PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A Kansas man has died after a car crash on the Cimarron Turnpike east of Pawnee, Oklahoma.

The Oklahoman reports 19-year-old Levi Charles Hampton of Goddard, Kansas, was driving eastbound on U.S. Highway 412 Monday when his vehicle crossed the median and struck another car. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the victim died at the scene.

Troopers said the driver of the other car, as well as two passengers, were taken to a local hospital for treatment and released.

SALINA -Thunderstorms produced wall clouds, funnel clouds, hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain late Monday afternoon in central Kansas.

Storm spotters watched a wall cloud rotate north and northwest of Salina about 4 p.m., but no funnel ever formed.

The National Weather Service did issue a tornado warning for a part of northwest McPherson County after a spotter reported a funnel cloud near Marquette about 4:25 p.m.

There were no reports of any funnels reaching the ground.

Thunderstorms also produced hail to the size of quarters and half dollars in parts of central Kansas along with heavy rain that prompted the weather service to issue flood warning into Monday evening for some counties in central Kansas.

No reports of any damage due to the severe storms.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A security guard has been hospitalized after being attacked by a nude man in Wichita.

Wichita media outlets report a 61-year-old security guard was taken to a local hospital with a possible concussion.

Sgt. Roger Runft, spokesman for the Wichita Police Department, said the victim responded to a noise complaint at an apartment complex early Sunday. Police say she arrived at the complex to find a man who was not wearing any clothing.

According to authorities, the 20-year-old suspect attacked the guard by punching and kicking her multiple times. Police said residents heard the guard’s screaming and called 911. Officers say when they arrived, the suspect was acting “extremely irrational.”

The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment. Police say he could face battery charges.

SYRACUSE – A Kansas man died in a  small plane crash just after 8 a.m. on Monday in Hamilton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1981 Yak52 piloted by Anthony Englert, 54, Syracuse, went down near 2800 East River Road just off Kansas 27.

Authorities say the aircraft impacted the ground nose first and traveled a short distance before coming to rest upright.

Englert was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Feller Funeral Home

FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old man has been shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas.

The police department on Monday identified the victim as Alan Castro of Kansas City, Kansas. Castro was shot Saturday afternoon.

Police say the shooting is under investigation.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City leaders have opted against putting a measure on the August ballot that would have given voters a chance to decide whether the city should raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour.

But Mayor Sly James says the City Council will begin discussions immediately with a variety of groups in an attempt to reach a consensus by mid-July.

Several faith-based, labor and social justice groups gathered nearly 4,000 signatures of registered voters for a ballot measure to increase the city’s minimum wage to $10 an hour by Sept. 1, with annual increments until the wage hit $15 by 2020.

The Kansas City Star reports that supporters agreed to hang onto the petition and let the council make a determination on how much to raise the minimum wage.

NICHOLAS CLAYTON, Associated Press

LARNED, Kan. (AP) — Carlos Lively says he may be confined by the state of Kansas for the rest of his life although he completed a prison sentence for a sex offense nine years ago.

The 30-year-old is one of 258 patients committed indefinitely to an expanding treatment program that the state of Kansas says keeps the public safe from violent sexual predators who would otherwise go free after serving jail time.

Only three patients have been released from the program since its inception in 1994, while 27 have died. A state audit report released in April found its costs were soaring as it adds 10 to 15 patients per year, increasing concerns that some offenders who could be released are being held in the expensive program due to flaws in its treatment regimen.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police are investigating a fatal stabbing.

Lawrence police Sgt. Trent McKinley said in a news release that the stabbing was reported early Monday. He says the victim is a man in his 40s. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.

No arrests have been made.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a super cell storm swept across western Kansas, spawning at least one tornado.

Michael Scott, meteorologist with the weather service in Dodge City, said Monday that heavy storms hit southwest Kansas late Sunday night, producing a tornado that reportedly touched down in Ford County.

No injuries have been reported.

Scott says damage has been reported to a wind turbine, power lines and at least one home. He says crew are assessing the damage to determine whether the damage was from a tornado.

He says a trained spotter also reported a wedge tornado in the area late Sunday, but that had not been confirmed.

More storms are expected in the area into Monday night, but Scott says they’re aren’t expected to match those from Sunday.

BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after vocabulary became part of the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the first time, the integration of testing into the competition remains a work in progress.

Participants and bee officials say the competition is fairer now that kids are tested on what words mean. But it’s also taken some of the drama away from the semifinal rounds.

Thirteen-year-old Vanya Shivashankar says she misses the simplicity of the old format, which she called “spelling till you drop.” Now, there are two semifinal rounds, and test scores determine who makes it to the finals. Vanya was eliminated at that stage last year.

But this year, for the first time, the test scores will be announced, and spellers in the semifinals will know where they stand.