ST. LOUIS (AP) — Among the thousands of people who have turned out for Michael Brown’s funeral are several civil rights leaders and celebrities.

Brown was shot and killed Aug. 9 by a Ferguson police officer. His funeral was Monday at Friendly Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is among those scheduled to speak at the funeral. The Rev. Jesse Jackson was in attendance, along with entertainer Sean Combs and moviemaker Spike Lee.

Several politicians were there, too, including U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is not in attendance. His office said he did not want to be a distraction.

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A new phone app is helping some central Kansas addicts stay sober and away from drugs.

The technology is from the Addiction Center of Health Enhancement System Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

It allows people to quickly contact support when they are facing a crisis or considering falling off the wagon. One user, 28-year-old Jerry Hassler, says the app is like having an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on your phone.

The Salina Journal reports the nonprofit Central Kansas Foundation used a $23,800 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to subscribe to the program. It can sign up to 100 clients.

Currently, 54 of group’s 197 clients from Salina, McPherson, Abilene and Junction City are using the app, and another dozen are about to join.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — More than 11,000 students in the St. Louis suburb where a white police officer killed an unarmed black 18-year-old returned to school Monday after more than a week of missed classes.

Classes in the Ferguson-Florissant School District were scheduled to begin Aug. 14, five days after Michael Brown’s shooting death. But street protests marred by sometimes-violent clashes between police and demonstrators led to several delays.

Students, teachers and parents say they are eager to return to their routines. Many described school as a place of refuge from the images of police in riot gear, tear gas and armored vehicles.

Brown was a recent graduate of Normandy High School, where classes resumed as scheduled last week.

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri woman was arrested after a vehicle she was driving crashed, killing a 2-year-old boy.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the boy was one of seven people in the truck when it crashed Saturday evening at the Camden and Hickory county line. Four the seven people in the truck were under the age of 8. The patrol says no one was wearing a seat belt or in child safety seats.

KOLR-TV reports the driver was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, assault and not having children in safety seats.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State University is one of the first customers to pre-enroll to receive energy from a new City Utilities’ solar farm.

If the Springfield City Council approves a pay structure proposed by the utility next month, the university would begin paying an additional 4 cents per kilowatt hour for 200 kilowatts of energy in October. That’s the maximum amount that one customer can purchase from the new solar farm.

The solar farm on a 40-acre lot in northeast Greene County is the largest in Missouri.

CAMDEN COUNTY- Two men were hospitalized after a boating accident at Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday. This video was released on Sunday. The accident took place during the annual Shootout boat races.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Joel Begin, 47, Valley Field, Quebec, lost control of a 42 foot Outer Limits Catamaran at high speeds due to wind interference. The vessel became airborne and overturned twice before re-entering the water bow first and coming to rest end-over-end on the water.

Begin was transported to Lake Regional Hospital and was reported in good condition on Monday.  The throttle man in the vessel Michael Fiore, 44, Bristol, RI., was transported by air ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Douglas County officials and leaders with the Delaware Tribe of Indians will meet twice this week to consider what to do with 90 acres the tribe owns in northern Lawrence.

The two sides aren’t saying exactly what they’ll discuss. However, Nancy Thellman, chairwoman of the Douglas County Commission, says they will not discuss putting an Indian casino on the land, which is near the North Lawrence interchange.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports Thellman previously has said she favors putting an agricultural project on the property, which used to house the Pine Sod Farm. She said that could include a demonstration farm, living history farm or a vegetable farm.

Tribal officials have said they prefer a project that includes housing, medical and educational services for American Indians.

OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — The foster father of an 18-year-old man killed by Kansas officers says his son was approaching authorities when he was fatally shot.

William Bruton tells KAKE-TV  that Joseph Jennings was shot in his chest and legs Saturday night.

Witness Houston Harris says officers had their weapons drawn and told Jennings to “get down.”

Ottawa police say officers and deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of someone with a gun in a hardware store parking lot. It’s unclear if Jennings was armed.

Jennings’ aunt previously said he suffered from depression and likely antagonized police in an effort to get them to shoot him.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting. The officers have been placed on administrative leave.

COLUMBIA (AP) – Almost a decade after passing the century mark, a former University of Missouri professor said he does his share of fretting but that life has been good.

Loren Reid marked his 109th birthday Monday. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that Reid attributes his longevity to the lessons he learned from teaching, writing and traveling.

Reid was born and raised in the small northwest Missouri town of Gilman City. He worked at the town newspaper as a youngster and then taught at MU from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1944 to 1975.

While teaching, he published multiple autobiographical books and textbooks. At home, he and his late wife raised four children.

Reid now lives at The Neighborhoods skilled nursing center in Columbia.