WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on top of a freight elevator at a 10-story apartment building.

Police reports show the man’s body was found on top of the apartment’s freight elevator Saturday. The man’s identity hasn’t been released.

Police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow said Monday the death appears to be accidental, but the coroner’s office is investigating.

Woodrow also told The Wichita Eagle that she did not know how far the man had fallen down the elevator shaft.

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — A 54-year-old man has been charged in the May death of a Shawnee woman.

Authorities have brought Gregory P. Wright back from Virginia to Johnson County, where is charged with first-degree murder in the May 9 death of 44-year-old Monica Lee. She was found dead in her apartment.

The Kansas City Star reports that Wright was arrested in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in June and was being held on a fugitive warrant.

He’s being held in Johnson County on $1 million bond.

Update: Family has made contact with him, according to police.

No additional details were released on Monday evening.

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GRANT COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Southwest Kansas are attempting to locate a 19-year-old Ransom Reese.

He traveled to from Ulysses to Garden City over the weekend and did not return, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department.

Ulysses is approximate 50 miles from Garden City.

No additional details were available late Monday morning.

If you know of his whereabouts or see him, please contact officials in Ulysses at (620)356-3500.

If you speak with him please advise him to contact his mother as she is very worried about his safety, according to a social media report.

 

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas oil and gas producers listened to dire warnings about their industry’s future from two House members during their convention in Wichita.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins told the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association on Monday that it is still an assault on the industry by President Barack Obama’s administration from a regulatory environment to tax proposals. She claims the administration wants to put them out of business.

U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo recounted the coal industry’s problems, and told oil and gas producers they should know they are next. He called it a “full-scale assault” by the environmental left on the fossil fuel industry.

The Kansas delegation has been a staple fixture at the industry’s annual meeting in Wichita, but only Pompeo and Jenkins attended for the panel this year.

GEARY COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident on Milford Lake.

Just after 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, a man and woman from Wichita were in a boat competing in a catfish tournament about three quarters of a mile south of the City of Milford boat ramp, according to the Geary County Sheriff’s office.

A second boat rear-ended the fishing boat.

“They never saw that boat and it went from the rear end of the fishing boat over the top to the front end of the boat, completely over it,” said Sheriff Tony Wolf.

A woman in the fishing boat was transported to Geary Community Hospital with a possible broken arm, according to Wolf.

The collision did damage to the motor of the fishing boat, the railing along the side of the boat and the center console.

Individuals in the second boat from Delia, Kansas, were not involved with the fishing tournament.

The accident is under investigation by Kansas Wildlife Parks & Tourism.   They released no additional details on Monday morning.

MANHATTAN- A power outage at the water treatment plant on Monday led to temporary emergency water conservation in Manhattan.

City staff restored power just before 8 a.m. and now personnel are checking the systems and monitoring them to ensure there is enough water in the towers, according to Assistant Director of Public Works Water & Wastewater Randy DeWitt.

Since the outage, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a boil water advisory for City of Manhattan public water supply located in Riley County.

The power outage resulted in a loss of pressure, according to KDHE and the low pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.

TOPEKA -Kansas is in the process of implementing several required budget reductions.

These include a 4 percent reduction in payments to some KanCare (Medicaid) providers, according to a media release.   See dates and time details here.

Providers and the public are invited to come to a meeting to learn more about the change.

Payments for many services (such as HCBS, hospice, state hospital treatment and services provided in many health centers/clinics) will not change.

According to KanCare, “While we don’t get to choose if these changes will occur, we want you to know what is happening and why.”

The meetings will tell you about which services have payment reductions and which do not and how the reductions are being applied to protect services for those most in need of care.

KanCare officials also want hear what you think is the best way to make these reductions while ensuring KanCare services continue to be available.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a woman has been killed in a Topeka house fire.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that city workers noticed smoke coming from the home early Monday while passing by the area. When fire crews arrived, flames were coming from the roof.

Firefighters found an unresponsive woman inside the house. She was rushed to a

Topeka hospital, where she died. Her name wasn’t immediately released.

Topeka Fire Marshal Mike Martin says the cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott and Westin hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia may have been targeted by hackers for months.

According to the hotel operator HEI Hotels & Resorts, malware put into place in at least 20 locations may have collected names, card account numbers, card expiration dates and verification codes.  See response from HEI Hotels & Resorts here.

Data from customers may have been collected from early December, through late June. At some properties, HEI said, data collection may have begun as early as March 2015.

Here’s a look at the specific hotels and locations that may have been compromised:

CALIFORNIA:

Hyatt Centric Santa Barbara

Le Meridien San Francisco

Renaissance San Diego Downtown Hotel

San Diego Marriott La Jolla

The Westin Pasadena

COLORADO:

The Westin Snowmass Resort in Snowmass Village

FLORIDA:

Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center.

Intercontinental Tampa Bay.

Royal Palm South Beach Miami

Westin Fort Lauderdale

ILLINOIS:

Hotel Chicago Downtown

MINNESOTA:

The Hotel Minneapolis Autograph Collection

The Westin Minneapolis

PENNSYLVANIA:

The Westin Philadelphia

TENNESSEE:

Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville.

TEXAS:

Dallas Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club.

VERMONT:

Equinox Resort Golf Resort & Spa in Manchester Village

VIRGINIA:

Le Meridien Arlington

Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center

The company says the incident has been contained and customers can safely use cards at all of its properties.

SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. on Sunday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Pontiac G6 driven by Shyanne Michelle Anderson, 19, McPherson, was westbound on Interstate 70 ten miles east of Salina.

The vehicle went into the median, rolled several times and came to a rest in the median.

Anderson was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

 

 

She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on violence in Milwaukee following the shooting of a man by police (all times local):

1:30 a.m.

Police say they are making multiple arrests in Milwaukee after a second night of unrest over the police killing of a black man.

The arrests follow skirmishes between protesters and police but without the widespread destruction of property that marked the first night after the man’s death.

Protesters earlier threw rocks and other objects at officers and police say shots were fired in a handful of locations. One person was injured by gunfire.

Officer taken to hospital for injury after thrown rock breaks windshield of squad near Sherman & Burleigh. pic.twitter.com/At5HDBOXHm

— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) August 15, 2016

The number of arrests was not immediately known.

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1 a.m.

Police say one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday evening and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man.

But there was no repeat of the widespread destruction of property.

Some two dozen officers in riot gear confronted a group who were throwing rocks and other objects at police near where the black man was fatally shot a day earlier. Police moved in to try to disperse the crowd.

Police Chief Edward Flynn said the man whose death touched off Saturday night’s rioting, Sylville Smith, was shot after he turned toward an officer with a gun in his hand.

GEARY COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 5p.m. on Sunday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Nissan pickup driven by Jesus James Martin, 24, Wakefield, westbound on Kansas 18 four miles west of Junction City.

The pickup traveled off the north edge of the road into a ravine coming to rest in a creek bed.

Martin was transported to Geary Community Hospital.

He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are investigating the discovery of a body found near the Arkansas River but don’t believe foul play was involved.

The body was lying on the ground next to a tree in the Riverside Park area around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when someone walking along the river found him.

Police spokesman Sgt. Joe Kennedy says a 59-year-old white man was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was taken to the Sedgwick County Regional Forensics Science Center to determine cause of death.

Kennedy says the person may have been homeless. No other details were being released.