SALINE COUNTY —Two people were injured during an incident at a manufacturing plant Friday morning in Salina.

Just after 7a.m., fire crews responded to report of a fire in the mixing building at McShares,1835 E. North Street, according to Fire Marshal Troy Long.

When firefighters arrived, they found no fire, but the sprinkler system had been activated, Long said.

Two employees in the building were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center. One had minor injuries and the other had second-degree chemical burns on his neck and hands, according to Long.

Fire crews put water on the chemical to change the pH level so it would cause no further injuries.

The accident was blamed on equipment failure, Long said. McShares had not released a statement Friday afternoon.

The plant makes food additives and mixes vitamins and minerals that are added to wheat, rice and corn flours and cereals, according to their web site.

In June of 2017, homes and businesses within a half mile of the plant were evacuated as a precaution following a reported chemical leak. There were no injuries reported.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 7:30a.m. Friday in Montgomery County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1993 Ford pickup driven by Jalen Kristopher Bush, 17, Coffeyville, was westbound on U.S. 166 one mile east of Caney. The pickup traveled left of center and struck a 2008 Toyota Camry driven by Linda M. Coots, 76, Caney, head-on.

An eastbound 2014 Chevy Malibu driven by Geraldine Wilson Jay, 81, Copan, OK., then struck the Ford pickup that was still in the roadway.

A 2006 Cadillac SRX driven by Gaige Ethan Beam, 17, Caney, made an evasive maneuver to avoid hitting the Chevy and collided with the Ford pickup and then struck a 2011 Honda Odyssey driven by Amanda Clair Wade, 37, Caney, that was stopped on the westbound shoulder.

A passenger in the Toyota Edgar E. Coots, 79, Caney, was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the mortuary in Coffeyville. His wife Linda Coots was transported to the hospital in Coffeyville. Bush was airlifted to a hospital in Tulsa. Jay was transported to the hospital in Bartlesville.

Beam, Wade and two children in the Honda were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago, fewer than the 50 million it initially believed were affected.

The hackers accessed name, email addresses or phone numbers from these accounts, according to Facebook. For 14 million of them, hackers got even more data, such as hometown, birthdate, the last 10 places they checked into or the 15 most recent searches.

An additional 1 million accounts were affected, but hackers didn’t get any information from them.

Facebook isn’t giving a breakdown of where these users are, but says the breach was “fairly broad.” It plans to send messages to people whose accounts were hacked.

Facebook said third-party apps and Facebook apps like WhatsApp and Instagram were unaffected by the breach.

Facebook said the FBI is investigating, but asked the company not to discuss who may be behind the attack. The company said it hasn’t ruled out the possibility of smaller-scale attacks that used the same vulnerability.

Facebook has said the attackers gained the ability to “seize control” of those user accounts by stealing digital keys the company uses to keep users logged in. They could do so by exploiting three distinct bugs in Facebook’s code. The company said it has fixed the bugs and logged out affected users to reset those digital keys.

At the time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg — whose own account was compromised — said attackers would have had the ability to view private messages or post on someone’s account, but there’s no sign that they did.

JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities and USD 335 officials are investigating a teen for alleged criminal threat against other students.

On Thursday morning, deputies arrested a 14-year-old student at the Jackson Heights High School north of Holton, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse.

The student is alleged to have communicated threats towards specific students and was arrested on three counts of criminal threat.

Deputies and Investigators have been interviewing witnesses, according to Morse.

Anyone who may have further information regarding the incident is encouraged to call the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

MIAMI COUNTY — —On Friday, first responders were dispatched to Hospital Drive south of 327^th Street for a vehicle in the water, according to the Miami County Sheriff. The floodwaters had receded showing the roof of a silver passenger car. 

The vehicle was a 2006 Chevy Malibu owned by Rachel Phillips. Authorities removed the car from the water and found her deceased inside. Her cause of death has not been determined, according to the sheriff’s department.

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At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Miami County Sheriff’s Office took a report for a missing person, Hazel L. Phillips, age 78.

Hazel was last contacted on Tuesday in the evening hours by her family. Hazel told her family that she would be going to Drexel, Missouri, in the morning hours of Wednesday. Hazel did not make it to her destination in Drexel, Missouri.

She is known to drive a silver 2008 Chevrolet Malibu with Kansas tag 450HLB, which is missing also. It is unknown what Hazel is wearing. Hazel is 5’06” 120 pounds, brown hair and green eyes. Hazel may be suffering from medical conditions, which could be a safety concern for her. Hazel may be in the Paola or Osawatomie location.

If you make contact with Hazel or see her, call the Investigations Division at the Miami County Sheriff’s Office at 913-294-3232.