MCPHERSON — Police in McPherson arrested two men and took two children into protective custody Monday. The officers found the men traveling in a car with two young children, drugs and a firearm.

Officers stopped the car around 2 p.m. in the 300 block of West Euclid for illegal window tint. Officers identified the driver of the car as 27-year-old Nathaniel Beagle. The passenger was 31-year-old Aaron B. Anderson. Two children, ages 4 and 6, were also in the car. The McPherson Sheriff’s Office K-9 alerted officers to the existence of drugs in the car.

Officers searched the car and found over one pound of methamphetamine, 36 grams of marijuana, various narcotic pills and a handgun.

The two men face numerous charges, including possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school or day care.

Bond was set at $95,500 for each man.

RENO COUNTY — Five people were injured in an accident just after 4p.m. Tuesday in Reno County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Dodge Ram driven by Brent David Crawley, 25, Newton, was westbound on U.S. 50 at Woodberry Road three miles west of Burrton.

The driver attempted to pass two vehicles and struck a 2005 Jeep Commander driven by Dimas-Martinez, Jose De Jesus Dimas-Martinez, 36, Newton, head-on

Crawley was transported to Wesley Medical Center. Dimas-Martinez and Jesus Aaron Felix-Alvarado, 51 and Carlos Arellano Diaz, 33, both of Newton were transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Crawley was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a burglary and have made an arrest.

Just after 6a.m. Tuesday police responded to an alarm at Barney’s Discount Drug in the 3100 Block of West Central in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

At the scene, officers found forced entry into the building through a metal door. They also found property from the business stacked by the door. While police were investigating, a suspect later identified as Mark Shepherd, 40, Wichita, exited the business.

Police took him into custody without incident. He was booked into the Sedgwick County jail on requested charges of burglary, theft, criminal damage to property and drug violations, according to Davidson.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas government website designed to nab child support evaders has been taken down after it caught only one man in a year.

Kansas Department for Children and Families spokesman Mike Deines says the Child Support Evaders website “had little to no traffic and was not an effective tool.” He says it’s important not to make detection efforts public because that helps evaders.

Former Gov. Jeff Colyer announced the website in April 2018 as the state struggled to improve child support collections. It listed people who owed more than $5,000 in late child support and included the person’s name, mug shot, the amount owed and where they were last seen.

Similar online photo name-and-shame campaigns have been undertaken in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia.

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found.

On Monday, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office was called to a wooded area north of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism regional office at 300 SW Wanamaker Road, according to Undersheriff Phil Blume

A citizen claimed to have found skeletal remains in the dense woods.

The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Coroner’s Office, was able to confirm that the skeletal remains are human, according to Deputy Shayna Anderson. Authorities are currently working with the Washburn University Forensic Anthropology Recovery Unit to excavate the site.

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SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found.

On Monday, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office was called to a wooded area north of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism regional office at 300 SW Wanamaker Road, according to Undersheriff Phil Blume

A citizen claimed to have found skeletal remains in the dense woods. The Sheriff’s Office responded and with the assistance of the Shawnee County Coroner’s Office, located and removed the skeletal remains in question. Due to darkness and heavy vegetation the search was postponed until daylight.

The property and immediate area in question is private property and access is being denied, according to Louderback

It is important for a thorough search of the area to be completed. Authorities don’t  known how long that will take.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Henry Bloch, who helped found tax preparation giant H&R Block, died Tuesday at age 96, the company announced.

Bloch died of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospice in Kansas City. He founded H&R Block in 1955 in the city with his brother, Richard, to take advantage of the vacuum left as the Internal Revenue Service stopped providing free income tax returns service. Richard Bloch died in 2004.

Henry Bloch retired as H&R Block’s chief executive officer in 1992 and as chairman of the board of directors in 2000.

“Through his honesty and integrity, Henry embodied the best of American business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. In so many ways, he was ahead of his time and a model for today’s entrepreneur,” said Jeff Jones, president and chief executive officer of H&R Block Inc. in a written statement. “His vision lives on through our H&R Block associates and the many philanthropic organizations that he supported.”

Bloch, who flew 32 combat missions over Germany as a navigator in World War II, also was a philanthropist and a foundation he started along with his wife, Marion, that supported numerous charitable causes in Kansas City, including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute at Saint Luke’s Hospital and the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Marion Bloch died in 2013.

“This is an enormous loss to the community and to the Nelson-Atkins,” said Richard Green, chair of the museum’s Board of Trustees in a written statement. “Henry Bloch had an unfailing vision and enthusiasm that was borne of genuine gratitude.”

Bloch is survived by four children, 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.