HARPER COUNTY — A third earthquake in two days shook Kansas on Friday. The quake just after 3:30a.m. measured a magnitude 2.9 and was centered 21 miles northeast of Anthony, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

On Thursday, a pair of earthquakes shook the same area. At 10:29a.m., a quake measuring a magnitude 2.9 was reported approximately 21 miles northeast of Anthony.

The second quake at 10:35 a.m. also measured 2.9 and was centered in the same general area approximately 20 miles
There are no reports of damage or injury from Thursday’s quakes.

JEFFERSON COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 3p.m. Thursday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Subaru Legacy driven by Brian Eugene Bennett, 24, Topeka, was westbound on U.S. 24 two miles east of the U.S. 59 Junction.

The vehicle crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2002 Kia Rio driven by Cadence Elijah Nunez-Ruckman, 21, Lawrence, head-on.

Passengers in the Kia Mariah Young, 20, and Niya Ruckman, 2-months, were transported to Stormont Vail.

Bennett and Nunez-Ruckman were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Coffey County deputy has pleaded no contest to multiple child sex charges.

Matthew Vander Linden entered the plea Thursday. He was charged with two counts each of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and criminal sodomy.

As part of the plea deal, a charge of unlawful sexual relations was dropped.

Prosecutors say Vander Linden had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old in November 2016. He was arrested and was fired in December 2016.

Sentencing is scheduled Feb. 1.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Pizza Hut is offering a $10,000 reward for information in the death of one of their drivers last month in Wichita.

The company announced the reward Thursday, seeking tips in the Nov. 26 killing of Hasan Rahman. His body was found in the trunk of his car in east Wichita. Police say he was shot to death.

Rahman delivered Pizza Hut orders the previous night but didn’t return to the restaurant.

Investigators say they currently have few clues or leads in his death.

Crime Stoppers has also offered a $2,500 reward in the case.

Rahman moved to the United States from Bangladesh seven years ago and married three years ago.

TOPEKA, KAN. – Two Kansas men were indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a health club where one of them used to work, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Lesley Jamar Terrell, Jr., 33, Topeka, Kan., and George Bernard Phelps, III, 31, Topeka, Kan., are charged with one count of robbery. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 24, 2017, the two defendants robbed the Genesis Health Club at 2909 Southwest 37th Street in Topeka.

A criminal complaint in the case alleges that a Genesis employee came upon the two defendants in the lobby of the business while they attempted to pry open a box used for money deposits by members of the club. One of the defendants told the employee the robbers did not want trouble and instructed him to wait in an adjacent room. The defendant stood in the doorway of the room with his hand in the waistband of his pants. The defendants removed cash and checks from the box and then fled.

When police arrived, the employee told them one of the robbers resembled a former employee of the business. Investigators identified Terrell as a prior employee of the business who worked as an overnight maintenance worker.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican tax overhaul (all times local):

The IRS says taxpayers could begin seeing less money withheld from their paychecks “as early as February” if Congress passes a Republican tax overhaul plan this month.

The agency says in a statement released Wednesday night that it “is continuing to closely monitor the pending legislation in Congress,” and “taking the initial steps to prepare guidance on withholding for 2018.”

The IRS says it expects to issue new withholding guidance in January reflecting the new legislation.

The bill would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Middle- and low-income families would get smaller tax cuts, though President Donald Trump and GOP leaders have billed the package as a huge benefit for the middle class.

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Congressional aides say negotiators have removed several controversial provisions from sweeping tax legislation, including one that would have eliminated the deduction for interest on student loans and another deduction for medical expenses.

Two congressional aides also say the bill will no longer start taxing graduate-school tuition waivers. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss private negotiations.

GOP leaders in the House and Senate have reached an agreement in principle on the biggest rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than 30 years, though the legislation is still being finalized Wednesday.

Advocacy groups have complained about the provisions that were removed, especially with college graduates face mounting debt from student loans.

— Stephen Ohlemacher

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A city of Topeka spokeswoman says the father of a black man fatally shot by police will view body camera footage from the incident Friday.

City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield says a family attorney is scheduled to join Kelly White in viewing the footage from the Sept. 28 shooting of 30-year-old Dominique White.

A state court judge last week named Kelly White special administrator for his son’s estate. The city had said Kansas law allowed only an administrator or Dominique White’s young children, as his heirs, to view the footage absent a court order.

Dominique White was shot near an east Topeka park. The two officers involved have not been identified.

Lawrence police finished their investigation Topeka police two weeks ago. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay is reviewing the case.