The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday, Sept. 1, ordered the emergency suspension of Ms. Jiffies Day Care, operated at 1005 W. First, in Coffeyville.

According to the suspension orders signed by Rod Bremby, KDHE secretary, a KDHE surveyor investigated a complaint on Sept. 1 that the an unlicensed female provider was caring for three infants while the operator, Jiffie Mae Sweeney, was working at another job at a different location. The unlicensed female provider was asked by Sweeney that day to care for the day care children earlier in the day.
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A former Caney Valley High School teacher awaits sentencing after pleading no contest to having unlawful sexual relations with a student.

Stacy Main, age 30, of Coffeyville taught English classes at Caney Valley High School until her resignation in late July. On Wednesday, she pleaded no contest to having unlawful sexual relations with a 17-year-old male student in 2009. In Kansas, it is against the law for teachers to engage in sexual relations with students.

Main will return to court on Oct. 15 to hear her sentence, which, according to assistant county attorney David Maslen, could be anywhere from five to 13 months in prison or one year probation, depending on Main’s previous criminal history.

Because Main pleaded no contest to unlawful sexual relations with a 17, the county attorney’s office agreed to dismiss one additional count of unlawful sexual relations and two counts of adultery.

Main was represented by her attorney, Curt Schneider of Coffeyville, in a hearing in Montgomery County District Court on Thursday.