KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for causing a struggle in which U.S. Marshals were exposed to the drug PCP.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 32-year-old Frederick E. Pendleton pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal employee.

Pendleton struggled with U.S. Marshals as they attempted to arrest him at Liberty Fruit Co., where he was employed, in December 2014 for violating supervised release in a criminal case.

Two marshals were injured when their hands made contact with PCP that leaked from a vial in Pendleton’s waistband. They were treated at a hospital.

Pendleton’s 24-month sentence will be consecutive to an 18-month sentence in the previous case.

PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury investigating Planned Parenthood has indicted two anti-abortion activists who covertly shot videos of the organization.

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announced Monday that Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden was indicted on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs. Another activist was also indicted on a charge of tampering with a governmental record.

A news release announcing the indictment doesn’t say what the record was.

Anderson said the grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing.

The Center for Medical Progress is the anti-abortion group that released covertly shot videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetuses for research.

A phone message left with the group wasn’t immediately returned.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Secretary of State Kris Kobach is proposing to have Kansas counties audit voting results immediately after the state’s primary and general elections.

Kobach outlined a measure Monday that would require all counties to manually audit 1 percent of their election returns, starting with state elections in 2018. The Kansas House Elections Committee agreed to sponsor his proposal as a bill.

The Republican secretary of state said the measure is a response to calls for his office to allow private parties to audit election equipment. He said state law doesn’t currently allow it.

A Wichita State University mathematician sued the Sedgwick County election commissioner to gain access to voting machine tapes from November 2014 to research what she believes are statistical anomalies. A trial is set for March 22.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita school district says seven years after it ended mandatory busing, nearly a quarter of the district’s 85 schools are considered single-race schools.

Single-race schools have 60 percent or more of students of one race.

The Wichita Eagle reports some schools in predominantly black neighborhoods lost the racial balance they achieved with forced busing. Minority student enrollment has dropped up to 40 percent in some schools in predominantly white neighborhoods, while some schools in mostly Hispanic schools have more than 95 percent Hispanic students.

The Wichita district is spending millions every year to persuade families to enroll in certain schools.

Superintendent John Allison says the district has a wide array of schools and it is ultimately up to parents to decide which school their children will attend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a Pennsylvania inmate’s appeal to consider banning the death penalty across the United States.

The justices did not comment Monday in turning away a challenge from death row inmate Shonda Walter.

She convicted in the 2003 murder of her 83-year-old neighbor as part of a gang initiation and robbery.

Walter’s appeal plays off Justice Stephen Breyer’s call in an impassioned dissent in June to re-evaluate the death penalty in light of problems involving its imposition and use.

Breyer renewed his plea last week when he was the lone justice willing to give a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate who was later put to death.

WICHTA, Kan. (AP) — A top lawmaker says he plans to file a complaint with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission seeking an investigation into Gov. Sam Brownback’s use of campaign donations to pay more than $167,000 in legal fees last year. The payments came as a federal grand jury was investigating loans his running mate, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, made to their 2014 re-election effort.

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley said Monday he also plans to ask the ethics panel for an advisory opinion on the legality of a candidate using campaign funds as collateral.

Eileen Hawley, spokeswoman for the governor’s office, said in an email Monday speaking on behalf of Colyer that the campaign complied with all laws and regulations and that the investigation into the loans did not result in charges.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter requesting a copy of the results of the Department’s site survey at the Disciplinary Barracks located at Fort Leavenworth.

“As a representative of Leavenworth County, I believe it is very important that the Department of Defense shares their survey results with our community,” said Congresswoman Jenkins. “The folks of Leavenworth County would be most impacted should the detention center at Guantanamo Bay close and the remaining terrorists be transferred to Fort Leavenworth. Decisions that could endanger American lives and have a very detrimental impact on the local community and military installation require openness, not secrecy. I urge the President and his Administration to be fully transparent in their plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.”

The following is the full text of the letter:

The Honorable Ashton Carter
Secretary of Defense

1000 Defense Pentagon

Washington, D.C. 20301

Dear Secretary Carter:

It was reported on January 14, 2016, that you are preparing to submit a report to the President on a plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Many of those reports quote you as saying: “That plan will propose bringing those detainees to an appropriate, secure location in the United States.” One of those potential sites is the Disciplinary Barracks located at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. As part of your efforts to develop that plan, the Department of the Defense undertook site surveys of the three potential locations, including Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. As the Member of the House of Representatives representing Leavenworth County, I request a copy of the results of that survey.

I appreciate your understanding of the impact this plan and its potential implementation may have on my constituents and other residents of the great state of Kansas. I further appreciate your prompt reply, including a copy of your detailed report regarding the plan to close the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay and subsequent transfer of its detainees to the United States.

Sincerely,

Lynn Jenkins, CPA

Member of Congress