Portion of K-43 to close for road work

Kansas Highway 43 will be closed about 2.25 miles north of Navarre from about 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday for replacement of a culvert.

Flagmen will be posted to direct traffic, according to a news release from the Kansas Department of Transportation.

A detour will carry northbound K-43 traffic from the 1400 Avenue intersection west three miles to Jeep Road, then north four miles to 1800 Avenue. Traffic can proceed north on Jeep Road or turn east on 1800 Avenue, which is a gravel road, and proceed east three miles back to K-43.

11 dead dogs, 11 live ones seized

GALENA -- The Kansas Animal Health Department on Thursday seized 11 dead dogs and 11 dogs "on the verge of starvation" from an unlicensed Galena dog breeder, the department said in a news release.

The department also seized one live cat at the kennel run by Russell Moore. At least two of the dead dogs' remains were partially skeletonized, the department said. The live dogs were emaciated and had skin problems "consistent with severe malnutrition," the department said.

The news release did not say what kind of dogs were involved, and calls to the department seeking more information were not immediately returned.

A woman, who did not identify herself, answered the phone at the Moore home and said "all kinds" of dogs were kept at the kennel.

"We're dumbfounded," she said, then declined to answer more questions.

"Department personnel testified that it appeared that all of the animals had been abandoned in the pens to die. None of the pens had water or more than a handful of food," according to the release.

The inspection order was the result of an administrative hearing on Sept. 26 during which Moore was charged with operating an unlicensed breeding facility. He was assessed $4,000 in civil fines.

Debra Duncan, director of the KAHD animal facilities inspection program, said additional charges were possible.

Six indicted in $14 million scheme

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Six people in the Kansas City area have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a $14 million loan fraud scheme that targeted low-income and inexperienced home buyers.

Wildor Washington of Leawood allegedly owned four companies that submitted inflated appraisals and financial data to lenders nationwide. Prosecutors say the other five defendants worked as real estate agents, appraisers and mortgage brokers.

The indictments said that at closing, borrowers were hit with excessive and unexpected fees and higher interest rates.

The six facing charges of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy include: Maurice Ragland of Lees Summit, Mo., Victoria Bennett, Leawood; Kara E. Robinson-Franks, Grandview, Mo.; Scott Alexander, Merriam; Terrence Cole, Kansas City, Kan.

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