MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed a 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody.

Riley County police arrested the 20-year-old suspect Friday on charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop at an injury accident. He was released on $10,000 bond.

The Oct. 19 crash two miles northeast of Leonardville killed Trevor Redding. Authorities said the accident happened when the suspect’s vehicle skidded, entered a ditch and struck a rock wall. The vehicle then rolled, ejecting Redding, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

(AP) — Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in the federal health overhaul.

Volunteer firefighters are considered employees for tax purposes because they’re often offered such incentives as stipends, retirement benefits and gym memberships.

That leaves open the question of whether they’ll fall under the health care law’s requirement that employers with 50 or more employees working at least 30 hours a week must provide health insurance for them.

Small-town fire chiefs say they can’t afford to pay for health insurance for volunteers.

But others say it’s too early to ring the alarm. The federal government is expected to release its regulations this year that could answer the question.

(AP)— Blowing snow and dropping temperatures are creating travel and hypothermia concerns across a large swath of Kansas.

The National Weather Service says snowfall ended Sunday morning, with the heaviest accumulations of 3 to 4 inches recorded in an area that included Manhattan, Topeka and the Kansas City area. Elsewhere accumulations ranged from 2 to 3 inches in southeastern Kansas to 1 to 3 inches in far northeast and south-central sections of the state.

Meteorologist Audra Hennecke says strong northerly winds are leading to widespread areas of blowing and drifting snow.

Wind chill advisories and warnings will be in effect from Sunday night through noon Monday for all but extreme southwest Kansas. Hennecke says northeast sections of the state are expected to see wind chills of minus 25 to 30 degrees.

 (AP) — Celebrities, businesses and even the State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from techies who run offshore “click farms,” where they tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to artificially inflate social media numbers.

An Associated Press examination has found a growing global marketplace for fake clicks, by the billions, which tech companies struggle to police. Online records, industry studies and interviews show companies around the world are capitalizing on the opportunity to make millions of dollars by gaming the whole concept behind social media.

In cities including Jakarta, Indonesia, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, the AP found workers who click for cash. Hundreds of websites now market the clicks, which sell for as little as half a cent each.

 (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has made Medicaid expansion a priority for the legislative session that starts this week. But the prospects of that occurring appear slim.

The Republican-led Legislature repeatedly rejected a Medicaid expansion proposed by Democrats last year. And House Speaker Tim Jones remains opposed to it this year.

A Medicaid expansion under the terms of the federal health care law would bring billions of federal dollars to Missouri.

Some lawmakers want to couple a Medicaid expansion with “reform” measures for the health-care program for the poor. But there are divisions about what that “reform” should entail.

A Senate committee has recommended Missouri adopt a statewide managed-care format for parents and children in Medicaid. But Sen. Rob Schaaf, a Republican physician, said he opposes such managed care programs.

(AP) – A museum featuring more than a century’s worth of military artifacts is moving to a new location in Jefferson City.

The Museum of Missouri Military History opened in 1999 and sees about 3,000 visitors annually. But officials hope that number will grow this summer when the revamped attraction is tentatively scheduled to reopen in converted mechanical school maintenance bays at the entrance of the Missouri National Guard’s Ike Skelton Training Site.

It will include 25 new display boxes. Items such as a World War I German mortar will be out for public viewing, packaged with uniforms, manuals and other antiques from the era.

The attraction currently is housed in the oldest remaining building from the site’s days as the Algoa prison.