LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A transgender soldier serving 35 years at a Kansas military prison for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks is asking President Barack Obama to commute her sentence to the 6 1/2 years she has already served.

Chelsea Manning says in her application for commutation that she’s a “far different person” than she was in 2010, when her name was Bradley Manning and she was struggling to fit in as a male.

A military court convicted Manning in 2013 of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and State Department documents to WikiLeaks. She has acknowledged guilt but says she wanted to raise public awareness about the impact of war on civilians.

She’s imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth.

Supporters argue the sentence was too harsh for something that caused little more than military embarrassment.

PLEASANTON, Kan. (AP) — A 31-year-old man is accused of killing two relatives in Pleasanton.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office say David McNabb of Pittsburg is charged with second-degree murder, criminal desecration of a body, and interference with a law enforcement officer.

McNabb is accused of killing is 65-year-old uncle, Kenneth McNabb, and that victim’s mother, 87-year-old Betty McNabb.

Betty McNabb and her son were reported missing Friday. It was not immediately clear Monday if the victims’ bodies have been found.

A call Monday by The Associated Press to David McNabb’s listed home telephone number was answered by a woman who hung up on the reporter. It was not immediately clear if McNabb has an attorney to speak on his behalf.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A jury has found two Kansas men guilty of federal firearms violations in a case that repudiates a Kansas law that purports to prevent federal prosecution of anyone owning firearms made, sold and kept in the state.

A jury Monday evening convicted Shane Cox in eight counts for illegally making and marketing firearms. They found Cox not guilty in two other counts involving possession of a destructive device. Kettler was found guilty on one count for the purchase of a gun silencer from him.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten told jurors the case would likely be appealed because of the issues involved with the state law. Marten says he can’t change the law at this level, but he anticipated the U.S. Supreme Court might eventually review the case because the issues are this important.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans who want to donate or receive deer meat can participate in the Deer Exchange.

This program brings together hunters who have a surplus of deer with people who could use the venison.

The Deer Exchange runs through March 1. Hunters and potential recipients join a database and search for other participating parties in their area. The venison may not be sold, but recipients may pay for the processing.

Recipients will have the choice of accepting whole field-dressed deer, skinned and boned deer, wrapped and frozen deer or processed meat. Donors are responsible for field dressing and checking deer at a check station before transfer. Transfers tags are available in the 2016 Big Game Guide.

To join the Deer Exchange, go to OutdoorNebraska.gov/deerexchangeprogram.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A health care technology company with offices in Kansas and Missouri has launched a pilot DNA program that aims to build systems to share data among patients, doctors and hospitals, and two of its employees have become research subjects.

Jennifer and Eric Geis sent saliva samples to a personal genetics testing company and then gave the results to their employer. They are two of 82 Cerner employees who voluntarily turned over their DNA profile to the company.

Cerner says the DNA profiles will be used to give participants individualized information that will help them make health-oriented decisions.

PLEASANTON, Kan. (AP) — A person of interest has been taken into custody in the disappearance of an 87-year-old woman and her 65-year-old son in eastern Kansas.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday that family members reported Betty Mcnaab and Kenneth Mcnaab missing late Friday evening.

The release says a check of their rural Pleasanton home led the Linn County Sheriff’s office to suspect foul play. A person of interest was located Saturday and is being held for questioning.

Authorities with multiple agencies are investigating, including Overland Park police, the Crawford County Sheriff’s office, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Kansas Highway Patrol.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of her 7-year-old stepson, who prosecutors say died of chronic abuse and whose remains were found in the family’s pigsty.

Heather Jones won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years under the life sentence imposed Monday for first-degree murder in the killing of her stepson, Adrian Jones, or A.J. She was sentenced to an additional 5 years and 8 months in prison on two child abuse charges she pleaded guilty to last month.

Her husband, Michael Jones, has pleaded not guilty and is due to stand trial in February.

District Attorney Jerome Gorman has declined to address media reports that the boy’s remains were fed to the pigs, but he called the crime scene “one of the worst” investigators had seen.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A group trying to stop a large hog farm in mid-Missouri wants a judge to void a state permit for the project.

Friends of Responsible Agriculture has been fighting the proposed farm for two years. Callaway Farrowing wants to put 10,000 pigs in barns on 20 acres in western Callaway County.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the farm’s opponents want Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green to issue an order to void a vote by the Missouri Clean Water Commission approving a permit for the farm. The opponents’ lawyer says only three members of the seven-member commission supported the permit and four votes are required for approval.

Farm supporters want Green to recognize that a majority of the commissioners voted to issue the permit.