KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old man has been found guilty of trying to kill a Wyandotte County, Kansas, deputy sheriff.

Charles Bowser was convicted Monday of attempted capital murder, a charge that carries a life sentence. Two other men were convicted last year in the same case.

Jurors also found Bowser guilty of several aggravated battery and aggravated robbery counts.

Deputy Scott Wood was inside a convenience store in Kansas City, Kansas, on March 4, 2015, when three armed robbers jumped him and took his gun. He was shot multiple times but was able to radio for help before being shot in the face. He survived.

Prosecutors say the three men committed a string of robberies in Kansas and Missouri before the attack on Wood.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – A child hospitalized in critical condition after an a near drowning at motel pool on Saturday has died, according to Topeka police.

First responders were dispatched to 605 Southwest Fairlawn in Topeka for report of a girl identified on Monday  as 7-year-old Kenya Jones was pulled from a swimming pool unresponsive, according to a media release.

Patrons of the pool began to perform life saving measures until emergency medical crews arrived.  She was transported to a local hospital.

In May of 2013, a 12-year-old boy from Fort Riley died after he was pulled from the same hotel pool.

SALINE COUNTY – Two Kansas teens were injured in an accident just before 4p.m. Monday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Trent C. Pennington, 17, Salina, was northbound on Simpson Road four miles southeast of Salina.

The driver lost control of the vehicle as it came over a crest at Mentor Road.

The vehicle went off the east side of the road and rolled.

Pennington and a passenger Pennington, Olivia N. Pennington, 15, Salina, were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Another passenger Jessica G. Henry, 15, Salina, was possibly injured. The KHP did not indicate where she was treated.

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

DOUGLAS COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital.

Just after 11:45p.m Sunday, police were dispatched to report of a shooting in the 800 Block of New York Street in Lawrence, according to a media release.

Officers found a 36-year-old man sitting on the sidewalk outside of an apartment complex suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics at the scene arranged to have him transported to a Kansas City Area hospital for treatment.

Police identified a 71-year-old man allegedly involved in the shooting.

Investigators are still gathering evidence to determine the nature of the incident. No arrests have been made.

CHEROKEE COUNTY—  Law enforcement authorities are trying to find two acquaintances of a man whose body was found along a southeast Kansas road.

The Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves is describing the death of 64-year-old James McFarland as “suspicious.”

His body was found April 30 near Baxter Springs.

Diana Marie Bohlander 55,  is believed to have had a romantic relationship with McFarland

She and her 21-year-old son Ty Bohlander are being sought.

Groves says McFarland is believed to have been with the mother and son at a campground in Pawnee, Oklahoma, in mid-April.

All three are believed to be homeless. Investigators are trying to figure out how McFarland got to southeast Kansas.

-The AP contributed to this report.

KISMET, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy is planned after a junior college football player in Kansas was found dead.

19-year-old Sean Callahan was found unresponsive Sunday afternoon at a home in Kismet, Kansas. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities say the death is under investigation but is not currently considered suspicious.

Callahan was a sophomore offensive lineman at Garden City Community College. He received an associate degree during spring commencement ceremonies on Friday.

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FINNEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Seward County are investigating the death of a Garden City Community College football player.

Authorities found Sean Callahan dead in Liberal on Sunday, according to a media release from Garden City Community College.

The 6-foot 4inch, 295 pound offensive lineman is originally from Gardner, Kansas

. He played in all ten games for the Broncbusters last season.

“I’m very sad for Sean’s family, friends, teammates, our college, myself and anyone that had contact with Sean,” Broncbuster Coach Jeff Sims said in a statement.

“He truly was growing and developing into a man with a bright future.”

In December, Garden City won their first national championship with a 25-22 victory over No. 2 Arizona Western in the El Toro Bowl.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating an accident that sent a sheriff’s deputy to the hospital

Just after 2p.m. Saturday, a 2001 Buick Century driven by Kelly Rudolph, 70, Salina, pulled out of the parking lot of a bar in the 600 Block of North Santa Fe in Salina.

The Buick collided with a Saline County 2014 Ford Explorer patrol vehicle driven by 46-year-old deputy Eric Appel who was on the way to assist police with another call, according to Salina Police Sgt. Brent Rupert.

Appel was driving northbound in the passing lane, without lights or sirens at the time of the crash. The patrol vehicle then jumped the curb and struck a parked semi.

Both vehicles sustained heavy front-end damage. Appel was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with a possible concussion and later released, according to Rupert.
Rudolph fused transport to the hospital.

Rudolph may have either failed to yield the right-of-way or made an improper turn into the left lane, but alcohol was not a factor, according to Rupert.

Salina police are in charge of the investigation and are collecting computer information from the deputy’s vehicle.

The Latest on the Kansas sentencing of a man who killed his 7-year-old son whose remains were found in the family’s pig sty. (all times local):

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A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of his 7-year-old son, whose remains were found in the family’s pig sty after what authorities described as systematic abuse.

Forty-six-year-old Michael Jones declined the judge’s offer to address the court during his Wyandotte County sentencing hearing Monday related to the 2015 death of Adrian Jones. He pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder.

The boy’s stepmother, Heather Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charge in November and is serving a life term.

Authorities say Adrian died in September or October 2015, but his death wasn’t reported. His remains were found that November after authorities responding to a domestic disturbance learned he was missing.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was “essentially starved to death” before his remains were found in the family’s pig sty.

Forty-six-year-old Michael Jones pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the death of his son, Adrian Jones. He will be sentenced Monday.

The boy’s stepmother, Heather Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charge in November and is serving a life term.

Authorities say Adrian died in September or October 2015, but his death wasn’t reported. His remains were found in November 2015 after authorities responding to a domestic disturbance learned he was missing.

Prosecutors have said the boy was subjected to shocking abuse before he died.

By MEG WINGERTER

A bill to increase oversight of the Kansas foster care system hit a snag after state officials said its wording could jeopardize millions in federal funding.

The bill would create an interim oversight committee that would study problems in the state’s foster care system and submit a corrective action plan to the Kansas Legislature. The House Committee on Children and Seniors approved the bill in March, but it still must pass the full House and Senate.

But the Kansas Department for Children and Families, which oversees the foster care system, said following that plan could cost the state $48 million in federal funding — nearly a third of DCF’s annual budget.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reviews state foster care programs about every three years and requires them to make changes outlined in a performance improvement plan.

DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore said the state could lose federal funding if anything in the oversight committee’s corrective action plan contradicts the federal performance improvement plan.

“Corrective action plans are by design not suggestive, but directive,” she said in a statement emailed Wednesday.

Rep. Jarrod Ousley, a Merriam Democrat and one of the bill’s more vocal supporters, said DCF’s concern is misplaced. The interim oversight committee couldn’t make law, so lawmakers and the governor would have to approve any plan before DCF would implement it, he said.

“It would have to have open hearings, it would have to have conferees,” he said.

On Thursday the House Committee on Children and Seniors will consider changing the bill’s wording to address DCF’s concerns about lost federal funding.

DCF representatives previously raised concerns that a legislative oversight committee would duplicate existing work and strain the department’s staff time.

But Ousley and other supporters said they think the foster care system needs a plan to improve outcomes for children.

“It’s important work, and it’s past time for improvements to be made,” he said.

Since 2014, a record number of Kansas children have entered the foster care system. At the end of February, nearly 7,000 children were in the state’s custody.

Meg Wingerter is a reporter for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of  kcur.org., Kansas Public Radio and KMUW covering health, education and politics. You can reach her on Twitter @MegWingerter. 

MCPHERSON COUNTY – A Kansas boy died in an accident just before 9p.m. Friday in McPherson County.

John Avery, 33, was driving a Ford tractor pulling a mower in a pasture near Third Avenue approximately one half mile from the Reno County line southwest of Inman, according to Captain Doug Anderson with the McPherson County Sheriff’s Department.

Cayden Avery, 9, was riding with his father. The boy fell off and was hit by the mower.  He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Anderson.

In November, an 8-year old boy died in a farming accident near Galva in McPherson County.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An attorney representing school districts that successfully sued Kansas over education funding says a school finance plan being considered by lawmakers is inadequate.

John Robb made his comments Monday as a special House committee prepared to debate the proposal. Robb represents the Dodge City, Hutchinson, Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas, districts.

The plan before the House committee would phase in a $750 million increase in the state’s $4 billion-plus in aid over five years.

Robb sees a State Board of Education proposal to phase in an $893 million increase over two years as adequate.

The districts Robb represents sued Kansas in 2010. The state Supreme Court ruled in March that the state’s education funding is inadequate.

The justices gave legislators until June 30 to pass a new school finance law.