Legislature to consider Tonganoxie teen’s death

Fatal accident subject of reviewLegal issues surrounding a February accident that killed a Tonganoxie teen will be considered Thursday.The Special Committee on the Judiciary will hear testimony from Dennis Bixby, the father of Amanda Bixby, who was killed in a three-vehicle accident at 158th Street and U.S. Highway 24-40 in Basehor.Ricardo Flores was ordered to pay $250 in fines and spend six months on probation after pleading no contest to failure to yield at a stop sign, speeding and driving without a driver’s license. Flores missed a stop sign before striking Amanda Bixby’s vehicle.He was originally arrested on a charge of vehicular homicide, but that was never filed in court, prosecutors said, because of a 2002 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that said running a stop sign did not satisfy the legal requirements for a vehicular homicide conviction.The committee meets at 10 a.m. Thursday in room 123-South in the Capitol.Edmonds returnFormer state Rep. John Edmonds, a Republican from Great Bend, has been named by House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, to the board of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System.Edmonds served six terms in the state House from 1995 to 2007.New KAC spokeswomanStephanie Mullholland is the new director of communications for Kansas Action for Children, the non-profit that is most famous for its annual KIDS COUNT databook that provides statistics and rankings on the status of Kansas children’s health. Mullholland has been working for the past eight years as assistant executive director of the Kansas Press Association. HeartburnAnd before you head out to lunch, here are the restaurants fined by the Kansas Department of Health in September for violations of the Kansas Food Code:Bangkok Pavilion, 7249 W 97th St., Overland Park P.O.K. Corral Cafe, 214 W 7th Ave., Augusta The Kountry Kettle, 2529 W Central, El Dorado Bitler’s BBQ and Steakhouse, 416 E 4th St., Tonganoxie Hwy 50 Cafe, Hwy 50, Deerfield El Cabritos, 302 West St. John, Girard El Charro, 17 W. Madison, Iola 7th Street Cafe, 210 S. 7th Street, Kansas City Islamorada Fish Company, 12051 Bass Pro Drive, Olathe El Charro, 3102 N. Broadway, Pittsburg Denny’s #7370, 5700 W. Kellogg, Wichita La Mesa, 6960 W. 21st St., Wichita