TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A spokesman for the Kansas Capitol Police says a man whose pickup was found to contain homemade bombs near the Statehouse has been released from custody.

Capitol Police spokesman Patrick Saleh  says the man, however, remains a suspect in connection with Wednesday’s discovery of the bombs. He was released from custody late Wednesday.

Saleh says the Kansas Highway Patrol, which operates the Capitol Police, plans to talk to the Shawnee County district attorney’s office about possible charges by early next week.

The Capitol Police refused to release the man’s identity, except to say that he lives in Topeka. Saleh said authorities searched his home and seized items there, but Saleh refused to discuss what was found.

Saleh said the man isn’t considered a flight risk.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly survey of bankers in 10 Midwest and Great Plains states shows the rural economy slowing down, but reflects strong gains in hiring and farmland prices.

The Rural Mainstreet Index released Thursday dropped slightly from 59.8 last month to 59.6 in February. Anytime the index, which ranges from 1 to 100, is above 50, it suggests the economy will grow.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey, says he expects to see slower growth in farm income as a result of softer agriculture commodity prices and higher overhead costs.

The economic confidence index, which reflects expectations for the economy six months out, rose to 60.3 from January’s 56.1.

The survey covers Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wyoming and Illinois.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Two Lawrence police officers have been suspended after an FBI investigation into traffic tickets being fixed in exchange for University of Kansas basketball tickets over a span of several years.

City Manager David Corliss confirmed Thursday that the person whose traffic tickets were fixed is serving time in a federal prison related to a broader Kansas ticket scandal.

In the scandal, seven people, including top business officials in the athletics department, were convicted in the thefts of more than 17,000 Jayhawk basketball tickets and at least 2,000 football tickets. The tickets were illegally sold to brokers and others, with the defendants pocketing the money.

Officials declined to name the person whose tickets were fixed or the officers who were suspended. Dismissing traffic tickets in exchange for the Kansas basketball tickets violated the city’s gratuity policy, Corliss said.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Eight Kansas locations have been added to National Register of Historic Places, including a former railroadoffice building dating to 1910.

The Kansas Historical Society announced the new entries Thursday. They include the Motive Power Building, which was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad near its shops in Topeka.

Other sites added were the Horace Mann Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan.; Kansas City, Kan., High School gymnasium and laboratory; Winfield National Bank in Winfield; Church of the Holy Name in Topeka; the John C. Harmon House in Topeka; Rocky Ford School in Manhattan; and Peabody City Park, Peabody.