KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of another man in Kansas City, Kansas.

Franklin Bryant Jr. of Kansas City, Kansas, was charged in Wyandotte County with second-degree murder in Tuesday’s killing of Jerome Simmons. Bryant is jailed on $250,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately known if he had an attorney.

The prosecutor’s office said in a news release that the investigation into the killing is ongoing.

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new elementary school named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower has opened in his boyhood home of Abilene, Kansas, 46 years after he left office.

Parents considered Eisenhower as a name for an Abilene elementary school in the 1960s. But it wasn’t until Thursday that fourth- and fifth-grade students began classes in a building bearing the name of the 34th president and supreme Allied commander during World War II.

The school that some parents wanted to name Eisenhower decades earlier was ultimately named after President John Kennedy based on a tradition of naming district schools after assassinated presidents. The district hadn’t built a new elementary school since then.

SOUTH HUTCHINSON– Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating a “White Van Scam.”

The victim, according to police media release, was pressured into buying a home surround system that was priced at over $2700.

The victim paid much less for the item in cash and later realized he had been scammed.

When the victim took a speaker apart, it was full of concrete.

All items in the box were heavy as if full of concrete.

The suspect’s vehicle was described as a newer white Chevrolet SUV with at least two white male occupants.

One had a longer beard and the second was clean shaven. The victim also stated there were multiple boxes with electronics in the back of the SUV.

Please be aware of this scam and contact 911 if you come into contact with the suspects.

BUTLER COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just after 7a.m. on Saturday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1988 Chevy pickup driven by Mac C. Masterson, 74, El Dorado, was westbound on U.S. 54 two miles east of El Dorado.

The pickup struck the side of the cab of a semi that was pulling out of a private drive onto U.S. 54.

Masterson and the semi driver Levy John Gordanier, 44, Escanaba, MI., were transported to Susan B. Allen Hospital.

Masterson was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A top Army official says the latest delay in opening the new hospital at Fort Riley is attributed to 357 safety issues.

Assistant Secretary of the Army Katherine Hammack told U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that the problems were identified during pre-final inspections. They include things like fire doors not meeting code requirements.

The project was initially fast-tracked for completion in 2012 but has run into numerous delays.

Hammack assured the Kansas senator that the contractor is actively working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to resolve the issues as early as possible.

Hospital commander Col. Risa Ware says staff is training in the facility and 90 percent of the furniture and equipment has arrived.