PULASKI COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 2a.m. on Saturday in Pulaski County, Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Acura CL driven by Joyce M. Lively, 56, Gardner, was traveling on Highway 17 four miles south of Crocker.

The vehicle crossed the centerline traveled off the left side of the road and hit several trees.

Gardner was transported to Ozark Regional Hospital in Osage Beach.

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

SALINA -A Saline County jury found a Salina man guilty on Friday in the 2015 shooting death of a high school student.

Macio Palacio Jr., 23, was found guilty of the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Allie Saum, because the killing was premeditated and committed during the act of criminal discharge of a weapon into a vehicle.

The jury also found Palacio guilty of the attempted first-degree murder of Vince Johnson Jr., as well as criminal discharge of a weapon and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery.

Sentencing for Palacio has been set for 10 a.m. on July 8th.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A measure approved by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback reduces some penalties for marijuana possession.

The measure approved Friday reduces the penalty for first-time marijuana possession, which can now result in up to a year in jail, to no more than six months. The penalty for a second offense would be reduced from a low-level felony to a sentence of up to a year in jail. Subsequent offences could result in 10 to 42 months in prison, which is the current punishment for a second possession offense.

The measure also increases prison time for burglarizing an occupied dwelling to a minimum of 38 months. Currently, the offense could result in a minimum of 31 months in probation or prison.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has put James Naismith’s original rules of basketball on display at the new DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page document.

The 32,000-square-foot, $21.7 million DeBruce Center is the permanent home for “The Original 13 Rules of Basket Ball,” which Naismith wrote in 1891. The center opened earlier, but the Naismith document was installed Friday.

Come view the newly installed Original Rules of Basketball & hear audio from Dr. Naismith himself! #TheRulesLiveHere pic.twitter.com/MiBrvvn8Ug

— DeBruce Center (@DeBruceCenter) May 13, 2016

The installation includes a security system and humidity checks and is located in the Rules Gallery, a passageway between the DeBruce Center’s atrium and Allen Fieldhouse.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports (https://j.mp/1UZtxHR ) the display also includes a 1939 radio interview of Naismith describing how he invented the game.

University of Kansas alumnus David Booth and his wife, Suzanne, bought the Naismith rules at auction in 2010 for $4.3 million.

BROWN COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Brown County are investigating two suspects in connection with theft and alleged pipe bombing.

Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, a Brown County Deputy, on routine patrol in the vicinity of 300th on Kestrel Road noticed a vehicle pull off the side of the road and turn its lights out.

Upon further investigation by the deputy, it was determined the vehicle and the license plate were both stolen out of Leavenworth County, according to a media release.

When the deputy made contact with the occupant, both gave false names.

Both were placed under arrest for possession of stolen property and were transported to the Brown County jail. While at the jail the pair were later identified as Simon Nigel Pohl, 32, St Joseph, Missouri and Jessica Mottin, 27, Atchison.

Pohl is also wanted by police in Leavenworth in connection with two pipe bombings.

He was charged with criminal use of an explosive device and possession of methamphetamine.

According to police, one resident reported his truck was destroyed May 3 by a pipe bomb loaded with nuts, washers and bolts.

Another lost his vehicle to fire on April 18. The police in Leavenworth say they do not believe the vehicles were chosen randomly, but were targeted.

By ANDY MARSO

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer announced Thursday that two companies have filed to sell health insurance plans in Kansas on the individual market, including the federal Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace.

UnitedHealthcare’s announcement that it would be pulling out of the marketplace in 2017 opened the possibility that Kansans who shop there would be left with only one choice of insurer.

But a spokesman for Selzer’s office said two weeks ago that the commissioner was actively working to attract more companies to the marketplace, which was created as part of the health reform law.

According to a news release from Selzer’s office, Minnesota-based Medica and Aetna subsidiary Coventry Health and Life filed applications to sell individual health plans just a few days later.

“Health insurance options filed now for the individual market show that competition will likely continue for Kansans’ health insurance policies,” Selzer said.

The news release said Medica has filed to sell “a number of plans” while Coventry has filed to sell only exclusive provider organization network plans — a type of health insurance approved by the Legislature this year that reimburses only for in-network care. In addition to UnitedHealthcare, companies selling insurance to Kansans through the marketplace for 2016 were Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which offers plans only for residents of Johnson County and Wyandotte County, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield Kansas Solutions, which offers plans to residents in the rest of the state.

More than 101,000 Kansans purchased insurance through the marketplace for 2016. Selzer’s agency and the prospective insurers still have to finalize premium rates, and the news release states that final issuer agreements may not be signed until Sept. 23.

The open enrollment period for the 2017 federal online marketplace, healthcare.gov, starts Nov. 1.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the state Supreme Court to revisit conflicting rulings it issued simultaneously last month dealing with the sex offender registry.

The state argued in a motion filed Friday that the five decisions reaching contrary results has caused unnecessary confusion. The cases are Doe v. Thompson, State v. Buser, State v. Redmond, State v. Charles and State v. Petersen-Beard.

The Supreme Court ruled in the leading case that lifetime registration for sex offenders does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. That conflicts with the holdings in four similar sex registry cases released the same day.

In those separate cases, the justices found that the requirement constituted punishment and therefore a 2011 amendment to the law couldn’t be applied retroactively.

The conflicting opinions ensued when the latest case was decided after the vacancy on the high court was filed by Justice Caleb Stegall.