KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Rescue teams have found the body of a 17-year-old boy who drowned in a small eastern Kansas lake.

The Kansas City Star reports that the teen was swimming in the Pierson Park lake early Sunday with friends when he disappeared beneath the water.

The other three teens called authorities around 2 a.m. Sunday to report the boy missing, and rescue crews began a search.

The boy’s body was found and removed from the lake around 2 p.m. Sunday. The teen’s name has not been released.

Capt. David Thaxton of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office says the teen’s friends heard him cry out for help but couldn’t find him in the dark. They swam ashore and called for help.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Kansas say they’ll rely on an autopsy to determine whether a man who died after his truck hit a tree had been shot before he crashed.

Wichita police were called to the crash around 6 p.m. Friday and found a 45-year-old man in a pickup truck that had hit a tree.

Police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow says the man was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

Woodrow says there were reports of possible gunshots in the area and that the man may have been shot. Woodrow says an autopsy is expected to be completed early this week.

Police have not released the man’s name. Woodrow says no arrests have been made and that police are not currently looking for suspects.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on LGBT pride marches around the United States (all times local):

In Kansas and dozens of other U.S. cities, supporters of LGBT rights mobilized for marches and rallies Sunday, celebrating their gains but showing anger over threats to those advances.

 

#EqualityMarch #Wichita #loveislove #Kansas pic.twitter.com/9FCDu3UyVV

— Xam Mcmon (@Xammcmon) June 11, 2017

Sign waving supporters marched along Douglas Avenue in Wichita Sunday. The centerpiece event, the Equality March in Washington, was endorsed by virtually every major national advocacy group working on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.

Leaders of those groups have been embittered by several actions of President Donald Trump’s administration — including the rollback of federal guidance advising school districts to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice.

The activists also complain that Trump, although he campaigned as a potential ally of gays and lesbians, has stocked his administration with many foes of LGBT-rights advances, including Vice President Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.

Throngs of marchers, many thousands strong, paraded past the White House and toward the Capitol, trailing behind a giant rainbow flag near the head of the procession.

“We’re here, we’re queer, get that Cheeto out of here,” was among the chants directed at Trump.

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JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas legislators see their work toward complying with a state Supreme Court mandate on public school funding as unfinished.

They take that view even though lawmakers passed a bill last week that phases in a $293 million increase in spending over two years.

Some expect to be forced to return to the Statehouse this summer.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has until June 19 to act on the school funding bill and he and his aides haven’t hinted at his plans.

If it becomes law, the Supreme Court still must review it.

The justices ruled in March that the state’s current education funding of about $4 billion a year is inadequate. Even lawmakers who support the new plan fear at least parts of it won’t satisfy the court.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former Olathe Northwest High School student who had active tuberculosis says he wants to raise awareness about the potentially fatal disease that is still relatively rare in the state.

Tests discovered that Zee Pinkerton had the disease two years ago when he was a senior. Students and staff at the school were tested.

Those who tested positive for latent TB were given medications. No students tested positive for active TB.

The Kansas City Star reports Pinkerton battled the disease for months. Since then, he’s met with members of Congress and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to talk about vaccine research, testing protocols and the need for new drugs.

Tuberculosis is a lung ailment spread through saliva droplets coughed or sneezed into the air.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating reported vandalism and are warning drivers.

The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of unknown individuals throwing large rocks at passing vehicles on SW Auburn Road between 10th and 61st Street, according to a social media report.

The reported incidents have all occurred during the overnight hours while it is dark making it difficult to identify the suspect vehicle.

The suspect vehicle is known to turn their bright lights on prior to throwing an object to make it harder to see their vehicle. No injuries have been reported.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office at 785-251-2200.

By SAM ZEFF

Kansas universities and community colleges have been working for years getting ready to allow campus concealed carry.

On July 1, Johnson County and every other state school will have to allow almost anyone older than 21 to carry a pistol on campus.

To try to spread accurate information to faculty, staff and students, Johnson County Community College has moved to YouTube to spread information.

“We would like to take this opportunity to provide you with some foundational information about our concealed carry, on campus at Johnson County Community College,” the video begins.

The video goes on to talk about who can carry on campus and how they must carry and store their handgun.

In addition to the video uploaded a week ago (viewed 291 times by Monday afternoon) the college has held two town halls on concealed carry and will hold another one on Tuesday, according to JCCC spokesman Chris Gray.

The video also says JCCC might use metal detectors and armed police, both defined as “adequate security measures” in the law,  to keep guns out of certain events. It would be around a specific event that might be controversial such as the appearance by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz last year, says Gray.

The University of Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State have said they will ban guns from basketball and football games.

The University of Kansas Health System last week told lawmakers it would cost $32 million to keep guns out of its hospital in Kansas City.

Sam Zeff covers education for kcur.org and the Kansas News Service and is co-host of the political podcast Statehouse Blend Kansas. Follow him on Twitter @SamZeff. 

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects this year’s Kansas winter wheat crop to drop 35 percent from last year.

The department on Friday said Kansas winter wheat farmers are expected to bring in 304 million bushels this year. Last year, farmers produced 467 million bushels of winter wheat last year.

Dan O’Brien, an agriculture economist at Kansas State University, says disease and unseasonable weather contributed to the drop in production. But he says farmers also planted less wheat this year.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (https://bit.ly/2t6DNDw ) O’Brien says wheat prices have fallen annually for several seasons, so farmers planted less wheat this year to avoid taking a loss. Last year, wheat was grown on 8.2 million acres of Kansas farmland, but this year’s acreage is under 7 million.

Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 6.90 million acres, down 1.30 million acres from last year. This would be 92 percent of the planted acres, compared with last year’s 96 percent harvested.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Kansas Legislature attempting to wrap up work on budget legislation and adjourn its session (all times local):

7:48 p.m.

Kansas legislators have finished their work and adjourned their annual session except for a brief, formal ceremony to mark its end.

The Senate adjourned at 5:45 p.m. It did so shortly after passing a bill containing budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and for the following fiscal year.

The House passed the same bill and adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

The only scheduled business left for lawmakers is a brief adjournment ceremony scheduled for June 26. However, they can do business on that day if necessary.

Saturday was the 113th day of what was supposed to be a 100-day session. Only 2015’s session was longer at 114 days.

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6:49 p.m.

The Kansas House has approved budget legislation that includes pay raises of up to 5 percent for state workers who haven’t had increases in recent years.

The vote Saturday was 88-27 and came after the Senate approved the measure 27-11. The bill goes next to Gov. Sam Brownback.

The measure includes a $15.6 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and a $15.8 billion budget for the one beginning in July 2018.

Employees who’ve worked for the state five or more years would get a raise if they haven’t had one within five years.

Other workers would get a 2.5 percent raise if they haven’t had a raise in the past two years.

But all court system employees would get a 2.5 percent raise.

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5:28 p.m.

The Kansas Senate has approved budget legislation that includes pay raises of up to 5 percent for state workers who haven’t had increases in recent years.

The Senate’s vote Saturday was 27-11. The bill includes a $15.6 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and a $15.8 billion budget for the one beginning in July 2018.

The House also hoped to vote on the measure Saturday. Its approval would send the bill to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

Employees with the state five or more years would get a raise if they haven’t had one within five years.

Other workers would get a 2.5 percent raise if they haven’t had a raise in the past two years.

But all court system employees would get a 2.5 percent raise.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man charged with fatally shooting an Indian national at a suburban Kansas City bar has been indicted on federal hate crime and firearms charges.

The Justice Department announced Friday that Adam Purinton, of Olathe, Kansas, was indicted by a federal grand jury.

The man allegedly killed and another wounded by Purinton on Feb. 22 at Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe, were Indian nationals. The victim was Srinivas Kuchibhotla and the injured man was his friend, Alok Madasani. A third man, Ian Grillot, was shot and wounded when he intervened.

The indictment alleges Purinton shot Kuchibhotla and Madasani because of their perceived race, color, religion and national origin.

The Justice Department said in a news release that it will decide later whether Purinton will face the death penalty.