A Pineville Missouri man gets a suspended sentence for the deaths of two people killed in a head-on crash.     The crash happened in March of 2015 on Missouri Highway 59 a few miles north of Noel.     Court documents say Donovan Ryan’s pickup truck crossed the center line and hit a car head-on.     Ashley Tharpe of Pineville and Cody Blevins of Florida were killed.     Ryan received a suspended s…

      A cardiologist has sued some Wichita hospitals and doctors alleging  they fraudulently performed unnecessary, expensive medical tests and procedures on patients.     The federal lawsuit filed by Dr. Mazen Shaheen was unsealed Thursday after the Justice Department declined to intervene in the case.      It names Via Christi Health, Inc.; Kansas Heart Hospital LLC; Cardiovascular Consultants of Kansas and other physicians. &nb…

Alabama-based publishing company CNHI has announced that it is restructuring its leadership.

    It appears at Kansas mental hospital will continue to receive federal funding.      Federal regulators had threatened in October to cut off funding and demanded safety-related renovations in a 104-bed building at Larned State Hospital over concerns about patient safety and other issues.         The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services said Friday federal regulators notified hospital administrator Bill …

    The Kansas State Board of Education has expressed its full support for a top schools official under fire from some lawmakers.      The board voted 9-1 Friday to advise Education Commissioner Randy Watson of its full support for Deputy Commissioner Dale Dennis.      Watson would have the final decision on whether to discipline Dennis over questions about how some school funding dollars were allocated.     Kansas …

Alabama-based publishing company CNHI has announced that it is restructuring its leadership.

A defense contractor plans to open offices in Oklahoma where it will design and build jet-powered drones and employ more than 350 workers over the next several years.

A federal regulator says an Oklahoma-based circus did not violate the Animal Welfare Act in the roadside transfer of four elephants into another vehicle after the floor of the trailer hauling them began to give way.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Sticking up for friends, setting goals and not giving up were some of the life lessons that residents of the Missouri Veterans Home at Mount Vernon conveyed on Wednesday to a group of students from East…

The federal lawsuits that include one filed by the family of former Pittsburg State University football player Zack Langston have swelled to more than 100 individual petitions.