KANSAS CITY – Friends and families from across the country have raised over $30,000 to help the family of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab, who died on Sunday while riding the world’s tallest water slide in Kansas City.

See Caleb’s GoFundMe page here.

A family spokesman, the Rev. Clint Sprague, says visitation will be held Thursday evening at Life Mission Church in Olathe. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday afternoon. See more details here.

Neither investigators nor park officials have released specifics about how the boy sustained his fatal injuries. Caleb was the son of Republican state Rep. Scott Schwab.

The park reopened on Wednesday, though the waterslide remains closed.

The Associated Press Contributed to this report

PAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Pawnee County are investigating a phone scam.

A resident reported they received a call and the number returned to the Kansas Department of Revenue, according to a social media report.

The Sheriff’s Department believes someone was able to use a legitimate number to call and leave an automated scam message informing that person that they needed to call them back.

In January, the Kansas Department of Revenue reported receiving reports of a tax scam targeting Kansans, according to a media release.

The callers all say that the recipient has a tax debt with the state of Kansas and push the recipient to pay the debt using a debit card or money order and threaten jail. The recipients were also told they failed to file a Form 61, which does not exist for the state of Kansas.

The calls show up on caller ID as a valid Department of Revenue number, 785-296-0671, which connects to the department’s Public Information Officer.

If taxpayers receive a call and are unsure if it is fraudulent or not, they should call the department’s tax customer service line 785-368-8222.

RENO COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating an armed robbery at a clothing store.

Just before 2:15 p.m. a suspect with a handgun walked into Fair Priced Clothing Store, 818 West 4th Street in Hutchinson and attempted to take money from the register.

The suspect described as a skinny black male, early twenties around 5′ 5″ with short hair left the store and got into a white 4-door Oldsmobile 88 that was driven by a second suspect.

The suspect vehicle was hit by another vehicle while leaving the scene and will have a red/black paint transfer and moderate damage on the driver’s side of the vehicle.

Both suspects are still at large and the vehicle was not located.

Anyone who has information in regards to this crime may call Crime Stoppers of Reno County at 1-800-222-TIPS or Detective Loepp at 620-694-2829.
All tips in regards to this crime should be associated with case 2016-19930.

KANSAS CITY – Two Kansas men were sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for taking part in a plot to commit an armed robbery at a drug house, according to acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Enoch Clark, III, 26, Kansas City, Kan., and Dalevon L. Dixon, 24, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. In their pleas they admitted that in October 2014 they agreed with an undercover agent to rob a narcotics stash house where they believed they would obtain more than 10 pounds of cocaine.

They took part in several meetings in which the crime was planned and it was decided that anyone resisting would be shot. They were arrested Nov. 14, 2014, at a storage lot in Kansas City, Kan. Investigators seized three pistols and a rifle at the scene.

Co-defendants include:

Cornell Jones, who was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison.

Devronn H. Sportsman, who was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

Dwone C. Heard, who was sentenced to 12 months on supervised release.

Julian Rodriguez, who is set for sentencing Dec. 19.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An internal investigation into a national jackpot-fixing scandal has concluded that a single former lottery employee was responsible for any drawings that were manipulated, but it failed to uncover proof of his guilt on charges he fixed games in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

The report for the Multi-State Lottery Association found that its former security director, Eddie Tipton, had no help from other employees. But investigators said they found no smoking gun proving criminal activity, such as the manipulation of computers that pick numbers.

The April 29 report was obtained by The Associated Press.

Tipton was convicted last year of tampering with a drawing for a $16.5 million jackpot after he was seen on video buying the winning numbers at a Des Moines gas station. He’s awaiting trial on allegations that he conspired with associates to collect jackpots in several states.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group upset over a Kansas Supreme Court ruling involving two Wichita brothers convicted of killing four people has begun a push to oust four of five justices up for retention in November.

The Topeka Capital-Journal  reports the group Kansans for Justice is urging voters to cast ballots against retaining Lawton Nuss, Marla Luckert, Carol Beier and Dan Biles. The group supports retaining Gov. Sam Brownback’s only selection, Caleb Stegall, who came onto the court after the Carr brothers ruling.

The two men were sentenced to death for the December 2000 shootings of five people at a soccer complex, killing four. The Kansas Supreme Court vacated the death sentences in 2014 after ruling their constitutional rights had been infringed upon, but the U.S. Supreme Court later reversed the decision.

GEARY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Geary County are investigating a suspect on drug charges.

Early Wednesday, deputies arrested Joshua Schulz, Grandview Plaza in the 200 block of East 14th Street in Junction City on suspicion of Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Methamphetamines, Interference with Law Enforcement and Trafficking Contraband into a Correctional Facility, according to the Geary County Sheriff’s Department

Schulz was also arrested on a Geary County District Court warrant charging Probation Revocation.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ education commissioner says there are several challenges the state faces in its education system.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that commissioner Randy Watson told the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday that the state must work with students and their families to improve high school graduation rates.

According to Watson, only 86 percent of Kansas high school students will finish high school on time.

Watson says the state is also challenged by high turnover among superintendents and principals. There was a turnover of 61 superintendents this past school year.

Kansas’ education department is promoting a concept in which high schools work more closely with students and their families on developing individual study plans that help each student prepare better for life after high school.