The Chiefs supposedly have a June 30 deadline for accepting an offer from Kansas to help pay for a new domed stadium. On the other side of the border, more work needs to be done to finalize a plan for renovating Arrowhead Stadium, the team’s long-time home.

Kansas City (Missouri) mayor Quinton Lucas expressed hope on Sunday that the Chiefs will stay put, with a $1.15 billion renovation of their long-time home.

“I’ve had optimism all the time, and I think there are more and more reasons for that,” Lucas said, via Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star. “I said [last summer] that I believe we’d have a compelling Missouri state offer. We’ve gotten to that.

“It took a little longer than perhaps some would have wanted. I think the local government conversation is something that continues to proceed, as well.”

Lucas, who made his comments while in Kansas for a KC World Cup community event, conceded that a final deal for an Arrowhead renovation won’t be in place before the Chiefs’ deadline to accept the Kansas offer comes and goes.

“I frankly continue to hope that we have it resolved sooner rather than later,” Lucas said. “The June 30 deadline set up by the state of Kansas may be a little tough for us, but we’re going to make sure that we have a compelling offer to both teams in that time.

“Kansas City, and the state of Missouri, is where they need to be. In terms of where the offers are, I think it will be on the teams to decide how quickly they want to proceed.”

The Chiefs moved to Kansas City in 1962, after surrendering Dallas to the NFL and the Cowboys.

“Kansas City, Missouri has made sense for 50 plus years,” Lucas said. “It will continue to do so.”

Until it doesn’t. And it won’t if the Chiefs decide to commit to a new stadium by making a short move to a city in a different state but with the same name.

MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) – The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect involved in a reported car theft.

In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office detailed an incident that happened around 3:45 a.m. on June 22.

According to the post, deputies were called to 69 Highway at 232nd Street and found a man with a serious head injury.

They learned that one of the man’s family members had called him for help after their car broke down on the side of the highway. The man drove to the site in a black 2004 GMC Envoy and was helping the family member when an unknown man approached them and stole the GMC.

The victim tried to intervene, but was either hit by or thrown from the GMC in the process. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and is in critical condition.

The sheriff’s office described the suspect as a tall white man with a tattoo on one of his wrists, possibly the left wrist. At the time of the theft, he was wearing black or gray pants, a black t-shirt and a black baseball cap.

He was last seen driving the GMC north on 69 Highway, and other law enforcement agencies have been alerted to its stolen status.

Investigators are asking the public to step forward with any of the following:

• Anyone who saw someone walking near 69 Highway and 232nd Street between 2:15 a.m. and 3:45 a.m.
• Anyone who saw the theft or the injured victim
• Anyone who saw a silver Mercury Grand Marquis parked on the 69 Highway off-ramp at 247th Street between 2:15 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. Investigators have tried to contact the registered owner multiple times without success.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at (913) 294-3232 ext 7157 for Det. Peuser or remain anonymous by calling the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (8477).

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