WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A religious icon stolen from a Catholic church in Wichita has been found in an antique shop.

Spencer Hewitt of Hewitt’s Antiques tells The Wichita Eagle that he realized the store had purchased the rendering of Our Lady of Perpetual Help after reading about the theft from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the newspaper Sunday.

Hewitt says a prospective seller visited the store Wednesday afternoon to get a price for what the man claimed was his grandmother’s icon. Hewitt declined to say how much the store spent on the icon.

Pastoral assistant Mike McDaneld says he was thrilled to hear the icon was found. He says he asked Hewitt about crucifixes the church is also missing, but Hewitt said only the icon was brought to the store.

An investigation into the theft is ongoing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The man accused of killing Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Brad Lancaster is out of the hospital.

Curtis Ayers was taken into custody by Jackson County, Missouri, authorities after being taken from the hospital Monday. He had been hospitalized since he was shot by Kansas City, Missouri, police several hours after Lancaster was fatally shot May 9 near the Kansas Speedway.

The Kansas City Star reports (https://bit.ly/28JSwPr ) that Ayers was wearing Lancaster’s handcuffs when he was escorted from the hospital.

He is charged in Wyandotte County, Kansas, with capital murder in Lancaster’s death. Ayers also faces charges in Jackson County, Missouri, and Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Authorities said Monday they do not know when Ayers will go to court or whether he will waive extradition to Kansas.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new report shows Kansas farmers have harvested 25 percent of their winter wheat crop.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that wheat harvest progress for the state is near the 27 percent average for this time of the year.

It rated wheat still out in the fields as 62 percent good to excellent, with 30 percent in fair condition. About 8 percent of the crop remains in poor to very poor shape.

The industry group, Kansas Wheat, reports that rain over the weekend in central Kansas is expected to put a damper on what had been an otherwise great yielding harvest.

Storms in Reno and McPherson counties brought harvest to a halt on Sunday, and likely for Monday, in parts of the state.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has tentative plans to try and save some notable ash trees on its campus from the invasive beetle known as the emerald ash borer.

According to a draft of the University of Kansas’ ash tree management plan, about 20 trees that are in significant locations on campus would be injected with insecticide to prevent ash borer infestation.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that trees left untreated would be monitored for signs of infestation. Diseased or distressed trees would be removed.

The plan also calls for replacing ash trees with other species over five years.

The University of Kansas Facilities Services would carry out the management plan.

The ash borer feeds on tree tissue beneath the bark, destroying the ability to move water and nutrients to branches.

CHICAGO (AP) — A new study says nearly 2 million concussions from sports or play activities occur in U.S. children and teens each year and many receive no treatment.

The estimate is based on 2013 data from hospitals, doctors’ offices, high schools and information from previous concussion studies.

The study led by pediatrician Dr. Mersine Bryan of Seattle Children’s Hospital, involved kids age 18 and younger and is in Monday’s journal Pediatrics.

But researchers say the numbers are imprecise, highlighting the need for a concussion surveillance system as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, a nonprofit group that advises the government on public health issues.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to create a system to track concussion rates and trends in children and adults.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 46-year-old man has admitted to conspiring to operate a prostitution business based in Topeka.

Sean Hall pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says Hall was part of a prostitution business that at times used up to 20 females, some of whom lived in houses rented by the organization. The conspirators used Web sites, social media and cell phones to advertise sexual services and to keep track of prostitutes.

Hall will be sentenced Oct. 3. He faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.

Co-defendant Frank Boswell, of Topeka, is awaiting trial. Co-defendant Rachel Flenniken, also of Topeka, pleaded guilty earlier this month and will be sentenced Oct. 17.

TOPEKA – Kansas consumers who purchased electronic books (e-books) are expected to receive approximately $3.8 million from a legal settlement from a price-fixing case against Apple, Inc. according to a media release from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Kansas is part of a group of 33 states to investigate and sue Apple for its participation in a conspiracy with publishers to artificially inflate e-book prices to the detriment of consumers. The states prevailed in federal district court in New York and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. When the U.S. Supreme Court in March declined to hear Apple’s further appeal, the current settlement became final.

In 2012 and 2013, Kansas and the other states reached settlements with five major e-book publishers – Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Simon & Schuster Inc., Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, d/b/a Macmillan, and Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Kansas consumers received approximately $1.4 million in March of 2014 as a result of those settlements. The settlement with Apple resolves the remaining price fixing claims brought against the group of companies by Schmidt and the other attorneys general.

“The distribution of these refunds brings to a close the long legal battle over e-book price fixing,” Schmidt said. “These competitors together conspired to push the price of e-books higher than the market rate. While each consumer may have seen only a small price increase, altogether these companies collected millions of dollars by artificially inflating the price.”

Distribution of the consumer payments should begin on June 21. The amount any individual consumer will receive depends on how many qualifying books the consumer bought. Customers who purchased e-books through Sony or Google will receive checks in the mail. Customers who purchased e-books through Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo will automatically receive credits in their accounts (unless they previously requested to receive checks). Customers receiving account credits should expect to receive an email between June 21 and June 24, indicating that the credits are available in their accounts. Because of the large number of consumers affected, it will take a few days to fully load account credits, and some consumers may not see credits in their accounts until June 24. Credits can be used to purchase anything sold by these retailers, not only e-books.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Several dozen central and western Kansas school superintendents say they have no intention of following the advice of U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp to disregard a recent transgender bathroom directive from President Barack Obama’s administration.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that it reached out to 129 school superintendents who were given the Republican congressman’s letter and received responses from 30 of them.  Read the letter here.

Huelskamp used the letter to encourage districts to “stand up to the Obama administration.” But none said they would directly disobey the directive that students should use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity.

Many district leaders dismissed debates over transgender students as irrelevant to their rural districts. Others explained the policies and procedures they have established to ensure transgender students are treated fairly.

SALINE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a teen on weapons charges.

Just after 6:30p.m. on Saturday, witnesses say they saw Zachary Degraw, 17, Salina, discharge a high-power handgun at near the intersection of 9th and Otto, according to Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

A short time later, police located Degraw in the area of Haskett and Cloud Streets and the officer recovered a high power semi automatic handgun.

During their investigation, police were able to determine Degraw was the suspect in an incident Thursday afternoon at the Central Mall.

A group of girls between the ages of 11 and 13, said Degraw was walking in front of them in the commons area of the mall. He stopped, turned around, and twice pulled up his shirt to display a handgun in his pants. He also threatened to shoot them.

Requested charges against Degraw include criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and multiple counts of aggravated assault, and criminal threats, according to police.

He is being held in the regional juvenile detention facility in Junction City. A relative of Degraw owns the gun, according to police.

CORRECTION: An earlier version incorrectly identified Collins as the rider who swerved.

A corrected version of the KHP report is below.