TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 29-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to six years in prison for repeatedly stabbing a man outside a Topeka grocery store.

Anthony Ryan Downing, of Owasso, Okla., pleaded no contest in February to attempted intentional second-degree murder in the on April 6, 2013, stabbing of then 26-year-old Josh Nottingham.

At the sentencing Friday, Shawnee County District Court Judge David Debenham denied a defense motion for a lighter sentence. In addition to the six-year sentence, Downing also has to pay restitution of about $100,000.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Nottingham suffered multiple life-threatening stab wounds outside a Dillons grocery store. Downing and Nottingham didn’t know each other when the stabbing occurred.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An Oklahoma tribe has agreed with the government that the last claim in its lawsuit seeking to build a casino on suburban Wichita land should be dismissed.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ordered an Oklahoma tribe to show cause why the court shouldn’t dismiss as moot the lawsuit’s remaining claim of unreasonable delay.

The Interior Department had earlier notified the court that it rejected the tribe’s application to take the Park City land into trust so the tribe can build a casino there.

Robinson left the decision last year to the Interior Department, but retained jurisdiction to ensure it processed the application in a timely manner.

The tribe noted Friday the Interior Department says it could submit a new application addressing accounting issues that formed the basis for the denial.

AURORA (AP) – Police in the southwest Missouri are investigating the theft of more than $100,000 in equipment from the Aurora Airport.

Airport Operator Justin Richmond says the thieves made off with equipment such as GPS systems, radios, and transponders from 13 planes. More than 20 planes were broken into sometime late Wednesday. Police have no leads.

Richmond says the thieves appeared to be knowledgeable about aircraft because they left behind less-valuable electronics.

KOLR-TV reports that an aircraft security expert says the thieves might travel the country targeting airports.

Tom Zecha, Aviator Security Manager for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, says the theft was well-planned and an unusually large number of items were taken.

Richmond says the city is now considering adding security cameras and a front gate at the airport.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — History has not been kind to candidates who’ve challenged Kansas governors in party primaries.

Only two challengers have unseated governors in the August elections since the state started them in 1910. And both of them were Republicans who went on to lose in the November general election.

This year, Gov. Sam Brownback faces Jennifer Winn in the Aug. 5 Republican primary. She’s the owner of a Wichita-area property management company.

The first governor to lose a primary was Republican Clyde Reed Sr. in 1930, and the second was Republican Fred Hall in 1956.

Two Republican governors, Mike Hayden in 1990, and Bill Graves in 1998, also survived vigorous primary challenges as they sought re-election.

Hayden lost in the November general election, while Graves won easily.

CARL JUNCTION (AP) – Lawyers for a southwest Missouri school district being sued by the parents of a boy who killed himself are asking for all electronic communications the student saved.

The filing earlier this month is part of the Carl Junction school district’s response to a wrongful death suit filed last year by the parents of the 14-year-old who hanged himself in his bedroom on March 16, 2003, The Joplin Globe reported.

The district is asking for all of the student’s Facebook messages, photographs, videos and other communication saved by the student.

The lawsuit – which was transferred from Jasper County to federal court – was filed by Jessica and Mika Nugent in May 2013. They accuse the district of not protecting their son from bullying when he came out as bisexual.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Adjutant General’s office says federal authorities are investigating possible corruption involving outside medical companies’ contracts with the Kansas Army National Guard.

Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the adjutant general’s office, confirmed the investigation Friday to The Lawrence Journal-World but declined to release specific details. She said the investigation involves concerns of “inappropriate conduct” on medical contracts.

The Journal-World reports Watson’s statement was in response to questions it asked about allegations that a captain in the Guard’s Medical Detachment received gifts from Dentrust, a Pennsylvania company that performs dental screenings and treatment for Guard soldiers.

Dentrust is one of three firms that contract with the Guard for those services. In federal fiscal years 2012-2013, it received more than $585,000 under those contracts.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Driver education instructors say they’re concerned about a decline in school programs teaching youngsters how to drive at a time when distractions are growing.

The Wichita Eagle reports about 200 members of the American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association met in Wichita last week to discuss trends in driver training.

They say one of the more troubling developments is that many schools are ditching their driver’s education programs or treating them as an after-school or summer add-on instead of making them an important part of the curriculum.

Kansas AAA spokesman Jim Hanni says teenage traffic fatalities have dropped in recent years not because of driver’s education, but because of a new state law that doesn’t allow drivers to receive an unrestricted license until they are 17.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police are searching for a man and child who haven’t been seen since a standoff at a southwest Topeka home.

Officers were called to a domestic dispute Saturday afternoon, and a woman told officers her boyfriend was inside with their nearly 2-year-old daughter.

After a nearly four-hour standoff, police entered the home and found no one inside.

Police Lt. Scott Gilchrist said Sunday morning the man and child had not been found. Their names have not been released.

Authorities say they found no signs of foul play inside the home. On Saturday evening, Sgt. Jay Junghans said police didn’t consider the incident an abduction and didn’t believe the girl was in any danger.