BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — The saying, “Better late than never” certainly applies to Hensley Hall Jr. of suburban St. Louis, who claimed a $405,000 Missouri Lottery prize just two days before it expired.

The Missouri Lottery says Hall, of Bridgeton, bought a winning ticket for the Show Me Cash game at a Schnucks Market for the June 6 drawing by matching all five numbers — 11, 13, 32, 33 and 35.

Winners have 180 days to claim their prize and this one was due to expire Dec. 3. Hall claimed it on Dec. 1.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Springfield Nature Center is set to reopen after a managed archery hunt was held in an effort to control the deer population.

KYTV-TV reports the trails at the center were closed Dec. 10-12 for the hunt and are scheduled to reopen Tuesday. It was the first one ever held at the center. Ashley Schnake, an urban wildlife biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, says six hunters have been hunting on the property.

Nature center officials say having a few less deer will help with the public’s safety and also benefit the environment. According to officials, more managed hunts will be planned for the future.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A program is launching in St. Louis that will allow young people facing hunger to send a text message and receive a meal.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Not Impossible Labs of Venice, California, plans to launch a six-month pilot program in the city via Covenant House Missouri.

Through the program, someone can text a code as well as the words, “hungry” or “meal.” That person will then receive a call or text asking for their location, followed by several high protein menu options from nearby restaurants. Volunteers with Not Impossible will then order the requested meal online and the organization will pay for it. Young people dealing with hunger would be able to pick up their food like any other customer.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for breaking into a home and kidnapping a 10-year-old girl who was sleeping on a couch.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 19-year-old John Classen of O’Fallon was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in October to kidnapping, burglary, child abuse and possession of child pornography.

Classen entered the girl’s home in March 2015 through a window he had deliberately left unlocked two days earlier while visiting a high school classmate. Classen was 17 at the time.

He hid in the basement for more than four hours before going upstairs, grabbing the girl and dragging her to his car.

Classen was arrested about 35 minutes later. The girl was shaken and bruised but otherwise unharmed.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate’s top Republican says she and other lawmakers suspect Gov. Sam Brownback isn’t proposing a long-term fix for the state’s budget problems because he’s focused on getting a job in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and other lawmakers have grown frustrated by Brownback’s decision to wait until January to remedy a $350 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year.

Wagle told reporters Monday that legislators “are very concerned the governor is looking for a ticket to D.C.”

In the fiscal year that begins July 1, the state’s shortfall is expected to exceed $580 million.

Lawmakers begin work in January. Brownback’s office said Monday he will announce a plan to balance the budget then, but would consider proposals from Wagle or others beforehand.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police sergeant has been ordered to spend a year and a day in federal prison for stealing more than $80,000 from the organization for black police officers that he once led.

Forty-two-year-old Darren Randal Wilson was sentenced Monday in St. Louis. That’s where he pleaded guilty in September to nine counts of wire fraud.

Wilson was the Ethical Society of Police’s president in 2013 and 2014, giving him access to bank account funds made up primarily of members’ dues.

Prosecutors say Wilson used the money on a side business promoting nightclub comedy shows. He was indicted in April 2014.

Wilson is not related to former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August 2014. The shooting set off massive protests.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state audit finds that a now-defunct suburban St. Louis municipal court illegally charged fees on dismissed cases and that police were collecting unlawful booking fees at the jail.

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released findings Monday of the audit requested by Northwoods residents. That city has dissolved its municipal court and transferred cases to St. Ann under a courts consolidation push in St. Louis County.

Galloway says that while the court’s record-keeping hampered efforts to determine the extent of inappropriate activities, many of the audit-uncovered concerns have been addressed through the merger.

St. Louis-area courts drew increased scrutiny after a federal investigation of Ferguson’s justice system following the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown concluded that many of the courts were profit-driven, often at the expense of minorities.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood officials in Missouri want a federal judge to block abortion regulations so four additional clinics can offer the procedure.

Leaders on Monday requested some regulations be put on hold while a court case over the constitutionality of the laws plays out.

Laura McQuade and Mary Kogut said Planned Parenthood plans to offer drug-induced and surgical abortions in Columbia and Springfield if regulations are temporarily blocked. They said drug-induced abortions also would be offered in Joplin and Kansas City.

The women are presidents and CEOs of Missouri’s Planned Parenthood centers.

Missouri now only has one abortion clinic — a Planned Parenthood center in St. Louis.

Planned Parenthood is suing Missouri over regulations that leaders say limit abortion access.

The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled similar Texas regulations unconstitutional.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A jury has awarded a Missouri woman $20 million in punitive damages from American Family Insurance, which she claimed discriminated against her.

Deborah Miller, of Blue Springs, sued the company and its former Missouri state director for retaliation, age and sex discrimination. The jury found for her on Friday. It also awarded her $450,000 in actual damages.

A spokesman for the Wisconsin-based insurer said Monday the company disagrees with the verdict and is considering an appeal.

The Kansas City Star reports Miller’s attorneys argued that she was targeted by the company while it was trying to let go of older workers and replace them with younger people.

Miller, who is 60, was removed from her manager position during corporate restructuring but remains an American Family agent.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Council is working to create an infrastructure bond proposal that could go before voters in April.

The City Council wants to write a general obligation bond plan that can win 57 percent voter support despite a modest property tax increase. The deadline for ballot language is Jan. 19, and council members began working on details of such a ballot at a joint committee hearing Wednesday.

Mayor Sly James and City Manager Troy Schulte are advocating an $800 million, 20-year infrastructure bond proposal to put on the April ballot to address road, sidewalk, building, park and flood-control needs.

The Kansas City Star reports some say it’ll be tough to convince voters because issuing $40 million per year over 20 years requires a property tax bump.