TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Lottery Commission has extended the deadline for applications for managers of a planned casino in southeast Kansas to Jan. 30.

The original deadline was Friday. The state-owned casino is planned for a region that includes Cherokee and Crawford counties.

Executive Director Terry Presta said the deadline was extended to allow recently appointed board members time to learn the duties.

The Joplin Globe reports two developers have already said they will compete to build a casino in Crawford County. Another developer has indicated interest in building a casino in Cherokee County.

After Jan. 30 deadline, the lottery will have 90 days to negotiate contracts with qualified applicants. A lottery review board will select the contract and the Kansas Raci

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Kansas City man charged with committing 34 residential burglaries was linked to the crimes by a GPS in an ankle bracelet he was wearing because he was on parole for burglary.

Sixty-four-year-old Roy E. Samuels was charged Wednesday with one count of first-degree burglary, 33 counts of second-degree burglary and 26 counts of theft.

The burglaries occurred in Kansas City between July and September 2013. At the time, Smith was on parole for a burglary in Grandview.

Court records say the GPS placed Samuels inside 34 homes where burglaries were reported. The homeowners lost such items as electronics and guns.
It was not immediately clear if Samuels has an attorney.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A Missouri Republican is proposing that women be required to get notarized permission from the father to receive an abortion.

State Rep. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville recently filed legislation requiring a father’s consent except in cases of rape or incest.

Brattin told Mother Jones that “it has to be legitimate rape.”

Brattin told The Associated Press he wasn’t trying to define “legitimte rape,” but said a woman would need to prove the rape to have an abortion without the father’s permission.

The bill is one of several dealing with abortion that have repeatedly failed, including an identical bill that died in committee last session.

Brattin’s comments spurred critical comparisons to former Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who said women’s bodies can avoid pregnancy from what he called “legitimate rape.”

GALENA, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of a Missouri town has resigned after a police officer said the man threated him while he was writing the mayor’s mother a speeding ticket.

The Springfield News-Leader reports  Dustin Bray resigned before Galena’s city council meeting on Tuesday.

The officer says Bray blocked him from exiting his patrol car and acted like he was going to throw a punch. He says the mayor asked if he liked his job.

The officer says he told the mayor he would rather be fired than make an exception for the mayor’s mother.

Bray declined comment to the newspaper.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Transportation is considering a safety improvement after two men were killed in a highway crash.

Spokeswoman Kim Qualls told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Wednesday that officials are considering installing a flashing beacon or an interchange at the intersection of N.W. 62nd and U.S. Route 75.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 62-year-old driver Steven Galarneau and 64-year-old passenger David Hilleland were killed Tuesday when Galarneau ran a stop sign and struck a vehicle on the highway. The driver and the passenger in the other vehicle weren’t injured.

Four people have died at the intersection in the past 16 months.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri school district has apologized to the family of a blind student whose cane was replaced with a swimming pool noodle after he allegedly misbehaved on the bus.

Rachel Nafzinger tells WDAF-TV  that school officials took the cane from her 8-year-old son, Dakota, on Monday. North Kansas City School District spokeswoman Michelle Cronk says the boy reportedly hit someone with his cane on the bus and that officials gave him the pool noodle as a substitute because he fidgets and needed something to hold.

The district released a statement Wednesday that acknowledges making a mistake. His mother says school officials visited their home Wednesday morning, returned the cane and apologized to the family.

CENTRALIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is planning to hold a summit to brainstorm ways to beef up the state’s cattle industry.

Nixon announced the summit during a Wednesday visit with Future Farmers of America members at Centralia High School. It’s meant to find ways to expand the industry and spur economic development in rural Missouri.

A statement from the governor’s office says Missouri is ranked second for its large numbers of beef cows, but 95 percent of the cattle are finished and processed in other states.

Industry stakeholders will meet Jan. 5 at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Cattle genetics experts from the university, national beef packers and cattlemen will speak at the summit.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police have arrested a woman who they say stole a man’s cellphone when he tried to record her vehicle after it nearly collided with his bicycle.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the 29-year-old woman was arrested at her home Wednesday. She faces an aggravated robbery charge.

Sgt. Amy Rhoads says a 31-year-old Lawrence man was riding his bike when the suspect’s vehicle nearly struck him. She says the victim used his phone to photograph the vehicle before he got into a confrontation with the woman.

Rhoads says the suspect grabbed the phone and drove away.

No injuries were reported.