OAKVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The principal of a suburban St. Louis high school is apologizing after telling girls they shouldn’t display their breasts, bellies or rear-ends because it’s distracting to boys.

Oakville High School Principal Janet Kellerman told parents at an open house Thursday that such an incident will “never happen again” and she was upset that she “may have hurt a student or students.”

Mother Kim Hanan-West said she was “horrified” and that the remarks sent the message that “boys are somehow not in control of their own thoughts, feelings and emotions and that is the responsibility of young women.”

The Mehlville School District confirms that while speaking to ninth graders, Kellerman also told boys they shouldn’t wear “wife beater” tank tops. A district spokeswoman says the remarks were inappropriate. Multiple complaints were filed.

SABETHA, Kan. (AP) — A  woman has been arrested in a head-on crash that killed the mother, sister and uncle of two Kansas high school football players as the family returned home from watching the boys’ team win a state football championship.

The Jackson County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old Maria Perez-Marquez is awaiting extradition to Kansas. She was arrested Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska, on an involuntary manslaughter warrant in the November 2017 deaths of 42-year-old Carmen Ukele, 11-year-old Marlee Ukele and 62-year-old Stephen Ukele.

Coach Garrett Michael says brothers Tanner and Carson Ukele were pulled off the Sabetha High School football team bus after a celebratory dinner. A trooper later told them their father had been hurt and the others had died. Perez-Marquez was passing another vehicle before the crash.

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JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal Kansas crash have filed charges against the driver.

Marie Perez-Marquez, 48, Omaha, has been charged with 3 counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and aggravated battery for the November 25, 2017 crash, according to Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Equinox driven by Perez-Marquez, was southbound on U. S. 75 just north of 318 Road near Holton.

The driver attempted to pass another vehicle, swerved to the shoulder to avoid a collision and struck a northbound 2008 Chrysler Town and Country driven by Carmen K. Ukele, 42, Sabetha, head-on.

Ukele and passengers in the Chevy Marlee G. Ukele, 11 and Stephen M. Ukele, 62, all of Sabetha, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another passenger in the Chrysler Lee F. Ukele, 59, Sabetha, and Perez-Marquez were transported to KU Medical Center.  A passenger in the Chevy Rosalao G. Perez, 29, St. Joseph, MO., was transported to a Topeka Hospital and later transferred to KU Medical Center.

Ukele and family were returning home from watching Tanner and Carson Ukele play in the Sabetha High School football 3A state championship game.

JOHNSON COUNTY, MO., — One person died in an accident just after 9:30p.m. Thursday in Johnson County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy passenger vehicle driven by Rodney A. Snell, 57, Latour, was southbound on 1871st Road just north of southwest 800th.

The vehicle traveled off the left side of the road, returned to the road and off again, began skidding, traveled off the right side of the road and struck a ditch, overturned and struck a fence.

Snell was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Sweeny-Phillips and Holdren Funeral Home. The MSHP did not know if he was wearing a seat belt.

NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) – A jury has convicted a Missouri man in the shooting death of an elderly man.

46-year-old Shannon Hensley was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder, robbery, burglary and armed criminal action involving the death of Nolan Karch. The 82-year-old was killed in 2016.

Aurora-Marionville police found items stolen from Karch in Hensley’s camper when they arrested him in January 2017.

Hensley says he didn’t have anything to do with the stolen items, which included a bicycle and a firearm.

Hensley alleged that co-defendant Kimberly Wright was responsible for Karch’s death. Hensley says Wright knew Karch and suggested stealing chainsaws from him. Hensley says she dropped him and another man off near Karch’s home, but that they never entered because it seemed like a setup.

Hensley will be sentenced at a hearing Oct. 9.

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting, have a third suspect in custody, according to Lt. Andrew Beightel.

On Wednesday, police issued an alert to help locate 23-year-old Isaiah James Calhoun in connection with the August 16 shooting of 20-year-old Gianni Sebastian Noriega in the 400 Block of SW Taylor in Topeka.

On Thursday, police took Calhoun into custody without incident. After an interview with detectives he was transported to the the Shawnee County Department of Corrections with the charges of 1st Degree Murder, according to Beightel.

in the west alley in reference to several gunshots being heard and a man down in the alley, according to Lt. Robert Simmons.

On August 16, offices responding to a shooting found Noriega of Topeka, with several apparent gunshot wounds and he was transported to a local hospital where he died.

On August 19, police arrested Brandon L. Gayer 18, in connection with the shooting. On August 20, police reported a second suspect, 21-year-old John F. Alston, and he booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections as part of the investigation.

KANSAS CITY– A woman carrying more than five pounds of fentanyl in her suitcase as she traveled through Kansas City was charged in federal court Thursday.

“Synthetic drugs, such as fentanyl, are among the deadliest substances being trafficked across the United States,” said U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison. “I commend our law enforcement partners for their diligent work to identify and disrupt the distribution networks used by drug traffickers.”

Evelyn C. Sanchez, 33, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., with possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Sanchez remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing, which has not yet been scheduled.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the federal criminal complaint, Sanchez was traveling from Los Angeles, Calif., en route to New York, N.Y. Her bus stopped briefly at a Kansas City bus station on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. After Kansas City police detectives interviewed Sanchez at the bus station, they became suspicious that she was not being truthful about her trip and purpose for going to New York. A K-9 alerted to a grey, hard-sided suitcase under one of the seats near where Sanchez had been seated on the bus, and she eventually acknowledged that that suitcase belonged to her.

When detectives searched Sanchez’s suitcase, the affidavit says, they found two bundles wrapped in several layers of plastic, which contained a total of 5.3 pounds or 2.4 kilograms of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide, commonly known as fentanyl.

“I’m proud that the members of the DEA Interdiction Task Force, working collaboratively with the Kansas City Police Department, were able to make a difference by seizing 1.5 million lethal doses of fentanyl from the streets,” DEA St. Louis Division Special Agent in Charge William Callahan said. “We task these interdiction groups with an increasingly difficult task … to seize drugs before they hit the streets of our communities. Today, they made an impact. They kept this poison out of our neighborhoods and potentially saved countless lives. We are extremely grateful to our state, local, and federal counterparts who contribute to these interdiction efforts.”

“Our Interdiction Unit did an excellent job,” Kansas City Police Chief Richard C. Smith said. “This was a huge amount of fentanyl capable of killing thousands of people. I’m very proud of our detectives and of how our excellent working relationships with our federal partners are keeping dangerous drugs like this off the streets and holding traffickers accountable.”

The charge contained in this complaint is simply an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charge must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley said the Archdiocese of St. Louis has agreed to open its files for an investigation of potential clergy abuse.

Hawley told reporters in a teleconference Thursday that he is asking the three other Catholic dioceses in Missouri to similarly open their files. Representative of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the Diocese of Jefferson City pledged cooperation with any investigation by the attorney general.

In a letter to Hawley, Jefferson City’s Bishop Shawn McKnight said the Diocese of Jefferson City did an internal review of its clergy in June and already had plans to release the report. McKnight said the Diocese will stop efforts on the release and welcomes Hawley’s team.

A message seeking comment from the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau was not immediately returned.

Hawley’s announcement came amid renewed concerns that followed the release of a report in Pennsylvania citing abuse of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of priests since the 1940s, along with cover-up by church leaders.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anthem health insurance is now covering emergency medical flights in several states, including Missouri.

An agreement between Anthem and Air Methods transportation became effective Aug. 15.

The agreement includes Anthem plan holders in Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Air Methods owns ARCH Air Medical Service, which provides air ambulance service in Missouri and Illinois.

Before the agreement, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri had no in-network air ambulance providers.

The newspaper reported in June that the lack of in-network air ambulance providers left families with thousands of dollars in bills after a family member was airlifted to a hospital.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has drafted legislation to allow states to regulate the medical costs of air ambulances. She called the new agreement a step in the right direction.