LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been convicted in the deadly crash she caused when she fell asleep while driving a tractor-trailer in Wyoming.

The Laramie Boomerang reports an Albany County jury found 48-year-old Tonya Hightower guilty Wednesday of aggravated homicide by vehicle.

Authorities say Hightower drove through a median into oncoming traffic on Interstate 80 after she fell asleep in March 2018.

Her truck collided with the car driven by 57-year-old Vidal Madera of Laramie.

Wyoming Highway Patrol says Madera suffered “extreme, fatal injuries” and was ejected from his car despite wearing a seatbelt.

Hightower told authorities after the crash that she lost control of the vehicle but didn’t know what happened.

Court documents say Hightower did not test positive for narcotics.

GEARY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating 5 suspects on drug chages after a traffic stop on Interstate 70.

Just after 4:30a.m. deputies stopped a vehicle just east of McDowell Creek Road for allegedly speeding, according to a media release.

After an investigation, deputies arrested 21-year-old Juan Rivera Jr; 27-year-old Janelle Nicole Milleson, 24-year-old Anthony Q. Lopez-Garcia; 27-year-old Ricardo A. Lopez-Garcia and 25-year-old Erick O. Abrego-Salas on requested charges that included Possession of a Controlled Substance to Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Rivera was is also accused of suspicion of Interference with Law Enforcement and on a Jackson County warrant alleging Failure to Appear while Abrego-Salas was accused of exceeding the Maximum Speed Limit, according to the sheriff’s department.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing three people in downtown Lawrence.

Anthony Laron Roberts Jr.,  22, Topeka, was sentenced Thursday in the October 2017 shootings that killed 22-year-old Leah Elizabeth Brown, of Shawnee; 20-year-old Colwin Lynn Henderson III, of Topeka; and 24-year-old Tre’Mel Dupree Dean-Rayton, of Topeka.

Two other men were shot but survived. Brown was the only victim who didn’t know anyone involved.

Two co-defendants, Ahmad Malik Rayton and Dominque Jacquez McMillon, both of Topeka, pleaded to lesser charges earlier this year.

The shooting started with a fistfight between two groups of Topeka men who had previous confrontations and ended when more than 20 shots were fired.

TOPEKA – The state begins Fiscal Year 2020 with total tax collections of $496.2 million, which is $2.0 million, or 0.39% above estimates. Total tax collections were $2.9 million, or 0.57%, below the amount collected in July 2018, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Retail sales tax collections were $204.6 million and are down 0.21% from the $205.0 million estimate; and use tax collections were $39.0 million and are $3.0 million, or 8.29% higher than the $36.0 million estimate.

Individual income tax collections were $224.2 million, about $0.8 million below the estimate. Corporate income tax was also about $0.8 million below the estimate with collections of $15.2 million, but were 6.50% greater than the previous July.

“Receipts are holding steady as we start the new fiscal year,” Secretary Mark Burghart said.

LYON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a report of alleged impersonating an officer.

Just after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, a silver passenger car was reported to be using red and blue lights inside their vehicle to pull over other vehicles, according to Lyon County Detective Sergeant Jacob Welsh.

After the vehicles were pulled over the suspect vehicle drove around them and then left the area.

This happened on 2 occasions between Olpe and Emporia on K-99. The suspect did not make contact with the occupants of the vehicles, according to Welsh. The vehicle was last seen southbound toward Olpe.

Two suspects came to the sheriff’s office and identified themselves as responsible for impersonating a police officer, according to Welsh.

They are identified as Joseph Hawes, 18, Emporia, and an unidentified 17-year-old juvenile, also from Emporia.

Formal charges are pending through the Lyon County Attorney’s Office.

KANSAS CITY  (AP) — Kansas City police say a customer at a Wendy’s was shot to death during an argument with an employee.

Police say 23-year-old Aaron Mason, of Kansas City, died after the shooting Wednesday night in midtown Kansas City.

Capt. Tim Hernandez says Mason walked behind the counter to confront the employee during an argument and the two exchanged gunfire. Gunshots were fired inside and outside the restaurant before Mason collapsed in the parking lot. He died later at a hospital.

The employee fled before police arrived.

The cause of the argument has not been released.

About a dozen customers and employees were inside the restaurant when police arrived. No one else was hurt.

WICHITA, KAN. – A Salina pharmacist was sentenced today to serve 36 months on probation — including 18 months house arrest — for diverting prescription drugs containing opioids, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Her husband, who received the drugs from her, got the same sentence.

Kirsty C. Hartley, 29, Salina, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of distributing a prescription painkiller outside the usual course of professional practice without a legitimate medical reason. Co-defendant Dalton R. Hartley, 29, Salina, Kan., pleaded guilty one count of acquiring controlled substances through fraud.

Kirsty Hartley admitted she unlawfully distributed approximately 21,289 tablets of hydrocodone with acetaminophen while working at a CVS Pharmacy in Salina. She gave the pills to her husband for him to consume or trade to others for marijuana.

In her plea agreement, Kirsty Hartley agreed to surrender her pharmacist’s license. Both defendants agreed to perform 200 hours of community service.