ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fatally striking a bicyclist with his car while fleeing from a traffic stop.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 23-year-old Glenn Parchmon was sentenced Friday.

Parchmon had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, resisting arrest and other charges.

Police say that last March, Parchmon fled a traffic stop, ran a stop sign, crashed into a car and swerved on a sidewalk where he struck bicyclist Willie Graham. Graham went into a coma and died several days later.

Police say four children, ages 1 to 4, were in Parchmon’s vehicle at the time.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Independence police detectives say three young children spent the night in the same home as their mother, who was allegedly stabbed to death by the children’s father.

The Kansas City Star reports that authorities were alerted of the incident when two of the couple’s children told their teachers that their father stabbed their mother to death.

Officer Luis Virgil says authorities were moved by what the children endured and began filling a candy jar with donations. By Wednesday the police department employees chipped in more than $1,400.

The Independence community also contributed to the family. Best Buy donated three Android tablets for the children.

Vincente Roldan-Marron has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yadira Gomez. Roldan-Marron told authorities he blacked out after drinking alcohol and taking pills and couldn’t remember what happened.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say relisting the lesser prairie chicken as threatened or endangered would negatively affect the state’s economy and agricultural industry.

The Hutchinson News reports Gov. Sam Brownback, state Attorney General Derek Schmidt and state Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey are asking government officials to consider having Kansas landowners implement efforts to protect the lesser prairie chicken.

In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services the officials noted that categorizing the chicken as threatened or endangered would unduly affect the state’s primary interest in controlling how the land within its borders is used.

The lesser prairie chicken was removed from the Endangered Species Act List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife after a September 2015 order from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ corrections secretary says the state is exploring the possibility of building a new state prison on the site of its largest lockup for adult inmates.

Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said Thursday that the Department of Corrections plans to solicit proposals for the construction of a new prison in Lansing.

Department of Corrections spokesman Todd Fertig said the plan is to mothball historic, maximum-security units of the prison built in the 1860s and to raze lower-security units of the prison built more recently.

The department is not saying how it would finance the new prison. Norwood said the project would be “budget neutral,” with savings from more efficient operations covering new costs.

The Lansing prison has space for about 2,400 inmates and is currently near its capacity.

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Federal inspectors have confirmed listeria found in a brand of Blue Bell ice cream that prompted another recall of its products originated with a third-party supplier.

The Houston Chronicle reports that the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter last month to Iowa-based Aspen Hills detailing the company’s failures in preventing contamination.

The contamination that forced the Blue Bell recall in October was traced to Aspen Hills’ chocolate chip cookie dough.

Blue Bell credited its testing program with identifying the presence of listeria in the dough.

At the time, Blue Bell was regaining some of its market share following a debilitating recall the year before resulting from 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.

Aspen Hills ceased production at the end of December.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ budget proposal released Thursday for the 2018 fiscal year (all times local):

4:40 p.m.

Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty says Missouri House Democrats are disappointed the Republican governor isn’t recommending spending more money on public education.

Gov. Eric Greitens on Thursday proposed giving $3.3 billion in basic aid to public elementary and secondary schools next fiscal year. That’s an increase of about $3 million from this year but still well short of what’s called for under state law.

Greitens’ budget also would reduce school transportation aid to $69 million in the 2018 fiscal year, compared with $105 million originally included in the current year’s budget.

Public colleges and universities would see about $90 million in core funding cuts from what was originally budgeted this year. That would mean cuts this fiscal year would remain in place and funding would be slashed more on top of that.

McCann Beatty predicted higher education cuts will lead to tuition hikes.

4:10 p.m.

Missouri’s Republican Gov. Eric Greitens wants to set aside $300,000 next fiscal year to pay for photo identification to be used at the polls.

The budget Greitens proposed Thursday also asks lawmakers to put aside $80,000 to spend on IDs this fiscal year.

The money is needed to implement a new law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls, with some exceptions.

Voters in November amended the Missouri Constitution to allow for the change. The new law takes effect in June, but only if the state pays for photo identification for those who don’t have any.

3:55 p.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ is proposing to end in-home care and nursing home services for more than 20,000 people with disabilities.

Greitens did not discuss the specific Medicaid cuts when outlining his proposed budget Thursday during a speech at a public school in the southwest Missouri town of Nixa.

But acting state budget director Dan Haug confirmed later Thursday that Greitens’ budget plan is seeking to save about $52 million in state revenues — plus additional federal dollars — by making it harder for people to quality for in-home and nursing care.

Haug confirmed that the governor also is proposing a 3 percent cut in the reimbursement rates paid to Medicaid health care providers. That also was not detailed in Greitens’ speech

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1:55 p.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is proposing a significant reduction in the amount of money schools receive to provide bus service to students.

The governor’s budget plan released Thursday would reduce school transportation aid to $69 million in the 2018 fiscal year, compared with $105 million originally included in the current year’s budget.

The transportation funding is on top of basic aid for K-12 public school districts.

Greitens is proposing to provide $3.3 billion in basic aid. That includes a $3 million increase but is still $45 million short of what’s considered full funding under state law.

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1:20 p.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he doesn’t think public colleges and universities should raise tuition despite strained state funding.

Under the budget Greitens proposed Thursday public colleges and universities would get less than they were originally budgeted to receive this year.

That essentially would continue at least part of the mid-year spending cuts Greitens has made since taking office in January.

During an announcement at a Nixa public school Greitens said he doesn’t think students should pay for past mismanagement of the budget.

He says public colleges and universities should tighten their belts.

12:15 p.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says tax credits and high costs for health care have caused state budget problems.

During his budget announcement Thursday at a Nixa public school, Greitens blamed increasing demands for health care on the federal law enacted under President Barack Obama.

He said that’s strained the state budget.

Greitens is proposing $3.3 billion in basic aid to K-12 public schools, an increase over this year but still less than what’s called for under state law.

He’s also proposing public colleges and universities get less than they were originally budgeted to receive this year.

Greitens says those schools can tighten their belts and find ways to deal with less money.

Greitens also touted modest increases for programs for children with “special needs” and resources for law enforcement.

11:10 a.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is proposing a $27.6 billion budget that includes a slight increase in funding for public K-12 schools while continuing recent cuts to higher education institutions.

Greitens’ proposal for the 2018 budget year was released online Thursday shortly before he was to deliver a speech about it at a school in the southwest Missouri town of Nixa.

His plan would provide $3.3 billion of basic aid to public elementary and secondary schools, an increase of about $3 million but still short of what’s called for under state law.

Public colleges and universities would get less than they were originally budgeted to receive this year, essentially continuing at least part of the mid-year spending cuts Greitens has made since taking office in January.

The budget recommends no pay raises for state workers.

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12:05 a.m.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is laying out his plans for the state budget amid financial strain and lagging revenue.

Greitens is to announce his proposed budget Thursday at a Nixa public school. He broke from tradition by not outlining his budget during his January State of the State address.

Greitens’ budget proposal will come during what’s shaping up to be a challenging time for state finances. Revenues so far this fiscal year have been lower than expected, and hundreds of millions of dollars have been cut to balance this year’s budget.

Greitens took office in January and already has cut roughly $146 million. His predecessor, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, cut about $200 million from this year’s budget before leaving office.

Lawmakers will consider Greitens’ proposal as they work to craft next fiscal year’s budget.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking lawmakers to pass two measures aimed at fighting illegal immigration.

Republican state Rep. John Whitmer, of Wichita, introduced two proposals in a House committee Thursday at Kobach’s request. Republican Sen. Caryn Tyson, of Parker, introduced identical versions in a Senate committee.

One measure would bar cities and counties from adopting sanctuary policies protecting immigrants in the country illegally and would require their cooperation with federal immigration and customs authorities. A similar bill got a hearing in a House committee last year but did not make it to the House floor.

The other bill would require the Kansas Highway Patrol to partner with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the “enforcement of federal immigration laws, detentions and removals, and related investigations.”