LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that an Atchison man is competent to be tried for murder in the death of a 5-year-old girl during a police chase.

District Judge Gunnar Sundby ruled Wednesday that Marcas McGowan is able to stand trial for first-degree murder and several other felony charges in the July 18 death of Candence Harris.

Authorities allege McGowan abducted the girl from a home they shared with the girl’s mother in Atchison. Cadence was found dead from a gunshot in McGowan’s car after a police chase ended when McGowan was shot after he pointed a gun at officers.

The Leavenworth Times reports McGowan’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.

McGowan is being held in Leavenworth County Jail on $1 million bond.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. —  Two joggers were found safe after a two hour long search for them in the Sand Hills State Park last night.

According to 911 the two runners apparently got disoriented in the park after dark and called 911 for help. That was around 9:30.

Sheriffs  Deputies, Hutchinson and South Hutchinson Police and the Highway Patrol Airplane were all used in the search for the pair. They were eventually found in some thick brush with some scrapes, but otherwise uninjured.

The Sheriffs department says the two jog at the park often, but this time misjudged how much time they had to run before darkness fell.

CANTON, Kan. — Clean up is under way after two trains collided in McPherson County this morning.

According to McPherson County 911 the accident happened around 6 a.m. at 24th Avenue just north of U.S. 56, between Canton and Galva near the new Grain Loading site under construction. Mark Davis with Union pacific said that an eastbound train struck a stationary train that was heading west.

Both trains were intermodal trains carrying ocean going shipping containers on flat cars. The area does have a siding but Davis could not say whether both trains were on the same track or if one derailed hitting the other.

Davis says that heavy equipment is being brought in as well as an investigative team from Omaha to determine what caused the accident and make repairs to the track.

Davis said it wasn’t clear how much track was damaged or when the line will be reopened. About 20 trains use the line every day.

No injuries are reported, and other than some leaking diesel fuel from one locomotive,  no hazardous materials were spilled.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame says it will induct six people into the hall this year.

The honorees will be inducted into the Dodge City institution on Oct. 11.

The new members announced Wednesday are Dusty Anderson, of Skiddy, a working cowboy; Fredric Young, of Dodge City, a cowboy historian; Barry Ward, of Dodge City, a cowboy entertainer/artist; C.L. “Bud” Sankey, of Rose Hill, a rodeo cowboy; and Bob and Wayne Alexander, of Council Grove, cattlemen/ranchers.

The Dodge City Daily Globe reports that inductees are honored for making significant contributions to western heritage lifestyle and to the preservation of the cowboy culture in Kansas. They also must personify cowboy ideals of integrity, honesty and self-sufficiency, achieve statewide historic significance and be a Kansas native or resident.

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of an employee at a Pittsburg plant.

Authorities say 51-year-old Harley Burch Jr. of Pittsburg died Tuesday after being injured in an accident at the Vinylplex plant, which makes PVC plastic pipe products. Lt. Tim Tompkins says Burch was working near a manufacturing machine and somehow came into contact with a piece of equipment.

OSHA spokesman Scott Allen said Wednesday that investigators will interview witnesses and try to determine what caused the accident.

The Joplin Globe reports Vinylplex officials declined to comment.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Jimmy John’s sandwich chain said Wednesday that it believes customers’ credit card data was stolen from 216 of its shops between June and September.

The Champaign, Illinois-based chain said in a news release that stores in 37 states across the United States were affected. It did not say how many customers are affected.

Jimmy John’s believes someone stole log-in credentials and remotely installed malware on machines used to swipe credit cards. Some customers’ credit card numbers, expiration dates, verification codes and names were stolen between June 16 and Sept. 15, the company said.

The privately held company said it discovered the problem on July 30.

Jimmy John’s said it believes its security has been restored by installing encrypted swipe machines and taking other steps.

Jimmy John’s has more than 2,000 locations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has sent a letter to Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Secretary Bob McDonald calling for immediate action to remove the VA employees who were found to have abused their positions, mistreated their coworkers, and disrespected veterans and their families. With the passage of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act this summer, Congress empowered the VA Secretary with the ability to more readily terminate employees for poor performance and misconduct – yet no action has been taken.

“There has been no shortage on news stories and investigations exposing employees – particularly managers – at the VA who engages in objectionable and outrageous behaviors that must never be tolerated for anyone in public service,” Sen. Moran wrote in a letter to Secretary McDonald along with nine of his Senate colleagues. “…Yet, more than a month since the President signed the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act into law on August 7, the Department has yet to use its authority to fire senior officials and administrators for poor performance and unethical conduct… Americans expect and deserve immediate action from the VA to demonstrate the culture and expectations at the Department are changing.”

Click here to read Sen. Moran’s entire latter to VA Sec. McDonald calling for the removal of those who endangered the health and lives of veterans.

A call for accountability at the VA also came this week from the National Commander of the American Legion Michael D. Helm, of Norcatur, Kansas, in a separate letter to President Obama on Sept. 18, 2014, which called for corrupt managers within the agency to be “fired immediately.”

“The only way those culpable will get their just desserts, and credibility will be restored to the thousands of VA employees who really deserve it, is for you to demand that those who caused this scandal, and those who oversaw it and did nothing, be fired and removed from government,” said National Commander Helm said in a letter sent to President Obama. “Let me assure you that if someone on my staff were found to be cooking the books, committing fraud or putting career ambitions ahead of veterans’ lives, they wouldn’t be transferred or suspended with pay. They would be fired immediately. Our VA employees should be held to the same standard.”

CLAYCOMO, Mo. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is adding 1,200 workers and another shift to a Missouri plant that makes its new Transit van.

The company announced Thursday that the workers already have been hired and are expected to start in late November at the plant just outside Kansas City in Claycomo. The second shift of Transit workers will bring the number of hourly workers at the plant to more than 6,000. The plant also has three crews making the F-150 pickup truck.

Ford spokeswoman Kristina Adamski says once the new shift is on duty, the Claycomo plant will be making more vehicles per year than any other Ford plant in the world.

The plant will have the capacity to make 500,000 vehicles, also the highest number in the company.

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