SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the North Korea crisis (all times local):

President Donald Trump has issued an urgent warning to North Korea not to move ahead with its ballistic missile testing.

He is tweeting: “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!”

Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 11, 2017

North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be its most provocative missile launch to date.

Trump previously said the U.S. would unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea if it continued to threaten the U.S.

EDWARDSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says three people died and two children were hurt in a collision in eastern Kansas.

The accident happened Thursday night on Kansas 32 in Edwardsville.

Investigators say a car driven by 42-year-old Aaron Ashlock of Kansas City, Kansan, was going west when it crossed the median and hit a car driven by 29-year-old Sarah Galutia of Overland Park.

Ashlock and Galutia died in the crash, along with 33-year-old Ashley Gonzalez of Shawnee, who was a passenger in Galutia’s car.

Gonzalez’s 11- and 12-year-old daughters were injured. Their conditions were not immediately available.

RENO COUNTY — A 37-year-old Kansas man convicted in the mistaken-identity killing of a Hutchinson woman will return to court Friday in a civil filing.

In June of 2016, Charles Christopher Logsdon was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the 2011 killing of 27-year-old Jennifer Heckel. He also was sentenced to another 23 years for four other crimes.

In a habeas corpus filing, Logsdon claimed newly discovered evidence and a number of items he feels should grant him relief from his conviction and sentence.

Among other things, Logsdon claims prosecutorial misconduct, an illegal arrest and warrant, an equal protection violation and ineffective counsel at both the trial and appellate levels. The hearing was originally held in April, but questions regarding the filing delayed the hearing until now.

In 2011, intruders entered Heckel’s home by mistake and shot her twice as her young son watched television in an adjoining room. Their real target was a drug dealer. Logsdon insisted he didn’t kill Heckel.

Under Logsdon’s original sentence, he would have to serve a half century for the killing before becoming eligible for parole. The Supreme Court ordered the resentencing because a jury, not a judge, must make a “Hard 50” determination.

TREGO COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Buick passenger vehicle driven by Eileen M. Ruder, 63, Oakley, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of U.S. 283.

The vehicle rear-ended a 2008 Suzuki SX4 driven by Gail L. Moller 56, Ponca City, OK., in the passing lane.

The Buick traveled to the right and collided with the rear end of a 2000 Volvo driven by Sergey V. Nechiporuk, 30, Kent, WA., that was traveling in the right-hand land, according to the KHP.

The Suzuki slid across the median and came to rest on its wheels facing north in the passing lane of eastbound Interstate 70.

Moller was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Smith Funeral Home.

Ruder and a passenger Steven J. Ruder, 68, Oakley were transported to the hospital in WaKeeney. Nechiporuk was not injured. All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — Investigators say they have found a rifle believed to have been used in last weekend’s shooting death of a western Missouri police officer.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe says the unspecified gun was found Thursday in a creek about two miles north of Clinton, where 37-year-old officer Gary Michael was shot and killed Sunday night.

Lowe says he couldn’t immediately specify the style of the rifle or how investigators came to find it.

A suspect in Michael’s death, 39-year-old Ian McCarthy, was arrested late Tuesday after a two-day manhunt and is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

McCarthy’s public defender, Alice Wasson, told The Associated Press that a not guilty plea will be entered on McCarthy’s behalf during a court appearance Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas’ regulatory medical board is weighing disciplinary action against a doctor who Planned Parenthood self-reported may have violated state law in handling a 13-year-old girl’s abortion.

The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts on Thursday was to discuss a petition alleging Dr. Allen Palmer illegally failed to preserve fetal tissue from the 2014 abortion and submit it to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

The petition by the board’s deputy litigation counsel says Palmer was a part-time Planned Parenthood contractor solely tasked with performing abortions for patients in their first trimester.

The petition says Palmer’s attorney has insisted his client inadvertently violated the state law and regulations because he wasn’t aware of them.

A man who answered the phone at a Missouri listing for Palmer hung up on the reporter.

TREGO COUNTY – Thursday’s severe weather brought large hail, high winds, heavy rain and a report of a tornado.

Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Tod Hileman reported the tornado struck south of Interstate 70 between Cedar Bluff Lake and the Interstate, Power lines were reported down and across Kansas147 Hwy south of the Interstate. Hail and water covered several Trego County roads.

Hail storm.
Wakeeney.
I’m alive. Barely. pic.twitter.com/k4ErmqUgJ7

— Kiley (@2kbeach) August 10, 2017

 

The Wakeeney Family Care Center closed Thursday afternoon and will be closed Friday due to storm damage, according to a Trego County Emergency Management. Residents were told to seek any medical assistance at the Trego County Lemke Hospital Emergency Room.

TOPEKA — Payless ShoeSource announced Thursday that it has successfully emerged from its Chapter 11 restructuring, according to a media release.

In April, the Topeka based shoe retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would close nearly 400 stores including six in Kansas as part of the reorganization.

“We have accomplished our goals of strengthening our balance sheet and restructuring our debt load, positioning Payless to create substantial value for our stakeholders and achieve long-term success,” according to a statement from company CEO Paul Jones in a media release.

Jones will now retire as Chief Executive Officer. The post-emergence Board of Directors will begin a search to identify a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the company.

In the interim, Payless will be led by a newly appointed Executive Committee.

 

 

Triston Werth, an Ellis County teen critically injured in three-story fall in Cancun on Tuesday, is being flown to a hospital in Houston today, according to family.

Triston’s parents, Douglas Werth and Misty Hynes, both of Hays, traveled to Cancun Wednesday to be with their son, according to Douglas’ fiance Lisa Schieve. The parents did not have passports and worked with Sen. Jerry Moran’s office to get the passport applications expedited so they could be with their son.

Triston was vacationing in Cancun with a group of friends at the time of the accident, which left him in a severe coma. Triston landed on his right side on concrete. Schieve said she did not know what might have caused the fall.

Triston underwent emergency surgery in Mexico and was deemed able to be transferred to the United States today.

Schieve said her last report on Triston’s condition was that he was improving and able to breathe on his own, but the extent of his injury is yet unknown.

Douglas planned to accompany his son on the flight to Texas today.

Family and friends established the fundraising page to assist the family following the accident.

The Mexican hospital asked for all the costs up front, which Schieve said was about $40,000. The family will also owe for transportation costs to Houston.

Triston, 19, had just finished his first year of college at Fort Hays State. Schieve described him as a charming kid with a contagious smile and a big heart.

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a convicted Kansas felon on new charges.

Just after 5p.m. on May 29, David Carleton, 42, Abilene, was a passenger in a 2006 Mazda Tribute driven by a 42-year-old female acquaintance, according to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan. The woman told deputies she pulled the vehicle over in the 2200 Block of Water Well. The two were having a verbal altercation, according to Soldan.

Authorities say Carleton allegedly struck the woman in the face, took the sport utility vehicle and left her on the side of the road.  The victim had a witness report the incident. Authorities then issued a warrant for Carleton’s arrest. The woman’s SUV was recovered in Dickinson County on May 30.

On Tuesday, deputies arrested Carleton at a residence in Assaria. He was booked into the Saline County Jail for felony theft, domestic battery, criminal damage to property and aggravated battery.

Carleton has previous convictions for Aggravated Battery, theft and burglary dating back to 1996, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.