ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after vandals targeted a century-old Confederate Memorial, spray-painting the words “Black Lives Matter” on a statue already facing an uncertain future.

Police were called just before 8 a.m. Wednesday after a resident saw the damage on the 32-foot statue in Forest Park. Parks Department workers were cleaning the memorial, and no arrests have been made.

The Confederate flag and other items honoring the Confederacy have come under renewed scrutiny in the week since a white gunman opened fire in a predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church, killing nine people.

In April, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay directed a staff member to consider the future of the memorial. A report is expected by the end of summer.

BEL-NOR, Mo. (AP) — Plans to tear down a historic convent on the edge of the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus are on hold.

University spokesman Bob Samples says Chancellor Thomas George wants to meet with area leaders to determine the best way to move forward. The chancellor has not set a timetable for a decision.

The university previously said it planned to demolish the vacant Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word convent. The university had hired a demolition company and began asbestos removal as part of a $1 million plan to tear down the building and turn it into green space.

Several residents who live nearby began an effort to preserve the convent, including an online petition and rallies to convince UMSL to change course.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of Satanic worshippers are suing Missouri’s governor and attorney general, alleging the state’s abortion restrictions are illegal.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the federal lawsuit on behalf of The Satanic Temple and a Missourian identified only as “Mary Doe” also alleges the law violates the establishment clause barring governmental endorsement of religion.

Missouri law requires abortion providers to give pregnant women information about the fetus’ physical characteristics and the fetus’ ability to feel pain by at least 22 weeks, and it requires a 72-hour waiting period after counseling.

The suit says the Satanic tenets deny that life begins at conception or that having an abortion is morally wrong.

Gov. Jay Nixon’s spokesman deferred Wednesday to Attorney General Chris Koster, who didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita activist group is asking city officials to remove a Confederate flag from a display at Veterans Memorial Park.

The flag has been on display at the memorial in downtown Wichita since 1976, as part of a display of 13 historic flags that flew for the U.S. in war times.

The Confederate flag has become a flashpoint since the deaths of nine black people last week in a South Carolina church by a white man in a shooting police say was racially motivated.

KAKE-TV reports the Sunflower Community Action group is asking city officials to remove the flag, which they consider racially offensive.

The city said in a statement that officials are discussing the subject with various groups responsible for the display at the park.

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An Arizona man is hospitalized with serious injuries and facing charges after allegedly robbing a southeast Missouri bank before wrecking his truck on a college campus.

Court records show that 45-year-old Stephen Barrientez is charged with robbery, armed criminal action and theft. He is jailed on $50,000 bond.

The robbery happened Monday at First Bank in Farmington. Police Chief Rick Baker says the suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of money.

Two Missouri troopers spotted the getaway pickup truck at Mineral Area College.

Police say Barrientez’s truck was speeding when it overturned. He was flown to a suburban St. Louis hospital with multiple injuries.

Baker says a BB-type pistol and the stolen money were recovered.

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Confederate flag “shouldn’t fly anywhere.” The Democratic presidential contender addressed church members Tuesday in suburban St. Louis during a campaign stop.

Ms Clinton calls the deadly shootings of nine black church members in South Carolina “an act of racist terrorism perpetrated in a house of God.” She welcomed news that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and legislators are working to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse.

Clinton called the Confederate flag a symbol of the nation’s racist past that should have “no place” in the country’s present or future.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that a wiring problem in Jeep Wrangler steering wheels could stop the air bags from inflating in a crash.

The probe covers about 630,000 Wranglers from the 2007 through 2012 model years.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 221 complaints that the air bag warning light is illuminating, indicating an electrical problem in the steering wheel. Jeep maker Fiat Chrysler recalled some right-hand-drive Wranglers in 2011 for the same problem. Now the agency is looking at left-hand-drive vehicles.

The agency reports no crashes or injuries because of the problem. The investigation could lead to another recall.

Fiat Chrysler says it is cooperating in the investigation. Owners whose air bag lights come on should contact their dealer.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George says his state is close to reaching an agreement with Missouri that could end poaching of businesses between the two states.

Missouri and Kansas have competed for several years by offering incentives to persuade businesses to move across the border. The moves often did not result in many new jobs or investments for either state.

George says local and state officials from both states have been meeting to discuss the issue.

He says the main hurdle is removing incentives that don’t produce economic growth without slowing states’ ability to attract new companies or persuade businesses not to move to another state.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that George says he isn’t sure if the negotiators will announce an agreement before he resigns in July.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River is cresting at several spots in Missouri, but it will be several days before the water recedes below flood stage.

The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the Mississippi was at or near its high point south of St. Louis. It was nearly 11 feet above flood stage in Cape Girardeau, and expected to remain at about that level through Thursday before a gradual decline.

The Mississippi was also high to the north, forcing closure of a section of Route 79 at Annada in Pike County.

All told, 39 roads are closed due to flooding, mostly in the northern and eastern parts of the state.

Scattered storms are possible through the week, potentially causing water levels to rise again.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials say milk production in Kansas has more than doubled in the past two decades.

Cows in Kansas produced 3.1 billion pounds of milk in 2014, an increase of 181 percent compared to 1994. It’s also an increase of 6.1 percent compared to the year before.

Milk production has increased by at least 5 percent each year since 2012. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says the state has one of the fastest growth rates in the country.

The department says Kansas produced enough milk in 2014 for 350 million one-gallon jugs, with a value of around $746 million.

Kansas has about 325 dairies and 143,000 cows.