HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped 9 this week to 480, a record low and another sign of continuing price woes in the oil and gas industry.

Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 386 rigs sought oil and 94 explored for natural gas. A year ago, 1,125 rigs were active.

Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas lost 12 rigs, Oklahoma lost three, New Mexico lost two and North Dakota and Ohio lost one.

Louisiana and Pennsylvania each gained three rigs, Kansas gained two and California and Utah each gained one.

Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, West Virginia and Wyoming all were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It previously bottomed out at 488 in 1999.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve found no indications that a rifle used in the shooting deaths of four Kansas men and one in Missouri was stolen.

Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino was captured just after midnight Wednesday a few miles from where authorities say he gunned down 49-year-old Randy Nordman at the man’s home in Montgomery County, Missouri.

Police say a rifle he had when he was captured was similar to one used to kill four men in Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night.

John Ham, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, says investigators don’t think the gun was stolen but are still trying to figure out who last legitimately purchased the weapon.

He says Serrano-Vitorino likely obtained the weapon in the Kansas City area, where he lived.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three million boxes of frozen DiGiorno pizzas, Stouffer’s lasagnas and Lean Cuisine meals are being recalled after customers said they found pieces of glass in their food.

Nestle USA, the company behind the brands, said no injuries have been reported.

The food maker said the glass may have come from the spinach used in the recalled products. It said an investigation is ongoing.

The recall covers about 2.98 million individual boxes, including four varieties of DiGiorno pizzas, five types of Lean Cuisine meals, four Stouffer’s lasagnas and one Stouffer’s spinach souffle.

• DiGiorno Thin & Crispy Spinach and Garlic Pizza
• DiGiorno Rising Crust Spinach and Mushroom Pizza
• DiGiorno pizzeria Thin Crust Spinach and Mushroom Pizza
• DiGiorno pizzeria Tuscan-style Chicken Pizza
• Lean Cuisine Spinach and Mushroom Pizza
• Lean Cuisine Spinach Artichoke Ravioli
• Lean Cuisine Ricotta and Spinach Ravioli
• Lean Cuisine Spinach, Artichoke & Chicken Panini
• Lean Cuisine Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli
• Stouffer’s Vegetable Lasagna (10 oz., 37 oz. and 96 oz. sizes)
• Stouffer’s Spinach Soufflé
• Stouffer’s Chicken Lasagna

Nestle USA listed each recalled product on its website, including the production codes on the boxes and the “Best Before Dates.”

In addition , pistachios sold under the brands of Wonderful, Paramount Farms and Trader Joe’s are being recalled nationwide because they may be contaminated with salmonella.

Health officials in nine states are investigating 11 cases of salmonella linked to pistachios from Wonderful Pistachios of Lost Hills, California. The nuts are sold nationwide and in Canada.

The recalled pistachios can be identified by a lot code number on the lower back or bottom panel of the package. A list of those numbers is available on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Wonderful Pistachios says on its website that it takes food safety seriously and is working with health officials to find the source of the problem.

The company asks people to return the nuts where they bought them for a refund.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A major U.S. bank has given a presentation to Kansas finance officials on securitizing the state’s future tobacco settlement money.

The presentation by Citigroup has raised concerns among child advocates who say selling the future settlement payments to raise cash for the budget deficit would hurt the state’s early childhood system.

A copy of the 26-page Citigroup presentation, provided to The Topeka Capital-Journal by Kansas Action for Children, said Citigroup, “pioneered the tobacco bond market” and shows which states have securitized.

Brownback spokeswoman Eileen Hawley on Thursday said the meeting with Citigroup last October was attended by officials with the Kansas Development Finance Authority and Brownback’s budget director. She says there’s no deal or pending legislation to sell tobacco settlement money.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An investment banking company has briefed Kansas officials on its expertise in tobacco settlement payments as child advocates say the state is pursuing a future sale to help close the budget deficit.

The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal reports that Kansas Action for Children alleged during a Tuesday hearing that Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration was contemplating selling future tobacco settlement payments to generate more than $400 million in one-time cash.

Administration officials say there’s no deal but that discussions have taken place.

The nonprofit group provided a copy of the 26-page presentation Citigroup Inc. gave in October, highlighting the benefits of using the company to securitize. The document says that bond proceeds have been used for capital projects, endowments, pension funding and working capital.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A law enforcement officer shot and killed a man after he got out of a vehicle and raised a firearm along an interstate in Kansas.

Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says officers received a report Friday afternoon of a man sitting in a pickup with a gun sticking out the window.

Herzet told The Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/1U7m3Cm ) the weapon appeared to be a rifle with a scope. He says officers blocked traffic along U.S. 54 near Rosalia and used a public address system to communicate with the man from a distance.

Herzet says the man got out of the vehicle and raised the weapon, which is when an officer shot and killed him.

Herzet wouldn’t provide the man’s name or age but said he had lived in the county previously.

WICHITA- Elephants from Swaziland arrived in Wichita on Friday on their way to a new home at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

A large crowd was on hand as the elephants arrived with an escort from the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department.

The zoo is building a new home for the animals.

The Elephants of the Zambezi River Valley will be the third largest elephant exhibit in the country.

It encompass more than 5 acres of sprawling outdoors space, plus an indoor facility and world’s largest elephant pool at 550,000 gallons.

SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect allegedly involved in a violent attack in a Salina home on Thursday.

Clinton Cheney, 31, Lincoln, is alleged to have threatened a woman with a knife and strangled her almost to the point of unconsciousness, according to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

Cheney also reportedly refused to allow the woman, who is in 30s, to leave the home.

Cheney is an acquaintance of the woman.

Cheney left the home and the woman called police.

He was arrested in Lincoln County Thursday evening and was booked into jail on requested charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, domestic battery, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal threat.

FINNEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Garden City are investigating an injury accident involving children.

Just after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to 4101 E Hwy 50 reference a child being struck by a car as it backed out of a driveway, according to a media release.

When Officers arrived on scene they located a 3-year-old child with injuries to his head.

Finney County EMS responded and transported the child to St Catherine Hospital where he was treated and released.

The investigation revealed the victim was one of several children playing in the street at the time of the accident.

No charges are expected to filed, according to police captain Randy Ralston.