MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — Crews continue extinguishing hot spots from a wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles since starting last week in Oklahoma and spreading into rural Kansas.

The heaviest damage is in Kansas’ Barber County, where the fire remained 89 percent contained Thursday night when the most recent update was provided. Officials overseeing the firefight in the county said in a news release that there were at least seven calls for service Thursday and that 10 new acres burned.

Efforts are underway to calculate the damage. An estimated 600 cattle died in Oklahoma; Kansas officials are working to calculate how many cattle died in the state.

An informational meeting is planned for Wednesday in Medicine Lodge to help connect farmers and ranchers with federal assistance.

IOLA, Kan. (AP) — Federal officials are seeking $193,600 in penalties from Russell Stover Candies after a hazardous chemical was released at an eastern Kansas plant.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also announced Thursday that it was placing the candy maker in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program. The company’s Iola plant closed for more than two hours in September when an air-conditioning pipe broke and released about 22 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the air. The gas is highly irritating and can burn the eyes, nose and throat in even small amounts.

OSHA official Judy Freeman says failing to properly control highly hazardous chemicals creates the potential for an accidental release that “could result in a tragedy.”

A Russell Stover spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment

GEARY COUNTY- A former Kansas orthopedic surgeon facing a charge of Aggravated Sexual Battery reached a plea agreement on Thursday in Geary County District Court.

Allan D. Holiday, Jr., pleaded no contest and was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of Endangering a Child.

His 24-month jail sentence was suspended and he was placed on supervised probation for 24-months. As a condition of probation Holiday will serve 30 days in the Geary County Jail and then be released on probation.

Holiday, formerly employed at Flint Hills Orthopedic and Sports Medicine at Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, was arrested in August of 2015 after police said they had received a complaint involving a 16-year old juvenile.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of his wife at their home.

Thirty-two-year-old Derek Campbell was convicted Thursday in the death of Rebecca Campbell. Authorities say officers found her dead in the living room on April 8, 2015.

Campbell testified that his wife was shot when he emptied his revolver then fired the gun, not knowing the chamber still contained a live round. He said that his wife was leaning over to plug in a cellphone when she was struck in the head.

Campbell is scheduled to be sentenced May 19. He faces a sentence of life in prison.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are waiting to learn whether state tax collections in March fell short of expectations.

The state Department of Revenue’s report Friday could complicate the state’s budget picture. It also comes ahead of an April 20 meeting of legislative researchers, university economists and officials in Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration to issue revised revenue projections.

The $16 billion budget approved by lawmakers for the fiscal year beginning in July would leave the state with less than $50 million in cash reserves at the end of June 2017.

Continued shortfalls would erode those projected reserves. Tax collections were lower than anticipated in 11 of the previous 12 months.

Kansas has struggled to balance its budget since cutting personal income taxes dramatically in 2012 and 2013 to stimulate the economy.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine what sparked a house fire that killed a man.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the victim died at the scene of the blaze Thursday afternoon. His name was not immediately released.

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Division Chief Eve Tolefree says the home is not considered a crime scene.

The fatality was the second involving a Lawrence house fire in as many days. Police said a man died Wednesday during a blaze that police say followed a domestic dispute.

His name also hasn’t been released.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has declined to intervene in legal efforts by a county and development group to block a planned state-owned casino after the plaintiffs’ bid to build and operate it was rejected.

TheMorning Sun reports Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks rejected the lawsuit’s claims the decision by state gaming regulators to award the project to Kansas Crossing developers was arbitrary.

Thursday’s ruling is another setback for southeast Kansas’ Cherokee County and would be Castle Rock Casino developers behind the lawsuit. It was not immediately clear if they planned to appeal.

Kansas Crossing developers have gotten several 90-day extensions on the project, which was to be completed this summer.

Kansas Crossing’s $70 million proposal was dwarfed by Castle Rock’s plans for a $145 million development.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri and Kansas man have been indicted in two armed bank robberies.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 46-year-old Terry Jacobs, of Kansas City, Missouri, and 26-year-old Jayme Wilson, of Basehor, Kansas, were charged in a seven-count superseding indictment returned Wednesday. It replaces an earlier indictment, adds Wilson as a co-defendant and includes additional charges.

Jacobs and Wilson are accused of robbing UMB Bank branches in Independence and Kansas City at gunpoint in December.

Besides the bank robberies, Jacobs is charged with robbing a Burger King restaurant, a Family Dollar Store and a Taco Bell restaurant. The three armed robberies happened in December in Kansas City.

Prosecutors say a total of about $8,100 was stolen.