MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK’S FUNERAL YESTERDAY. BILL SNYDER SPOKE ABOUT DYLAN MEIER AND HIS ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT SAYING HE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE AND WAS ALSO A TOUGH ATHLETE AND TEAM LEADER. MEIER PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK DURING A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS WHERE HE FELL AT WHITAKER POINT.
TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.
A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.
THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.
HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
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