DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than a million Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks worldwide because the seat belts may not hold people in a crash.

The recall covers certain model 1500 pickups from the 2014 and 2015 model years. GM says a steel cable that connects the belts to the trucks can wear and separate over time. If that happens, the belts could come loose.

The company says it found the problem by analyzing warranty data. GM says there haven’t been any reports of crashes or injuries.

Dealers will enlarge an opening and install a bracket on the cable tensioner. If necessary they’ll replace the tensioner.

Most of the trucks are in the U.S. and Canada, but some are in Latin America and the Middle East.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas-based Wright Career College says it has closed its campuses in Overland Park and Wichita.

WDAF-TV reports that the college said in an email to students Thursday night that “with our deepest regret” it no longer is able to continue operations, and that other schools will accept credits accumulated.

The college based in Overland Park had roughly 3,000 students enrolled during the 2014-2015 fiscal year and in recent weeks had stopped accepting new students.

Wright Career College largely trains students for jobs as medical assistants, accountants and other business occupations. Founded in 1921 to train typists, it originally was known as Dickinson Business School.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City, Missouri, law firm says Kansas’ U.S. attorney will join its national team specializing in government investigations and compliance.

Polsinelli announced its addition of Barry Grissom on Friday, Grissom’s last day as Kansas’ top federal prosecutor. Grissom announced his resignation from the federal post Monday.

Sixty-two-year-old Grissom says in a statement that he’s “particularly excited by Polsinelli’s national footprint, which will enable me to deploy my skillset nationwide.”

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Beall will serve as acting U.S. attorney for Kansas.

Grissom was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010 and made civil rights enforcement and community outreach top priorities during his tenure.

FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) — Officials at Kansas’ Fort Riley are publicly identifying a soldier chaplain they say died suddenly last week in Manhattan.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the cause of 45-year-old Capt. Yohan Lee’s death April 9 remains undetermined.

Lee was a chaplain assigned to the Third Assault Helicopter Battalion, First Aviation Regiment, First Combat Aviation Brigade, First Infantry Division.

He arrived at Fort Riley in January 2014 from Virginia.

Col. John Cyrulik says Lee “gave so much of himself to the Soldiers and families of this brigade,” and that “Our hearts are heavy” because of his death.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A trial has been ordered for a 32-year-old man accused of recklessly killing a man by hitting him in the neck with a pool cue at a bar in Johnson County, Kansas.

The Kansas City Star reports a judge on Thursday ordered the trial for Gregory B. David Cooper on charges of second-degree murder. He’s also charged with attempted aggravated battery for allegedly trying to hit another man with the cue.

Pleas of not guilty were entered on Cooper’s behalf.

Authorities allege Cooper killed 23-year-old Tyler Knudsen in December at the Boxcar Bar & Grill in Edgerton.

Cooper’s attorney argues his client was leaving the bar as another man was challenging him to fight when he felt someone “contact” his back. That’s when he swung the cue, striking Knudsen.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who shot and killed one person and injured four others at an after-hours warehouse party in Wichita was sentenced to life plus 21½ years in prison.

Marquel Dean was sentenced Thursday in Sedgwick County for first-degree premeditated murder and five other counts for the shooting that killed James Gray in July 2013. Police say the shooting occurred after a long-running gang feud.

The Wichita Eagle reports Dean cannot begin serving the 21½ year sentence until he is paroled on the life sentence. He’ll serve at least 46½ years in prison.

A co-defendant in the case, Shane Landrum, is awaiting trial for first-degree premeditated murder and eight other crimes. He is being held in Sedgwick County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police are warning people to ignore emails that claim the motorists were ticketed after being caught speeding by a red light camera.

Police say it’s likely the emails are part of a scam targeting motorists whose GPS information has been leaked.

The department no longer issues tickets from red light cameras. The city suspended its red light camera program in November 2013 after several court cases against them were filed.

The department also notes the city’s Municipal Court doesn’t send emails about citations or court dates. The court responds to emails only if they are initiated by citizens.

The Missouri Supreme Court issued new guidelines to re-establish the red-light camera programs but Kansas City has not yet done so.

 

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two people have been injured in a fire in a downtown Wichita apartment building, including a 72-year-old man who is in critical condition.

A Sedgwick County emergency dispatcher says the fire started late Wednesday at the Shirkmere Apartments. Wichita fire Capt. Kelly Zane said that the fire started on the second floor when the man, who was on oxygen, tried to light a cigarette and tubing leading from the oxygen tank to him caught fire. Zane said that the flames spread to furniture and the wall.

According to Zane, the man suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns to his face and was transported to the burn unit at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, where his condition deteriorated overnight. A second person in the apartment was treated at the scene, but was not taken to the hospital.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two people have been injured in a fire in a downtown Wichita apartment building.

A Sedgwick County emergency dispatcher says the fire started late Wednesday at the Shirkmere Apartments. The Wichita Eagle  reports that two people were taken to a hospital burn unit.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A birder has reported a rare Kansas sighting of a small, bright red bird known as the vermilion flycatcher.

The Kansas City Star reports that Rex Miller spotted the bird Monday at the Olathe park where he works. He then alerted other bird watchers who took photos to verify the sighting.

Johnson County Park and Recreation District field biologist Matt Garrett says the bird is “way out of his range,” which includes Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Birder Mary Nemecek likened the sighting to observing a monkey on the streets of Kansas City. Nemecek is a board member at the Burroughs Audubon Society of Greater Kansas City.

Since birders started keeping track decades ago, the species has been sighted in Kansas and Missouri only 26 times.

HUTCHINSON — A Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate’s efforts to stay in Kansas failed on Wednesday after a hearing in Reno County Court.

Robert Lee Oatis, 49, is wanted in Virginia for a charge of aggravated sexual battery.

He argued a Habeas Corpus motion where he claimed unlawful arrest or detention.

The claim was denied by Judge Tim Chambers, who indicated that everything in the Governor’s warrant from Virginia was in place.

Oatis is serving time in Kansas for attempted rape, attempted burglary and aiding a felon in 1990 in Douglas County.

He is not eligible for parole in Kansas until 2019.

With Wednesday ruling, authorities from are able take Oatis back to Virginia.

HARVEY COUNTY – Three people were injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Thursday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford passenger car driven by Joshua S. Gaboian, 20, Wichita, was southbound on Kansas Road six miles south of Newton.

The driver attempted to make a right turn, lost control and struck a tree.

Gaboian, and passengers Alicia M. Perez, 16, and a 1-year-old both of Sedgwick were transported to the hospital in Newton.

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

STAFFORD, Kan. (AP) — A group of high school students in Stafford has been training service and therapy dogs to donate to a person who could use the animals’ help.

The Hutchinson News  reports that Stafford High School teacher Mike Cargill started the “Training to Lead” program four years ago to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries or mobility issues.

Each student in the program fosters and trains a dog. Senior Brooke McNickle says that letting go of her dog, Ellie, will be hard, but that she’s comforted knowing she’ll go to a good cause.

The program gives the dogs free of charge to the recipients, who get training on how to handle their new companion.

The program is funded by donations and fundraisers. It spends about $1,000 on each dog.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in northeast Kansas are investigating a suspect in connection with theft of heavy equipment from a business in Wamego.

A skid loader and trailer reported stolen on Monday from Reed company was recovered in Topeka on Wednesday, according to a media release.

A Topeka business located the skid loader and trailer, and contacted the owner.

Sheriff Detectives processed the found equipment for evidence and spoke to person at the business where it was located.

A suspect was developed from security video at the Topeka business.

Detective Tyler Garver of the Sheriff’s Office believed the individual to be Francis Haggerty of Leavenworth.

Haggerty was located at the Pottawatomie County Jail. He had been taken into custody on a Kansas Department of Corrections warrant just after 11:30 p.m. Monday.

The felony theft case has been forwarded to the Pottawatomie County Attorney.