JUNCTION CITY – Law enforcement authorities in Geary County are investigating a shooting death.

David Phillips, 24, Manhattan, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound at an apartment in the 800 Block of West 12th Street in Junction City late Monday night, according to a media release from Junction City Police.

Police made two arrests on Wednesday in connection with the case. Gabrielle “Gabby” Williams, 19, Junction City and Joseph “DoDa” Craig, 24, of Junction City were taken into custody.

Craig was arrested on charges alleging Felony Murder, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Intimidation of a witness and Conspiracy.
Williams was arrested on charges alleging Felony Murder, Aggravated Robbery and Conspiracy.

Both are being held at the Geary County Detention Center pending first appearance in District Court.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City credit union employee has admitted to embezzling more than $34,000.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 25-year-old Susan Wooten-Robb pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of wire fraud. She is a former worker at the Community America Credit Union in Overland Park.

In February 2014, two account holders complained about unauthorized debits from their accounts.

Prosecutors say that in one instance, she attempted to cover up an unauthorized debit by filing a false currency transaction report. In it, she claimed the account holders took out the money to assist a family member with paying tuition.

She faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Sentencing will be set for a later date.

MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A 15-year-old student in Kansas has been charged after another student found a threatening note in a school restroom.

The Salina Journal reports that the student is charged with aggravated criminal threat and faces discipline by McPherson High School.

The McPherson Police Department says the student could face additional charges, and other students might be charged.

Police say the student named in the note didn’t have involvement in its creation or dissemination.

Other students’ response in sharing portions of the note has prompted more school security.

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MCPHERSON. – A 15-year-old McPherson student has been arrested in association with a note which was found in the bathroom of the high school on Tuesday, according to a media release.

A student found the note in the boys restroom which was threatening in nature. That prompted the investigation Tuesday and Wednesday.

Police says they were concerned because some of the contents of the note were sent out by other students and that warranted an increase in having a police presence at the school, if nothing else, for peace of mind.

Students believed to be responsible for the note and its contents were detained and interviewed leading to the arrest of the 15-year-old. Information has been forwarded to the McPherson County Attorney who will decide what formal charges should be filed if any. Police say others may also charged in the case as well.

Any disciplinary action such as suspension or expulsion will be up to the USD 418 administrators.

Police credit a student and a wise parent who they say acted on observation of suspicious activity and reported it to law enforcement.

Name of the teen arrested was not released and police say no other information will be released at this time.

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prison worker has pleaded no contest to smuggling methamphetamine.

The Kansas City Star reports that prosecutors announced Wednesday that 60-year-old Jacqueline Doty, of Fort Scott, had entered a plea in the case.

Court documents say she was arrested in June 2014 after she was searched at the Lansing Correctional Facility and found to be carrying about 14 bags containing meth.

Prosecutors said the bags were hidden in a “girdle-type undergarment” Doty was wearing, with large bandages wrapped around her midsection to hide them. One of the bags held about 14 grams of meth.

Doty told investigators that she had brought drugs into the prison on multiple occasions.

by DAN MARGOLIES

Anticipating strong patient demand, The University of Kansas Hospital plans to add four floors to the Cambridge North Patient Tower now under construction just northeast of the hospital complex in Kansas City, Kan.

The tower was originally conceived as a seven-story building with 92 beds and 12 operating rooms expected to be completed in 2017. In a statement, Bob Page, KU Hospital’s president and CEO, said that when the new floors are completed in 2018, one floor with 32 beds will be ready for immediate patient occupancy. The other three will be finished as future demand dictates.

The expansion will add $50 million to the original $270 million tab for the

building, which is at 39th and Cambridge streets. The hospital, however, said it will not up the ante on the $100 million it’s seeking in private philanthropic money to help foot the bill.

So far, it said, private donors have pledged more than $42 million.

The building will house two of the hospital’s fastest growing specialties, neurosciences and surgical oncology.

Dan Margolies, is editor of the Heartland Health Monitor team. You can reach him on Twitter @DanMargolies.

LA CYGNE, Kan. (AP) — Federal officials are investigating after a worker fell 33 feet at an east-central Kansas power plant.

The U.S. Department of Labor said in a news release Wednesday that the worker was demolishing a filtration device called a precipitator when he fell Tuesday at KCP&L’s La Cygne Power Plant. The release said the man remains hospitalized. He works for Brandenburg Industrial Service Company of Chicago. No one from the company immediately returned a phone message from The Associated Press seeking comment.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will lead the investigation. Judy Freeman, of OSHA, says falls are one of the leading causes of workplace deaths and injuries. But she stressed that they are “very preventable” when workers have proper protective equipment and training.