show that the panel will have an anti-public schools agenda.

Brownback on Wednesday named Hoisington High School principal Meg Wilson to the Student Performance and Efficiency Commission. He previously appointed superintendents Bev Mortimer of Concordia and Jim Hinson of Johnson County’s Shawnee Mission district.

But House Speaker Ray Merrick’s two appointments have received the most attention. Those appointees are Dave Trabert, president of the conservative Kansas Policy Institute, and Kansas Chamber of Commerce CEO Mike O’Neal. Both have questioned the need for large increases in education funding.

WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Turnpike Authority says a 25-year-old driver has died after her vehicle collided with a paint-striping crew truck near Wellington.

The crash happened shortly before noon Wednesday on the turnpike about 21 miles north of the Oklahoma line. The victim was later identified as Urmila Sharma, of Kansas City, Kansas.

Turnpike Authority spokeswoman Rachel Bell told The Wichita Eagle Sharma was northbound in the inside lane when she passed one of several crew trucks trailing a paint striper. Sharma merged her vehicle back into the inside lane and struck a second truck in the slow-moving caravan.

Bell says a team of six trucks follows a vehicle painting stripes on the turnpike, with the paint truck usually going about 4 mph and the six trucks following at quarter-mile intervals.

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas marina heavily damaged by a wind storm last year is back open for business in time for the Fourth of July weekend.

Shady Creek Marina is located at El Dorado (doh-RAY’-doh) State Park. The storm last August largely spared the park but caused extensive damage to the marina’s walkway and floating office.

KAKE-TV reports the repairs cost nearly $500,000. Manager Cindy Haled says the work included fixing the docks and stabilizing them with cables to reduce the chance that they’ll break away in violent weather.

Last year’s storm also damaged several boats and caused a fuel spill when lines running from the shore to pumps at the marina broke.

ATCHISON (AP) —€” A northeast Kansas teenager will spend more than five years in an adult prison for a pair of sex offenses.

KAIR Radio reports that 16-year-old Zaheer Cluke, of Atchison, will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after finishing the prison term ordered by a judge this week.

Cluke was 15 when he was arrested last August for attacking a 13-year-old girl in an Atchison park. He was certified to stand trial as an adult and pleaded guilty in December to aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

The sentence also includes six months for lewd and lascivious conduct. That charge stemmed from a December incident in which Cluke exposed himself to a female jail employee.

Kansas Attorney General’s Office

TOPEKA – A door-to-door paving operation has been banned from doing business in the State of Kansas and ordered to refund three Northeast Kansas consumers, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.

George H. Swartz and James J. Swartz were ordered to repay a total of $8,500 to a Lawrence consumer and two Topeka consumers for violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. In addition, the pavers were permanently banned from doing business in Kansas. District Judge Rebecca Crotty approved the consent judgment last week in Shawnee County District Court.

The defendants, operating under a variety of names, including All Star Asphalt, All Star Paving, Asphalt Solutions and All Star Asphalt Paving, acknowledged that they violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide consumers with a completed receipt, failing to advise consumers of their three-day right to cancel and cashing the consumers’ checks in less than five business days.

Schmidt warned consumers to be especially cautious of door-to-door home repair sales, which claim to offer a good deal.

“With the summer construction season in full swing, consumers should be on the lookout for these fly-by-night operations looking to make a quick buck,” Schmidt said. “Consumers who are in need of driveway repairs should seek out local, reputable contractors and get multiple written estimates before having any work done.”

More tips on staying safe from home repair scams are available on the attorney general’s consumer protection website at www.InYourCornerKansas.org.