TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill to require cities to get approval from counties before annexing land in some cases.

The measure signed Monday by Brownback takes effect July 1. County commissioners will have to approve any proposed annexations by cities when the property is not adjacent to a city’s existing territory.

Republican Rep. Michael Houser of Columbus said the new law will protect the property rights of county and township residents by giving them a voice in annexation decisions through county officials. The bill emerged in response to cases in which cities were viewed as overreaching in annexing land for a landfill or an airport.

An earlier version of the bill had stalled because of language that would have required counties to approve all proposed annexations.

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — It’s the end of an era for a northeast Missouri school district.

The small Gorin R-III School District officially dissolves into the Scotland County R-I School District starting July 1, a decision that was made by voters during last year’s spring elections.

Gorin currently has 24 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Scotland County serves about 550 students in grades k-12, with an additional pre-school enrollment of around 50.

Beginning this fall, former Gorin students will attend class at the Scotland County schools, which are about 15 miles away in Memphis. Transportation services will be provided by the school district.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City area teenager has drowned in a subdivision swimming pool.

Police on Monday identified the victim as 17-year-old Emma Maddy-Ramsey of Lee’s Summit. Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Depue said later Monday in an email that the teenager was also known as Emma Aronson. He said the teen was in the process of changing her last name to Aronson, and the family preferred that name be used for her.

Emergency crews responded Friday evening to a report of an unresponsive person.

Police say friends pulled the teen from the pool, and onlookers provided first aid until paramedics arrived. Police say the victim was pronounced dead at a hospital.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A report of a possible plane crash brought ambulances, law enforcement officers and several emergency responders rushing to property in southwest Missouri.

Instead of a downed plane, the responders found a man washing his jet-powered semi-trailer, which owner Neal Darnell calls Shockwave.

To wash the 36,000-horsepower truck, Darnell has to use its jet engines, which causes a lot of noise and white smoke.

When Darnell’s new neighbors heard the loud noise Monday and saw smoke over their tree line, they called 911.

Darnell says he takes Shockwave to truck shows across the country, where it does things like setting stacks of cars on fire or racing fighter planes.

SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri man has caught a record-breaking fish using a bow and arrow.

The Department of Conservation on Monday announced Smithville resident Jonathan Randall broke state records in alternative fishing for snagging the river carpsucker.

In bowfishing, fishers use a bow or crossbow that shoots an arrow attached to a string, then they haul in their catch.

The carpsucker Randall caught from Smithville Lake weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces. It was more than two feet long.

The previous record holder’s fish weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries is reviewing a laboratory report concluding that listeria was found in ice cream made at its Alabama plant.

Seattle lawyer Bill Marler said a client of his from Florida had a carton of Blue Bell ice cream from her freezer tested by a private lab after her 75-year-old husband became ill with meningitis. Marler said Miami-based Kappa Laboratories tested the ice cream, which had been manufactured in Alabama. He shared a copy of the report with The Associated Press.

The company says it is reviewing the report.

Blue Bell issued a national recall after the company’s ice cream was linked to 10 listeria illnesses in four states, and three deaths in Kansas.

Listeria is one of several types of bacteria that can cause meningitis, particularly in older adults.