BOSTON (AP) — An 80-year-old man has pleaded guilty to running a massive marijuana-dealing and money-laundering operation.

The Boston Globe reports Marshall Dion is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 11 after pleading guilty Thursday under an agreement with prosecutors. He faces up to seven years in prison.

Police pulled Dion over for speeding in Junction City, Kansas, in 2013 and searched his pickup truck, finding nearly $850,000. Investigators later found $2 million in a bank account, $880,000 in an Arizona building and nearly 400 pounds of marijuana and $11 million at a storage facility in North Reading, Massachusetts.

Prosecutors said Dion sold about 6,600 to 22,000 pounds of marijuana dating back to 1992.

Dion maintains police searched his truck unconstitutionally and is appealing. His lawyer says he is embracing his responsibility.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 22-year-old man accused of threatening to storm the Sedgwick County Courthouse and kill law enforcement officers has pleaded guilty.

Samuel McCrory pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of criminal threat and three counts of criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as part of a plea agreement. He was also ordered to surrender his guns and to enter an anger management program.

Prosecutors say McCrory posted the threats on July 30 on Facebook in reference to the trial of Kyler Carriker.

McCrory is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 1.

GREENWOOD COUNTY- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 5p.m. on Thursday in Greenwood County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1986 Peterbilt semi driven by Justin Wyatt Owens, 37, Havana, was eastbound on U.S. 400 just east of K Road.

The semi went left of center and collided with a Freightliner semi driven by Miguel D. Reyes, 52, Wichita that was traveling westbound.

Owens was transported to Greenwood County Hospital. Reyes was not injured.

They were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot to death in a moving vehicle in Wichita.

According to Lt. James Espinoza, the victim and two suspects were passengers in a car being driven by a woman Thursday afternoon. Espinoza said police believe the victim was sitting in the front seat and the suspects were sitting in the back when the suspects shot the victim. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Wesley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspects fled the scene, and were considered armed and extremely dangerous. They have since been apprehended by police.

The woman driving the vehicle was not injured and is being interviewed by police.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is trying to position itself as an industry leader in the emerging field of unmanned aerial system.

The state is building on the framework already in place as an aviation manufacturing cluster and in its technology-driven agricultural sector. Major Kansas universities are doing cutting-edge research on drones and training the skilled workforce needed to support it.

On Thursday, industry and business leaders gathered in Wichita for a UAS summit that marked the culmination of a series of workshops this year on the use of the technology.

Joel Anderson, the development director at Kansas State University’s office, says the industry is going to have a huge impact in Kansas.

Part of that is driven by precision agriculture which uses data is used to pinpoint fertilizer and water needs within fields.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback says his administration is working on developing a new program to provide volunteer mentors to poor Kansas residents receiving social services from the state.

Brownback said Thursday that the discussions he’s having with Department for Children and Families officials are inspired by successes seen with programs that provide mentors for adult prison inmates and juvenile offenders.

The Republican governor had a Statehouse news conference to promote the mentoring programs and urge more Kansans to volunteer.

His news conference was the last of four events across the state this week with retiring Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts to promote programs aimed at helping ex-offenders succeed after they’re released from custody.

Brownback said he has no timetable for unveiling details of a new mentoring program for the poor.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials are warning drivers to watch for deer on the Kansas highways this fall.

The Wichita Eagle reports the state Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway Patrol want drivers to know that car accidents involving deer become more prevalent in the fall.

The agencies said in a release that 15 percent of vehicle crashes last year were deer-related, and Sedgwick County had the most, with 422 deer-vehicle crashes in 2014.

Officials say if a deer jumps in front a car, it’s best to keep driving and avoid swerving, even if it means hitting the deer. KDOT also says to avoid a collision with deer in the first place, reduce speed in or around wooded areas and be watchful at dusk and dawn when deer are more active.

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says there will be no benefit increase next year for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees.

It’s just the third time in 40 years that benefits will remain flat. All three times have come since 2010.

The main reason for no increase next year is low gas prices.

By law, the annual cost-of-living adjustment — or COLA — is based on a government measure of inflation. The government said Thursday that inflation is being pulled down by lower gasoline prices.

The announcement will affect benefits for more than 70 million people — that’s more than one-fifth of the nation’s population.

The total includes almost 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children who get Social Security benefits.

SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 4p.m. on Thursday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by Nickolaus W. Anderson, 27, Chapman, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of Niles Road.

Several witnesses observed the SUV veer into the median and back across the passing and driving lanes, according to the KHP.

The vehicle ran off the roadway on the north side, traveled through a fence and overturned.

Anderson was transported to Salina Regional Health Center.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

HUTCHINSON – A Kansas man was busy in Reno County Court on Wednesday.

The judge read the charges in two new cases against Brandon Matthew Mounce, 37, Hutchinson, and they also discussed issues in a third case against him.

Mounce is charged in one case with two counts of failing to register as a sex offender because of a conviction for sexual assault in Dallas in 2007.

The second case involves aggravated failure to appear in court on charges of attempted aggravated arson.

He’s alleged to have set a pair of jeans on fire at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center on July 7, 2014.

His bond was set at $123,000 and he’s due back in court on November 18.