ST. LOUIS (AP) — A women’s basketball player at a university in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying she was wrongly accused of drug possession and suspended for a year after denying a dean’s sexual advances.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Brittany Jackson filed the lawsuit against Harris-Stowe State University and three school officials in St. Louis Circuit Court.

The suit alleges the dean of student success, Emmanuel Lalande, groped Jackson during a meeting in his office on March 28. After she protested, Jackson says she was accused of marijuana possession.

The lawsuit says assistant dean Shawn Baker and public safety lieutenant Ricky Perry escorted her off campus.

The university said in a statement that Jackson’s accusations are unfounded and that it plans to defend against the suit in court.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas school board members unanimously voted to ignore a federal directive that all public schools allow transgender students to use restrooms that match their gender identity, instead deferring to the regulations of school districts.

What remains unclear is whether or not the 10-0 vote will endanger over $479 million in federal aid, or about 10 percent of the state’s education budget.

Scott Gordon, general counsel for the state’s education department, said that the threat of loss of federal funding is not sweeping. The entire state would not lose federal education funding if one school is found out of compliance with the anti-discrimination law.

Gordon noted that only one transgender student filed a complaint for alleged discrimination with the Office of Civil Rights in 2015. Board members cited the low rate of incidents as proof that districts already have adequate regulations in place.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A conservation group has finalized the purchase of about 30,000 acres of lesser prairie chicken habitat in southwest Kansas.

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies said Monday announced the purchase of the Sunview Ranch in Hamilton County in a news release.

The ranch is located in a sand sagebrush area which covers portions of Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma that once contained the highest density of lesser prairie chickens in the country.

The group says the property is one of the largest remaining contiguous tracks of sand sagebrush prairie in the region, and called the purchase a significant conservation development.

Spokesman Bill Van Pelt declined to disclose the purchase price.

Funding comes from voluntary contributions from “industry partners” enrolled in the lesser prairie chicken conservation plan.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri School of Medicine has opened a physician training campus in Springfield.

The medical school, CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield hospitals celebrated the opening of the clinical campus on Monday.

Officials say the new campus will allow medical students to complete their last two years of training while spending time learning at the two hospitals.

The new campus is part of a larger medical school expansion project taking place in Columbia, including the construction of the $42.5 million Patient-Centered Care Learning Center. The building is expected to open in 2017.

The school said the expansion is expected to add more than 300 physicians, 3,500 new health care jobs and $390 million annually to the state’s economy.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has ruled that a woman accused in her 7-year-old stepson’s death is mentally fit to stand trial for murder.

Separately, Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman confirmed Monday that remains found on a Kansas City, Kansas, property that the family was renting belonged to the boy.

Michael Jones and his wife, Heather, are charged with murder in the death of Michael Jones’ son.

Wyandotte County District Judge Michael Grosko last week found Heather Jones competent to stand trial in the killing.

Police investigating a disturbance last November found juvenile remains in a livestock area on the property. Authorities have not publicly confirmed media reports that the child’s remains were fed to pigs.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police plan to increase their presence at PrideFest events this month in the aftermath of the fatal shootings in Orlando, Florida.

Fifty people died in the shooting early Sunday at a gay nightclub. In a statement, organizers of the St. Louis event say PrideFest will go on as planned June 24 through June 26 at Soldiers Memorial in downtown St. Louis.

Several other events are taking place throughout the St. Louis region this month.

St. Louis PrideFest leaders say that in addition to police, security personnel are being hired, including some in plain clothes, and professional events staff will help monitor activity. Those attending PrideFest events are also encouraged to be alert of their surroundings and report any suspicious behavior to security or police.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s corrections director says two inmates escaped from a Lincoln prison in a laundry van because staff members failed to follow multiple written procedures.

Corrections Director Scott Frakes said Monday that Lincoln Correctional Center employees failed to have shift supervisors present when inmate workers were moved, didn’t seek managerial approval before placing inmates on a work roster, didn’t conduct an informal hourly head count and didn’t properly supervise laundry carts.

Authorities captured 37-year-old Armon Dixon in Lincoln on Saturday, but 52-year-old Timothy Clausen remains at large. Authorities say they received a report Sunday that Clausen was in north Omaha, and they’re searching homes in that area.

Gov. Pete Ricketts says state officials will make available whatever resources are needed to catch Clausen. He says officials will conduct an investigation to learn where security failed.

PRATT, Kan. (AP) — The newly crowned Miss Kansas says a personal experience inspired her platform to combat texting and driving.

The Hutchinson News reports that 22-year-old Kendall Schoenekase of Overland Park was a passenger in a car in June 2014, when the driver began to text. The driver crossed the centerline and collided with another vehicle. Schoenekase suffered minor injuries and a young girl was also injured.

Schoenekase, who is registered nurse, started an awareness campaign before the Miss Kansas pageant, using her position as Miss Johnson County to create public service announcements about texting and driving.

The 2016 Miss Kansas is now preparing for the Miss America pageant, where she will attempt to become the fourth Miss Kansas to win the national crown.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Under a new state law, anyone who moves to Missouri and joins the National Guard or Reserves will be immediately eligible for in-state tuition at Missouri colleges and universities.

To get in-state tuition, students currently must get a full-time job or live in Missouri for a year and meet other requirements.

Under the bill signed Monday, interim Higher Education Commissioner Leroy Wade says students can move to Missouri and immediately get the in-state tuition rate if they join the National Guard or Reserves.

When the bill takes effect in August, public colleges and universities also won’t be able to charge veterans more than $50 per credit hour before other scholarships are applied. Veterans can keep leftover money. State and federal scholarships now are applied first.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missourians convicted of some crimes who don’t break more laws could have their records sealed under legislation on Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk.

Rep. Jay Barnes this past week said the measure is aimed at giving credit to those who turn their lives around.

Those convicted of felonies would have to wait seven years after completing their sentence to ask to have their records sealed. People convicted of misdemeanors would need to wait three years.

It would cost $250 to apply, but judges could waive fees for those who can’t afford to pay.

Dangerous felonies, sex offenses and other violent crimes wouldn’t be eligible.

Critics say the measure would allow for too few crimes to be expunged.

Democratic Rep. Kimberly Gardner says theft should be added and records should be destroyed.