OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) The body of a 66-year-old Overland Park man who was reported missing last week has been found in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says David Lee Dotson was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a car in rural Bates County, Mo. A Silver Alert was issued for Dotson last Thursday after he left his home and didn’t return. A man who noticed the car parked for several days found the body in a field outside Amsterdam, Mo., about 40 miles south of Overland Park. Overland Park police said foul play is not suspected. His family said Dotson…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas organization that works to help companies do more business abroad has a new name and a new location. The Kansas World Trade Center is now calling itself the Kansas Global Trade Services. The change was required after the group discontinued its membership earlier this year with the World Trade Association. CEO Karyn Page says the new name better reflects the organization’s mission. Among the changes is the creation of a professional network tied to the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration to increase Kansas exports. The group also moved its Wichita office to the Old Town…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is inviting state employees to pack a lunch for a picnic in their honor Friday on the Statehouse grounds. The governor is even promising to hand out free cookies and ice cream to the first 1,000 state workers who attend the event on the Capitol’s south lawn. His office also plans to have a blues and jazz band play. Brownback says Cabinet secretaries and agency directors will join him in handing out the goodies. He is encouraging workers to bring sack lunches. The picnic begins at 11:30 a.m. A noon ceremony will honor…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas prosecutor is taking a few more days to wrap up his investigation of private meetings between Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators at the governor’s official residence. An assistant says Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor expects to report his findings next week. Initially, the report was expected by Friday night. Brownback held seven dinner meetings in January at Cedar Crest with members of 13 legislative committees, most of them fellow Republicans. Taylor, a Democrat, has been investigating whether the gatherings violated the state’s open meeting laws. Many legislators have described the dinners as social…
Riley County police are investigating a report of a missing Kansas State student who had been listed on the K-State football team roster up until recently. Kristi Harvill reported her son, Samuel Harvill, 20, had not been seen since 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. Harvill made the report late Thursday morning, with the announcement reaching KMAN a few hours later. As of 4:00 pm on Friday, there is still no word as to the whereabouts of Harvill. The RCPD is currently attempting to contact Harvill to check his welfare. Medical issues are reportedly involved. Harvill may be in a Silver 2005 Dodge R15 Pick-up…
The Pottawatomie county sheriff’s department is investigating the death of a woman near the Little Grill on Dyer Road near the Tuttle Creek State Lake, reported Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff Greg Riat tells KMAN the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a medical call at that location in rural Manhattan at about three in the afternoon. Emergency units responding located an unresponsive female in a vehicle in the parking lot. It was determined the female was deceased, and had apparently suffered from a gunshot. The victim has been identified as a 37-year-old female of Manhattan. An autopsy is being conducted to…
K-State head baseball coach Brad Hill has hired Mike Clement as his new hitting coach. Clement replaces former associate head coach John Szefc, who left the Cats after two seasons to become the head coach at Maryland. Clement has spent the last three seasons at Texas A&M as a volunteer assistant, working with former K-State hitting coach Andy Sawyers. He previously was on the Texas-San Antonio staff for four seasons, including three years as a full-time assistant. Clement is a Marshalltown, Iowa native, where his father Brad is a hall of fame coach who won three state championships. Mike played…
Elvis Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie unexpectedly appeared at Graceland Wednesday night, and greeted the thousands of fans who had gathered to mark the 35th anniversary of the singer’s death.
Tensions have been flaring between Japan and its neighbors over different sets of disputed islands. Japanese authorities arrested activists from Hong Kong and China who landed on one of them.
Riley County Police report between 1:34 pm and 5:58 pm Wednesday, a pickup truck was stolen from the Wal-Mart parking lot. William Kidney, 26, of Manhattan, reported his 1991 Ford Wrangler was taken. Officers reportedly checked the security footages and obtained a few leads. Following a traffic stop at about 6:30 pm in the 100 block of south 14th street, Jessica Cook, 25 and George Gibson III, 34, both of Topeka, were arrested in connection with the case. The two were taken to the Pottawatomioe County jail with bond set at $5,000 apiece. —- A man’s failure to appear before a judge has…