KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of a woman suspected of robbing three Missouri banks.

The Kansas City Star reports the robberies occurred June 24 in north Kansas City, July 8 in Blue Springs, and July 14 in Webb City. In each case, the woman said she had a weapon and handed a note to a teller demanding money.

The suspect is white, 20 to 30 years old and about 5 feet 5 inches tall.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Columbia Public Library has been closed for a few days as crews work to rid the building of fleas.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the library closed Wednesday afternoon when staff and patrons reporting finding fleas. An exterminator sprayed the library Wednesday and Thursday.

But the library remained closed Friday while the exterminator applied a third anti-flea treatment.

The exterminator and staff members plan to evaluate the building Saturday to determine whether the library can reopen.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal by the Kansas City Council to boost the minimum wage is facing challenges from two groups.

The Kansas City Star reports the Kansas City Council on Thursday took a step to seek voter input in November on a group’s petition to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. That proposal is supported by civil rights groups seeks to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour on Sept. 1 and to $15 per hour by 2020.

The council has adopted its own ordinance to increase the city’s minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2020.

The council ordinance hasn’t become law because another group of petitioners representing businesses has also started a referendum drive to overturn it.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County has lifted the state of emergency that was imposed in Ferguson and the surrounding area after shootings during protests to mark the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

County Executive Steve Stenger’s announcement Friday followed the third straight night of calm in the St. Louis suburb. Stenger said in a statement that police will remain vigilant.

Stenger issued a state of emergency Monday, putting St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar in charge of security, after gunfire and violence erupted during demonstrations related to the anniversary of the 18-year-old Brown’s death.

Brown, who was black, was fatally shot by white Ferguson officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. Wilson was not charged, and the shooting spurred a national “Black Lives Matter” movement.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has again rejected a Kansas prison inmate’s bid to “co-habitate and procreate” with a woman whose mother the couple were convicted of killing.

Joshua Robertson, 34, sued state prison officials for refusing to allow him to have conjugal contact with 32-year-old Jennifer Self.

Robertson describes Self as his common-law wife.  The pair are serving life sentences for killing Self’s mother in 2002.

Roberts claimed in his suit that his constitutional rights to freely practice his religious beliefs were being violated.

A federal judge and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously dismissed the suit, finding that a prison inmate has no constitutional right to contact visitation.

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fair has started its 11-day run in Sedalia.

The event kicked off Thursday, with a parade among the festivities. The fair runs through August 23rd. It features the standard fair attractions — lots of livestock, carnival-style rides, concerts, shows and, of course, food. There also will be modern twists, including a robotics competition.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture used the fair’s opening day to announce a new agricultural stewardship program. Farmers and ranchers can receive verifications that they are using sustainable practices. The state verifications are designed to help producers gain access to new markets.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Republican lawmaker who is running for attorney general in 2016 is threatening to hold the state’s health department director in contempt if she doesn’t reveal which hospital grants admitting privileges to a Columbia Planned Parenthood.

Senator Kurt Schaefer of Columbia on Thursday gave Health and Senior Services Director Gail Vasterling until Aug. 21 to provide the name of the hospital offering admitting privileges to the organization. Such privileges are required under Missouri law for abortion centers to operate.

Schaefer is leading a committee investigating Planned Parenthood.

Vasterling on Thursday declined to reveal the hospital’s name, saying it’s not a public record.

Schaefer says contempt can be punished by a $300 fine or 10 days in jail. He says he also could ask the courts to intervene.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will cut hundreds of management jobs as the amount of coal shipped by railroads continues to plunge.

The Omaha company reported late last month that coal volume dropped 26 percent in its most recent quarter and said it believed that demand for coal would remain weak for the rest of the year.

Pacific spokesman Aaron Hunt said Thursday that the cutbacks were job eliminations, not just temporary layoffs. He wouldn’t confirm a specific number or say where the cuts would fall in the coming months.

The company says severance packages will be available for some who will lose their jobs.

OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri-based restaurant chain known as the “Home of the Throwed Rolls” is being sued after a man claimed that one of the tossed rolls caused damage to his eye. Troy Tucker of St. Louis is seeking $35,000 in damages from Lambert’s Cafe.

At Lambert’s, employees toss rolls across the room to customers. Tucker claims he was dining at Lambert’s Sikeston restaurant on Sept. 20 when he was hit by a roll.

The 68-year-old Tucker claims he suffered a “serious and permanent personal injury,” specifically, a lacerated cornea.

Lambert’s general manager declined comment.

In addition to the Sikeston location, Lambert’s operates in Ozark, Missouri, and Foley, Alabama.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man who has portrayed Santa Claus at events has been accused of sexually abusing a child.

Online court records show 55-year-old Jeffrey B. Moffat of Jackson is charged with one count of statutory rape with a person under the age of 14 and one count of statutory sodomy involving a person under the age of 14.

KFVS-TV reports Moffat’s being held on $50,000 cash bond. A lawyer assigned to represent Moffat didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday. The charges say the alleged abuse occurred at Moffat’s home.

Moffat has portrayed Santa Claus for the Iron Mountain Railway in Jackson.

Cheryl Huffman, president of the Iron Mountain Railway, told KFVS she believes Moffat is innocent and calls him a “valuable volunteer.”