JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is suing the Missouri Attorney General’s Office for allegedly violating open-records laws.

The  national group claims the office violated the Sunshine law when now-U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was in charge.

The Democrats say the office withheld emails between Hawley’s official staff and political consultants during the Republican’s 2018 campaign.

He defeated former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in November.

Hawley’s Senate spokeswoman Kelli Ford called the lawsuit “a joke.”

A spokesman for current Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt says he’s dedicated to enforcing the Sunshine law and will review the lawsuit.

JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects after a traffic traffic stop in Jackson County.

Just after midnight Friday, deputies stopped a passenger car on U.S. 75 near 94th Road, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

Deputies arrested the driver, Arron Dale Martin, 29, Topeka on a Jackson County District Court warrant for failure to appear on drug charges.

Deputies also arrested two of Martin’s passengers including Austin Healey Tonniges, 36, and Gretchen Merissa Fortune, 40, both of Topeka for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Martin and Fortune were held without bond, according to Morse.

On Monday, Martin was still  being held in the Jackson County without bond. Fortune had been released, according to online jail records.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Members of the Kansas delegation to Congress say former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole should be promoted from captain to colonel in the Army.

The U.S. Senate last week passed legislation that would promote the 95-year-old Dole, who was badly wounded in World War II.

Legislation @JerryMoran and I introduced to provide an honorary military promotion for @SenatorDole passed the Senate! @USArmy @RogerMarshallMD
Read more here: https://t.co/pbDv7UMQST

— Senator Pat Roberts (@SenPatRoberts) March 6, 2019

Sen. Pat Roberts and Sen. Jerry Moran and Rep. Roger Marshall are promoting the honor in Congress.

Dole said he was humbled that the Kansas delegation is trying to honor him. He says the legislation is an honor he shares with many others who fought in the Army, especially those who died in World War II.

Dole was an infantry lieutenant in 1945 when he was wounded by German machine gun fire, which left him with limited mobility in his right arm.

COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a 3-month-old baby in southeast Kansas.

Officers responded to a call early Sunday of an unresponsive infant at a Coffeyville apartment complex.

Police say the baby boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police and the Montgomery County medical examiner’s office are investigating the cause of the boy’s death.

No names have been released.

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Rolla man has pleaded guilty to killing two people who had evicted him from a central Missouri campground.

Gary Sweet pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of assault in the deaths of Jim and Sheri Parker in November 2017.

Authorities said the Parkers managed the Riverview RV Park and Campground along the Osage Beach River in Lake Ozark, about 120 miles  southeast of Kansas City.

The Parkers were found dead from gunshot wounds in the living quarters of the park’s office.

Prosecutors said the Parkers had evicted Sweet from the campground about a month before they were killed.

BRUMLEY, Mo. (AP) — Three people are jailed after the body of a Columbia man who had been missing since Feb. 8 was found in central Missouri.

The Miller County Sheriff’s office said in a news release the body of 41-year-old Aaron Brantley was found Thursday in a wooded area near Brumley.

A preliminary investigation indicated Brantley died of a gunshot wound.

Three suspects were arrested at three different locations in Miller and Camden counties. They are being held at the Miller County Jail pending formal charges.

Brantley was driving to the Lake of the Ozarks/Osage Beach area when he went missing. The vehicle has been recovered.

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Authorities are investigating the cause of a Sunday fire that destroyed a Kansas  home. Just after 5a.m. Sunday, fire crews responded to a report of smoke in the area of the 3100 block of SW Randolph in Topeka, Fire Marshal Michael Martin.

After receiving additional calls reporting a fire, firefighters located the fire in a home at 3210 SW 30th Street.

Upon arrival, firefighters found the split level home fully involved with fire. During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the occupants were out of town at the time of the fire. Firefighters did locate a deceased dog.

The estimated dollar loss – $130,000.00; of which $87,000.00 is associated with structural loss and $43,000.00 associated with contents loss.

Working smoke detectors were not located within the home, according to Martin.

Any individuals with information about the circumstances of this fire are being asked to please contact Crime Stoppers at (785)234-0007 or Toll Free at 1-800-222 TIPS (8477).

WEBSTER COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 3:30p.m. Sunday in Webster County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Polaris Scrambler ATV driven by Gary D. Crawford, 61, Rogersville, was southbound on Peck Hollow Road one mile south of Rogersville.

The ATV was rounding a corner, overturned in the road and landed on top of Crawford. He was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Adams Funeral Home in Ozark. He was not wearing a helmet, according to the MSHP.