TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The president and general manager of the Louisburg Cider Mill says products made at the mill are not the source of an E. coli outbreak.

State health investigators have confirmed seven cases of E. coli that may have originated during the mill’s Ciderfest in late September and early October.

Mill president Josh Hebert told The Kansas City Star that state and federal investigators tested manufactured products, processing equipment and some retail items at the mill and all the samples came back negative.

Herbert says it’s the first time in 39 years of business that his mill has had such an issue.

He told customers in a letter that the business will continue to help with the investigation to find out how the outbreak occurred and how to avoid it.

GREENWOOD COUNTY – One person was injured in a small plane crash just after 11 a.m. on Friday in Greenwood County.

The Kansas Highway patrol reported a two-seat, single-engine, low-wing home-built Vans RV 6 piloted by George R. Douglas, Jr., 69, Orlando, FL., was attempting to land at the Eureka Municipal Airport.

The aircraft began to pull to the left. The pilot applied throttle to attempt a go around and the aircraft continued to pull left until it made contact with the ground and came to rest on its top.

Douglas was not injured.

A passenger Lawrence D. Stapleton, 55, Gautier, MS., was treated at the scene and refused transport.

The accident remains under investigation.

KANSAS CITY – A Kansas man has been sentenced to life plus 30 years in federal prison for coordinating drug shipments for a trafficking organization that distributed more than $39 million worth of methamphetamine and marijuana in the metro area, according to acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Vicencio Olea-Monarez, 38, Kansas City, Kan., was convicted in a jury trial on 21 counts including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana, distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, maintaining a residence in furtherance of drug trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the FBI began an investigation in July 2012 into a drug trafficking ring operating in Kansas City, Kan. Olea-Monarez was responsible for coordinating shipments of methamphetamine into Kansas City, Kan. He also trafficked in cocaine and marijuana.

Counting Olea-Monarez, six of 10 defendants in the case have been sentenced so far.

Beall commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zabel for their work on the case.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has permanently blocked a dual voter registration system in Kansas.

Shawnee County Judge Larry Hendricks ruling Friday has no immediate impact on next week’s election because the judge had already temporarily prohibited Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach from implementing it.

The American Civil Liberties Union challenged a move by Kobach to set up a system which allowed some Kansans to vote in federal races, but not in state and local races.

Hendricks said Kobach “simply lacks the authority” to create the two-tiered system.

The secretary of state’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

ACLU attorney Sophia Lakin says the ruling is a victory for Kansas voters and a stinging rebuke of Kobach’s repeated efforts to use his authority to obstruct ballot access.