MARSHALL COUNTY – Three people were injured in an accident just before 4pm on Monday in Marshall County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Cadillac Esclade driven by Delores Ann Parker, 79, Waterville was northbound on U.S. 77 five south of Waterville.

The driver attempted to pass a northbound John Deere Tractor and the vehicle struck the farm implement, an air drill planter, being pulled by the tractor.

The Cadillac overturned coming to rest on its top in the road.

Parker and a passenger Delevan Otis Parker, 81, Waterville, were transported to Via Christi in Manhattan.
Another passenger in the Cadillac Brenda L. Prell, 55, Hanover, was transported to the Marysville Hospital

The tractor driver Robert Blaser was not injured.

All occupants of the Cadillac were properly restrained a the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A religious icon stolen from a Catholic church in Wichita has been found in an antique shop.

Spencer Hewitt of Hewitt’s Antiques tells The Wichita Eagle that he realized the store had purchased the rendering of Our Lady of Perpetual Help after reading about the theft from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the newspaper Sunday.

Hewitt says a prospective seller visited the store Wednesday afternoon to get a price for what the man claimed was his grandmother’s icon. Hewitt declined to say how much the store spent on the icon.

Pastoral assistant Mike McDaneld says he was thrilled to hear the icon was found. He says he asked Hewitt about crucifixes the church is also missing, but Hewitt said only the icon was brought to the store.

An investigation into the theft is ongoing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The man accused of killing Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Brad Lancaster is out of the hospital.

Curtis Ayers was taken into custody by Jackson County, Missouri, authorities after being taken from the hospital Monday. He had been hospitalized since he was shot by Kansas City, Missouri, police several hours after Lancaster was fatally shot May 9 near the Kansas Speedway.

The Kansas City Star reports (https://bit.ly/28JSwPr ) that Ayers was wearing Lancaster’s handcuffs when he was escorted from the hospital.

He is charged in Wyandotte County, Kansas, with capital murder in Lancaster’s death. Ayers also faces charges in Jackson County, Missouri, and Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Authorities said Monday they do not know when Ayers will go to court or whether he will waive extradition to Kansas.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new report shows Kansas farmers have harvested 25 percent of their winter wheat crop.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that wheat harvest progress for the state is near the 27 percent average for this time of the year.

It rated wheat still out in the fields as 62 percent good to excellent, with 30 percent in fair condition. About 8 percent of the crop remains in poor to very poor shape.

The industry group, Kansas Wheat, reports that rain over the weekend in central Kansas is expected to put a damper on what had been an otherwise great yielding harvest.

Storms in Reno and McPherson counties brought harvest to a halt on Sunday, and likely for Monday, in parts of the state.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has tentative plans to try and save some notable ash trees on its campus from the invasive beetle known as the emerald ash borer.

According to a draft of the University of Kansas’ ash tree management plan, about 20 trees that are in significant locations on campus would be injected with insecticide to prevent ash borer infestation.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that trees left untreated would be monitored for signs of infestation. Diseased or distressed trees would be removed.

The plan also calls for replacing ash trees with other species over five years.

The University of Kansas Facilities Services would carry out the management plan.

The ash borer feeds on tree tissue beneath the bark, destroying the ability to move water and nutrients to branches.

CHICAGO (AP) — A new study says nearly 2 million concussions from sports or play activities occur in U.S. children and teens each year and many receive no treatment.

The estimate is based on 2013 data from hospitals, doctors’ offices, high schools and information from previous concussion studies.

The study led by pediatrician Dr. Mersine Bryan of Seattle Children’s Hospital, involved kids age 18 and younger and is in Monday’s journal Pediatrics.

But researchers say the numbers are imprecise, highlighting the need for a concussion surveillance system as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, a nonprofit group that advises the government on public health issues.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to create a system to track concussion rates and trends in children and adults.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 46-year-old man has admitted to conspiring to operate a prostitution business based in Topeka.

Sean Hall pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says Hall was part of a prostitution business that at times used up to 20 females, some of whom lived in houses rented by the organization. The conspirators used Web sites, social media and cell phones to advertise sexual services and to keep track of prostitutes.

Hall will be sentenced Oct. 3. He faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.

Co-defendant Frank Boswell, of Topeka, is awaiting trial. Co-defendant Rachel Flenniken, also of Topeka, pleaded guilty earlier this month and will be sentenced Oct. 17.