EDWARDS COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 11:30 a.m. on Friday in Edwards County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Weston Schuette, 23, Kinsley, was northbound on U.S. 183 four miles south of Kinsley.

The pickup collided with a semi that was turning southbound from P Road onto U.S. 183.

Due to fog, the semi failed to see the pickup, according to the KPH.

Schuette was transported to the hospital in Kinsley. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

The semi driven Luis Noriega-Reyes, 27, Dodge City, was not injured.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a fatal accident and have made an arrest.

Hunter G. Burns, 18, Salina was booked into the Saline County Jail on a warrant early Friday morning on requested charges including involuntary manslaughter in connection with the August accident that took the life of a 53-year-old Dianna Boos, according to Salina Police.

Just after noon on August 22,

Boos was westbound in her 2002 Pontiac G6 on Republic Avenue and appeared to be turning left onto Ohio Street, when a northbound Ford Mustang driven by Burns struck her, according to police.

Witnesses say Burns was driving at a high rate of speed and had run the red light, causing the collision.

The force of the collision sent the two vehicles across the intersection and into the southbound lanes of Ohio.

Burns’ vehicle struck a 2006 Toyota Highlander driven by 41-year-old Dedra Jackson of Salina, and Boos’ vehicle collided with a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by 47-year-old Charles Peters of Lindsborg.

Both Jackson and Peters were stopped at the red light at the time of the crash.

Boos was pinned inside her car and had to be extricated. She was taken by ambulance to Salina Regional Health Center and later flown to Wichita hospital, where she died on September 29th . A passenger in Boos’ car John Newman, 54, Salina, was also transported to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Peters was also taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he was also treated for minor injuries and later released.

Burns, and a passenger in his car, 15-year-old Jordan Lehman of Salina, and Jackson were not injured.

In addition to the Involuntary manslaughter charges, Burns was booked into jail on charges of endangering a child, racing on highways, fail to yield right of way, unsafe speed for conditions, improper driving on laned road, distributing a depressant, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the appeal of a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grandmother (all times local):

11:35 a.m.

Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grandmother has asked Kansas’ highest court to throw out his conviction.

As a Kansas public defender specializing in death-penalty cases, Meryl Carver-Allmond told the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday there’s no dispute that her client, James Kraig Kahler, carried out the 2009 killings. But she argued that an accumulation of mistakes by the judge and prosecution during Kahler’s trial made those proceedings unfair to her client.

An attorney for the state pressed for Kahler’s conviction and sentence to stand, saying everything the trial judge did was legal.

Authorities say Kahler gunned down the four victims in his estranged wife’s grandmother’s home in Burlingame after losing his job as the water director in Columbia, Missouri, amid a contentious divorce.

Friday’s hearing was the first death penalty case heard by the state Supreme Court since Election Day, when voters opted to retain four justices who were targeted for ouster partly because the court overturned other death sentences.

10:30 a.m.

Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grandmother is making his case to the state’s highest court about why he should be spared.

James Kraig Kahler contends that the court where he stood trial made mistakes and he questions whether his death sentence is warranted.

Authorities say Kahler gunned down the four victims in 2009 in his estranged wife’s grandmother’s home in Burlingame after losing his job as the water director in Columbia, Missouri, amid a contentious divorce.

Friday’s hearing will be the first death penalty case heard by the state Supreme Court since Election Day, when voters opted to retain four justices who were targeted for ouster partly because the court overturned other death sentences.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Attorneys for a Kansas death row inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife’s grandmother in 2009 will get to make their case to the state’s highest court about why he should be spared.

James Kraig Kahler contends that the court where he stood trial made mistakes and he questions whether his death sentence is warranted.

Authorities say Kahler gunned down the four victims in his estranged wife’s grandmother’s home in Burlingame.

The couple was going through a divorce that was initiated by Kahler’s wife.

Friday’s hearing will be the first death penalty case heard by the state Supreme Court since Election Day, when voters opted to retain four justices who were targeted for ouster partly because the court overturned other death sentences.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas, hotel standoff has ended with a suspect wounded after exchanging gunfire with police.

Police say the suspect had at least one gunshot wound and was taken away Friday morning in an ambulance.

 

Police Chief Terry Zeigler confirmed the arrest on social media.

 

Suspect in custody. https://t.co/evJD1D3pbK

— Terry Zeigler (@KCKPDChief) December 16, 2016

Police responded around 12:30 a.m. to a disturbance in a room at the Hilton Garden. Police backed off after the man fired shots through the door of a hotel room, and the standoff began. Some hotel guests were evacuated and several streets around the hotel were blocked off.

No officers were hurt.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police have evacuated some guests at a Kansas City, Kansas, hotel after a man fired shots through the door of one of the rooms.

The Kansas City Star reports that police responded around 12:30 a.m. Friday to a disturbance in a room at the Hilton Garden. Police backed off after man fired shots through the door, and a standoff began.

Police say no officers were hurt. Streets around the hotel have been blocked off while police attempt to end the standoff.

SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 6 a.m. on Friday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy Silverado driven by Kyle D. Lorson, 30, Salina, was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of 9th Street.

The driver lost control on the bridge due to icy conditions.

The pickup slid across the median, hit a guardrail, rolled across eastbound lanes and hit an eastbound 2010 Mercury Milan driven by Stephanie J. Schmeck, 47, Salina.

Lorson was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Schmeck was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.