SALINA- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a theft at Schilling Elementary School, 3121 Canterbury Road.

Seven Chromebook computers were taken while three others were damaged over the weekend, according to police.

A Bose stereo system with an iPod was also stolen.

The burglary occurred sometime between midnight Saturday and 9:40 a.m. Sunday. There were no signs of forced entry into the school.

Total loss and damage has been estimated at $2,000.

HARPER — Two people died in an accident just before 12:15a.m. on Tuesday in Harper County.

A 2002 Ford Escape driven by Angel Wright, 19, Merriam, was traveling on 131 Northeast 90 Avenue southwest of Freeport, according to Harper County Undersheriff Tom Burns.

The driver lost control of the vehicle on a dirt road. She and two others were ejected. They were not wearing seat belts.

Wright and a passenger Clyde Schreiber, 27, Anthony, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another passenger, Gage Dent, 20, Anthony, was flown to Wesley Medical Center for treatment.

Alcohol is not believed to have played a role in the crash, according to Burns.

By DAN MARGOLIES & ALEX SMITH

Registered nurses at 17 HCA-owned hospitals in five states, including two in the Kansas City area, have tentatively approved a new collective bargaining pact covering wages, staffing, scheduling and workplace safety.

Nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City have ratified the agreement and nurses at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park are scheduled to vote on it later today.

“It helps for us to continue to recruit good nurses and to retain the nurses that we have,” said Carolyn Lusby, a registered nurse at Menorah.

“For us it’s about giving good quality care. We’re doing that now, and the thing we gained in our contract will help us to continue to do that,” she said.

The agreement grants nurses pay hikes of up to 15 percent over three years, enhances enforcement of staffing practices and strengthens grievance procedures, among other measures.

In recent months, nurses at Research and Menorah have protested what they said were unfair work conditions at the hospitals. They complained the hospitals had failed to comply with their own staffing plans and paid wages below the national average.

The nurses were represented by National Nurses United, which claims to be the largest organization of RNs in the country with 185,000 members.

In addition to Research and Menorah, the collective bargaining agreement covers 10 hospitals in Florida, four in Texas and one in Nevada, or a total of about 8,000 nurses.

Other HCA-operated hospitals in the metropolitan area are not represented by National Nurses United.

Dan Margolies, editor of the Heartland Health Monitor team, is based at KCUR.

Alex Smith is a reporter for KCUR, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor team.

SALINA – A search is underway for a missing Salina teenager.

The family of 17-year-old Leslie Martinez says she left her family’s home sometime in the late evening hours of September 20th or the early morning hours of September 21st.

Martinez is believed to the be in the company of her boyfriend, David Weece.

Martinez is 5’3″ tall and weighs 108 pounds. She has dyed blonde hair with highlights and brown eyes. She suffers from asthma and allergies.

Anyone with information regarding her disappearance or knows of her whereabouts is asked to call the Salina Police Department at 785-826-7210.

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A 14-point whitetail deer head was removed from a state auction of illegally hunted trophy deer heads at the request of Gov. Sam Brownback’s office because of a continuing dispute over its ownership.

A spokesman for the governor says the Legislature asked that the state remove the deer head until lawmakers consider several issues raised by the ownership dispute.

The Salina Journal reports the owners of the land in Osage County on which the deer was illegally shot in 2011 is fighting for ownership of the deer head.

The Legislative considered a bill in 2014 that would require state government to give landowners first rights to buy wildlife illegally poached on their land.

The auction of more than 100 deer trophy heads, antlers, guns and boats brought in $90,000.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court will not allow the Shawnee Mission School District to intervene in a lawsuit over school funding.

The court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling that Shawnee Mission, a wealthy district in Johnson County, waited too long to intervene in a lawsuit brought by four other school districts in 2010.

Wichita, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Dodge City districts contend in the lawsuit that current school funding in Kansas does not meet a state mandate to provide suitable school funding.

Shawnee Mission argued that the four districts and the state could not adequately represent its interests.

The Wichita Eagle reports (https://bit.ly/1OrU7qd ) the court agreed that Shawnee Mission’s interests aren’t adequately represented said the district should have sought to intervene earlier.

CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says its mobile app that lets people order and pay in advance will be available nationally starting Tuesday. That means lattes, breakfast sandwiches and other items you want could theoretically be waiting for you by the time you arrive.

Mobile order-and-pay is still rare, but could become more common as fast-food chains look to keep up with changing expectations. Taco Bell also introduced a mobile app last year that lets people order and pay in advance, and Wendy’s says it’s testing the option. If it works well, companies see such services and mobile apps in general as a way to build customer loyalty.

Starbucks Corp. introduced order-and-pay ahead in Portland, Oregon late last year and has since expanded it to 3,400 of its more than 7,400 company-owned U.S. stores. On Tuesday, it will roll out the option to the remainder of locations, including those in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.

Starbuck Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman explains the basics:

Q: Walk me through how the app works.

A: You open your app and in the upper right hand corner, you’re going to be able to click on a new tab that says “Order.” When you click “Order,” you’ll be able to browse and send that order to whichever store you select. The app will tell you the estimated pickup time.

Then you walk right in and pick up your order.

Q: Can you specify when you want to pick up your order?

A: (The app) will tell you the estimated pickup time. If it’s too quick, you could place (the order) once you get closer to the store.

You can pick whatever store you want, and you can check the wait times at various stores.

Q: In general, how much time in advance should people place their orders?

A: Generally, it is around three to five minutes. It can vary on two different factors — what’s in your order, and how busy the store is.

If there’s a bunch of other mobile orders in front of you, it might stretch your pickup time to 10 minutes. But for the most part, it’s going to be three to five minutes.

Q: Is there anything you can’t order off the app, like packaged food items?

A: You could order everything on the app that you could order in the store. If we run out of something, the app will reflect that. You can customize your order just the way you would in the store.

Q: Is there a separate area where people pick up their orders?

A: You go to the same place you would normally pick up your order. It will have your name on it. It will know your name from your loyalty account. Or you can go up and ask if you don’t see it.

Q: This has been in Portland for about nine months now. What percentage of orders now come through mobile order-and-pay there?

A: We’re not breaking out the number yet.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas and Johnson County Community College are offering a degree program that will allow students to take classes simultaneously at both institutions.

The institutions announced Monday that students enrolled in the Degree Partner Program will take core classes at the community college and upper-level courses for their major at the university. Students will have access to advising and support from both schools.

Officials at both schools said in a news release the program will allow students to take the courses they need at each institution when it works out best for them.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old Cherryvale man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.

According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, Daniel Hosier was sentenced Monday. He had been found guilty in April.

Prosecutors say Hosier emailed images of child pornography in March 2013, and had explicit images on laptop computers and a smartphone in July 2013.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center wants to hear directly from veterans and their families about their experiences with their services.

The facility has scheduled a town hall from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday in the facility’s auditorium. The agency VA’s regional office in Wichita also will be holding a benefits claim clinic from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Representatives from the Dole VA Medical Center will be available to provide one-on-one assistance to veterans during the town hall. Senior staff and medical experts will be in a move to improve communications with veterans, their families, and other beneficiaries.

Veterans can get help for their benefits claims at the clinic, and the VA says staff will be on hand to finalize their claims as appropriate.

SALINA -A search is underway for a missing Salina teenager.

The family of 16-year-old Chloe Edson says the girl left home sometime between late Sunday night and very early Monday morning.

Edson is believed to the be in the company of 18-year-old Tanner Salazar Chaput. She was reportedly last seen at Chaput’s father’s home early Monday morning.

Edson is 5’6″ to 5’7″ tall and weighs 120 to 130 pounds. She long brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information regarding her disappearance or knows of her whereabouts is asked to call the Salina Police Department at 785-826-7210.

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A threat posted on social media has caused a lockdown at an El Dorado school.

According to Kimberly Webb with El Dorado Public Schools, a student reported a threat to school officials and El Dorado High School was locked down shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Webb said law enforcement screened all rooms in the high school and students were released on schedule at 3 p.m. No incidents were reported.

Details about the nature of the threat were not available.

According to El Dorado schools superintendent Sue Givens, this incident marks the second threat in 10 days the high school has dealt with. A football game on Sept. 11 was postponed until two days later due to a threat on social media.

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El Dorado –Law enforcement officials in Butler County are investigating a reported threat at El Dorado High School.

The school was temporarily on lock down, according to a report on the school’s facebook page, pending the investigation based on a student report.

There were no incidents to report, according to officials. Law enforcement was screening the high school building.

School was scheduled for dismissal at 3:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter, as classrooms are cleared by law enforcement, according to officials.

Check Hays Post for more information as it becomes available.