SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The longtime city manager in Salina will take over the top administrative job in the city of Springfield, Missouri.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that the selection of Jason Gage as city manager was announced Friday. Gage will be paid $220,000 annually to lead Springfield, a city of 167,000 residents.

Gage has been city manager in Salina for 13 years. Before that he was city manager in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and De Soto, Missouri.

Gage is a graduate of Missouri Southern State College in Joplin. He has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Springfield City Manager Greg Burris announced in November that he was stepping down after 10 years of working for the city. His last day will be June 30.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and North Korea (all times local):

2:47 p.m.

President Donald Trump says his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon) is back on for June 12.

Trump says after an Oval Office meeting Friday with North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol that he’d be making a mistake not to go forward with the on-again, off-again nuclear summit in Singapore.

Welcoming back the delegation from #NorthKorea, led by Kim Yong Chol, to the second day of meetings in New York. pic.twitter.com/3CGmihqaat

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) May 31, 2018

Trump says his meeting with the most senior North Korean to visit the White House in 18 years lasted longer than expected. He said it “went very well.”

Trump says his June 12 meeting will be “a beginning.”

He says, “The process will begin on June 12 in Singapore.”

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2:40 p.m.

A top North Korean official has departed the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump amid negotiations over a high-stakes summit.

Kim Yong Chol spent more than an hour in the Oval Office where he was spotted shaking hands with the president. He was expected to deliver a letter from Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon), the North Korean dictator, to Trump.

After the meeting, Trump and Kim Yong Chol posed for photos on the White House lawn.

Kim is the most senior North Korean visitor to the United States since Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok visited Washington in 2000 to meet President Bill Clinton.

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1:14 p.m.

An aide to Kim Jong Un has arrived at the White House, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit in 18 years.

Kim Yong Chol was greeted Friday by White House chief of staff John Kelly, who brought him inside the White House to meet President Donald Trump.

Kim is expected to president a letter from Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon), the North Korean dictator, to Trump.

The letter comes as the two countries work to revive a Trump-Kim summit on June 12 in Singapore.

Kim Yong Chol is the most senior North Korean visitor to the United States since Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok visited Washington in 2000 to meet President Bill Clinton.

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By DAN MARGOLIES

Two more individuals face criminal charges in connection with the 2016 death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on the Schlitterbahn water slide, bringing to five the number of people charged.

An indictment unsealed this week in Wyandotte County District Court accuses two maintenance workers at the Kansas City, Kansas, waterpark of obstructing law enforcement by giving false information to investigators.

Involuntary manslaughter charges also have been filed against the waterpark itself and its former director of operations. And reckless second-degree murder charges have been filed against a general contractor.

The indictment of David Hughes, a maintenance supervisor, and John Zalsman, a member of the park’s maintenance crew, alleges they told agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation that the ride did not have a brake mat.

In fact, according to the indictment, videos, photos and eyewitnesses attested to the existence of the brake mat, which was designed to slow the raft down.

“Records and eyewitness accounts reveal that these men assisted with Verruckt’s construction and performed multiple repairs of the brake mat in question over the years while Verruckt was in public operation,” the indictment states.

Investigators wanted to know why the men had failed to repair the brake mat after it fell off just 10 days before Schwab was killed.

If convicted, Hughes and Zalsman face a maximum of 17 months in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Attorneys for the men did not return calls seeking comment.

A Kansas Department of Labor audit released last week found dozens of safety violations at Schlitterbahn, which opened for the 2018 season on May 25. Schlitterbahn, which is based in Texas, criticized the audit’s accuracy and said its commitment to safety remained its “highest priority.”

The Verruckt, though no longer in operation, remains standing as the investigation into Schwab’s death continues.

Dan Margolies is a senior reporter and editor in conjunction with the Kansas News Service. You can reach him on Twitter @DanMargolies.

TOPEKA—May tax receipts bring collections so far in FY 2018 to $6.3 billion, which is $1.1 billion more than collected last year and $174 million more than expected fiscal year-to-date, according to the latest revenue report released Friday, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Revenue.

Individual income collections, which includes individual payments and withholding, amounted to $271.1 million, which is $113.2 million above last May. Some income tax payments made at the April filing deadline were processed by the Department at the beginning of the month, which significantly pushed May receipts above newly revised expectations.

“With one month left, there is a strong indication that collections will be above expectations for the Fiscal Year,” Revenue Secretary Sam Williams said. “With the inundation of payments submitted right at the deadline, much of the May bump can be attributed to April filings.”

May’s tax collections total $555.4 million, which is $114.1 million above last May and $107.9 million above newly revised expectations.

JEFFERSON COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after just before 12:15 a.m. Friday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1981 Honda motorcycle driven by Robert Allen Nelson, 41, Dallas, TX., was northbound on Kansas 4 highway just west of Meriden.

The motorcycle hit a deer that entered the roadway from the left.  The driver was ejected from the motorcycle.

Nelson was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet or any protective gear, according to the KHP.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a robbery and asking the public for help to locate possible suspects.

Just after 1:30a.m. Friday, police responded to a highway robbery call in the 2400 Block of West Pawnee in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

A 63-year-old woman and 49-year-old man who witnessed the crime told police the woman was walking home from a convenience store.

Four unknown suspects grabbed her purse and pushed her down causing items to spill from the purse. The suspects took debit cards and cash and fled in a newer, white SUV, according to Davidson.

There were no injuries.

Police are asking for help locating possible suspects. The first is described as a black male, 6-foot tall, approximately 170 pounds and wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. The second suspect is described as an 18-year-old black male, 5-foot-6, thin build wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. The other two suspects are described as black males in their twenties, 6-foot tall, 150 pounds, curly hair wearing a white tank tops and khaki shorts.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call Wichita Police.

WICHITA – A Kansas woman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography while she was babysitting a seven-year-old girl in her home, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

Stefanie Larsen, 47, Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography. In her plea, she admitted she allowed a man to produce a series of videos in which he masturbated in the presence of the sleeping child. When the child awoke and cried out, Larsen told her she had just had a bad dream.

The man paid Larsen to let him make the videos.

Larsen has previous convictions for theft, forgery, DUI, flee-attempted to elude law enforcement and drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.