STANTON COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after midnight on Tuesday in Stanton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Kenworth semi driven by Andy G. Farmer, 53, Hugoton, was eastbound on U.S. 160 twelve miles East of the Kansas 27 junction.

The semi traveled off the roadway into a ditch and rolled.

Farmer was transported to the Stanton County Hospital.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

WICHITA -In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to speak about the importance of domestic violence awareness, the Wichita Police Department will be host a Domestic Violence Awareness Facebook Live Panel on Wednesday at 2p.m..

Present to speak will be representatives from Stepstone ministries, Young Women’s Christian Association Women’s Crisis Center, Catholic Charities Harbor House, and Wichita Police domestic violence investigations section.

Each individual will be allowed to speak about the resources they provide to help victims of domestic violence, and then questions will be answered as they are asked on the Facebook live comments.

They invited anyone to tune in, and ask questions.

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries is recalling all of its ice cream products that contain cookie dough from an Iowa-based supplier.

The move announced Monday night comes after Aspen Hills recalled cookie dough supplied to ice cream makers after finding potential listeria bacteria contamination.

The Blue Bell recall involves half-gallons and pints of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Blue Bell Cookie Two Step sold to retailers and three-gallon packages of Blue Bell Blue Monster, Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie and Blue Bell Krazy Kookie Dough sold to food-service clients. They were produced between Feb. 2 and Sept. 7 and distributed in Kansas and 15 other states.

Listeria can cause serious, sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. In 2015, company products were linked to 10 listeria illnesses in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.

SALINA -Friends and family are searching for a missing Salina teenager.

Leslie Rush, 15, was reportedly last seen at about 3:45 a.m. Monday. It is believed that she is the company of an adult male.

Rush is 4’11” tall, 122 lbs., with light brown and blonde hair and blue eyes.

Her ears are pierced and she has cutting scars on her wrists.

When last seen, the teenager was wearing a black and green hooded sweatshirt, a blue or black t-shirt, a black jogging suit with stripes down the sides, and she may be carrying a blue backpack.

Anyone with information regarding Leslie Rush’s disappearance or knows of her whereabouts, is asked to call the Salina Police Department at 785-826-7210.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a Publisher’s Clearinghouse scam.

A man in his 70’s, received multiple calls between October 3rd and October 6th to notify him he had won a Publisher’s Clearinghouse sweepstakes, according to Salina
Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

The victim was instructed that he would have to pay taxes and fees in order to receive it. He told the caller that he did not have the money to pay the fees and instructed the caller to donate his winnings to charity.

On October 4th, the man received a second call and was asked to provide credit card information that would assist the caller in helping him pay the fees and taxes. The caller stated that $1,800 would be placed in the account and at that time, the man would need to get a cash advance for $300 and wire $299 of that to cover the fees.

Sweeney said the man received a third call on October 5th informing him that he needed to pay additional fees to release his winnings. The caller again requested credit card information, stating that $4,900 would be placed on his account and he was again to get a cash advance and send $279 via MoneyGram to cover the fees.

Despite the man sending the payments, the $1,800 and $4,900 deposits were never made.

Sweeney indicated the caller also requested the man provide his date of birth and social security number so that a checking account could be opened that was required to assist with payment as well. An account was later opened in the man’s name at Bank of the West with an initial deposit of $34,000.

That deposit never cleared.
After realizing he had been scammed, the man contacted police.

Total loss in the case to date has been estimated at $578, according to Sweeney.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A tax exemption enabling business owners to pay no state tax on business income is a boon to many Kansas lawmakers.

The Wichita Eagle reports nearly 70 percent of lawmakers or their spouses own a business or property that allows them to benefit from the exemption.

Gov. Sam Brownback and his wife, Mary, also stand to benefit from the law, which was passed in 2012 at the governor’s urging. Brownback would not discuss his family’s taxes when asked at the Capitol last month.

The law exempts the owners of limited liability companies, S-corporations, limited partnerships, family farms and sole proprietorships from paying state income tax on their non-wage business income. The law also extends to other sources of pass-through income, such as rents, royalties and trusts.