TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas election officials expect to take weeks to cancel incomplete voter registrations even with a new rule for culling records from Secretary of State Kris Kobach.And county election officials said Monday that even when the job is done, electronic records for such residents still will be accessible, not deleted.

A new rule from the Republican secretary of state took effect Friday and directed counties to cancel registrations incomplete for more than 90 days.

Most of the 31,000 affected registrations are for residents who haven’t complied with a 2013 law requiring new voters to produce papers documenting their U.S. citizenship.

Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman said her office will first go through a list of 1,700 people who were on the incomplete list but have Kansas birth certificates.

UNDATED (AP) — Fossils found by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student in New Mexico have led to the discovery of a new genus and rodent-like species.  The fossils were found in May 2014.

Then-sophomore Carissa Raymond discovered the fossils in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, during her first fossil hunt.

She saw a row of small black teeth coming out of the ground, and fossilized jawbones and a partial skull roof were found.

A paper published Monday by the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society says the new species was alive roughly 65 million years ago. Researchers believe the rodent-like animal weighed as much as 45 pounds.

Raymond says her discovery was “beginner’s luck.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a Kansas City baby who disappeared four years ago are holding a prayer vigil at their home to keep the girl’s memory alive.

The Star newspaper reports Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin see Saturday night’s event as another chance to share Lisa Irwin’s story and age-progression picture.

Lisa was 10 months old when she went missing from her home on October 4th, 2011, drawing national attention and sparking a massive search by thousands of law enforcement officers and volunteers.

Irwin and Bradley told police someone came into their home in the early morning and took the girl while Bradley was asleep and Irwin was working.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released an age-progressed photo of her last year.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is getting nearly $5.6 million from the federal government to help people who are having trouble finding jobs get into work or training.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the grant from the Workforce Innovation Fund will pay for on-the-job training, job preparation and placement services. It also will go toward developing an online portal for people looking for help with employment and training staff on better customer service.

Kansas Department of Commerce spokesman Matt Keith says the training will emphasize jobs that are in high demand and pay enough for the job seeker to reach self-sufficiency.

He says the programs are meant to help people who have at least one barrier to employment, such as having a low income, prison record, disability or being 55 or older.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Many pet owners want their dogs and cats eating the kind of food they like. Researchers at Nestle Purina in St. Louis are doing their best to cater to that desire.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that chef Amanda Hassner is part of the team working on flavors for pets that tend toward the types of things humans like to eat. The Purina stable includes flavors such as “Rotisserie Chicken,” ”Filet Mignon” and “Tuscan Style Medley.”

It’s part of the effort to stay atop the increasingly competitive $23 billion U.S. pet food market. A recent report by Euromonitor International, which tracks pet food data, says millennials especially tend to humanize their pets and are willing to spend on higher-quality pet food.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri task force that aims to find ways to strengthen the state’s laws against human trafficking begins meeting this week.

The Springfield News-Leader reports the task force meets three times this month, beginning Thursday in Kansas City. The task force is also scheduled to meet Oct. 13 in St. Louis and Oct. 28 in Springfield.

Among the task force’s members are state lawmakers, victim and child advocates and state and law enforcement officials.

The task force plans to publish a report in January that will discuss its early findings and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding how Missouri could improve its laws. It will continue to meet throughout 2017.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri National Guard plans to add more than 400 full- and part-time military police and transportation jobs in the state.

The guard says the new units will be placed across Missouri based on the size of the armory and the recruiting pool in the area. A new transportation battalion will be split between Fredericktown and Farmington and another transportation company will be split between Bridgeton and Columbia. The guard also will add a military police company in Lebanon.

Except for Bridgeton, all the cities currently have armories that will be used for the new units. Missouri Adjutant Gen. Steve Danner says the guard is working with the Bridgeton City Council to use a vacant building in that city for the new guard unit.

HALLSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri middle school teacher is being applauded for her quick actions after performing the Heimlich maneuver on a student who had a piece of candy lodged in his throat.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports eighth-grader Gage Donner was walking in the hallway at Hallsville Middle School on Wednesday when a piece of candy blocked his air passage.

A friend saw Donner was in trouble and got the attention of sixth-grade teacher Betsy Berry. She says she saw Donner gagging and pointing to his throat and chest.

Berry says she has no formal training in the Heimlich maneuver but saw her father do it for her mother when she was 10 or 11.

Donner will receive the Hallsville Chamber of Commerce’s Hometown Hero Award in December.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested after police say they stole items from a Wichita residence and set the garage door on fire.

According Wichita police Sgt. Brian Sigman, officers responded to a home at 2 a.m. Saturday.

Police say they found the boys in the area with the items missing from the home, including a machete.  Sigman said the suspects used gasoline that was in the garage to set the door on fire the night before the theft.

The Wichita Eagle reports both boys were arrested on suspicion of burglary and arson.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have highlighted the need for special hunts and outdoor events for disabled participants.

The state of Kansas hosts about 20 hunts, and even more fishing events, for disabled participants across Kansas each year.

Laws and regulations also have changed to make it easier for disabled Kansans to enjoy hunting.

Youth and disabled hunters can participate in special early seasons for deer and turkey. Several state parks and wildlife areas have hunting blinds designed for people with disabilities.

Last month the volunteers with Marion Muzzleloader Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities hosted eight disabled hunters.

The event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; and the Marion Lake Association.