TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who killed a woman and her 4-year-old son has been returned to prison nearly 11 years after being released on parole for the 1980 slayings.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 55-year-old Tony Hobbs was taken back into custody after violating conditions of his parole supervision last month. He’ll meet later with the Kansas Prisoner Review Board in an attempt to be released again.

Hobbs and Michael Simmons killed 28-year-old Karen Crook and her 4-year-old son Brandon Crook on Jan. 22, 1980, in their home.

They also tried to kill 7-year-old Travis Magner, Karen Crook’s son from a previous marriage, but he survived and walked to an area elementary school for help.

Hobbs was released on parole in September 2004. Simmons isn’t eligible for parole until 2020.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two state agencies in Kansas are preparing to launch a new campaign aimed at increasing the collection of child support payments from unmarried or separated parents.

The Department of Labor and the Department for Children and Families are planning a joint Friday afternoon news conference to kick off the campaign.

Their announcement of the event says it will be an educational campaign but does not provide further details. The event will be at the Department for Children and Families state office in downtown Topeka.

Labor Secretary Lana Gordon and Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore are planning to participate in the event.

Child support is paid by non-custodial parents after a divorce or separation, or when parents never married and live separately.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has been awarded nearly $81,000 from the federal government to help students pay for advanced placement exams.

The Wichita Eagle reports the state is one of 38 to receive $28.4 million total in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to help prepare low-income students for college.

According to the department, the grants will pay for approved tests administered by the College Board, the International Baccalaureate Organization and Cambridge International Examinations.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas workers responsible for investigating suspected child abuse claims don’t need more than a high school education to get a job in which mistakes could result in death.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Department for Children and Families has been using the workers, called special investigators, in addition to state-licensed social workers.

DCF spokeswoman Theresa Freed says the agency has 71 special investigators and 378 social workers. The state’s jobs board says the special investigator’s job includes assisting in investigating and assessing child abuse and neglect reports. A formal job description says “loss of life, disruption of operations of a major agency” best describes the results of an error by an investigator.

The salary for a social worker is $18.26 an hour, while special investigators make $15.75 an hour.

DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer

DALLAS (AP) — If you get on a Spirit Airlines flight, there’s a 50-50 chance that your flight will be late.

Spirit, a low-fare carrier with a clientele of mostly leisure travelers, had by far the worst on-time performance in June among 14 airlines tracked in a government report. Only 49.9 percent of its flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, which is the government’s definition of being on time.

United Airlines had the second-worst rating, at 66.3 percent on time.

Overall, airlines covered by the U.S. Department of Transportation report operated 74.8 percent of their flights on time in June, up from 71.8 percent in June 2014. Hawaiian Airlines, which benefits from many short flights in mostly good weather, finished on top, with 90.5 percent of its flights landing on time.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The government’s first corn production forecast of the season anticipates a good 2015 harvest in Kansas.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Wednesday that it projects the state’s corn production to come in at 570 million bushels. If realized, that is 1 percent above last year’s production.

Their upbeat forecast comes despite 1 percent fewer anticipated harvested acres than a year ago. The agency estimates 3.75 million acres will be harvested, but higher yields will more than make up for the fewer acres.

Corn yields are forecast at 152 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from a year ago.

Sorghum production in Kansas is anticipated to be up 15 percent to 229 million bushels.

This year’s soybean crop is forecast to come in at 133 million bushels, down 7 percent.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jeremy Farmer has resigned as mayor of Lawrence, two days after he resigned from his job as executive director at a food pantry.

Farmer resigned his seat on the City Commission Wednesday, effective immediately. He had resigned Monday from Just Food, a nonprofit food pantry, after it was revealed that he had not paid about $50,000 in federal payroll taxes.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the remaining four city commissioners will meet Friday to accept the resignation and begin the search for a replacement.

The Lawrence mayor has no administrative duties but chairs commission meetings and signs certain documents that require a mayor’s signature.

Just Food officials say there’s no indication money was misappropriated from the nonprofit group. Farmer says it was an oversight that the taxes weren’t paid.