TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman is scheduled to be sentenced next month for attempting to give her daughters Kool-Aid laced with prescription drugs.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sentencing is set for Sept. 2 for Shakina Dauniel Lawton. She pleaded guilty in February to two counts of attempted murder. Before making the plea agreement, Lawton faced two charges of attempted first-degree murder.

Senior assistant district attorney Todd Hiatt said her daughters were 14 and 9 when Lawton brought them into the kitchen, where she gave them the medication-laced Kool-Aid. The older daughter called 911 and told dispatchers her mother was trying to poison her and her sister.

Hiatt said that Lawton hadn’t been taking her medication for mental health ailments, including bipolar disorder and depression.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a Friday morning shooting.

Just before 2:30 a.m., police in Topeka were dispatched to the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital where a man had arrived by private vehicle and had suffered a gunshot wound, according to a media release.

The victim identified as Dante M. Fields, 24, Topeka, died.

Police interviewed witnesses who reported that Fields had been shot in the parking lot at Quinton’s 4121 SW Huntoon in Topeka.

Police established a crime scene in the parking lot.

No additional details were released early Friday.

OTTAWA COUNTY – A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 7p.m. on Thursday in Ottawa County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 1500 Pickup driven by Austin Thomas Roth, 15, Minneapolis, was southbound on 130th Road at Quartz Road on mile west of U.S. 81.

The pickup struck an eastbound 1997 Ford Ranger driven by Addison Lee Roth, 22, Minneapolis, on the drivers side in the intersection.

Both drivers were transported to the hospital in Minneapolis where Addison died.

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

HUTCHINSON –Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating suspects in connection with two robberies.

Ryan Reed and Stephen Howard are both jailed on bonds of $101,000 for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and possession of drugs. A third suspect was arrested but not jailed.

The suspects are alleged to have pulled a knife and robbed four young men of their money in the parking lot of Walmart in Hutchinson early Thursday morning, according to Police Lt. Marty Robertson.

The suspects were drinking and smoking marijuana and decided they needed more cash, according to Robertson.

They allegedly went to Walmart and tried to break into vehicles, but then spotted the young men on the side of the store.

Robertson says the suspects may have also committed a second robbery but the victims have not come forward.

Police are also investigating a break in at Walgreens, 30th and Plum.

Robertson says the burglar or burglars may have stolen prescription drugs and other items.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Agribusiness giant Cargill has chosen an architect for a new Wichita facility to house its protein operations.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City-based HOK has been selected. Wichita is home to the company’s beef business and its turkey and cooked meat business, which includes deli meats. Its processed-protein services, such as its North American egg business and food distribution, also are located in Wichita, where Cargill employs about 900 workers.

Cargill spokesman Mike Martin says multiple sites within the city limits are being considered.

NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — The head of Amtrak celebrated the salvation of Newton’s passenger rail service and said there’s a possibility Wichita could get passenger rail service.

Joe Boardman, Amtrak’s president and CEO, was in Newton on Thursday and called the Southwest Chief, which runs through Newton, a “critical link.” The Southwest Chief carries about 350,000 people a year from Chicago to Los Angeles. The route was threatened in Kansas by aged track.

The Wichita Eagle reports (https://j.mp/2axdsXj ) Boardman said Amtrak has invested about $40 million on area rails, which are owned by a railroad. He says Amtrak is also considering the possibility of restoring rail service from Newton through Wichita to link up with Oklahoma and Texas trains.

But he says that depends on whether states and communities are willing to support it.

STAFFORD COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 4p.m. on Thursday in Stafford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 International driven by Jeremy Clayton Pflughoeft, 32, Claflin, was northbound on SE 80 Avenue six miles south of Stafford.

The vehicle entered the east ditch and the driver overcorrected. The truck rolled and came to rest on its top in the roadway.

Pflughoeft was transported to St. Francis Medical Center.

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

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 34-year-old former University of Kansas graduate student has been indicted on charges accusing him of making false claims on his visa application.

The U.S. Attorney for Kansas said in a release that a grand jury Wednesday indicted Goran Sabah Ghafour of Lawrence on charges alleging he falsely claimed on a visa application that he served as a translator for the U.S. Army in Iraq.

The office says he’s charged with visa fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Court document show Ghafour’s accused of submitting fake letters about his service for the U.S. military when he applied for a visa while he was a graduate assistant in the university’s journalism department.

His lawyer didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Ghafour graduated in May.

MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Three experimental Zika vaccines protected monkeys against infection from the virus, an encouraging sign as research moves into studies in people.

The experiment involved a traditional vaccine and two more cutting-edge ones. The traditional vaccine is expected to enter preliminary human studies this year. At least two other experimental Zika vaccines are in human studies already.

Researchers reported the success in monkey studies Thursday in a paper released by the journal Science. The traditional vaccine used a dead virus, while the other two used a single gene of the Zika virus to prime the monkeys’ immune systems to fight off the germ.

Efforts to develop a vaccine began after a massive Zika outbreak last year in Brazil.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect on assault charges.

Just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, police were called to a home in the 700 Block of East Ash in Salina in response to a domestic dispute between 42-year-old Davey Favors and 32-year-old Samantha Haggard, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.

The two had been involved in an argument, when Favors allegedly became physically abusive to Haggard, and threatened her with a machete.

Officers observed some redness to Haggard’s right cheek, but she declined medical treatment, according to Forrester.

Favors was arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of aggravated assault, criminal restraint, and domestic battery.

FINNEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating a suspect in connection with a residential burglary and have made an arrest.

Police reported a social media tip helped officers find Carlos Daniel Castruita, 17, Garden City. On July 20, police asked the public for help to help locate the teen.

Castruita was arrested for his alleged involvement in a residential burglary on July 17, according to a media release.

He is being held for alleged aggravated burglary, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and theft of a firearm.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Board of Education has approved a total of $7.2 million in additional state aid to 31 public school districts.

But it’s not clear how much money the districts actually will receive after the board’s action Thursday.

Legislators financed the “extraordinary needs” aid with proceeds from selling off an economic development agency’s assets. The sale must generate $38 million for districts to get all their funds, and state officials aren’t sure it’s possible.

Thirty-four districts applied for a total of $8.4 million. All but three received some funds.

The largest allocations were nearly $849,000 for the Spring Hill district in Johnson County to help it deal with increased numbers of students, and nearly $687,000 for the Wichita district to help it deal with an increase in refugee students.

ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A county official says enough signatures were gathered to allow a grand jury to criminally investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s handling of Kansas’ online voter registration system.