WICHITA (AP) — Democratic congressional candidate Perry Schuckman says he hopes Congress will work with President Barack Obama instead of battling the commander in chief on confronting threats from Islamic State militants.

Schuckman is challenging Republican incumbent Mike Pompeo in Kansas’ 4th Congressional District.

He told a Rotary Club meeting in Wichita Tuesday there are ramifications to going to war. He says the United States must find ways to avoid conflicts whenever possible, but it can’t be a pacifist country either.

Schuckman says not just the United States but other Middle Eastern countries must fight the brutality of Islamic State militants.

However, Schuckman agreed with Republican Sen. Rand Paul that the U.S. needs a smaller international footprint of military bases.

Pompeo’s campaign did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

KINCAID, Kan.- A Kansas woman died in an accident just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Anderson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Toyota pickup driven by Leora B Ross, 84, Kincaid, was northbound on Vermont Road three miles east of Kincaid.

For an unknown reason the driver lost control of the pickup. It entered the east ditch and overturned.

Ross was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Feuerborn Funeral Services.

The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say they’ve arrested a caregiver who allegedly kept two of his ex-girlfriends locked in an apartment for several days.

The Wichita Eagle reports  the 56-year old man was arrested this week. He was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of unlawful restraint and two counts of mistreatment of dependent adults. It’s unclear if he’s been charged.

Police didn’t say if the 69- and 57-year-old women were injured. It’s also unclear how many days they were held.

Police say the man had been “neglecting care for several days.”

They have not released the identities of the man or victims.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The manager of a Chinese restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty in Kansas to a charge of conspiring to harbor workers who were in the U.S. illegally.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 26-year-old Quan Liu admitted Tuesday that the crime occurred while he was manager of Wei’s Super Buffet in Kansas City.

The restaurant is owned by an Olathe, Kansas-based company headed by a co-defendant who is awaiting trial.

Prosecutors said officers executing a search warrant at a three-bedroom apartment near the restaurant found six people who are in the country illegally living there.

Three others are awaiting trial, one is awaiting sentencing and another is set for a change of plea hearing later this week.

Quan Liu faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge will get an update in the case against a Kansas man charged with plotting a suicide bombing at a Wichita airport.

U.S. District Judge Monti Belot has scheduled a Sept. 22 status conference for Terry Loewen, a 58-year-old avionics technician facing terrorism-related charges. Such proceedings are routinely used to keep the judge apprised of progress in the litigation.

Loewen was arrested in December and accused of trying to bring a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac at the airport, where he worked. His arrest followed a months-long sting operation.

He has pleaded not guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to use an explosive device to damage property and attempting to give material support to al-Qaida.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Topeka City Council has delayed taking up a public nudity ban because it cancelled its meeting to honor a slain police officer.

WIBW reports a council member suggested the ban after a nude man strolled the streets of south Topeka in August. It’s unclear how long the meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday is postponed. It was cancelled after the weekend shooting of police Cpl. Jason Harwood.

State law and city ordinances do not ban public nudity, although state law prohibits it in the context of sexual arousal.

The much-discussed naked man, Jerry Beyer, said Tuesday he wasn’t trying to protest anything. He says he was standing up for his “natural self.”

The proposed ordinance would make intentional violations a misdemeanor offense.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor plans to discuss the recent shooting death of a Topeka police officer.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor scheduled a news conference for Wednesday morning in his office to discuss the killing of police Cpl. Jason Harwood.

Authorities have two 30-year-old men in custody in connection with Sunday’s shooting, which occurred after Harwood pulled a car over in east Topeka.

One of the men could face a capital murder charge and was arrested Sunday night in Lawrence after police said he was taken there by the other man on a stolen motorcycle.

The second man was being held on suspicion of theft, possessing stolen property, obstructing justice and aiding a felon.

Harwood was a decorated 15-year veteran of the police department.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A government report shows the quality of this year’s Kansas wheat crop down from 2013, with just 73 percent of samples graded by grain inspectors getting the top No. 1 grading.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Tuesday that 85 percent of last year’s Kansas crop was graded as No. 1 wheat.

Determinations of test weights, protein content, grade and defects were made by the Kansas Grain Inspection Service based on 8,036 samples from 49 counties.

The report says about 26 percent of the wheat was graded this year as No. 2 wheat, compared with 14 percent last year. One percent this year was graded No. 3 or below.

Average test weight was 60.5 pounds per bushel. Protein content averaged 13.4 percent, an improvement from last year.

LINDSBORG- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Mazda driven by Jo Mae Henderson-Shaw, 69, Lindsborg, was eastbound on Kansas 4 at 8th Avenue when the driver fell asleep.

The vehicle went into the north ditch, rolled one time and came to rest in a sunflower field.

Henderson-Shaw was transported to the hospital in Lindsborg.

The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska doctor treating an American who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia says the man’s condition is improving.

The patient, Dr. Rick Sacra of Massachusetts, arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Friday for treatment in the hospital’s specialized 10-bed isolation unit.

Dr. Phil Smith said in a written statement Tuesday that doctors at the Omaha hospital are pleased with Sacra’s progress, adding that Sacra is becoming more alert and interactive.

Smith said doctors “continue to be encouraged by what we’re seeing up to this point.”

The 51-year-old Sacra was the third American aid worker with the Ebola virus to be flown to the U.S. for treatment. A fourth worker, whose identity has not yet been revealed, arrived Tuesday morning at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5078, the Water of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 by a vote of 262 to 152. This legislation stops the radical rule proposed by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to redefine and expand dramatically the Clean Water Act and impose costly permitting processes for normal farming and ranching activities. Following the bill’s passage, Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01), a co-sponsor of the legislation, issued the following statement:

“I would like to commend my colleagues for the passage of our Bill and their focus on protecting Americans from the EPA’s unprecedented power grab, as President Obama attempts to bypass the legislative process and ignore Congress.

“This bipartisan legislation demonstrates that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle understand the importance of limiting Washington’s growing over-regulation and force the EPA to ditch this rule. While Washington bureaucrats want to regulate every drop of water in Kansas, including our road ditches, farm ponds, prairie potholes, swimming pools, water tanks, and rain puddles in Kansas and elsewhere, I will continue to work to protect Kansas agriculture and our other small businesses.”

Congressman Huelskamp joined with 230 of his colleagues to request the Obama administration to withdraw the rule on May 1. The bipartisan May 1, 2014 letter can be found here. In July, Congressman Huelskamp spoke in favor and voted for the Energy and Water Appropriations bill which included a provision he asked for to defund the rule for the next year.