KINGMAN – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 7 p.m. on Monday in Kingman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Mazda Tribute driven by Debra Cocherell, 58, Spivey, was southbound on Kansas 14 six miles south of Kingman.

The vehicle left the roadway, struck a guardrail and rolled into a creek.

Cocherell was transported to the Kingman Hospital. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident according to the KHP.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill to require cities to get approval from counties before annexing land in some cases.

The measure signed Monday by Brownback takes effect July 1. County commissioners will have to approve any proposed annexations by cities when the property is not adjacent to a city’s existing territory.

Republican Rep. Michael Houser of Columbus said the new law will protect the property rights of county and township residents by giving them a voice in annexation decisions through county officials. The bill emerged in response to cases in which cities were viewed as overreaching in annexing land for a landfill or an airport.

An earlier version of the bill had stalled because of language that would have required counties to approve all proposed annexations.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government snapshot of farm crops across Kansas reflects the wet conditions across much of the state.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday some areas in northeast Kansas have gotten up to six inches of rain, raising concerns that flooding may force some farmers to replant their corn.

Corn planting is 93 percent complete across Kansas.

Corn condition was rated as 13 percent poor to very poor, 39 percent fair, and 48 percent good to excellent.

Winter wheat harvest is getting closer with this latest report showing 98 percent of the Kansas crop has now headed.

The agency rated wheat condition as 29 percent poor to very poor, with 41 percent in fair shape. About 30 percent of the wheat is in good to excellent condition.

NICHOLAS CLAYTON, Associated Press
JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director says the state would likely lay off prison guards, cut aid to public schools and reduce payments to health care providers if lawmakers don’t raise taxes.

Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said Monday that the most likely scenario would be an across-the-board cut of 6.2 percent in the funds allocated under a budget approved for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

That budget isn’t balanced, as required, and lawmakers are divided over raising taxes.

Sullivan provided details to House Republicans. An Associated Press reporter declined to leave the closed meeting.

Sullivan said the cuts would be $400 million and would take effect in late July or early August.

Kansas’ budget problems began after lawmakers slashed income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging.

SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Feeling soggy? Federal officials calculate that last month was the wettest on record for the contiguous United States.

On average 4.36 inches of rain and snow fell over the Lower 48 in May, sloshing past October 2009, which had been the previous record-holder with 4.29 inches. Records go back to 1895.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientist Jake Crouch calculated that comes to more than 200 trillion gallons of water in May.

Crouch said the record was triggered by a stalled pattern of storms that dumped massive amounts of rain in the central U.S., especially in Texas and Oklahoma, which had their rainiest months. Still, parts of the Northeast were unusually dry.

Last month was 1.45 inches wetter than 20th-century average for May.

The Garden City Experiment Station recorded 6.38 inches last month, the fourth wettest May on record. A year ago, the station recorded just 0.63 inch in May.

Dodge City’s 10.33 inches was the wettest May since 12.82 inches fell in 1881. Wichita, with 11.77 inches, and Great Bend, with 10.36 inches, both had the second wettest May, while Kanopolis Lake, Tribune and Colby recorded their third most rain in May.

Hutchinson’s 7.72 inches was only the fourth-highest rainfall amount in May. But Lebo, in Coffey County, recorded the wettest month since 1893 with 15.53 inches in May.

ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Supreme Court probably shouldn’t have taken up the latest challenges to his signature health care law.

Obama says there was no reason for the health program to end up in court, maintaining that “it’s working.”

The high court is expected to decide soon whether Congress authorized federal subsidy payments regardless of where people live, or only for residents of states that created their own insurance marketplaces.

The decision could have far-reaching implications because millions would lose their insurance if the court said people who enrolled through the federal site couldn’t get the subsidies.

Obama says it has been well-documented that Congress never intended to exclude people who went through the federal exchange.

Obama commented Monday in Elmau, Germany, at the conclusion of a summit.

SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Salina arrested two suspects found driving a stolen pickup on Saturday.

Two Salina residents were arrested Saturday afternoon after police learn they were in a pickup truck that was reported stolen in Ottawa County.

Salina police Captain Chris Trocheck said the pickup was pulled over in the area of Oakdale and Park Place in Salina about 4:00 p.m. on Saturday after a check of the license plate came back on a stolen vehicle from Ottawa County.

Taylor Poague, 21, Salina, who was driving the pickup, was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle.

A passenger Jeremiah Bastin, 32, Salina was arrested after he was found in possession of a prescription drug Alprazolam with intent to distribute.