KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been charged with fatally shooting another man.

Thirty-year-old Daryl Bagby was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the death of Steven Sykes.

The Wyandotte County prosecutor’s office said in a news release that Sykes was killed Sept. 3 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Baby of Kansas City is jailed in Wyandotte County on $750,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately known if he had an attorney.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Lawrence mayor has pleaded not guilty to a federal embezzlement charge, but his attorney says his client might reconsider.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports Jeremy Farmer is accused of stealing money from Just Food, a Lawrence food bank, and could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say Farmer, who was hired as executive director of Just Food in 2011, embezzled money from the nonprofit food agency beginning in 2013 and ending in 2015. He is accused of taking more than $55,000 in funds.

Farmer appeared in federal court in Topeka on Thursday to face one charge of interstate travel of embezzled funds.

Farmer was released on $5,000 bond.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Planned Parenthood Great Plains says it will absorb three clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.

The organization said Friday it will take over the clinics Oct. 20.

In July, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri took over Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma and created Planned Parenthood Great Plains. With the new merger, the organization will oversee 12 health centers in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the latest expansion involves clinics in Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Laura McQuade, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said its headquarters will remain in Overland Park, Kansas. She says no layoffs are expected and more staff might be hired in the Kansas City office.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The man who stabbed his wife at a Lawrence motel will serve intensive probation.

Navinkumar Patel, of Shawnee, was sentenced Thursday to five years and eight months of probation in Johnson County. He stabbed his wife twice in the abdomen at a Super 8 Motel in June 2015. He pleaded no contest to attempted second-degree murder and criminal threat.

Douglas County District Court Judge Robert Fairchild’s sentence came after a doctor who performed a mental health evaluation said Patel was unlikely to re-offend — if he stops drinking and takes medication.

The Lawrence Journal reports testimony indicated Patel suffers from bipolar disorder.

His attorney, John Kerns, told Fairchild that in Patel’s Hindu culture, his wife and children would also suffer if he were sentenced to prison.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Catholic university in Wichita canceled a scheduled talk by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier because of concerns about a backlash from people who oppose abortion.

Beier was scheduled to speak Friday as part of Newman University’s Constitution Day. She was to discuss the role of the judiciary and how to get into law school.

The Wichita Eagle reports Newman vice president and provost Kimberly Long became concerned about the tone of opposition expressed on social media. Long says she was worried that Beier would not be treated well and for the safety of those who attended the speech. She declined to reveal specific content of the messages.

Long said most of the unsettling messages came from people not affiliated with Newman students or faculty.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a computer scam that allegedly cost the victim over $15,000.

A 68-year-old man reported he called a number he thought was a Microsoft Operating Systems 24-7 support line after experiencing problems with his computer, according to
Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck.

He was instructed to call another number and spoke to two males that requested he send two iTunes cards for $100 each and the computer issue would be resolved.

After requesting his bank account information, thieves then credited the man’s checking account with $10,000. They called him back a short time later requesting he send the money back. He sent $18,000 using iTunes cards as he was instructed to do. The man found out later that the original $10,000 came from another account of his.

Someone claiming to be from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that requested that an additional $2,000 be sent contacted the man again on September 4.

After deciding that he had been scammed, he contacted authorities instead, but not before leaves had removed about $15,000 from his account.