Kansas Klips
Hays Girl Scouts donate Kid Kits to BBBS, CASA
HAYS — Girl Scout Troop 11210 recently donated activity bags to Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Ellis County and CASA of the High Plains. The bags, which they call Kid Kits, are full of activities for boys and girls of all ages. The girls assembled 100 kits. Seventy-five kits went to BBBS, and 25 kits went to the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) who are assigned to children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. The Cadette Scouts completed the project for their Silver Award, which is the second-highest award in Girl Scouting. The girls gathered both monetary donations and donations of items for the bags. They decorated all of the canvas bags by hand. Silver Award projects are required to be sustainable. The girls plan to approach a younger troop which they hope will take over the project and keep BBBS and CASA restocked with bags. (HaysPost.com)
Invasive insect spotted in 4-H entry at Kansas State Fair
HUTCHINSTON — Kansas State Fair officials judging the 4-H entomology entries last week discovered an invasive insect that prompted quarantines elsewhere. Fair Board member Gregg Hadley said the student who caught the bug didn’t know it had prompted quarantines in at least 45 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to try to stop its spread. Hadley, who is Director for Extension at Kansas State’s Research and Extension, said it’s not clear how the invasive bug made it to Kansas, but it may have hitched a ride on a camper. The insect that was first found in Pennsylvania about 10 years ago feeds on some 70 different plant species and can cause plants to die by depositing excretions on them that can grow mold and block photosynthesis. One of the fair’s entomology judges was familiar with the insect and a requirement that it be reported to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal officials are expected to try and learn how the insect reached Kansas. (HaysPost.com)
3-year-old left alone in van that struck school building
FINNEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities were investigating an accident that damaged two vehicles and a school building. Just before 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to Gertrude Walker School in Garden City. At the scene, investigators learned a woman had parked her van on a street near the school and left it unattended with two children inside. The children were restrained in safety seats. While the woman walked over to pick up her other children from school, a 3-year-old got out of the safety seat, put the van in drive and pushed the accelerator. The van traveled north, struck a parked vehicle and pushed it up on the sidewalk and onto the grass. The van continued north and struck the southeast corner of the school building. Damage to the school is estimated at $5,000. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. Police reported no injuries. (HaysPost.com)
Man killed over missing Amazon package
KANSAS CITY — Police responded to the report of a shooting in Kansas City where they found a man in his late 20s with a gunshot wound. EMS transported the victim to an area hospital where he died. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Travis Eugene Bowman of Kansas City, Kansas. The suspect who shot Bowman, 35-year-old Darnell D. Walker of Kansas City, was taken into custody. Police believe the shooting occurred as the result of an argument and physical altercation between the two men over a missing Amazon package that had been delivered to the apartment of the victim’s sister. Walker is being held on a $250,000 bond on requested charges of first degree murder. (JCPost.com)
Physician assistant accused of prescription fraud
WICHITA — A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment for two men on charges related to an alleged fraudulent prescriptionwriting scheme. David Sulzman, 59, and Martin Sulzman, 40, both of Wichita, are charged with conspiracy to dispense a controlled substance. According to court documents, between 2014 and 2019, David Sulzman allegedly used his position as a physician assistant to prescribe controlled substances to individuals who were not his patients. David Sulzman faces 44 counts for the unlawful distribution and dispense of a controlled substance. Martin Sulzman is charged with two counts of witness tampering. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is investigating the case. (Kansas.com)
