DETROIT (AP) — Recaro Child Safety is recalling more than 173,000 car seats in the U.S. because the top tether can detach from the seat in a crash.

The recall affects ProRide and Performance Ride seats made before June 9, 2015.

Recaro says the seat shells can crack or come loose from the main shell during a crash, increasing the risk of injury. The problem was discovered in testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The company says no injuries have been reported.

Recaro will send owners new webbing with instructions on how to secure the seats. The recall was expected to begin this month.

Last week the government urged parents to register car seats with the manufacturer so they can get quick notification of recalls.

CLEVELAND -An unintentional fireworks display greeted Alex Rios after his home run Tuesday night in Cleveland. TV cameras showed a distraught fireworks tech hiding his face after he accidentally triggered the display. That sort of thing is normally saved for home runs by the home team!

 

TV cameras caught the distraught fireworks technician with his hands clutching his head after his quick-trigger mistake, which prompted a chorus of boos from the small crowd.

“It was nice,” Rios joked about the unexpected explosion. “It’s the first time that’s happened to me in a road game. When I heard all the screams, it crossed my mind that they somehow called it foul. It shook me a little bit. It caught me off-guard. When I was rounding second, I heard people screaming and that’s when I thought something happened, but it’s all good.”

The Royals won 2-0.

by MARGARET STAFFORD

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman whose two young sons were found inside an underground cave in Kansas City has been released from jail.

Brittany Mugrauer left the Jackson County jail Tuesday, hours after a judge agreed to her release. The judge said she cannot see her 4- and 6-year-old sons without permission from a Family Court judge.

Mugrauer is charged with two counts of felony child endangerment. Her sons were found Friday in the cave that housed a diesel repair shop. Investigators said the children were dirty, unsupervised and living in a wooden shipping crate inside the cave.

However, the owner of the repair shop disputes those claims. Sean Dale says the children played at the shop while their mother worked there and the crate was a “man cave” for them.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Court documents are offering a glimpse at the early impact of the gay marriage ruling in Kansas.

The latest filing Tuesday from state officials comes in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Kansas ban on same-sex marriages. A federal judge has ruled the state’s ban is unconstitutional in the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized such unions nationwide.

But he gave the parties extra time to make written filings on whether Kansas has made good on its assurances that it will comply.

One affidavit shows that the Kansas State Employee Health Benefits Plan has granted health insurance coverage to 48 same-sex spouses.

Another document shows Sedgwick County has issued at least 160 marriage licenses to same-sex couples, while Douglas County issued about 60 such licenses.

MANHATTAN- Law enforcement authorities in Riley County have made another arrest in connection with a string of recent aggravated robberies that led to a nearly four-hour lockdown at Kansas State University on September 4.

Just before 3:30 a.m., the Riley County Police reported they were searching for a suspect considered ‘armed and dangerous’ in the area of Manhattan Area Technical College.

The suspect was seen running through backyards and jumping fences to avoid police.

Police caught the suspect just after 4:30 a.m.

Additional details on the arrest are expected to be released later Wednesday.

PERRY – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. on Tuesday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1993 Ford Econoline van driven by Courtney M. White, 61, Topeka, was was westbound on U.S. 24 six miles east of Perry.

The driver failed to negotiate a right hand turn. The van entered the west ditch, struck a power pole and rolled into a cornfield.

White was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Barnet Funeral Home.

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

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man is in critical condition after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Wichita.

According to Sedgwick County sheriff’s Lt. Lin Dehning, a deputy was investigating someone who seemed suspicious Tuesday afternoon when the deputy fired shots and the man was struck in the abdomen.

The man was transported to a hospital.

Dehning said someone called authorities about a suspicious person around 4:20 p.m. Dehning says the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to determine whether someone in the area of the incident made the report or if the deputy investigated on his own.

An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say one person is dead and six children are critically injured after a car accident that happened amid a gunfight. A seventh person was wounded by gunfire.

Sgt. Kari Thompson said in a statement that police believe the occupants of two vehicles were exchanging gunfire Tuesday night when one vehicle struck a nearby uninvolved vehicle.

Thompson says 30-year-old Mariana Hernandez-Gonzales was in the uninvolved vehicle when she was killed. Six children who were passengers in the same vehicle were taken to hospitals in critical condition.

She says an occupant of one vehicle involved in the gunfight was also hospitalized in critical condition.

Thompson tells The Associated Press police have a person of interest in custody.

No identities were released, and no further details were immediately available.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say one person is dead and six children are critically injured after a car accident that happened amid a gunfight. A seventh person was injured by gunfire.

Sgt. Kari Thompson said in a statement that police believe the occupants of two vehicles were exchanging gunfire Tuesday night when one vehicle struck a nearby uninvolved vehicle.

Thompson says one occupant of the uninvolved vehicle was pronounced dead as a result of the crash. Six children who were passengers in the same vehicle were taken to hospitals in critical condition.

She says an occupant of one vehicle involved in the gunfight was also hospitalized in critical condition.

Thompson tells The Associated Press police have a person of interest in custody.

No identities were released, and no further details were immediately available.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A homeless woman previously convicted of murdering a homeless advocate has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

The Shawnee County District Attorney announced Tuesday that Kimberly Sharp will be sentenced Sept. 30 for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the death of 38-year-old David Owen, a homeless advocate from Topeka who disappeared in June 2006. His body was found the next month.

An appeals court in July ordered a new trial for Sharp, ruling that her confession was involuntary and should not have been admitted at her first trial. The court said the confession couldn’t be used in a new trial.

Owen was killed during a confrontation at a homeless camp near Topeka.

Two men also were convicted of first-degree murder in Owen’s death. Another person was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hallmark Cards Inc. is creating three new independently operated businesses as part of a major reorganization of the greeting card company.

The company announced Tuesday that the new businesses are Hallmark Greetings, Hallmark Retail and Hallmark Home and Gifts. Each of the businesses will be led by a separate president.

Hallmark officials said the reorganization is expected to allow for more focused decisions to meet customer and marketplace needs in each business.

As part of the changes, David Hall, formerly president of Hallmark North America, will be president of the entire company, which reported 2014 sales of $3.8 billion.

The Kansas City Star reports the three new businesses join Crayola, Crown Media Holdings, Crown Center Redevelopment, and Hallmark International as separate businesses in the company’s realigned structure.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wetter weather in Kansas has brought needed moisture after years of drought, but it is causing problems for hay growers.

Steve Hessman is the hay market reporter for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s office in Dodge City.

He said Tuesday that Kansas has had good hay production when it comes to tonnage, but it is not the best quality in most cases.

Untimely rains have damaged much of cut alfalfa in fields, making it is only good for grinding hay.

Those rains have also delayed timely cutting, and much of the hay was overly matured when it was finally cut.

It has been only in the past couple of weeks during the recent dry spell that some growers have been able to cut the top-quality, dairy hay off irrigated fields.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Claims of sexual assault and harassment at the Sedgwick County jail are up for the second year in a row.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the number of allegations substantiated after internal investigations remained unchanged at four each of the past two years

Data filed with federal authorities shows 37 allegations of inappropriate sexual misconduct, harassment or contact last year. That compares with 30 such claims in 2013.

The sheriff’s office tracks the data as part of its compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The act is a 2003 federal law aimed at identifying and eliminating sexual violence in America’s prisons.

Capt. Jared Schechter says incidents of sexual assault are reported to the district attorney’s office if substantiated.