Overland Park Police Identify Three Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police in Overland Park have identified three people killed in a suspected murder-suicide. Overland Park police said in a news release that officers went to the home Thursday morning after a woman was unable to contact her family inside the home. Upon entering the home, officers found the three bodies, along with a dead family pet. Police have identified the three dead as 71-year-old Johnnie Hill, 64-year-old Susan Hill, and 34-year-old Desiree Hill. Police have not said who they suspect the shooter was and say the investigation is still being conducted.
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Board: Physician-Legislator's COVID Directive has No Weight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas board that licenses health care providers raised concerns Friday about a letter that a physician-legislator sent to doctors suggesting that they prescribe ivermectin and other medications that aren’t approved to treat the COVID-19 virus. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts said that the “unprecedented” letter from Kansas Senator Mark Steffen (R-Hutchinson) carried no legal or regulatory weight but has caused “confusion and concern” in the Kansas medical community. The Kansas City Star reports that Steffen, who is an anesthesiologist, said that health care providers will be shielded from the board’s “interference” in the letter that he sent last week on Senate stationery. The Hutchinson Republican said previously that the board is investigating him.
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Prosecutors Won't Retry KC Man for 2003 Killing
KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) - Prosecutors say they won’t seek to retry a Kansas City man after the Missouri Supreme Court overturned his conviction because the case is “tainted from all directions.” The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday that there is insufficient evidence to prove that Keith Carnes fatally shot a rival drug dealer, 24-year-old Larry White, in 2003 in a Kansas City parking garage. The announcement came just three days after the Missouri Supreme Court set aside Carnes’ first-degree murder and armed criminal action convictions, ordering him to be released from prison within 30 days unless prosecutors move to retry him.
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15 Hospitalized after KC Apartment Fire
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fifteen people were taken to the hospital after a fire erupted early Friday at a Kansas City apartment building, including five adults who were seriously injured when they jumped from the second floor to escape the flames. A fire department spokesman said the top two floor of the three-story building were ablaze when crews arrived around 12:30 a.m. He said crews used ladders to reach the residents. Nine of the injured were children, with two of them listed in critical condition. The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined.
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Rural Nebraska Fire Chief Dies in Crash En Route to Wildfire
EDISON, Neb. (AP) — A wildfire in southern Nebraska fueled by dry conditions and strong winds forced the evacuation of the small village of Edison, destroyed several homes and led to the death of a rural fire chief who was killed in a crash while he was responding to the blaze. The Nebraska State Patrol called for a mandatory evacuation Thursday night of the Furnas County community of about 130 people about 187 miles southwest of Lincoln as the fire neared the town and spread over 30,000 acres by Friday. The patrol also said that Elwood Volunteer Fire Chief Darren Krull died after the emergency SUV he was a passenger in collided with a water tanker as smoke from the fire cut visibility to zero.