WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Valley Center police sergeant awaiting trial on sex-crime charges was returned to jail after reportedly contacting his ex-wife, who is a witness in his case.

Jail records show 50-year-old Thomas Delgado was booked into the Sedgwick County Wednesday after his bond was revoked for failing to comply.

According to a court document, a judge ordered that Delgado be held without bond.

Prosecutors say Delgado’s ex-wife reported receiving unwanted emails from an address belonging to Delgado. The 10 emails received March 29 each linked to the same YouTube music video.

Delgado faces trial April 23 on seven charges including sexual exploitation of a child. Prosecutors say he was arrested after his then-wife reported concerns about his contact with teenage girls.

He resigned after his arrest.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers narrowly passed an education funding plan Thursday in the Kansas Senate, overcoming bipartisan skepticism that it would increase spending enough on public schools to satisfy a court mandate.

The vote was 21-18 on a bill that would phase in a $274 million increase in school funding over five years, targeting some of the dollars to early childhood education to ensure that fewer children fall behind early.

Republicans hold a 30-seat majority in the 40-member Senate but were split. Some conservatives were upset with the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling in October that the state’s current education funding of more than $4 billion a year isn’t sufficient under the state constitution, even with increases approved last year. Some GOP moderates questioned whether the plan was big enough, and the chamber’s nine Democrats and one independent member opposed it.

“This bill doesn’t get us where we need to be,” said Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. “This bill is woefully inadequate in terms of the funding it’s providing.”

Senate GOP leaders sold some fellow Republicans on voting for the bill to keep lawmakers moving toward meeting the court’s mandate. The justices gave the attorney general until April 30 to report on how legislators fixed the problems the court identified.

“We’re going to haggle over the dollars,” Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Molly Baumgardner, a conservative Louisburg Republican, told fellow GOP senators during a caucus.

The House has approved a plan to phase in a roughly $520 million increase in education funding over five years, and Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer publicly endorsed it Wednesday. The final version of a plan would be drafted by negotiators for the two chambers.

Colyer has called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a bill before taking an annual 2½-week spring break that is scheduled to start Saturday. Lawmakers return from that break April 26 — only four days before the court’s deadline.

Supporters of the House plan contend the state can cover the additional spending with the annual growth in the state’s tax collections, which have been stronger than expected for 10 consecutive months. But top Republican senators contend the state could not afford it without increasing taxes within the next two years. Colyer has said legislators should not raise taxes, and most lawmakers do not want to do that.

Many Democrats question whether the House plan is enough, too. The Supreme Court did not set a specific figure in its October ruling but hinted that it could be $650 million more a year. The four school districts that sued the state in 2010 argue that the figure is even higher.

But some Republicans supporting the Senate plan predicted that the Supreme Court would accept it because of how it targets its new funding for specific programs to help ensure that young children don’t fall behind in school early. Others said the new money also builds on past increases.

“It’s more than enough,” said Sen. Ty Masterson, a conservative Andover Republican.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two Hutchinson women were jailed early Thursday for making a false call to police. The women claimed a man battered two family members in the 1200 block of East 7th. According to the women, the man said he did not want to go back to prison. They said he had a gun and was waiting for officers to arrive.

Chassity Nicholson, 22 (pictured left), and Tatumn Watkins (right), 20, face a potential charge of making a false call for emergency services for violence of a threat.

Nicholson called police earlier in the day and said Michael Kirk had taken their child. She wanted the child back.

When police arrived, they were told Kirk was hiding in the garage. Officers, along with sheriff’s deputies, had guns drawn when they ordered him from the garage. He came out with the 3-month-old child in his arms. He was almost shot during the incident. Kirk was not armed and was merely taking care of the child.

In court, Magistrate Judge Cheryl Allen — visibly annoyed this infant was put in danger — denied any bond reduction.

Watkins recently entered a plea for a charge of aggravated battery when she stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the back on Jan. 22. The victim was taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment where he spent five days.

Nicholson has now posted bond, but Watkins remains jailed on a $5,000 bond. Both should be back in court next week for the reading of any formal charges.

DICKINSON COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities are investigating a reported bomb threat.

Just after 12:30p.m.Thursday, members of the Abilene Police Department responded to the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home located at 200 Southeast Fourth Street in Abilene for the report of a phone-in bomb threat, according to a media release.

Approximately 200 visitors and staff members were evacuated from the campus, and the campus was secured.

A thorough search of the campus was conducted by members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Abilene Police Department, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office and security staff from the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. No suspicious items were located during the search.

The investigation into this incident is on-going. The Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home plans to resume normal business tomorrow, April 6th.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A co-owner of Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy on a massive waterslide.

Jeff Henry appeared Thursday in Wyandotte County District Court after being indicted in the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab. The boy died and two women were injured when their raft went airborne and hit an overhead loop on the slide.

Henry was ordered to surrender his passport but District Judge Robert Burns rejected a prosecution request that he be required to wear a GPS locator while out on bond awaiting trial. Burns said he wasn’t convinced by the state’s arguments that Henry was a flight risk.

A trial date was tentatively set for Sept. 10, but Burns and Henry’s attorney suggested that date could change.