KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a man in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Wyandotte County prosecutor’s office announced Saturday in a news release that Andrew M. Farish, of the Johnson County town of Westwood, faces one count of second-degree murder in the death of Gerardo Jimenez. Police found the body of the 35-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man on Friday in a home in the Rosedale area of the city.

Farish was arrested later Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, and is jailed there on $1 million bond pending extradition. It’s not immediately clear if he has an attorney.

Farish also was charged Saturday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty in 2008 in Wyandotte County to a felony robbery charge.

FORT SCOTT – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Bourbon County

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Honda ATV driven by Billy Gale Minor, 25, Bronson, was eastbound on Maple Road four miles west of Fort Scott.

For an unknown reason the ATV rear-ended another ATV, flipped and ejected the driver.

Minor was transported to Freeman Hospital in Joplin where he died.

The other ATV rider Jeremiah Nevada Dawson, 23, Bronson, was not injured.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Data and equipment developed by University of Kansas researchers helped scientists create the first comprehensive map of the Greenland ice sheet.

Prasad Gogineni, the director of a Kansas-based foundation, says the map is important because Greenland’s ice sheet has been losing mass in the last two decades and the losses are expected to continue.

Gogineni is a Kansas engineering professor and director of the National Science Foundation Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. He says the data and ultra-sensitive radar equipment developed by the center documented deep and ancient channels of ice for the map.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports  an accurate history can help determine how fast the sea level will rise so coastlines and cities can anticipate higher water.

JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas voters who re-elected a Republican governor known for aggressive tax cutting are learning that the state won’t solve its budget problems without putting its cherished highway system in the crosshairs.

Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature this past week worked out plans for closing a $344 million budget deficit by cutting education spending and siphoning money away from highway projects, along with other measures.

Brownback argued throughout his successful re-election campaign that Kansas could have the income cuts he’s championed without sacrificing essential services, including good highways.

Even a few of the Legislature’s most austerity minded members were taken aback by plans to delay some yet-unidentified road and bridge projects.

MANHATTAN – A Kansas man died in an accident on Friday evening in Manhattan.

The Riley County police reported in a media release that just before 7 p.m. on Friday they received an emergency call for service requesting a rescue.

A man was entrapped in dirt and mud near the intersection of Scenic Drive and Fossilridge in Manhattan following a trench collapse.

The victim William Albert Wiske, 30, Wamego, was a City of Manhattan employee who had been repairing a water main when the trench collapsed upon him. Effort to free him was immediate.

Upon arrival, the first rescue unit found that the victim was buried up to his waist in dirt and mud. Fire crews were able to free the victim in approximately 20 minutes and transferred care to Riley County EMS.

Wiske was transported to Mercy Regional where he died.

“We are deeply saddened about the loss of William Wiske, an employee of our Water Services Division”, said City Manager Ron Fehr.

“Our thoughts and prayers are extended to William’s family during this very difficult time.”

WICHITA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Truck driven by Linus Paul Skinkis, 66, Andover, was eastbound on the ramp of Kansas 96 just east of 127th Street in Wichita. The vehicle struck a 1999 Saturn that entered westbound on the eastbound ramp.

The driver of the Saturn Mary R. Epley, 85, Wichita, was transported to Wesley Medical Center. Skinkis was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident according to the KHP.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press.

The small state-owned publishing house released “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography” in November. Wilder penned the popular children’s series of “Little House” books, but her autobiography was written for an adult audience and gives a more realistic, grittier view of frontier living.

The book was the No. 1 best-seller on Amazon late last week. It was still in the Top 10 on Friday. Publishing house Director Nancy Tystad Koupal calls it “a definite blockbuster.”

The initial print run was 15,000 copies. A second run of 15,000 copies was made, and a third run of 45,000 copies is on the press. Koupal says a fourth run is now being considered.