SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating two suspects in connection with two robberies.

On Monday, the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force in Kansas City arrested 29-year-old Gary L. Gillom, according to a media release.

On July 7th the Topeka Police Department along with the US Marshals Task Force arrested 26-year-old Darien Fulton.

The suspects are being held for the robbery to Arby’s located at 1187 SW Gage on June

26th and the Long John Silver’s Robbery located at 2746 SW Fairlawn on June 27th.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison for robbing two Kansas banks and one in Missouri.

The U.S. attorney’s office says Robert Robinson, of Kansas City, was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say that while robbing a Commerce Bank branch on May, 30, 2014, in Overland Park, Kansas, he threatened to “start shooting up the place” in a note.

He also admitted through his plea to robbing another Commerce Bank branch that same day in St. Joseph, Missouri, and a Bank of America in Overland Park, Kansas, earlier that month.

MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City patient was found to have been infected with bacteria last year that had a special type of resistance to antibiotics, the earliest known case in the U.S. of bacteria that could lead to a superbug impervious to medications.

The bacteria were found in a patient who was treated in May of 2015 and reported in a study published Monday in the American Society of Microbiology’s journal.

Researchers found bacteria that were resistant to colistin, an old, powerful antibiotic that is now seen as a drug of last resort.

A similar infection was reported in a Pennsylvania woman earlier this year and initially reported as the first known U.S. case, but the New York case happened almost a year before.

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Pittsburg State University has added its first full-time, on-campus advocate for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

The Joplin Globe reports that Ali Smith, an employee of Safehouse Crisis Center, will be stationed at the university as the campus victims’ advocate. She will provide services such as crisis intervention, advocacy and support counseling to domestic violence victims and victims of sexual assault.

Smith says she’s appreciative that university officials have recognized the need for her position. She said it’s unfortunate that “sexual and domestic violence are widespread around the world, and especially around college campuses.”

Smith received the Outstanding Adviser Award for Excellence earlier this spring for her work as an adviser, trainer and mentor for PSU’s Students for Violence Prevention program.

MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol officials have found elevated levels of lead in the water at a second House office building.

The office of the Architect of the Capitol said Monday that testing showed the elevated levels in two locations in the Rayburn House Office Building.

An email to staffers and lawmakers says that 99 percent of the water tested so far in that building is safe under Environmental Protection Agency standards.

Officials last week shut off the drinking water in the Cannon House Office Building after they received elevated lead test results, prompting widespread concern on Capitol Hill. The architect’s office said the levels were “slightly above” the EPA standard at the Cannon building.

Bottled water was provided and blood lead level testing was available for congressional staff.   Kansas Congressmen Mike Pompeo and Kevin Yoder are in the Cannon Building.  Representatives Tim Huelskamp and Lynn Jenkins are in the Longworth Building.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Crews are tearing down a suburban Kansas City mall nearly 20 years after the $110 million, 812,000-square-foot structure opened.

The Kansas City Star  reports that demolition of the Great Mall of the Great Plains began Monday in Olathe. The “value center” offered a mix of stores selling merchandise at bargain prices. But it quickly went downhill after drawing nearly 1 million visitors during its first month of operations in August 1997.

It closed in September 2015 after many national brands pulled out, and smaller retailers closed or relocated. Demolition is expected to take about six months.

The owners are the Great Olathe Center LLC, an entity of the Van Tuyl Group. They haven’t determined the next use for the site. Burlington Coat Factory will remain open during the demolition.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A court filing says a refused phone call precipitated former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle’s threatening to kill a deputy while jailed on other charges in Kansas.

Randle was charged last month in Sedgwick County with one count of criminal threat. The Wichita Eagle reports that an arrest affidavit released Monday alleges Randle was upset that he had been refused a phone call May 14 and repeatedly told the deputy he would kill him when he gets released.

Twenty-four-year-old Randle has had a string of run-ins with the law. He’s also been charged in Kansas with a casino disturbance and with backing his car into three people.

A message left Monday with Randle’s public defender, James Crawford, was not immediately returned.

The Cowboys released Randle last year.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials plan to take up a proposed temporary rule that will allow election officials to throw out votes in local and state races cast by tens of thousands of people who register at motor vehicle offices without proving U.S. citizenship.

The State Rules and Regulations Board is meeting Tuesday to consider a proposed temporary rule sought by Secretary of State Kris Kobach that counts only the votes cast for federal offices. Those voters would be given a provisional ballot.

The move comes after a federal appeals court upheld U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson’s preliminary injunction ordering Kansas to allow qualified voters who registered while getting their driver’s licenses to vote in the upcoming races for president, U.S. Senate and House.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As many as 50,000 Kansas voters who registered at motor vehicle offices would be given provisional ballots in the upcoming elections only to see their votes thrown out in state and local races under a proposed temporary rule.

The State Rules and Regulations Board is meeting Tuesday to consider the temporary rule sought by the Secretary of State Kris Kobach. The rule calls for counting only the votes cast for federal offices unless the voters provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship.

Notice of that meeting went out late Monday for a temporary rule that would be in effect for upcoming elections. The temporary rule comes in the wake of ongoing court challenges to the state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote.

 

JACKSON COUNTY- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 7:30 a.m. on Monday in Jackson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Kia Sedona driven by Janita Jordan, 44, Holton, was northbound on U.S.75 one mile south of Holton.

The van drifted to the left and rolled several times.

Jordan was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

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

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a weekend burglary.

Just before 6 a.m. on Saturday, police were sent to Eyecare Associates, 900 Westchester Drive in Salina, according to Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

An alarm indicated glass was broken in a door to gain access to the business.

The thief escaped with 50 pair of Oakley sunglasses, 20 pair of Caviari frames and sunglasses and $150 in cash.

Damage to glass in door and display case was listed at $2,000.

Total loss is places at $22,150.

SALINE COUNTY –Two people were injured in an accident just after 11a.m. on Monday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Suzuki passenger car driven by Shirley Sparks, 77, Salina, was westbound on North Street at Santa Fe.

The driver failed to yield and the Suzuki was struck by 2011 Chevy pickup driven by Ashley Valdez Collins, 28, Newton, that was southbound on Santa Fe.

Valdez Collins and a passenger Emily Swank, 28, Salina, were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Sparks was not transported for treatment.

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

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A discarded World War II bomber is preparing to return to the skies after undergoing an extensive renovation.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Doc is expected to take off Sunday from McConnell Air Force Base in southeast Wichita unless weather conditions force the flight to be rescheduled. The Wichita Eagle reports that the plane was certified as airworthy this spring.

 

 

FIRST FLIGHT SCHEDULED! https://t.co/INtBxYpRIJ #B29Doc pic.twitter.com/u2AISIScab

— Doc’s Friends (@DocsFriends) July 8, 2016

 

Doc’s Friends restoration program manager Jim Murphy said in a news release that the planned flight follows 16 years of “hard work, sweat, tears and tireless attention to detail.”

The Wichita-built plane was finished too late to fly bombing missions during World War II, though it eventually served as a radar trainer during the Korean War. It was discovered at a bombing range in California’s Mojave desert in 1987.

SHAWNEE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a weekend robbery at a grocery store.

Just before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, police responded to a Dillons Store in the 2800 Block of SW 29th Street in Topeka, according to a media release.

A suspect entered the store wearing all black clothing and a red mask covering his face, according to a witnesses.

The suspect ran to several cash registers, took the contents and then attempted to flee.

The store security guard was assaulted in an attempt to confront the suspect. He was not seriously injured.

The suspect was last seen running behind the store in the 2900 Block of SW Oakley.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact police.