Kansas Briefs, Sept. 7

Plan for Big Well Museum back on drawing board

GREENSBURG (AP) -- The Greensburg City Council is starting over when it comes to a design for a new Big Well Museum.

The council has rejected a bid and design from the Kansas city-based architectural firm BNIM for a museum to showcase the town's main tourist draw. The bid was more than $300,000 over the budgeted $3 million for the museum.

The council was scheduled to consider at a meeting today whether to retrain BNIM or choose another firm to design the museum.

BNIM has worked with the town on other projects as it continues to rebuild from a May 2007 tornado, including building the new city hall and school. City Administrator Steve Hewitt said those projects came in within budget.

Missouri man hurt in Gove County crash

OAKLEY -- A 31-year-old man was taken to the hospital Sunday with possible injuries after his semi overturned in Gove County.

According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, Nermin Kovacevic of Columbia, Mo., was driving west on Interstate Highway 70 2 miles west of Oakley before midnight, when his truck drifted on to the shoulder.

After overcorrecting, the semi overturned and blocked both lanes of westbound traffic. Kovacevic was transported to Logan County Hospital in Oakley.

Former professor leaves $2.2 million to KU

TOPEKA (AP) -- A former University of Kansas psychology professor has left the university $2.2 million to train psychology students.

Jack Brehm, who died last year, taught at Kansas from 1975 until his retirement in 1997. He left the bulk of his estate to the KU Endowment Association for the psychology department.

Ruth Ann Atchley, chairwoman of the psychology department, said the funds will be used to support psychology research.