KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Family members restrained the father of a missing Kansas City area woman when the man accused of setting her vehicle on fire entered a courtroom.

Kylr Yust is charged with burning the vehicle of Jessica Runions, who was last seen Sept. 8. Her burned vehicle was found two days later.

Yust was arrested in Benton County and brought back to Jackson County to face the charge accusing him of setting fire to her vehicle. Yust hasn’t been charged in her disappearance.

The Kansas City Star reports Runions’ father had to be held back by relatives when Yust entered the courtroom Thursday for a hearing. Family members say it was the

first time he had seen Yust since his daughter disappeared.

Kansas City police said Thursday there’s no update in the case.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas deputy is hospitalized after flipping his car while chasing a fleeing driver.

The pursuit started around 1:30 a.m. Friday after the deputy attempted to pull over a car. A Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor says the deputy overturned his car during the pursuit.

The deputy was taken to a Wichita hospital with what was reported to dispatch as serious injuries. The dispatch supervisor says a standoff with the driver ended around 5:15 a.m. Friday.

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed in a murder-suicide in a suburban Kansas City home.

Prairie Village police said Thursday that 48-year-old Richard Glenn is suspected of fatally shooting his wife, 53-year-old Barbara Glenn, before killing himself.

The Kansas City Star reports that their bodies were found Sept. 20 after officers were called to check on the welfare of the residents.

BARTON COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating the theft of a trailer.

Police in Hoisington recovered a trailer that they believe was stolen in June according to a social media report.

The trailer was believed to have been parked in the 100 block of West Broadway partially on Manweiler Chevrolet’s property next to the alley.

The trailer was not attached to a vehicle at the time it was stolen.

Police asked if someone you know had a trailer stolen around this time contact Captain Josh Nickerson at the Hoisington Police Department.

Proof of ownership will be required to claim the trailer.

HUTCHINSON– A Kansas man is free on bond after his arrest late Wednesday at his place of employment for allegedly stealing from the business.

Michael Windom, 52, Hutchinson, faces potential charges of felony theft, theft by deception and two counts of making false writings.

He was employed at Sonoco, 100 South Halstead Street in Hutchinson and was allegedly stealing red brass rings with bearings inside used in a piece of equipment that is apparently very important to their business.

Sonoco had new and used ones and discovered they had none when they needed to replace one in a piece of equipment.

That is when they called police.

Windom was allegedly taking them to Midwest Iron and Metal and exchanging them for cash.

Police were able to trace the thefts to Windom through the paper work he has to fill out at Midwest Iron.

He may have gone to Midwest Iron as many as 13 times, according to Police Detective Jamie Schoenhoff.

The value the theft is alleged to have been between $1,500 to $25,000 .

Windom posted a $7,000 bond and his first appearance in court should come next week.

TOPEKA – On Thursday, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) announced a successful multi-agency drug enforcement operation that led to the arrest of a Kansas man and the recovery of illegal substances with an estimated street value of $350,000, according to a media release.

Just after 8:40 a.m., law enforcement agencies served a search warrant at a residence at 1108 South Joplin in Pittsburg.

Austin Gossett, 24, Pittsburg, was arrested on the charge of Possession of Controlled Substances with the Intent to Distribute.

Recovered at the residence were approximately 2.5 kilograms of MDMA in tablet form (also known as Ecstasy) and 2.5 kilograms of MDMA in powder form (also referred to as Molly). The Ecstasy seized is estimated to have a street value of $100,000, and the Molly has an approximate value of $250,000.

The investigation began last week and was conducted by the KBI, the Pittsburg Police Department, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, the Kansas Department of Revenue – Alcohol Beverage Control (KDOR-ABC) and the Department of Homeland Security- Homeland Security Investigations (DHS-HSI).

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a shooting that a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain was investigating when he was killed.

DaQon Sipple pleaded guilty Thursday in Wyandotte County court to charges including aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm. Prosecutors say Sipple fired shots that police were called to investigate on July 19.

After Sipple was arrested that day, Police Capt. Robert David Melton was investigating the shooting when a man fired shots into Melton’s patrol car, killing him.

Jamaal Lewis is charged with capital murder in Melton’s death.

The Kansas City Star reports that as part of the plea agreement, Sipple has agreed to testify if he’s called as a witness in the case against Lewis.

Sipple’s sentencing is Nov. 18.

COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been convicted of killing a man whose burned body was found after he reported that the woman was threatening to kidnap her children from foster care.

The Joplin Globe reports that 37-year-old Crystal Galloway, of Scammon, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the May 2015 death of 59-year-old Robin Fought, of Dennis.

During the trial, prosecutors played a voicemail message that Fought left for a caseworker talking about Galloway planning to flee the state with her children. Five of Galloway’s six children had been taken into state custody in 2014, and she was only allowed supervised visits.

She and co-defendant Dakota Cunningham were arrested two days after the killing in Oklahoma. The 19-year-old Cunningham has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is setting new goals for keeping hospitalized patients safe and reducing readmissions after patients are discharged.

Hospitalization can be hazardous to your health, with risks like medication errors, falls and infections. And a lack of follow-through after patients are discharged can sometimes land them right back in the hospital.

A concerted effort by Medicare and hospitals around the country since 2010 has led to substantial progress reducing both problems. Medicare officials on Thursday announced new goals for greater improvement.

For example, Medicare wants to reduce preventable medical problems in hospitals from 121 per 1,000 patients discharged, to 97 per 1,000 by 2019.

Medicare announced that it is awarding $347 million to hospital associations and other health organizations that will help meet the new goals.

This past weekend, the Kansas Highway Patrol joined other law enforcement agencies from across a six-state area to address the issue of speeding on our nation’s roadways, according to a media release.

The enforcement ran from Friday, September 23, through Sunday, September 25. The following are the Kansas Highway Patrol’s results from the enforcement:

Total Number of Crashes: 39
Total Number of Fatalities: 1
Total Number of Traffic Citations (other than speeding) Issued: 114
Total Number of Seat Belt Citations Issued: 91
Total Number of Speed Citations Issued: 615
Total Number of Traffic Warnings Issued: 828
Total DWI Arrests: 8
Total Drug Arrests: 9
Felony Arrests/Other: 3

Participating in this initiative were Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

The Patrol participated in this enforcement in an effort to address speeding and increased fatalities on our roads. As speed increases, the severity of crashes also increases. This includes the risk for fatalities. Officers have educated drivers and passengers by issuing citations and in some circumstances, warnings, to show the importance of slowing down.

RENO COUNTY — Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder has filed a petition against Judge Trish Rose with the Kansas Supreme Court to have a Kansas teen convicted of murder moved from a juvenile facility to an adult jail

He also wants the high court to order the Judge to go ahead with sentencing of Sam Vanochen and skip another mental evaluation as part of the pre-sentence investigation

In August, a jury convicted Vanochen of the two counts of murder for the killing of his mother and sister who died after he set fire to the family home on Sept. 26, 2013.

The high court ordered Judge Rose to present a brief by October 11 on what legal reason she used for denying the state’s requests

The high court gave Judge Rose until Oct. 11, to file the brief with the court.

The court made this order after considering the state’s petition and argument that Rose had no legal authority to require the juvenile facility to house him there without its consent.

JACKSON COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 7 a.m. on Thursday in Jackson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Suzuki Grand Vitara driven by Chaz Lance Shopteese, 21, Topeka,

was crossing U.S. 75 westbound at 190th Street.

As the vehicle crossed southbound lanes, it was struck by a semi.

Shopteese was transported to Stormont Vail.

The semi driver from Pennsylvania was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has canceled a contempt hearing for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (KOH’-bahk) after he agreed to concessions that will fully register and clearly notify thousands of people that they can vote in November.

The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson comes a day before a hearing had been scheduled for Kobach to show why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating her May order. Robinson’s order required Kobach to put on voter rolls people who registered at motor vehicle offices or with a federal form without providing citizenship documents.

Kobach and the American Civil Liberties Union brokered a deal Thursday that would allow more than 20,000 voters to cast a regular ballot, instead of a provisional one.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has struck a deal with the American Civil Liberties Union that he hopes will help him avoid a contempt finding.

The deal would allow people who registered at motor vehicle offices or with a federal form without providing citizenship documents to vote in the November election with a traditional secret ballot, rather than be forced to use a provisional one.

Kobach has also agreed to send notices to at least 20,000 affected voters telling them they are registered and qualified to vote.

It is unclear whether the deal will be enough for U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to call off Friday’s contempt hearing in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU over the state’s voter identification law.