CHANUTE- A semi truck driver and a good Samaritan were injured in a Thursday crash in Neosho County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a disabled Semi truck driven by Denise A. Shanks, 41, Crestline, KS was in the westbound lane of K47 and hit by a another Semi truck that also hit a pedestrian, Jonathan Martin, 25, Erie. He had stopped to help Shanks with her vehicle.

Martin was transported to Neosho Memorial Hospital. Shanks was transported to Labette County Health Center.

The KHP reported Shanks was not wearing a seat belt.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The wife of Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce was granted diversion and fined for a driving under the influence case.

The Hutchinson News reports Sarah Bruce, of Nickerson, will be given at least six months to complete requirements of her diversion. If she does that successfully, the driving under the influence charge will be dismissed.

Bruce was arrested in December 2013 in Hutchinson after an accident in which her vehicle hit another vehicle. No one was injured. Court records indicated her blood alcohol level was .159.

Bruce sued the state to have her driving privileges restored. That lawsuit is still pending in Reno County District Court.

MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s small moon-orbiting spacecraft LADEE is no more. Flight controllers confirmed early Friday that LADEE crashed into the back side of the moon.

Researchers believe the robotic explorer vaporized upon contact because of its high orbiting speed of 3,600 mph, possibly smacking into a mountain or side of a crater. As of late Thursday afternoon, the spacecraft was flying 300 feet above the lunar surface. Its altitude had been lowered on purpose to ensure a crash by Monday.

LADEE — short for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer — was launched in September. It completed its main science mission last month and was on overtime.

 Kansas City-One woman was injured in a Thursday evening crash in Johnson County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred as a 2012 Kia driven by Deborah A. Swafford, 48, Raymore was northbound on NW 1601 Road at US 50. The driver failed to yield and entered the path of and was struck by an eastbound Ford that driven by Kelsey B. Moore, 20, Warrensburg.

Swafford was transported to Research Medical Center. Moore refused treatment at the scene.

The MSHP reported both drivers were properly restrained.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate committee has endorsed a 1-cent sales tax increase to fund transportation projects.

The proposed constitutional amendment passed the House earlier this month. It was adopted by the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday with a 6-1 vote.

The lone “no” vote on the Senate panel was Republican Sen. John Lamping, who led the fight against similar legislation last year. He says Republicans are sending a mixed message by raising sales taxes, while also passing an income tax cut this year.

Supporters say the tax is necessary for Missouri to maintain its highway system.

GRANDVIEW, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested a male suspect in a string of random Kansas City-area highway shootings that have wounded three people.

Kansas City, Mo., police Chief Darryl Forte declined to identify the suspect during a Thursday night news conference near the suspect’s home in Grandview. He says he will discuss the case in further detail at another news conference Friday.

Police are searching the suspect’s single-story home and a green Dodge Neon with Illinois license plates that was behind it has been towed away.

Police said last week that they had connected 12 shootings since early March in which vehicles were targeted on Kansas City-area highways and roads.

Most of the reported shootings were in the southern part of Kansas City, Mo., known as the Grandview Triangle where several highways intersect.

7 p.m. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City’s police chief says a suspect in a string of random highway shootings that have wounded three people is in custody.

Police Chief Darryl Forte tweeted that he will provide additional information about the new developments in the investigation at a news conference Thursday night.

Police said last week that they had connected 12 shootings since early March that have targeted vehicles on Kansas City-area roads. Investigators have looked into as many as 20 reported highway shootings as part of their investigation.

Most of the shootings were reported in an area in the southern part of Kansas City, Mo., known as the Grandview Triangle where three interstate highways and U.S. 50 intersect. At least one other was reported in Leawood, Kan.

6:45 p.m. KANSAS CITY – Kansas City Police Chief used twitter to report they have highway shooter  suspect in custody.

Chief Darryl Forte reported more information was going to be available by 7:30 p.m.

Check Hays Post for more as it becomes available.

chiefforte ‏@ChiefForte  1h

.@kcpolice Highway shooter suspect in custody. Will provide additional at 7:30 PM. Stand-by for location

WASHINGTON (AP) — State insurance commissioners say President Barack Obama had some good news during an hourlong meeting at the White House — a surge of younger people signed up for his health care plan as open enrollment season wound down.

Commissioners say the president told them that 35 percent of those signed up are under the age of 35.

Montana’s Insurance Commissioner is Monica Lindeen. Lindeen was at the meeting Thursday and says that’s “a pretty good number” to help keep the new insurance markets financially healthy. Previously, those enrolling had skewed older.

Obama announced last week that sign-ups topped 7.5 million, beating expectations.

The total number is expected to go even higher, because people who had started applications as of March 31 were given until this past Tuesday to finish them.