Wellsville house fire kills 1

Wellsville Fire Department is investigating a fatal fire that destroyed a house early Sunday.

The Wellsville Fire Department responded at 12:22 a.m. Sunday to a structure fire at 4056 Wyoming Road. The house was fully engulfed when the firefighters arrived, according to a press release from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

A victim, believed to be an 84-year-old person, was found in the rubble. The Wellsville Fire Department is waiting on a positive identification of the victim, and an autopsy will be performed today. No other details were available Sunday night.

Wolf Creek plant resumes power

Wolf Creek Generating Station resumed electricity production Friday morning.

The nuclear power plant shut down Wednesday because of a low water level in one of its four steam generators. While preparing to perform a regularly scheduled surveillance, one of the plant’s four main feedwater regulating valves was closed, isolating the water to the affected steam generator. The low water level in the steam generator resulted in an automatic plant shutdown.

All of the plant systems operated as designed during shutdown, company officials said. The affected circuitry card was replaced.

Operators will continue to increase power until the plant is at 100 percent power. Plant personnel expect to resume full-power operations this weekend.

KU journalist students receive Hearst awards

Kansas University journalism students placed third in this year’s Hearst Journalism Awards competition.

The awards, considered the “Pulitzers of college journalism,” are given annually by the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communications. Only Northwestern University and Pennsylvania State University placed higher than KU.

Students who won Hearst awards were Erin Adamson, Lawrence senior; Christopher Wristen, Leawood senior; Lauren Brandenburg Hanni, Shawnee senior; Brandon Stinnett, Shawnee senior; Meghan Bainum, Topeka senior; Sarah Warren, Birmingham, Ala., senior; Jeff Denton, Fort Worth, Tex., senior; and Cio Furtado, Pelotas, Brazil, senior.