WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita school president says Marine officials have notified a local family their son was among those killed after a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed during a relief mission in Nepal.

Nepal’s Army said Saturday the bodies of all eight people on board the UH-1 “Huey” have been recovered. The aircraft, with six Marines, including Wichita native Capt. Chris Norgren, and two Nepali soldiers on board, went missing while delivering earthquake relief aid Tuesday. The wreckage was found Friday.

The U.S. military hasn’t confirmed the identities of the crash victims.

Leticia Nielsen, president of Bishop Carroll High School, told The Wichita Eagle Marine officials visited Ron and Terri Norgren Saturday and confirmed their son was among those killed.

Ron Norgren said earlier his son loved flying and loved helping people.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police officers have been required to read the federal report that details the Ferguson, Missouri, police department after Michael Brown’s shooting death last summer.

The black, unarmed 18-year-old was killed Aug. 9 by Officer Darren Wilson, which sparked nationwide protests and unrest in Ferguson.

The Justice Department report, which was published March 4, highlights how Ferguson’s police practices, including “racial bias,” eroded community trust. According to the report, Ferguson city officials also pressured the police department to generate revenue by issuing more and more citations for city code violations.  The report is available here.

Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib told The Lawrence Journal-World  he wants Lawrence police to learn from the 102-page report. They have a month to finish it.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Three people have been charged in the death of a Dodge City man whose body was found under a bridge in southwest Kansas.

The Dodge City Globe reports Christopher Boyd’s body was found Sunday under a bridge north of Bucklin. Ford County Sheriff Dean Bush said an autopsy determined Boyd’s death was a homicide, but he did not release the cause of death.

Authorities say James Schmidt, Anthony Becker and Chelsea Sosa appeared in court Friday and were charged with murder in the first degree and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendants are from the Bucklin area. Schmidt and Sosa are also charged with aiding a person charged with a felony.

They’re being held on $1 million bond each.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is also investigating.

ALTOONA – A Kansas boy was injured in an accident just before 9:30 a.m. on Saturday in Wilson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Toyota Prius driven by Michael R. Holliday, 57, Neodesha, was northbound on Quincy Street just south of 12th Street in Altoona.

According to authorities Bently Beckwith, 4, Altoona ran from the east ditch into the roadway.

The right side of the Prius hit the child. The vehicle stopped immediately at the location.

Beckwith was transported to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City.

Holliday and a passenger were not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Three storm enthusiasts from Georgia are hoping for a chance this weekend to fly small unmanned aircraft into a Kansas tornado.

The Salina Journal reports Warren Causey, Nolan Lunsford and Bret Bouthiller started the Sirens Project more than a year ago with the goal of flying unmanned planes into a tornado.

They say the aircraft allows them to remain a safe distance from a tornado and fly the planes into the heart of the storm to collect data.

Bouthiller says the aircraft can be launched from a mile or more away, and the transmitters have a range of at least five miles. Most storm chasers get much closer than that, which he says is ridiculous.

The National Weather Service is predicting possible severe weather in the state this weekend.

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