TANEY COUNTY — A Missouri man died in an accident just after 11:45p.m. Monday in Taney County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Ford F150 driven by William K. Grady, 57, Forsyth, was eastbound on U.S. 160 at Anthony Street two miles east of Forsyth.

The pickup ran off the road, struck a rock wall and the driver was ejected. Grady was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.

NEW YORK (AP) – The Koch brothers are spending millions to attack two vulnerable Democrats for voting against the Republican tax overhaul.

The Koch-backed group Americans For Prosperity plan to launch a $4 million advertising campaign against Missouri’s Sen. Claire McCaskill and Indiana’s Sen. Joe Donnelly. An AFP spokesman said Tuesday the ad campaign will run on TV and the internet for three weeks beginning Thursday.

The ads accuse the senators of “voting against tax cuts for you” and “standing with” Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi “instead of us.”

McCaskill and Donnelly are among several Democratic incumbents up for re-election this fall in states carried by President Donald Trump. Like all Senate Democrats, they voted against the tax overhaul because it gave preferential treatment to the rich.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – An man was sentenced Monday to 73 months in federal prison for driving the getaway car in a $53,000 holdup at a Verizon store in Village West, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. The robbers held store employees at gunpoint and bound them with zip ties.

Terry Curtis, 34, Rockford, Il., pleaded guilty to one count of commercial robbery. In his plea, he admitted that on Sept. 14, 2016, he was involved when four men robbed the Verizon Wireless store at 10621 Village West Parkway. Two of the robbers entered the store, followed two minutes later by the other two. The robbers locked the door and ordered the employees and a customer into a break room. The robbers ordered them to lay face down on the floor and tied their hands behind their backs. The robbers forced an employee to open a safe before they fled the store with phones and cash worth $53,000. Eventually, an employee managed to get loose and call police.

Investigators used surveillance photos from the robbery to tie the Kansas City robbery to a similar robbery weeks earlier at an AT&T Store in Rochester, Minn. They also received an anonymous call that led them to one of the co-defendants who was on parole in Illinois.

During the investigations, agents learned that some of the defendants in the Verizon robbery were part of a group involved in dozens of similar robberies in several states.

Co-defendants who are awaiting trial include:

Mario Lambert, 33, Rockford, Il.

Sir T. Love, 32, Rockford, Il.

Domonique V. Walker, 26, Rockford, Il.

Sharod Pitts, 35, Chicago, Il.

McAllister commended the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for their work on the case.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says if a military parade doesn’t happen in Washington D.C., the state of Missouri would be happy to host it.

President Donald Trump says he wants a parade of troops, tanks and other military hardware in the U.S. capitol. The idea has been criticized by former military personnel, veterans’ groups and other politicians.

.@realDonaldTrump, we would love to host the military parade in Missouri. The politicians in D.C. are wrong. Our military and veterans deserve to be honored.

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) February 12, 2018

On Monday, Hawley, a Republican, tweeted that, if necessary, the people of Missouri would “love” to host the parade. He says the military deserves to be honored.

Austin Petersen, another Republican running for Senate, ridiculed Hawley’s suggestion. He said the military should be honored with better pay, improved medical care and being kept out of harm’s way.

He says with the country $20 trillion in debt, the money would be better spent on services for the military.

JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas man died in an accident just after 10:30a.m. Monday in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford F550 driven by Christopher A. Fisher, 60, Easton,  was traveling on the ramp to go to westbound K10 from K7 southbound.

The driver took the ramp too fast, lost control, over-corrected and rolled the vehicle.

Fisher was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center where he died.  He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas residents are expressing frustration over the state’s strict requirements for a new form of driver’s license.

The licenses adopted by the state last year are intended to comply with the federal “Real ID” law. The law requires state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards to meet specific standards in order to be used for conducting official business with the government.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 78-year-old Gretchen Underwood said Friday she hasn’t been able to get her Real ID license because none of her documents meet the new requirements.

The Kansas Department of Revenue says people must show a valid passport or birth certificate, either an official non-laminated card or a recent pay stub or tax document bearing the person’s full Social Security number, and proof of Kansas residency.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Board of Education has now missed two of 11 meetings scheduled for this year because it still doesn’t have enough members for a quorum.

The board has lacked a quorum since early January, when Gov. Eric Greitens withdrew and re-submitted his five appointees in an effort to buy more time for their Senate confirmations. Lawmakers upset with Greitens’ move have threatened to hold up the appointments.

The canceled meetings have delayed a remake of the state’s public school evaluation system. The standoff could also hold up a decision on what kind of board should govern St. Louis Public Schools.

The delays add to the search for a new state education commissioner, a vacancy that led the board to its current standstill.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY -A Kansas man died in an accident just after 6:30a.m. Monday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy passenger car driven by Dennis W. Wager, Lansing, was turning left onto Marxen Road from Southbound Kansas 7.

The Chevy rear-ended a 2013 Freighlinter driven by Brendan R. Shepherd, 29, Cameron, Mo., that was in the turn.

Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene. Shepherd was not injured. Wagner was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ new governor has joined in increased calls to stop using state highway funding for other purposes.

The state has spent more than $3.3 billion meant for highways on other areas of spending over the past 20 years. As a result, the state is currently delaying nearly two dozen projects to repair or expand highways.

Gov. Jeff Colyer told lawmakers last week that the state “must end the highway funding sweeps and build an effective plan that promotes economic development and strengthens our transportation network.”

Colyer didn’t offer a concrete proposal or timeline for ending the transfer of money from highways to other areas. But his spokeswoman said Friday that the governor is calling for a transportation task force to identify the best option.