KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been charged in the death of a 3-year-old boy who was killed when shots were fired into his family’s home.

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Thursday that 22-year-old SirTerry L. Stevenson is charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action in the May 31 death of Amorian Hale.

Prosecutors say the shooting was in retaliation for the January shooting death of another man.  They filed the charges against Stevenson under seal last month and made the charges public Thursday.

Online court records don’t list a lawyer for Stevenson, who is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.

The suspect’s cell phone placed  the suspect at the scene of the shooting in May.  Stevenson is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are considering whether to seek the death sentence for a 31-year-old man accused of killing a 5-year-old Kansas girl.

Prosecutors allege Marcas McGowan kidnapped Cadence Harris from an Atchison home they shared with the girl’s mother in July 2014. A police chase ended near Leavenworth when McGowan exchanged gunfire with officers. Cadence was found dead in the car.

McGowan initially faced state murder charges. In February, prosecutors dismissed the state charge after a federal grand jury indicted McGowan on charges including kidnapping and using a firearm during a violent crime.

A motion filed by McGowan’s attorneys says federal prosecutors in Kansas have submitted the case to the Justice Department’s death penalty review board in Washington.

They expect a decision within 90 days.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate will conduct a review of a second former intern’s claims that Sen. Paul LeVota made sexual advances toward her.

Republican Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey announced Thursday that an ethics panel will investigate and make a recommendation to the full Senate.

Mr LeVota says he’ll cooperate and will accept the findings of the committee.

The Senate launched the review after former intern Taylor Hirth said that LeVota sent her inappropriate texts in 2010. Hirth told the AP he invited her to his apartment.

A Senate report Wednesday detailed another former intern’s sexual harassment complaint against LeVota.  Hirth says LeVota should resign. The Missouri Constitution allows the Senate to expel members with a two-thirds majority vote.

Top Missouri Democrats were critical of Mr LeVota.   U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, says Senator LeVota needs to “seriously consider” whether he can continue to serve after claims that he made unwanted sexual advances toward interns.

Missouri’s Democratic Governor Jay Nixon has called the two former interns’ claims “deeply troubling.”  Nixon said Thursday that allegations against the Democratic senator from Independence raise “serious questions” about his ability to serve. Nixon says sexual harassment “must not be tolerated.”

LeVota says he’ll continue to serve as the Senate panel reviews new allegations against him.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A 62-year-old inmate in Colorado drove away from his work crew and was arrested a few hours later in Kansas.

The Department of Corrections says Douglas Beagley was assigned to an outside work crew and was operating a dump truck when he drove off Thursday afternoon.

He was arrested in Johnson City, Kansas. Beagley was serving an 18-year prison sentence for burglary and vandalism.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state officials say prison inmates collected more than $156,000 in unemployment benefits because of miscommunication among agencies.

The departments announced Thursday that more than 180 inmates claimed benefits between 2013 and 2015, despite a law that prohibits them from doing so. One inmate received $4,300 in unemployment benefits.

The Department of Labor says it previously wasn’t able to tell when a person was incarcerated, but the agency has launched a new crackdown effort with the Department of Correctional Services and the Nebraska Crime Commission.

Commissioner of Labor John Albin says the state will recover the money through wage levies or by offsetting tax refunds.

Claimants who fraudulently collect unemployment benefits are responsible for paying back the benefits plus a 15 percent penalty, and may face prosecution.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque woman says she has a state cannabis card allowing her to give an oil extracted from marijuana to her son, but she’s not allowed to do so in his care center.

Instead, Jennifer McFadden says she gives the oil to her 12-year-old son, who has severe epilepsy, twice a day in the facility’s parking lot.

She tells The Des Moines Register that the agency which operates the center says it can’t allow the oil into the facility. She says the agency told her that federal authorities still consider it a strictly controlled marijuana product.

The company that sends McFadden the oil says it has a large amount of the chemical, cannabidiol, which many families believe can reduce epileptic seizures

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri man is accused of threatening to blow up a church and kill everyone in the congregation. Greene County prosecutors have charged 31-year-old Aaron Woodard of Springfield with a felony count of making a terrorist threat.

He’s also charged with a misdemeanor count of disrupting a place of worship.

Court documents allege Woodard entered Springfield’s Immanuel Baptist Church about 11 a.m. on July 5 and began to yell obscenities as 70 people sat for Sunday service. Authorities allege Woodard threatened to blow up the church and murder everyone inside. Church members escorted Woodard out of the building.

Online court records don’t show whether Woodard has an attorney.