OGDEN — Friends, family and supporters of the Meiss family gathered Sunday evening outside the Ogden Friendship House for a candlelight vigil. Ashley Meiss, an Army veteran, has been missing since May 18. Ashley’s father, Tom Lewis, said they can not give out specifics due to the pending investigation, but he told KMAN there was some information he could share about when she went missing. Meiss was last seen May 18 — a Friday — at Rock House Bar in Ogden with two older males. Lewis said there have been no financial transactions made by Meiss since. “According to her…
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TOPEKA — Authorities say a Topeka firefighter was hurt while battling one of two fires that were intentionally set at vacant mobile homes in south Topeka. The Topeka Fire Department wasn’t releasing the name of the firefighter injured in Monday’s early morning fire. The firefighter was transported to a local medical care facility with injuries not considered life-threatening. The Topeka-Capital Journal reports no arrests had been made in connection with the blazes, which were reported just before 4 a.m. at the Coachlight Village Mobile Home Courts in Topeka. Topeka Fire Marshal Mike Martin says firefighters found both mobile homes fully…
KANSAS CITY — The U.S. House of Representatives has boosted efforts to upgrade a historic archaeological site in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that the House recently passed legislation that could make Quindaro Townsite a National Commemorative Site through the National Park Service. The designation would allow the area to get new assistance from the government, such as help with planning, exhibit design and archaeological surveys. The site was once a key spot on the Underground Railroad and a flourishing abolitionist community. Jim Ogle is the executive director of Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area, which is pushing…
LEAVENWORTH — Authorities say the body of a Leavenworth woman who was missing since early Friday has been recovered from the Missouri River. Leavenworth Police Chief Patrick Kitchens says searchers found the body of Brittany Janae Fields Saturday in the river near Leavenworth. He says the investigation will continue. Kitchens provided no further information. Fields’ personal belongings were found early Friday inside a car at a boat ramp parking lot and on the boat ramp dock. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Leavenworth police at 913-682-4411.
CHANUTE — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred as a suspect stole an ambulance in Chanute. Chanute officers who responded to a call Saturday afternoon of someone acting erratically at a Walmart parking lot. The KBI says its preliminary investigation found emergency responders were communicating with the man when he jumped inside an ambulance, locked the doors and drove away. One officer fired several shots at the departing ambulance. The man was identified as 38-year-old Trevor Jones of Chanute. A brief chase followed before the ambulance was stopped and the suspect was detained. Jones…
TOPEKA — An 80-year-old woman who was injured when a vehicle slammed into a Topeka cafe where she was sitting has died. An obituary for Joyce Kasson says she died Saturday but doesn’t give a cause of death. Kasson was injured Thursday when a sport-utility vehicle driven by 82-year-old Peggy Turner, of Topeka, crashed into Banjo’s Cafe. She was taken to a hospital but the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office said at the time her injuries were not considered life-threatening. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the sheriff’s office is working with the hospital where Kasson died to determine if her death was…
The City of Manhattan is advising residents to anticipate delays on Bluemont Avenue as a result of utilities work starting Thursday, August 2. The center lane of Bluemont at 3rd Street near the roundabout will be closed for the work. Crews will be cutting through the street to replace water valves. The work begins Thursday at midnight and is expected to continue until 5 a.m. Friday. City officials wrote in a release that the road will be patched and repaved as soon as possible. They advise motorists to use extra caution and follow all traffic signs in the work zone.
Monday’s guest was Dr. Timothy Shaffer, assistant professor of communication studies at Kansas State University and assistant director of the K-State Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy.
Manhattan High School Principal Greg Hoyt has announced he will retire effective June 1st, 2019. He has been principal since 2014. Hoyt first started with Manhattan High School since 1988, where he began his career as a math teacher. “I will cherish the time that I have spent in USD 383, including the thirteen years as a student and the past 30 as an employee,” states Hoyt. “I be learned from the best, I’ve learned with the best, and I’ve been mentored and supported by the very best.” He previously served as principal at Eisenhower Middle School from 2004 to…
ELLINWOOD — Authorities in central Kansas say a 63-year-old man has been arrested after 40 animals were seized from his property. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said his office assisted the Golden Belt Humane Society and the county health department Thursday at a home north of Ellinwood. Officials removed 20 cats, four dogs and two chickens from inside the home. Another 10 cats, two dogs, a horse and a donkey were found outside the home. A decaying horse carcass that had been there for months was found in a barn. All the animals were taken to the Golden Belt Humane…