Here is the latest Wyoming news from The Associated Press at 9:40 p.m. MDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An interim Wyoming legislative panel has rejected proposed legislation that would have prevented some people with mental illnesses from buying guns. The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee voted 9-5 Thursday in Cheyenne against a proposal that would have required the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation to submit certain mental health records to a federal database used for background checks while purchasing firearms.

WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol says one of its troopers has been suffered minor injuries in an accident on Interstate 25. The patrol says the trooper was stopped on the shoulder while assisting a stranded motorist at about 1 p.m. Thursday south of Wheatland when a commercial truck struck the trooper's patrol vehicle.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Two Californians who were caught with nearly 22 pounds of meth during a traffic stop in southern Wyoming have been sentenced. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Adrian Reyna Sr. was sentenced Wednesday to a month shy of 11 years in federal prison, while Andrea Aldaco received a seven-year term. A state trooper pulled over Reyna's rental car on Interstate 80 in Albany County in February and found 20 bags filled with 90-percent pure methamphetamine. Reyna and Aldaco are from Wasco, California.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Missouri says three people who accuse a former Wyoming bishop of sexual abuse are credible. The three have raised allegations against Bishop Joseph Hart over the past year.

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