ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri woman quietly has dropped her breach-of-contract lawsuit that accused a cable provider of failing to televise the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao.

A federal judge in St. Louis dismissed Anna Ralphs’ lawsuit against Charter Communications on May 6th. That was a day after Ralphs filed it, seeking class-action status.

Ralphs says she was among thousands of Charter pay-per-view customers in St. Louis who missed the fights leading up to the May 2nd championship bout and much of the main event because of a cable outage.

Many cable and satellite systems were overwhelmed by the pay-per-view orders.

Ralphs’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit didn’t specify why she was doing so. A message seeking comment Thursday from her attorney wasn’t returned.

Charter hasn’t discussed Ralphs’ suit.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans have chosen House Majority Leader Todd Richardson to take over the chamber’s top spot following the resignation of House Speaker John Diehl.

Diehl announced Thursday that he was resigning after acknowledging that he had exchanged sexually suggestive text messages with a college freshman serving as a Capitol intern.

House Republicans met Thursday night and selected Richardson as his successor. The 38-year-old lawmaker from Poplar Bluff still must be officially elected by the full House. That’s expected to occur Friday morning, after Diehl’s resignation is finalized.

Lawmakers face a 6 p.m. Friday deadline to pass legislation this year.

Richardson says he hopes the House can get right back to work passing bills. But legislation could be delayed by partisan tensions in the Senate.

PINE LAWN, Mo. (AP) — A police officer in Pine Lawn has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into accusations that the officer used excessive force against a resident of the St. Louis County town.

KMOV-TV reports that Tracy Hurd told police that the officer came to his home, demanded to see his identification, then arrested him without explanation.

Hurd says the officer assaulted him during the process.

The officer is a 12-year veteran of the police force, which is conducting an internal investigation.

LADUE, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man is jailed on charges that he severely injured a man by stomping on his head at a party.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Darrian Johnson of St. Charles is charged with first-degree assault in the alleged attack on Brandon Pudlowski before dawn on May 3 in Ladue.

Police allege that Johnson was mocking a young woman at the party, and Pudlowski was attacked when he came to her defense.

The newspaper reports that Pudlowski later underwent surgery for brain bleeding and brain swelling at Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday with Johnson’s public defender, Colleen Polak.

Johnson remained jailed Thursday in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bond.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 23.

DONIPHAN, Mo. (AP) — Police in the southeast Missouri town of Doniphan are investigating a shooting, and the suspect is an 83-year-old man.

The shooting happened Monday at a home. Police say the victim, Jerry Lee Wilson of Doniphan, is in the hospital, but details about his injuries have not been released.

The 83-year-old suspect, Louis Campbell of Doniphan, was charged Tuesday with two counts each of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is jailed on $750,000 bond and does not have a listed attorney.

The motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.

HOUSTON (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries has signed agreements with health officials in Texas and Oklahoma requiring the company to inform the states whenever there is a positive test result for listeria in its products or ingredients.

The requirement comes after the company based in Brenham, Texas, failed to tell federal or state health officials of repeated findings of listeria at its Oklahoma plant that date back to 2013.

Blue Bell says the agreements, signed on Thursday, include a provision for instituting “test and hold” procedures for all finished products before they are shipped out.

The company says it’s working on a similar agreement with health officials in Alabama, where it also has a plant.

Blue Bell recalled all of its products after a series of listeria illnesses linked to its ice cream.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A push to have Kansas City join 13 other cities in the U.S. that require reports on energy consumption of large buildings is a step closer to reality.

A Kansas City council panel approved the idea Wednesday. The full council will vote on it next week.

The measure would not require building owners to make energy upgrades but supporters say the reports have motivated owners in other cities to improve the buildings’ energy efficiency.

The Kansas City Star reports privately owned buildings of more than 100,000 square feet would have to gather energy consumption data beginning in May 2017, but the data wouldn’t be publicly released until Sept. 1, 2018. Buildings over 50,000 square feet would start gathering data in May 2018, to be published beginning Sept. 1, 2019.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has sent Gov. Jay Nixon an omnibus environmental bill with provisions that effect wastewater treatment, pollution control and hydraulic fracturing.

The House approved the measure Wednesday 118-32 after the Senate approved it unanimously last week.

The measure would require companies get permits before using hydraulic fracturing, a method to extract oil.

The state also would have to consider full employment and industrial development goals in regulating water pollution. And the Department of Natural Resources would have to make sure changes to waste or sewer treatment utilities are affordable for ratepayers.

The measure would also allow for direct monitoring of sulfur dioxide levels in place of modeling by coal-fired electric plants as part of the state’s plan to comply with federal requirements.