Friday, December 11, 2009

News 12-11-09

KANSAS STATE HAS NAMED THREE FINALISTS FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. THIS IS A NEW POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY. THE CANTIDATES ARE JACKIE HARTMAN FROM COLORADO STATE, JEFFERY MORRIS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI, AND JEANETTE DEDIEMAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THEY WILL EACH BE ON CAMPUS NEXT WEEK HOLDING OPEN FORUMS. HARTMAN WILL BE HERE THE 14TH AND 15TH AND HER FORUM WILL BE THE 15TH, MORRIS WILL BE HERE THE 15TH AND 16TH AND HIS WILL BE THE 16TH AND DEDIEMAR WILL BE HERE THE 17TH AND 18TH AND HER FORUM IS THE 18TH. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WWW.KSTATE.EDU/PRESIDENT/JOBS


PETITIONS IN TOPEKA TO OVERTURN THE NEW SMOKING BAN ARE GOING MISSING. POLICE CAPTAIN JERRY STANLEY SAYS A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AFTER SEVERAL PETITIONS WENT MISSING FROM CITY BUSINESSES. IF THE PETITIONS ARE RETURNED, THEY WILL NOT PRESS CHARGES. RIGHT NOW SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE MOST PUBLIC PLACES IN TOPEKA.


IT’S A BATTLE FOR THE OPEN SENATE SEAT. CONGRESSMEN JERRY MORAN AND TODD TIAHRT ARE BOTH VYING FOR THE SEAT. MORAN HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY FORMER MISSOURI SENATOR JIM TALENT AND SIX OTHER CURRENT SENATORS. TIAHRT SAYS HE’S BACKED BY FOUR CONSERVATIVE LEADERS INCLUDING MATHEW STAVER AND WAS ENDORSED EARLIER BY US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE OPEN SEAT IS SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK’S WHO’S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.


A 15-YEAR OLD IN KANSAS CITY WILL BE SERVING THE MAXIMUM JUVENILE SENTENCE FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR SHOOTING A RANDOM MAN WHEN HE WAS 13. ANTWUAN TAYLOR IS SENTENCED TO BE AT THE JUVENILE CORRECTION FACILITY UNTIL HE IS 22 AND A HALF YEARS OLD. POLICE SAY HE SHOT 47-YEAR OLD CHARLES MCELROY WHEN A WOMAN GAVE HIM A GUN AND ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO SHOOT SOMEONE. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR THE WOMAN LATER REPORTED TAYLOR TO POLICE. IF TAYLOR DOESN’T SERVE HIS WHOLE JUVENILE SENTENCE HE WILL SERVE AN ADULT SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.


IN LOUISIANA A WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH SENCOND DGREE BATTERY FOR THROWING A POT OF BOILING GRITS ON HER SLEEPING BOYFRIEND. THE MAN SAID HE GOT HOME FROM WORK AND GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND CAROYLIN BROWN. HE TOLD HER HE WAS BREAKING UP WITH HER AND THEN WENT TO BED. BROWN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND BOOKED INTO A CORRCTIONAL FACILITY.


IN THE CASE OF THE DEATH OF 2-YEAR OLD CAYLEE ANTHONY ATTORNEY’S ARE EXPTECTED TO ASK THE JUDGE TO STOP PROSECUTORS FROM SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY. CASEY ANTHONY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER HER DAUGHTER’S BODY WAS FOUND IN WOODS NEAR THE HOME SHE WAS LIVING IN WITH HER PARENTS LAST DECEMBER. THIS WAS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE GIRL HAD GONE MISSING. ANTHONY IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. THE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NEVER DETERMINED.


TODAY IS DIANE SAWYER’S FINAL MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. SAWYER IS REPLACING CHARLES GIBSON ON WORLD NEWS AFTER HE RETIRES. STARTING MONDAY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS WILL BE REPLACING HER. SAWYER’S CO-ANCHOR ROBIN ROBERTS URGED VIEWERS TO WEAR THEIR WATHERPROOF MASCARA WHEN THEY WATCH. ALSO LEAVING GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY IS NEWS READER CHRIS CUOMO, WHO WILL BE CO-HOSTING 20/20.


THE FORMER GIRL NEXT DOOR AND GIRLFRIEND OF HUGH HEFNER KENDRA WILKINSON GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY EARLY THIS MORNING. HER AND NFL PLAYER HANK BASKET WELCOMED LITTLE HANK BASKETT THE FOURTH AT 12:37 THIS MORNING. BABY BASKETT WEIGHED IN AT NINE POUNDS FIVE OUNCES. THE PARENTS TOLD E THEY ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY. KENDRA AND HANK GOT MARRIED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THEY PLAYBOY MANSION.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

News 12-10-09

AS THE TEMPERATURES STAY COLD TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA IS WARNING PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF THE COLD. WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE NEGATIVE 15 TO NEGATIVE 25 DEGREE RANGE, IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PEROIDS OF TIME. SKIN CAN ALSO GET FROSTBITE SO THEY SAY YOU CAN WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING, A HAT, AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF.


FIVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS WERE TOLD THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL TAKE OVER RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. THOSE FIVE COUNTIES ARE RILEY, GEARY, SALINE, DOUGLAS, AND RENO. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS WILL HELP SAVE MONEY IN A TIME OF TOUGH BUDGETS. JOHNSON AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL KEEP THEIR LOCAL INSPECTORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MOST RESTAURANTS AND LYON WILL TOO BECAUSE THERE IS NO STATE INSPECTOR CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET TO THEM.


A CALIFORNIA MAN WHO WAS IN KANSAS MADE HISTORY, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY. 45-YEAR OLD JOSE LOPEZ WAS BUSTED FOR TAKING PART IN THE LARGEST METH SEIZURE IN KANSAS HISTORY. LOPEZ HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 33 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS IN PRISION. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE. LOPEZ WAS STOPPED IN SHAWNEE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2007 WITH TWO OTHERS WHERE 22 POUNDS OF METH WERE FOUND. LOPEZ HAS ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO 22 AND A HALF YEARS PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES IN MISSOURI.


THE KANSAS CITY WIZARDS ARE HOPING TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME SOON. KANSAS OFFICIALS SAY A PACKAGE THEY ARE LOOKING AT COULD HELP CERNER CORPORATION BUILD A BUILDING, FINANCE A STADIUM FOR THE WIZARDS, AND BUILD FIELDS FOR AMATEUR TEAMS. THIS WILL ALL BE PUT IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS BY THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY. THIS PROJECT COULD BRING 9,000 JOBS TO KANSAS.


SENATOR PAT ROBERTS IS BACKING MISSOURI’S CLAIRE MCCASKILL TO MAKE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI’S LIBERTY MEMORIAL THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL. THE TOWER IS ALREADY DESIGNATED BY CONGRESS AS THE WAR’S OFFICAL MUSEUM. THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL IS IN COMPETITION WITH THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON. IT WAS BUILT TO HONOR WORLD WAR ONE VETS IN DC.


PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN OSLO NORWAY ACCEPTING HIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TODAY. HE WAS AWARDED THIS FOR NOT WHAT HE HAS DONE, BUT FOR HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, DO NOT FEEL HE DESREVES IT. JUST 9DAYS AGO HE ORDERED 30,000 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. DURING HIS SPEECH TODAY HE DID RATIONALIZE THIS BY SAYING SOMETIMES WAR IS NECESSARY AND JUSTIFIED. THIS SAME DAY IN 1906 PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.


LAST NIGHT BARBARA WALTERS HOSTED HER 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009. SHE STARTED THE NIGHT BY TALKING TO LADY GAGA, WHO TOOK OFF HER SUNGLASSES FOR THE INTERVIEW AND TOLD WALTERS SHE DOESN’T USUALLY DO THAT. WALTERS ALSO TALKED TO TYLER PERRY, GLENN BECK, KATE GOSSELIN, SARAH PALIN, AND ADAM LAMBERT, WHO’S BEEN STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY ON ABC FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW. WITH HER RULE TO ONLY HONOR THE LIVING, WALTERS TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON’S THREE CHILDREN; PARIS, PRINCE MICHAEL, AND BLANKET. BUT HER PICK FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOST FASCINATING PERSON WAS MICHELLE OBAMA. THEY CHATTED ABOUT HER NEW HOME, HER NEW DOG, AND HER GREAT ARMS. WALTERS HAS BEEN HOSTING THIS SINCE 1993.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

News 12-9-09

A LAWRENCE MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ENCOURAGING HIS CHILDREN TO KILL THEIR MOTHER WITH A BASEBALL BAT. PROSECUTORS SAY ARTHUR DAVIS III ENCOURAGED HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND 15-YEAR-OLD SON TO KILL HIS EX-WIFE ON JUNE SIXTEENTH. THE WOMAN ESCAPED THE ATTACK AND RAN DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND HELP. THE ATTACK BEGAN BECAUSE OF A CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTE BETWEEN DAVIS AND HIS EX-WIFE.


A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS BIG WHEEL HAS LED A TOPEKA MAN TO A MUNICIPAL COURT HEARING. THE SIX YEAR OLD BOY RODE HIS BIG WHEEL TOWARDS DENNY BOGAN. BOGAN SAYS HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF WHEN HE REDIRECTED THE BIG WHEEL WITH HIS FOOT. THE YOUNG BOYS MOTHER SAYS THAT BOGAN KICKED THE BIG WHEEL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO GO OFF TRACK AND FLIP OVER. BOGAN WILL BE SENTENCED ON FIRDAY.


MANHATTAN ISN’T THE ONLY PLACE GETTIG HIT HARD BY WINTER STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING OF ”EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BLIZZRD CONDITIONS” IN PARTS OF ILLIONOIS, WISCONSIN AND IOWA. 50 MPR WIND GUSTS COULD CREATE SNOW DRIFTS OF 8 TO 15 FEET. THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALSO ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR KANSAS, NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CHIEF, LISA JACKSON, SAYS SHE’LL TAKE COMMON-SENSE STEPS TO REGULATE CARBON EMISSIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS. JACKSON HAS BEEN SPEAKING AT THE 192 NATION CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN. THE GOAL OF THE SUMMIT IS TO CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY TO CONTROL GASES CAUSING THE EARTH’S TEMPERATURE TO RISE.


FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHING NEW PRIVACY SETTINGS TODAY. THE CHANGES WILL GIVE USERS BETTER CONTROL OVER WHO SEES THE INFORMATION ON THEIR PERSONAL PAGES. FACEBOOK USERS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT A PRIVACY SETTING FOR EACH PIECE OF CONTENT, LIKE PHOTOS OR UPDATES, THAT THEY SHARE ON THEIR SITE. THE CHOICES FOR WHO CAN VIEW YOUR INFO. ARE “FRIENDS ONLY", “FRIENDS OF FRIENDS” OR “EVERYONE.”


UNIVERSITY OF ARKNASAS CAMPUS POLICE WENT TO A DORM IN SEARCH OF DRUGS AND FOUND A BABY ALLIGATOR, A DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE, SIX PYTHONS AND OTHER REPTILES IN A DORM ROOM. ARKANSAS STUDENT JACOB MILLER SAYS THAT HE AND HIS ROOMMATE WERE GETTING THE REPTILES FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET. THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED BUT THEY WILL BE FINED FOR ALLIGATOR AND RATTLESNAKE POSSESSION WITHOUT PROPER CERTIFICATION.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

News 12-8-09

IT’S OFFICIAL - WE HAVE OUR FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR BUT IT ISN’T SUPPOSED TO LET UP ANY TIME SOON. THE COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, AND GEARY ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM TOMORROW MORNING. THIS MEANS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES, WIND GUSTS THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND WIND CHILLS THAT COULD DROP IN THE NEGATIVE FIVE TO NEGATIVE 20 DEGREE RANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUGGESTS YOU SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING. MAKE SURE TO LISTEN HERE FOR ANY UPDATES CONCERNING THIS STORM.


A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR MARCH SECOND IN THE DEATHS OF THE 18-YEAR OLD AND HER YOUNG SON FOUND NEAR OGDEN. 22-YEAR OLD LUIS AGUIRRE FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATHS OF TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AFTER THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN LATE OCTOBER. HE IS BEING HELD ON $2.5 MILLION BOND IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL.


WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS STARTED THEIR DENTAL PROGRAM DESPITE NOT HAVING ANYWHERE TO HOLD IT. THEY ARE RAISING MONEY TO BUILD A PLACE FOR IT. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVEN DENTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE WHO STARTED IN AUGUST. SIX OF THEM ARE WORKING AT A WICHITA CLINIC AND THE SEVENTH IS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL. IT IS A ONE YEAR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW BUT ONCE THE BUILDING IS BUILT IT WILL BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM AND CAN HAVE 10 RESIDENTS.


THE CHAIRMAN OF PROCTER AND GAMBLE, AG LAFLEY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN JANUARY FIRST AND PRESIDENT AND CEO ROBERT MCDONALD WILL BE TAKING HIS POSITION. LAFLEY HAD GIVEN THE CEO TITLE TO MCDONALD IN JUNE, WHO WAS THEN THE OPERATING CHIEF. LAFLEY TOOK OVER THE COMPANY IN 2000 WHEN STOCKS WERE DIVING BUT HE HELPED THEM GET BACK ON TRACK BY EMPHASIZING INNOVATION AND A CONSUMER IS BOSS FOCUS. PROCTER AND GAMBLE HAS 23 KEY BRANDS BUT RECENTLY SOLD COMET CLEANER, SURE DEODERANT, AND FOLGERS COFFEE.


A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN WON’T CONFIRM A 911 CALL THAT WAS PLACED THIS MORNING WAS FROM TIGER WOOD’S HOME. ALL THEY WILL SAY IS IT WAS FROM THE SAME BLOCK AS HIS HOME AND MEDICS TOOK AN ADULT PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL. IT’S THE SAME HOSPITAL WOODS WAS AT AFTER HIS CRASH. THEY ALSO WON’T CONFIRM IF THE PATIENT WAS A WOMAN. HIS WRECK LAST MONTH HAS LED TO SPECULATIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE DISPUTE BETWEEN WOODS AND HIS WIFE. LAST WEEK WOODS PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING HE HAD LET HIS FAMILY DOWN WITH TRANSGRESSIONS BUT DIDN’T OFFER ANY MORE DETAILS.


ITUNES HAS PUT OUT THEIR TOP PURCHASED SONGS AND ALBUMS OF 2009. KINGS OF LEON HAD THE TOP SELLING C-D WITH ONLY BY THE NIGHT. THE TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK FOLLOWED THAT AND THEN CAME LADY GAGA’S THE FAME AND THEN TAYLOR SWIFT’S FEARLESS. THE BLACK EYED PEAS HAD THE TOP SONG WITH BOOM BOOM POW. SOME OTHER OF THEIR TOP TEN SONGS INLCUDE FLO RIDA’S RIGHT ROUDS, LADY GAGA’S POKER FACE, AND MILEY CYRUS’S PARTY IN THE USA. THIS DATA FROM ITUNES IS COLLECTED FROM LAST DECEMBER TO THIS DECEMBER.

Monday, December 7, 2009

News 12-7-09

IT’S TIME TO GET OUT THE MITTENS AND BOOTS BECAUSE IT’S THERE’S SNOW IN THE FORCAST. COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, GEARY, AND WABAUNSEE ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH STARTING LATE TONIGHT GOING INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ESTIMATING A POSSIBILITY OF 5TO EIGHT 8NEAR I-70 AND UP TO 9TO 12 FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THEY ALSO WARN OF HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND BLOWING SNOW.


THE AIR IN TOPEKA MAY BE CLEANER ON YOUR NEXT VISIT THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AND WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. THIS MEANS NO SMOKING INSIDE OF PUBLIC PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF RETAIL TOBACCO STORES AND OUTDOOR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. IF ANY TOPEKA BUSINESSES NEED HELP ENFORCING THIS THE CITY ASKS THE MANAGERS TO CALL THE POLICE.


A WICHITA MAN HIT THE JACKPOT THREE WEEKS AGO BUT DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT HAD. THE MAN…WHO ASKED FOR HIS NAME NOT BE RELEASED…FIGURED OUT HE WON $1.2 MILLION WHILE GOING THROUGH OLD TICKETS IN HIS WIFE’S GLOVE BOX. THE MAN TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS HE THOUGHT HE “WAS GOING TO HAVE A CORINARY” WHEN HE FIGURED OUT HIS NUMBERS MATCHED. HE WILL BE GETTING A CHECK FOR $856,585 AFTER TAXES AND HE IS GOING TO PAY OFF EVERYTHING AND THEN START HIS FIRST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.


WICHITA HAS BEEN PICKED TO HOST THE 2011 JUNIOR OLYMPICS. THE SIX DAY EVENT WILL BRING IN MORE THAN 6,000 YOUNG ATHLETES AND WILL PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY. HOUSTON AND DES MOINES IOWA WERE THE OTHER FINALISTS.


NEW RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS WILL BE OUT TODAY FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONCERNING THE SWINE FLU. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE TARGETING CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND HIGH RISK GROUPS. THEY WILL MENTION HOW THE VACCINE SHORTAGE IS EASING AND MORE WILL DOSES WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK. THE CDC ESTIMATES 22-MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE FLU AND 3,900 HAVE DIED OF IT. AS THE VACCINE BECOMES MORE PLENTYFUL, MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IT.


THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A RUSSIAN NIGHT CLUB. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT 113 BUT THE THOUGHT OF MORE STILL LOOMS OVER THE CITY OF PERM. ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AT LEAST 68 OF THE 130 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FIRE ARE ON RESPIRATORS. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INDOOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.


THIS WILL BE DIANE SAWYER’S LAST WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE OVER FOR CHARLES GIBSON ON THE ABC WORLD NEWS. GIBSON’S LAST SHOW WILL BE DECEMBER 18TH AND SAWYER WILL START ON DECEMBER 21ST. SAWYER HAS BEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR 10 YEARS AND SHE SAYS “I’VE CALCULATED 2,881 SHOWS. ROUGHLY.” GIBSON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN SEPTEMBER.

Friday, December 4, 2009

News 12-4-09

H1N1 VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS TODAY IN THE K-STATE UNION FORUM HALL FROM 9:30 TO 1:30. THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT ARE, K-STATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, STUDENTS WHO ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS, STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH OR CARE FOR AN INFANT UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD, AND STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64 WHO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. TO GET YOUR SHOT YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR CURRENT WILDCAT ID CARD, YOUR HEALTH INSURANE CARD, A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE COMPLETED VACCINE CONSENT FORM WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON K-STATE’S WEBISTE. OTHER DATES FOR H1N1 CLINICS ARE DECEMBER 7TH AND DECEMBER 10TH. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE UNION’S FORUM HALL AT THE SAME TIME.


THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WILL GET A NEW SERGEANT MAJOR THIS WEEKEND. THE CURRENT ONE, STEVE RODINA, IS RETIRING AFTER NINE YEARS. COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR SCOTT HAWORTH, WHO IS THE TOP ENLISTED SOLDIER WITH THE KANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WILL TAKE OVER THE DUTIES SATURDAY. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NICKELL ARMORY IN TOPEKA.


A WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED WILL STILL GET HER DEGREE. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS 25-YEAR OLD JESSIE FOUST WAS SET TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER WITH A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 26-YEAR OLD ADRIAN JACKSON WAS ALSO KILLED IN THEIR HOME BUT THEIR CHILDREN WERE UNHARMED. DURING GRADUATION THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FOUST. A GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY IS RAISING MONEY TO HELP CARE FOR THE COUPLE’S CHILDREN.


A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY IN OVERLAND PARK HAS DONATED NEARLY 150,000 UNITS OF UNUSED MEDICATION TO KANSANS IN NEED. PRESCRIPTION SOLUTIONS SAYS THAT AMOUNT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 18,000 PERSCRIPTIONS. THE DONATIONS WERE THROUGH A PROGRAM APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE IN 2008 TO ALLOW ADULT CARE HOMES, MAIL SERVICE PHARMACIES, AND MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES TO DONATE UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS TO CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT SERVE THE UNISURED OR POOR. BEFORE THE LAW ALL THE UNUSED MEDICATION HAD TO BE DESTROYED.


INSTEAD OF BIG SHOES TO FILL THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS SOME BIG PANTS TO FILL BECAUSE MARK MANGINO HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH. AFTER A TWO AND A HALF WEEK INTERNAL INVESTIGATION STEMMING FROM ALLEGED PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE OF THE PLAYERS AND A 5-7 SEASON, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COACH. JUST TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS COACH OF THE YEAR AND LED THE JAYHAWKS TO A 12-1 SEASON AND AN ORANGE BOWL VICTORY.


DESPITE THE LOSS OF SEVERAL SOLDIERS LAST MONTH DURING THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING RAMPAGE, THEY ARE SET TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE 467TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT WHO LOST THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY. CHARGES AGAINSTTHE ACCUSED GUNMAN MAJOR NIDAL HASAN INCLUDE 13 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WAS TARGETING ANYONE IN THE UNIT.


ABC IS STILL NOT OVER ADAM LAMBERT’S PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.THEY HAVE NOW DROPPED HIM FROM TWO APPERANCES ON THE CHANNEL. HE WAS DROPPED FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICAN QUICKLY AFTER THE AWARDS AND ABC HAS ANNOUNCED HE WON’T BE APPEARING ON JIMMY KIMMEL’S NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL EITHER. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE ON JAY LENO ON THE 21ST AND BARBARA WALTERS WILL INTERVIEW HIM ON HER MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009 SPECIAL THAT WILL AIR WEDNESDAY ON ABC.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

News 12-3-09

FORT RILEY’S 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IS PREPARING MORE THAN NINE HUNDRED SOLDIERS FOR A YEAR LONG DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ. THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY FRIDAY AT THE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS TO CASE THE DIVISION’S COLORS AND FORMALLY MARK THE OCCASION. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE JOINING THE 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. MORE UNITS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN 2010.


A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR THE FAMILY SHOT TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IN BURLINGAME. JAMES KAHLER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND WIFE’S GRANDMOTHER DORTHY WRIGHT OUTSIDE WRIGHT’S HOME. WRIGHT DIED TUESDAY AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. KAHLER IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM HIS JOB AS CITY UTILITIES DIRECTOR IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.


NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS ON THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT MIKE PHILPOT ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN LATE OCTOBER. THE DEAN OF PITTSBURG STATE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONS IS HELPING WITH THE SEARCH. APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB ARE DUE BY JANUARY 8TH.


PAWNEE COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL IN THE FUTURE. A MEDIATION SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18TH BETWEEN THE PAWNEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER OF GREAT BEND. IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JUNE THAT SAINT JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN LARNED WOULD BE CLOSED. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALLEGING IT WOULD ABANDON A VALUABLE CHARITABLE ASSET BY CLOSING THE HOSPITAL. IF THE MEDIATION DOESN’T WORK THE LAWSUIT WILL GO TO TRIAL JANUARY 27TH.


THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IS NOW 457,000, THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH 2008. WALL STREET ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING AN INCREASE BUT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE REASON THE NUMBER COULD HAVE DROPPED IS BECAUSE THE OFFICES WERE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.


A MAN IN GEORGIA DRESSED LIKE AN ELF WILL DEFINITLEY BE PUT ON SANTA’S BAD LIST. POLICE ARRESTED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CALDWELL THE THIRD WHEN HE TOLD THE SANTA AT SOUTHLAKE MALL IN SUBURBAN ATLANTA HE WAS CARRYING DYNAMITE. CALDWELL WAS WAITING IN LINE TO GET HIS PICTURE WITH SANTA AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE FRONT AND TOLD HIM. SANTA CALLED MALL SECURITY AND THEY ARRESTED CALDWELL. HE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING HAVING HOAX DEVICES AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.


COMCAST CORPORATION IS PUTTING SOME BIG BUCKS ON THE TABLE. THEY SAY THEY WILL PUT UP $6.5 BILLION IN CASH AND $7.25 BILLION IN ASSETS TO BUY 51% OF NBC UNIVERSAL FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC. THIS WILL MEAN THE BIGGEST CABLE PROVIDER IN THE US WILL CONTROL NBC AND TELEMUNDO NETWORKS, A COUPLE DOZEN CABLE CHANNELS, AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND THEME PARK. SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A GOOD IDEA HAVING ONE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF SO MUCH OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT COMCAST SAYS CONSUMERS WILL BENEFIT.


THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE IN AND TAYLOR SWIFT AND BEYONCE LEAD THE PACK. BEYONCE IS UP FOR 10 AND SWIFT IS UP FOR EIGHT. FOR BOTH OF THEM THEY INCLUDE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND RECORD OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THEIR COMPETITION INCLUDES THE BLACK EYED PEAS, LADY GAGA, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AND KINGS OF LEON. THE GRAMMY’S WILL BE JANUARY 31ST IN LOS ANGELES.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

News 12-2-09

A MANHATTAN COUPLE HAS PUT THEIR HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOME UP FOR SALE, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT SOMEONE ESLE PUT IT UP ON CRAIGSLIST AS WELL. AN ANONYMOUS PERSON CREATED A CRAIGSLIST ACCOUNT UNDER THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, DELBERT WILKES, AND CLAIMED HE AND HIS WIFE HAD MOVED TO AFRICA. THE ACCOUNT STATED THAT IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN THE HOUSE YOU COULD SEND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND YOU WOULD RECEIVE THE KEYS. THE CRAIGSLIST AD HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN BUT EMAILS ARE STILL BEING DELETED.


PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH AT WEST POINT YESTERDAY ANNOUNCING THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO SEND THIRT THOUSAND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. OBAMA DECLARED THAT AN EIGHTEEN MONTH TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED. OBAMA SAYS THAT THE TROOP SURPLUS IS NEEDED TO BRING THE WAR TO “A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.”


DODGE CITY IS PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF IT’S CASINO LATER THIS MONTH. THE RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION IS PLANNING TO MEET FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY TO DISCUSS SECURITY PLANS AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AT THE BOOT HILL CASINO AND RESORT. IF THE CASINO PLANS ARE APPROVED THEN BOOT HILL WILL RECEIVE A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO TEST EQUIPMENT DECEMBER 9TH AND 14TH. THE CASINO WILL HAVE FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SLOT MACHINES AND 10 GAME TABLES.


FORMER ARKANSAS GOVENOR MIKE HUCKABEE SAYS HE IS LEANING SLIGHTY AGAINST RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. HUCKABEE SAID THAT THE 2010 CONGERESSIONAL ELECTIONS WILL AFFECT HIS DECISION. ANOTHER FACTOR FOR HUCKABEE WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL UNITE BEHIND HIM AS A CANDIDATE. HUCKABEE FINISHED SECOND IN THE 2008 RACE FOR THE G.O.P.


A WICHITA DOG, YES THAT’S RIGHT DOG, IS BEING CREDITED AS A LIFE SAVER TODAY. SKIP THE DOG STARTED BARKING TUESDAY MORNING AT 4:30 AM WHEN A ELECTRICAL FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE APARTMENT OF BILLY KING. KING IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND WHEN HE HEARD SKIP BARKING HE PHONED HIS SON FOR HELP. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND HELPED KING’S SON GET HIM OUT. KING SAYS THAT SKIP DESERVES A BIG BAG OF DOG FOOD.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

News 12-1-09

H1N1 VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE AT KANSAS STATE STARTING TODAY IN THE KSU UNION FORUM HALL. THE VACCINATIONS WILL LAST FROM 9:30 THIS MORNING UTNIL 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE SUPPLY IS OUT. THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT ARE: K-STATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, STUDENTS WHO ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS, STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH OR CARE FOR AN INFANT UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD, AND STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64 WHO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. TO GET YOUR SHOT YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR CURRENT WILDCAT ID CARD, YOUR HEALTH INSURANE CARD, A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE COMPLETED VACCINE CONSENT FORM WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON K-STATE’S WEBSITE. OTHER DATES FOR H1N1 CLINICS ARE DECEMBER 4TH, DECEMBER 7TH, AND DECEMBER 10TH. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE UNION’S FORUM HALL AT THE SAME TIME.


FORT RILEY SOLDIERS WILL BE MARCHING ACROSS POST NEXT WEEK TO COLLECT TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN. SOLDIERS FROM THE 1ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE’S ANNUAL TOY MARCH IS A FOUR AND A HALF MILE ROUTE FROM ONE OF THEIR OPERATIONS BUILDINGS TO THE OPERATION SANTA CLAUSE HEADQUARTERS. PREVIOUSLY FAMILY MEMBERS CARRIED THE TOYS OVER THE ROUTE WHILE THE SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMER 7TH.


A TOPEKA WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A POLICE CHASE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN BECAME DEADLY. POLICE SAY ARIEZANNA WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AND BOOKED INTO JAIL ON CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FELONY ATTEMPTING TO FLEE POLICE, AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. WILLIAMS WAS SEEN SPEEDING ON THANKSGIVING AND POLICE BEGAN TO CHASE HER. HER CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR’S PASSENGER, 30-YEAR OLD ZACK PALMER, DIED IN THE CRASH.


AUTHORITIES HAVE FILED A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE AGAINST THE BURLINGAME MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. 46-YEAR OLD JAMES KAHLER WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY IN THE DEATHS OF THE THREE. KAHLER ALSO FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING OF HIS GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY FOR BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE SAYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. KAHLER WAS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE WATER AND LIGHT DEPARTMENT IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI. HIS BOND IS SET AT $10 million.


TIGER WOODS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIS OWN TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF INJURIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEIGHBOR WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CALLED 911 AFTER WOOD’S CRASH IS SENDING A LAWYER TO TALK WITH THE MEDIA ABOUT WHAT HE SAW. WOODS HIT A FIRE HYDRANT AND A TREE AT 2:25 LAST FRIDAY MORNING BY HIS HOME NEAR ORLANDO. HIS WIFE USED A GOLF CLUB TO SMASH THE BACK WINDOW TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WOODS HAS STILL FAILED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM POLICE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.


THOSE BELLS ARE RINGING AND RED BUCKETS SWINGING OUTSIDE OF STORES TO COLLECT MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. AT A K-MART IN PENNSYLVANIA, SALVATION ARMY WORKERS GOT QUITE THE SURPRISE. SOMEONE DROPPED A GOLD COIN IN WRAPPED IN A ONE DOLLAR BILL. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD KRUGERRAND IS WORTH MORE THAN $1,000. SALVATION ARMY OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A BIG MORALE BOOSTER FOR THE BELL RINGERS AND THEY HAVEN’T RECEIVED A GOLD COIN DONATION IN TWO YEARS.

Monday, November 30, 2009

News 11-30-09

NO NEED TO MAKE THAT DRIVE TO OGDEN OR WAMEGO ON SUNDAYS ANYMORE. LIQUOR STORES ARE NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS IN MANHATTAN. STARTING YESTERDAY THE DOORS WERE OPEN AND ALCOHOL WAS SOLD. THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER NOT ONLY INCLUDES SUNDAYS BUT ALSO SUMMER HOLIDAYS.


THE POPULAR GAME ROCK BAND ISN’T JUST FOR FUN ANYMORE. TWO K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSORS ARE USING THE VIDEO GAME FOR RESEARCH. PROFESSOR CLIVE FULLIGAR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PATRICK KNIGHT ARE STUDYING SOMETHING KNOWN AS FLOW. IT’S WHEN PEOPLE LOSE TRACK OF TIME AND CONTINUE A TASK BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT. RECENTLY THE PROFESSORS HAD STUDENTS PLAY FOR AN HOUR WHILE THEY SAT IN ADJECENT ROOMS WATCHING.


A FORT RILEY SOLDIER’S DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 24-YEAR OLD SERGEANT CRAIG GAGLIA WAS FOUND DEAD LAST MONDAY. GAGLIA WAS ASSIGNED AS A MEDIC TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. ACCORDING TO FORT RILEY, GAGLIA JOINED THE ARMY IN JUNE 2003 AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TWICE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM.


A STAND OFF IN MIAMI COUNTY ENDED PEACFULLY EARLY THIS MORNING. MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF FRANK KELLY SAYS THE STAND OFF BEGAN AROUND 6:30 PM WHEN SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME. KELLY ADDS GUNSHOTS WERE EXCHANGED WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO CONTACT THE SUSPECT. POLICE CAUGHT THE SUSPECT, 56-YEAR OLD STEPHEN BOUCHER WHEN HE LEFT THE HOUSE AROUND 2 AM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.


A FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ WILL SPEAK AT FORT LEAVENWORTH THIS WEEK. RYAN CROCKER WILL BE SPEAKING TO MORE THAN 1,000 US AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE TUESDAY ABOUT LESSONS FROM THE FIGHT IN IRAQ. CROCKER WAS THE AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FROM 2007 UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. HE RETIRED AFTER 37 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.


THE KANSAS LOTTERY IS ASKING PARENTS TO NOT GIVE THEIR UNDERAGE CHILDREN LOTTERY TICKETS AS GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THAT 19% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A LOTTERY TICKET OR SCRATH-OFF CARD AS A GIFT. THE KANSAS LOTTERY EXECUTIVE SAYS IT’S ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO BUY A TICKET AND PARENTS SHOULDN’T GIVE TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN. LOTTERY OFFICIALS ADD THAT THERE’S A CONCERN GIVING TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY ALSO FOSTER PROBLEM GAMBLING IN ADOLESCENTS.


FOUR LAKEWOOD POLICE OFFICERS ARE DEA AFTER BEING SHOT IN A COFFEE SHOP YESTERDAY MORNING. AFTER A SEVEN HOUR MANHUNT POLICE TRACKED DOWN THE SUSPECT MAURICE CLEMMONS TO A HOUSE IN SEATTLE. POLICE NOW BELIEVE CLEMMONS IS EITHER WOUNDED OR DEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM BY LOUDSPEAKER…EXPLOSIONS…AND EVEN A ROBOT BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE. CLEMMONS HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDING A 95 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE THAT WAS COMMUTED IN 2000 BY THEN ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE.


FUNNY MAN TOM ARNOLD GOT MARRIED THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FOURTH TIME. MORE THAN 75 FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN AN INTIMATE CEREMONY SATURDAY IN MAUI TO SEE ARNOLD AND ASHLEY GROUSSMAN TIE THE KNOT. THE TWO MET THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS IN 2008 AND BECAME ENGAGED LAST MARCH AT ARNOLDS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. ON THEIR WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM PAGE ARNOLD WROTE “I KNEW THAT IF I COULD GET ASHLEY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME, I’D NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE AS LONG AS I LIVED.” AND GROUSSMAN WROTE “I’M THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.”

Monday, November 23, 2009

News 11-23-09

A PREGNANT WICHITA WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY AFTER STEALING FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP HER. 26 YEAR OLD NICOLE BELL KNOCKED ON DOORS IN WEST WICHITA AND TOLD THE PEOPLE SHE NEEDED TO USE THE PHONE BECAUSE HER CAR BROKE DOWN. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS SHE TOOK CASH AT LEAST TWICE. INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT SHE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH SIMILAR CRIMES IN MAIZE AND GODDARD. BELL’S BAIL WAS SET AT $15,000 AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT DECEMBER 3RD.


US REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS MOORE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE, AND PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS EXPTECTED TO FINISH HIS TERM WHICH ENDS IN JANURAY 2011. FORMER KANSAS LAWMAKER PATRICIA LIGHTNER SAYS TWO LITTLE KNOWN REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SPOT. MOORE WILL PUT OUT A STATEMENT LATER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS DECISION.


AN OVERLAND PARK WOMAN WHO WON AN HGTV INTERIOR DESIGN CONTEST IS IN NEED OF SOME HELP. JENNIFER BERTRAND’S 9 MONTH OLD SON HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO USE FEEDING AND TRACHEOTOMY TUBES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE TRAVEL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE BLUE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP THE BERTRAND FAMILY OUT. IT WILL BE AT COTTONWOOD POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE USED TO TEACH.


THE NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GETTING A NICE GIFT. PHILANTHROPOIST AND ART COLLECTOR MARY COHEN IS DONATING $1 MILLION TO THE MUSEUM TO ADD TO THE 850 PIECES THEY ALREADY HAVE. IT WILL BE IN HER LATE HUSBAND, BARTON P COHEN’S NAME. BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED THE COHENS DONATED MONEY TO ESTABLISH PROJECT SPACE FOR AREA ARTISTS.


THERE’S BEEN SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE AT THE SPACE STATION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SPACE WALK TODAY. THE WALK WAS DELAYED AN HOUR BECAUSE A VALVE ON ROBERT SATCHER JUNIOR’S DRINK BAG CAME OFF. THEY ATTATCHED IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. RANDOLPH BRESNICK ALSO HAS BECOME A FATHER WHILE ON ATLANTIS. HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON SATURDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS FIRST EVER SPACE WALK. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE HOOKING UP A NEW OXYGEN TANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.


ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A DAYS INN IN INDIANA WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AROUND 2:30 AM TO SMOKE AND FIRE. ONE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GUTTED AND OTHERS HAVE SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE. FIRE CHIEF MIKE LANKFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ISN’T IMMEDIATLY KNOWN.


MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK TO WORK AT HIS HOUSTON PRACITCE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY’S FIRST TIME BACK SINCE JACKSON’S DEATH IN JUNE. MURRAY HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER TELLING AUTHORITIES HE ADMINISTERED A POWER ANESTHETIC TO JACKSON. MURRY HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.


THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WERE FULL OF SUPRISES ALL NIGHT LONG LAST NIGHT. RIHANNA GAVE A WILD COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH LADY GAGA WHO IS KNOWN FOR SHCOKING PEOPLE. GAGA BROKE GLASS AND PLAYED ON A PIANO THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE HAD TO COME FROM AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP ADAM LAMBERT. HE DID HIS PART WITH DRAGGING WOMEN ACROSS THE FLOOR… HAD TWO GUYS ON LEASES…AND HAD THE FIRST AMA KISS BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE BEING HIMSLEF. AT THE END TAYLOR SWIFT CAME OUT THE BIGGEST WINNER BEATING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR MAKING HER TOTAL WINS FIVE. MICHAEL STILL WON FOUR AMA’S GIVING HIM A GRAND TOTAL OF 23 AWARDS…MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.

Friday, November 20, 2009

News 11-20-09

THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING PEOPLE OF A BLUE VAN IN THE AREA. AN OLDER MALE WITH GRAY HAIR AND CLASSES IS REPORTED DRIVING THE OLDER MODEL BLUE MINI VAN WITH TINTED WINDOWS AND A BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPE ON THE BOTTOM. HE HAS APPROACHED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AROUND MANHATTAN. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION THEY CAN CALL THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 785-537-2112 OR RILEY COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS AT 785-539-7777.


THE CITY OF MANHATTAN WILL BE HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THEY CITY WILL BE BRINGING IN TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION FROM KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO UPDATE THE TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MADE IN 2001. THEY WILL SEE THE SHORT AND LONG TERM ATTAINABILITY OF A TRANSIT SYSTEM IN MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND AT 5:30 IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM AT CITY HALL AT 1101 POYNTZ AVENUE


A SOLDIER FROM FORT RILEY HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE GOT DURING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER IN IRAQ. 35-YEAR OLD STAFF SERGEANT RYAN ZORN OF UPTON WYOMING DIED MONDAY. HE WAS IN THE 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT FORT RILEY. ZORN MAKES THE 169TH FORT RILEY SOLDIER, AIRMEN, AND SAILOR THAT HAS DIED WHILE SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.


A 19-YEAR OLD GIRL IN WASHINGTON CALLED POLICE TO TELL THEM SHE WAS UNDERAGE AND VERY DRUNK. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TROOPER DAN MCDONALD SAID ALYSHA MCINNIS WAS PULLED OVER AND STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. SHE ALSO HAD A DRINK IN THE CAR THAT WAS 12% ALCOHOL. MCINNIS WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO AUBURN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS RELEASED FOR DETOX TREATMENT.


OPRAH WINFREY WILL ANNOUNCE ON HER SHOW TODAY THAT SHE WILL BE ENDING HER TALK SHOW. ACCORDING TO HARPO INC. AFTER IT'S 25TH SEASON, THE FINAL EPISODE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 9TH OF 2011. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1984 AND WENT NATIONAL IN 1986. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST RATED TALK SHOW FOR 23 YEARS IN A ROW. OPRAH WON'T BE GONE THOUGH. IN 2009 THE DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL WILL BE NAMED OWN - THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK WHICH HER WEBSITE SAYS IS “A MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN, INFORM, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.” HARPO PRODUCTIONS ALSO NOW INCLUDES HARPO FILMS.


TODAY IS THE OPENING OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA. NEW MOON OPENED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SELLING OUT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASED OFF OF THE TWILIGHT BOOKS WRITTEN BY STEPHENIE MEYER, THIS MOVIE CHANGES UP ITS DIRECTOR FROM THE LAST BRINGING IN CHRIS WEITZ, WHO DIRECTED THE GOLDEN COMPASS. THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN BY MELISSA ROSENBERG.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

News 11-19-09

MARLATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO BOILER FAILURE. NO STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL TODAY. PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED WHETHER TOMORROW’S CLASSES WILL BE CANCELLED TOO.


KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTING WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AUDIT THEY RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE AUDIT WAS AN EXIT REVIEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN WEFALD AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. IT FOUND UNDOCUMENTED PAYMENTS OF $845,000 TO A FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER.


THE CITY OF MANHATTAN’S NEW ICE RINK WILL OPEN TODAY. IT WILL BE OPEN THREE TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONE TO SEVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DAILY ADMISSIONS AND SKATE RENTALS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE RINK OR A TEN AMISSION PUNCH CARD CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE MANHATTAN PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 1100 FREEMONT. THE RINK WLL ALSO HOLD SKATING AND HOCKEY LESSONS AND CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.


POLICE IN BELAIRE, KANSAS SAY THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN 82-YEAR OLD MAN. WILLIAM HOWELL WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH 5TH AT THE BEL AIRE RECREATION CENTER. HOWELL IS FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. HE HAS BROWN EYES, SHORT GREY HAIR, AND WALKS WITH A LIMP OR CANE. HE IS ALSO DIABETIC AND INSULIN DEPENDENT. HOWELL’S FAMILY AND CRIME STOPPERS ARE BOTH OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE.


AN ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER IS SUSPENDED AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR USING THE TASER BUT FOR NOT HAVING THE VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED WHEN HE USED IT. OZARK MAYOR VERNON MCDANIEL SAYS DUSTIN BRADSHAW IS SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH PAY. HE ALSO ADDS THAT HE WANTS THE ARKANSAS POLICE OR THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE USE OF THE TASER WAS PROPER. THE GIRL’S MOTHER CALLED THE POLICE AND GAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE STUN GUN WHEN SHE WOULDN’T GET IN THE SHOWER. THE GIRL WASN’T INJURED AND IS NOW AT A YOUTH SHELTER.

FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A
RE CANCELLED AND DELAYED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FAA SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS AIRLINES’ FLIGHT PLANS. ACCORDING TO FAA SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER WHITE FLIGHT PLANS ARE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY. FAA SPOKESWOMAN KATHLEEN GERGEN SAYS SHE DOESN’T KOW HOW MANY FLIGHTS ARE BEING EFFECTED OR WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.


THE SIMPSON’S WILL HAVE A NEW CHARACTER THIS SEASON AND HE’LL BE QUITE THE LADIES MAN. THE SHOW HELD A CONTEST FOR FANS TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CHARACTER AND ORANGE CONNECTICUT’S PEGGY BLACK WON WITH RICARDO BOMBA. NICKNAMED LA BOMBA, HE WILL BE ON THE JANUARY 31ST EPISODE. THIS IS THE TV SHOWS 20TH YEAR ON THE AIR.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

News 11-18-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY 10TH AFTER SHE PASSES A BACKGROUND CHECK. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”


THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.


UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.


KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

KSU New Provost

Kansas State University has announced April Mason will be the new Provost. Mason will be taking the job in early 2010. Mason is the Dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences.

News 11-17-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2010. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”


FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.


DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.


A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.


A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.


A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.


A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.


THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.


THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.

Monday, November 16, 2009

News 11-16-09

THAT SNOW COMING DOWN OUTSIDE ISN’T YOUR IMAGINATION. MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TOMORROW MORNING. ACCORDING TO WEATHER.COM, A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES.


A MANHATTAN WOMAN HAS POSTED 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR BAIL AFTER SHE WAS JAILED FRIDAY NIGHT IN SUSPICION OF SHOOTING HER EX-HUSBAND. 63 YEAR OLD MARTHA POTTER WAS RELEASED AROUND 4 AM SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE ON PLYMOUTH ROAD WHEN THEY HEARD REPORTS THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOT. 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT POTTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MORE DETAILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAY.


AND YOU THOUGHT SEXTING WAS SOMETHING ONLY TEENAGERS DID. A GODDARD KANSAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF SENDING NUDE PICTURES OF HIMSELF TO A WOMAN HE ARRESTED WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. CALVIN SCHAFFER ADMITTED TO USING A POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TO SEND THE E-MAILS TO THE WOMAN. PROSECUTERS SAY SCHAFFER ARRESTED THE WOMAN ON FEBRUARY 27TH FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING AND OFFERED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES IN EXCHANGE FOR A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. THE POLICE OFFICER PLEADED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD.


THE GARDEN CITY TEACHER WHO AUTHORITIES SAY FABRICATED AN ASSAULT STORY IS NO LONGER TEACHING IN THE DISTRICT. GARDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RICK ATHA SAYS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTING MICHAEL BLANKS’S RESIGNATION AT A MEETING LATER TODAY. BLANKS WAS FINED $300 EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME WHEN HE TOLD POLICE TWO MEN FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL AND BEAT HIM AND STABBED HIM IN THE LEG. POLICE BELIEVE BLANKS ACTUALLY FELL OFF A DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO THE WALL.


THE TOPEKA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW ADDITION TO THEIR BUS FLEET. THEY HAVE THE FIRST PROPANE POWERED SCHOOL BUS IN THE STATE. IT IS YELLW AND LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR BUS, BUT IT’S QUIETER AND DOESN’T SMELL LIKE DIESEL. THE BUS DOES COST EIGHT-THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN A DIESEL BUS BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE FUEL IS CHEAPER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING GARY MENKE SAYS THEY WILL SEE HOW THE BUS WORKS BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO BUY MORE.


SIX ASTRONAUTS WILL BE SPENDING THEIR THANKSGIVING IN SPACE. NASA HAS FUELED UP SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FOR ITS LIFT OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE 11 DAY FLIGHT THEY WILL BE BRINGING SPARE PARTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. NASA WANTS TO STOCKPILE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT BEFORE THE SHUTTLE FLEET RETIRES NEXT YEAR. WITH LOW CLOUDS BEING THE ONLY CONCERN, EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK AND READY FOR TODAY’S 2:28 TAKE OFF.


JEWLERY THIEVES IN OHIO ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE. ROBBERS BROKE INTO HENRY’S JEWLERS IN TOLEDO AND STOLE WHAT LOOKED TO BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD RINGS ON DISPLAY. STORE OWNER HENRY TRIPLETT SAYS THOSE WERE ACTUALLY BRASS RINGS WORTH BARLEY A QUARTER EACH. TRIPLETT HAD THE REAL RINGS LOCKED AWAY. THE REAL EXPENSE WILL BE REPLACING THE WINDOW AND THE GLASS IN THE 13 CASES THAT WERE BROKEN.


BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MADE QUITE THE MISTAKE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING HIS SHOW IN MICHIGAN. DURING THE SHOW FRIDAY SPRINGSTEEN SAID “HELLO, OHIO!” AND REFERRED TO OHIO MULTILPLE TIMES. HIS GUITARIST STEVE VAN ZANDT TOLD HIM OF THE MISTAKE AND HE WAS CLEARLY EMBARRASSED. VAN ZANDT TOLD ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SPRINGSTEEN WAS GUILTY OF “EVERY FRONMAN’S NIGHTMARE.” HE ADDED “SPRINGSTEEN KNEW THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF DETROIT BUT SOMEHOW DETROIT WOUND UP IN OHIO FOR A MINUTE.”

Thursday, November 12, 2009

News 11-12-09

THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE TODAY NOVEMBER AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM ONE PM TO 4:30 PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION FEE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.


THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY IN WAKEFIELD…WHERE HE GREW UP. THE VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FROM 6TO 8PM AT THE WAKEFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 10:30. AVERY SERVED A TWO YEAR TERM AS GOVERNOR IN 1964. HE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.


A MAN TRYING TO ROB A DISCOUNT CIGARETTE STORE GOT HIMSELF CAUGHT EARLY THIS MORNING, LITERALLY. POLICE SAY HE WAS STUCK IN A VENTILATION PIPE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. THE MAN HAD CALLED HIS DAUGHTER WHO THEN CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WILL BE CHARGES AS SOON AS HE IS RELEASED. POLICE LEUTENANT CHUCK HAGGARD SAYS THE BURGLAR “WASN’T VERY CAT LIKE.”


LAWYERS FOR THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WANT TO MOVE THE TRIAL OUT OF WICHITA. 51-YEAR OLD SCOTT ROEDER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGREVATED ASSAULT IN THE MAY 31ST SHOOTING DEATH OF DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. ROEDER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM JAIL THAT HE HAS NO REGRETS AND BELIEVES IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SAVE UNBORN CHILDREN. THE HEARING TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE TRIAL IS DECEMBER 22ND.


THE PARENTS OF THE BALLOON BOY WILL BE PLEADING GUILTY IN COLORADO COURTS. THEIR LAWYER DAVID LANE SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER MAYUMI HEENE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES…A MISDEMEANOR. THE BOY’S FATHER RICHARD WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT. LANE SAYS PROSECUTORS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW BOTH OF THEM TO SERVE PROBATION SENTENCES. ACCORDING TO LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF JIM ALDERDEN THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES RECOMMENDED WOULD BE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON.


A MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR. ON WEDNESDAY… CURTIS LAVELLE VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF FOR THE DEATH OF ANNE PRESSLY. PRESSLY WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN AND UNCONSCIOUS IN HER HOME BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2008 AND DIED FIVE DAYS LATER. VANCE HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN PRESSLY'S DEATH… HOWEVER HIS DNA LINKED HIM TO THE MURDER. THE JURY ALSO CONVICTED VANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, RAPE, AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. A SENTENCING PHASE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER HE RECEIVES LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.


SANTA BRINGS EVERYTHING TO KIDS….MAYBE EVEN THE SWINE FLU. AS HOLIDAY SEASON GETS CLOSER SOME PEOPLE THINK KIDS MIGHT GET THE H1N1 FROM SANTA’S LAP. ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF PEDIATRICS AT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA DOCTOR JAMES ORLOWSKI…THE VIRUS CAN LIVE UP TO EIGHT HOURS IN CLOTHING. THIS INCLUDES SAINT NICK’S HAIR, .SUIT, AND EVEN BEARD. THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA IN TAMPA IS PUTTING DISINFECTANT ALL AROUND THE MALL JUST TO MAKE SURE SANTA DOESN’T GIVE OUT ANY EXTRA GIFTS.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

News 11-11-09

A MANHATTAN WOMAN WHO IS CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS WETLANDS HAS DIED. JAN GARTON DIED YESTERDAY AT 59. GARTON WORKED TO SAVE THE WETLANDS IN THE 1980S WHEN THEY WERE DRYING UP. HER LOBBYING GAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS A PRIORITY WATER RIGHT THAT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.


THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM 1 ONE PM TO FOUR THIRTY PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE A $12 ADMISSION FEE CHARGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.


A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM MONDAY. THE AMERICAN PILOT ERWIN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR CHICAGO. WASHINGTON IS THE THIRD U.S. PILOT IN 13 MONTHS TO BE OVER THE ALCOHOL LIMIT. BRITISH LAW FORBIDES PILOTS FROM DRINKING MORE THAN 20 MICROGRAMS OF ALCOHOL FOR 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEM. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL HAVE A FACE COURT DATE ON NOVEMBER 20TH. IF WASHINGTON IS CONVICTED HE WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A FINE OR BOTH.


A GERMAN MAN WHO STABBED AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN A GERMAN COURTROOM HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. ALEXANDER WIENS, A 28 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN BORN GERMAN, ADMITTED TO KILLING MARWA AL-SHERBINI AT A JULY 1ST COURT HEARING. THE STABBING OCCURRED AT A HEARING OVER A COMPLAINT THAT AL –SHERBINI FILED AGAINST WIENS ACCUSING HIM OF INSULTING HER WITH ETHNIC SLURS.


ON NOVEMBER 11TH 1919 U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROCLAIMED THE DAY AN ARMISTICE DAY IN HONOR OF THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR ONE. TODAY NOVEMBER 11TH MARKS A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE FO FIRE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN WAR.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

News 11-10-09

TWO K-STATE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. K-STATE POLICE HAD A SEARCH WARRANT AND WENT INTO ROOM 23 OF GOODNOW HALL. ANDREW KUEHLER AND MICHELLE CALHOUN WERE ARRESTED ON NOVEMBER 7TH WHEN MARIJUANA, PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, AND PARAPHERNALIA USED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS WAS FOUND. KUEHLER’S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000 AND CALHOUN’S WAS SET AT $2,500.


LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE, WHO’S CHARGED WITH KILLING 18-YEAR OLD CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN MALDONADO WILL BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AND SENT BACK TO RILEY COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, THE DEATH PENALTY DEFENSE UNIT WAS APPOINTED TO THE CASE. AGUIRRE’S NEXT HEARING IS DECEMBER 7TH.


SCOTT ROEDER HAS CONFESSED TO SHOOTING WICHITA ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. 51-YEAR OLD ROEDER SHOT TILLER AT CHURCH IN MAY. HIS JUSTIFICATION IS HE WAS PROTECTING THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN. A DEFENSIVE ACTION STATEMENT SAYING THE SAME THING WAS RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CONFESSION. SIGNERS OF THIS WANT THIS TO BE CONSIDERED DEFENSE AT ROEDER’S TRIAL ON JANUARY 11TH. OF THE SIGNERS…THREE OF THEM ARE ALSO SERVING TIME FOR TARGETING ABORTION DOCTORS.


THE REASON OF DEATH HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THE GORILLA AT THE TOPEKA ZOO SATURDAY MORNING. ZOO DIRECTOR MIKE COKER SAYS THE GORILLA DIED FROM AN AORTIC ANEURYSM. M’BILI, A 17-YEAR OLD GORILLA HAD NO SIGNS OF ILLNESS OR DISTRESS. KANSAS STATE VETERINARIANS DID THE AUTOPSY. M’BILI IS THE SECOND GORILLA IN FOUR YEARS TO DIE AT THE TOPEKA ZOO WELL BEFORE ITS LIFE EXECTANCY, WHICH IS 40 TO 50 YEARS.


THE DEER POPULATION IS GETTING UNDER CONTROL AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY. PARK SPOKESMAN RANDY KNIGHT SAYS PHASE ONE TOOK PLACE OVER FOUR DAYS LAST WEEK WHEN SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT AND KILLED 313 DEER IN THE PARK. THEY PLAN ON THINNING THE POPULATION FROM 200 DEER PER SQUARE MILE TO ABOUT 50. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT THE DEER AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OF PARK HOURS. KNIGHT ALSO SAYS THE DEER MEAT WILL BE TESTED AND THEN BE GIVEN TO NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGH HARVESTERS’ COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK AND THE HIDES WILL GO TO THE ELK’S VETERAMS LEATHER PROGRAM.


A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TODAY AT FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE THERE AMOUNG THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. LAST THURSDAY 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING SPREE. SUSPECT MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING MORE THAN 100 ROUNDS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. HE IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS ASSESSED BY TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS NEARLY A YEAR AGO AND WAS SAID TO NOT POSE A THREAT. HASAN WILL BE TRIED IN MILITARY COURT.


A BOSTON SUBWAY DRIVER IS A HERO THIS MORNING AFTER STOPPING HER TRAIN JUST BEFORE HITTING A WOMAN ON THE TRACKS. DRIVER CHARICE LEWIS GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE JACQUELINE OSORIO WHO SAW THE WOMAN FALL. LEWIS SAW PEOPLE WAVING THEIR ARMS AND PULLED HER EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE WOMAN, WHO TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND SUFFERED FROM SOME SCRAPES. THE TWO WOMEN, LEWIS AND OSORIO, RECEIVED A CALL OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM GOVORNER DEVAL PATRICK AND WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.


BASKETBALL LEGEND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS CANCER. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEIKEMIA FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 62-YEAR OLD ABDUL-JABBAR IS BEING TREATED WITH MEDICINE THAT TARGETS THE ABNORMAL PROTEIN THAT CAUSES HIS LEUKEMIA. HE IS A COACH WITH THE LAKERS AND IS EXPECTED TO LIVE A FULL, ACTIVE LIFE.


THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JANIS JOPLIN WITH A WEEK FULL OF EVENTS LEADING TO HER TRIBUTE CONCERT. THE HALL CALLS JOPLIN ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL ARTISTS. JOPLIN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 27 FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 1970. THIS WEEK THE ROCK HALL OF FAME AND CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ARE HOSTING TALKS BY PEOPLE INCLUDING HER SIBLINGS, FORMER ROAD MANAGER, AND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE GUITARIST JORMA KAUKONEN. THE TRIBUTE SHOW SATURDAY WILL INCLUDE LUCINDA WILLIAMS, COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD, AND THE SONGWRITER OF HER SONG "MERCEDES BENZ" BOB NEUWIRTH.

Monday, November 9, 2009

News 11-9-09

A LAWRENCE MAN SHOT HIMSELF SATURDAY IN A MANHATTAN RESIDENCE. POLICE SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 33-YEAR OLD MATTHEW TESSENDORF TO CHECK ON HIS WELFARE WHEN THEY FOUND HIM AT THE 1000 BLOCK OF JULIETTE AVENUE. RCPD LEUTENANT HERB CROSBY JUNIOR SAYS TESSENDORF WAS TALKING TO POLICE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HAND GUN. HE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL AND THEN AIR LIFTED TO STORMONT-VAIL HEALTH CENTER IN TOPEKA. THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


VANDALS HIT K-STATE’S VANIER FOOTBAL COMPLEX EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE K-STATE TOOK ON KU. RED AND BLUE PAINT WAS SPLASHED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM DEFACING A POWERCAT LOGO AND SOME PARKED CARS. IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THE TIME ANYONE GOT THERE. WITH THIS ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE, K-STATE DEFEATED THE JAYHAWKS 17 TO 10.


24 HIGHWAY TURNED INTO A RUWNAY LAST NIGHT. A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA PLANE LOST POWER DURING A FLYING LESSON AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LANDING AT FORBES FIELD IN TOPEKA. THE FLYING TEACHER LEE MOYER TOOK OVER AND LANDED IT SAFELY WESTBOUND. MOTORISTS PULLED OVER WHEN THEY SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN FOR LANDING.


AN ATCHISON WOMAN IS STILL MISSING AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES SAY 58-YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI WAS “FORCEFULLY REMOVED” FROM HER HOME NEAR HORTON. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY SATURDAY. KIMMI IS WHITE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND IS FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES TALL WEIGHING ABOUT 160 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DISPATCHERS AT 913-367-4323.


BUSES AND TROLLEY’S AND SUBWAYS OH MY. THE PHILADELPHIA TRANSIT STRIKE IS OVER AFTER A SIX DAY STRIKE. LUCKY FOR COMMUTERS, THEY FOUND OUT EARLY ENOUGH TO WAITING AT THE BUS AND SUBWAY STATIONS THIS MORNING. LAST TUESDAY ABOUT 5,000 TRANSPORT WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB.


THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER OF THE FORT HOOD KILLING SPREE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. ACORDING TO COLONEL JOHN ROSSI, MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN HAS REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION AFTER HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE VENTILATOR SATURDAY. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT 29 MORE WOUNDED DURING THURSDAY’S SHOOTING SPREE AT A PROCESSING CENTER ON POST. ROSSI ALSO SAID THE CENTER REMAINS A CRIME SCENE AND THE BASE IS “WORKING ON HEALING.”


THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES. THEY MADE A 330 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL. TO MAKE THEIR GIANT SUSHI ROLL, THEY USED 200 POUNDS OF RICE, 80 POUNDS OF AVOCADO, 80 POUNDS OF CUCUMBER, AND 180 POUNDS OF FISH. THE LAST 15 FEET WAS MADE VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY WITH TOFU INSTEAD OF FISH. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUSHI ROLL BEATING A 300 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL MADE IN HAWAII IN 2001.

Friday, November 6, 2009

News 11-6-09

SAD NEWS COMING FROM FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. 13 ARE DEAD AND 30 MORE INJURED AFTER THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HASAN WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES BY SERGANT KIMBERLY MUNLEY WHO WAS SHOT ONCE HERSELF. THEY ARE BOTH IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS AN ARMY PSYCHIATRIST AND WAS ALSO GOING TO BE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. OFFICIALS SAY HASAN DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO IRAQ BUT WOULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE COMING DAYS.


FORT RILEY WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SAYS THEY WILL BE ADJUSTING SECURITY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEIR POST IS SAFE. ACCORDING TO MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SODLERS, FAMILIES, AND CIVILIAN WORKERS IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN. THEY WILL BE DOING CHECKS AT ENTRY POINTS AND ASSES THREATS.


FLAGS IN KANSAS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDOWN NOVERMBER 14TH IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY. AVERY WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM WAKEFIELD. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1950 AND IN 1964 HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS GOVERNOR. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO THE US SENATE, HE LIVED A PRIVATE LIFE IN WICHITA. AVERY WAS 98 YEARS OLD.


A HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE IN WILSON KANSAS IS DESTROYED AFTER A LATE NIGHT FIRE. A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2 AM IN A GARAGE ON THE CITIES MAIN STREET AND SPREAD TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 5 AM. NO ONE WAS INJURED.


A GARDEN CITY TEACHER WAS TICKETED FOR FALSY REPORTING A CRIME. BACK ON AUGUST 9TH MICHAEL BLANKS TOLD POLICE HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED IN THE LEG BY TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL. GARDEN CITY POLIEC SARGEANT MICHAEL REAGLE SAYS POLICE NOW BELIEVE BLANKS FELL OFF HIS DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO A CLASSROOM WALL AND WAS INJURED. THEY AREN’T SURE WHY HE MADE UP THE STORY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TAKEN NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.


THE UNEMLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 10% AND IS EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. EVEN THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED, NEARLY 16,000,000 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE JOBS. 190,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE 22ND STRAIGHT MONTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOSING THEIR JOBS, THE LONGEST ON RECORD.


BRITNEY SPEARS IS UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIA FOR LIP-SYNCING PARTS OF HER CONCERT. THE MINISTER FOR FAIR TRADIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES VIRGINIA JUDGE WANTS TO BRING THIS UP SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE MISLED WHEN THEY BUY CONCERT TICKETS. JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLAIMER SAYING PART OF THE SHOW IS PRE-RECORDED. DESPITE THIS, MANY OF THE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SOLD OUT.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

News 11-5-09

K-STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A SKID LOADER THAT WENT MISSING ON OCTOBER 30TH. THE CAT SKID LOADER WAS TAKEN FROM THE KSU BEEF STOCK UNIT. IT WAS LATER FOUND AT A CAR WASH IN TOPEKA. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YOU CAN CALL CAPTAIN STUBBINGS AT 785-532-6412.


THE SUSPECT IN A RILEY COUNTY DOUBLE HOMICIDE WILL BE SENT TO RILEY COUNTY JAIL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE IS IN A TEXAS JAIL RIGHT NOW. AGUIRRE IS THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATHS OF 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALONADO AND HER 15 MONTH OLD SON JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. A HUNTER FOUND THEIR BODIES BACK ON OCTOBER 25TH.


A COLORADO MAN HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF BEING THE SERIAL RAPIST THAT HAS HIT MANHATTAN AND LAWRENCE. 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT BRUCE IS SUSPECTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN IN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. LAWRENCE POLICE CALLED COLORADO POLICE TO SEE IF ANY DNA MATCHED UP AFTER HE TRIED TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER IN PUEBLO COLORADO. THEY DETERMINED NO CONNECTIONS AROUND HERE BUT IT DID PROMPT INVESTIGATIONS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS.


AN EMPORIA STATE STUDENT WHO HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE SUNDAY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. POLICE SAY 24 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JACOB WILLIAMS’ MOTORCYCLE LOST CONTROL IN LYONS COUNTY AND HE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILLIAMS WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE AT EMPORIA STATE. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL, BEING HELD BY THE TRACK TEAM, WILL BE TONIGHT AT WELSH STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS.


MIKE HUCKABEE WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN KANSAS DURING HIS BOOK TOUR. HUCKABEE’S BOOK, A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS: TWELVE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT, IS A BOOK ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, TIME AS A MINISTER, AND HIS MARRIAGE. THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE AT WATERMARK BOOKS AND CAFÉ IN WICHITA AT 10:30 ON MONDAY. OF HIS 60 CITY TOUR…THIS IS HIS ONLY STOP IN KANSAS.


A 7 MONTH OLD BABY IN FLORIDA THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER THE BABY SITTER’S BED. FLORIDA AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PLAN ON CHARGING THE BABY SITTER, HER HUSBAND, AND THE CHILD’S MOTHER. THE BABY’S PARENTS REPORTED HER MISSING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED SOON.


THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE THEIR 27TH WORLD SERIES TITLE AFTER WINNING LAST NIGHT’S GAME. THEY BEAT THE PHILLIES 7–3 TO CLINCH THE TITLE. HIDEKI MATSUI, THE WORLD SERIES M-V-P, TIED BOBBY RICHARDSON’S 49 YEAR OLD RECORD OF SIX RBI’S IN A WORLD SERIES GAME BY HITTING A TWO RUN HOME RUN, A DOUBLE, AND A SINGLE. THIS WAS ALSO THE YANKEE’S FIRST SEASON AT THEIR NEW $1.5BILLION STADIUM.


KIRSTIE ALLEY, WHO’S WEIGHT STRUGGLES ARE NO SECRET TO ANYONE, HAS SIGNED ON TO A NEW REALITY SERIES ON A&E WHERE SHE WILL BE GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE. ALLIE HAS BEEN A JENNIE CRAIG SPOKESPERSON AND AFTER GETTING DOWN TO 145 POUNDS, SHE GAINED 83 POUNDS BACK. VP FOR A&E ROBERT SHARENOW SAYS “HER PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE MEDIA FOR YEARS, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SHE’LL BE OPENING UP TO REVEAL HER REAL LIFE FOR THE CAMERAS.”

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

News 11-4-09

A SET OF BROTHERS ARE BEING CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE HOMICIDE CASES. ONE BROTHER FROM, FROM LYONS, KANSAS, IS BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. HIS BORTHER IS BEING CHARGED IN A BARTON COUNTY MURDER. ARMANDO MOSQUEDA WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER MONDAY AND HIS BROTHER ANTONIO MOSQUEDA JR. IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED THURSDAY FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.


A RARE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL. THE SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED MAY HELP A 19 YEAR OLD MAN HAVE BETTER USE OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM AFTER AN ARM AMPUTATION. THE SURGERY TOOK A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS. THE SURGEONS SAVED AS MANY AS OF THE MAN’S NERVES AS POSSIBLE AND PLACED THEM IN THE MAN’S CHEST. THE SURGEONS SAY THAT THIS WILL ALLOW THE MAN TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM. THIS WAS THE 35TH TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION PROCEDURE, AND THE FIRST ON A CANCER PATIENT RATHER THAN TRAUMA PATIENT.


BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. THE COLORADO TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS SKIING VOTED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ON TUSDAY NIGHT. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 ARE NOW ALLOWED TO CARRY UP TO ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THIS IS A LARGE STEP AT A TIME WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGALIZATION TALKS.


THE SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. A SPACE ELEVATOR IS THE FUTURE GOAL OF THE ELEVATOR GAMES. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL BE BEGIN THE ELEVATOR PROCESS TODAY ON THE FRY LAKEBED NEAR NASA’S DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. THE TEAMS WILL BE TRYING TO TEST IF ROBOTIC MACHINES POWERED BY LASER BEAMS CAN CLIMB A CABLE SUSPENDED FROM A HELICOPTOR A HALF MILE IN THE AIR.


THE POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. GOOGLE IS CELEBRATING SESAME STREET’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, BY USING THE LONG LEGS OF BIG BIRD FOR ITS HOMEPAGE LOGO. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1969 AND IS THE LONGEST RUNNING CHILDRENS SHOW IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. USA TODAY SAYS THAT SESAME STREET HAS OVER EIGHT MILLION VIEWERS IN 120 COUNTRIES.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

News 11-3-09

THE TWO BODIES FOUND IN A DITCH LAST WEEK AT THE 6300 BLOCK OF SOUTH 32ND STREET HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH A SUSPECT. THE WOMAN WAS 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND THE BABY WAS 15 MONTH OLD JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. THE SUSPECT IS 22 YEAR OLD LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE WHO’S FROM AUSTIN TEXAS BUT LIVED IN OGDEN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN AUSTIN FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND IS BEING HELD ON A $2.5 MILLION BOND. POLICE SAY MALDONADO HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AGUIRRE BUT THEY AREN’T SURE IF HE’S THE FATHER OF THE BABY.


RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 1,000 MORE H1N1 VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CLINIC TODAY FROM 4:00 TO 5:30 TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 IF THEY DON’T RUN OUT. MORE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM. THOSE GROUPS ARE, PREGNANT WOMEN, PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 MONTHS AND 24 YEARS, PERSONS BETWEEN 25 AND 64 WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT PUT THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF FLU COMPLICATIONS, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND CAREGIVERS FOR AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH INFANTS UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD.


THE DEATH TOLL FOR KANSAS SWINE FLU VICTIMS HAS GONE UP TWO MORE. STATE HEALTH OFFICALS SAY NOW 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THEY WERE A 72 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 53 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA. THE KANSAS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS BOTH OF THEM HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.


A FORMER LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER IS ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS FOR SELLING STOLEN VIDEO GAMES. 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT SAYLER WOULD BUY VIDEO GAMES, REMOVE THEM FROM THE BOXES AND RETURN THE BOXES FOR A REFUND. THEN HE WOULD SELL THE GAMES ON EBAY FROM $30 TO $46. SAYLER WAS FIRED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN 2008 AFTER SERVING MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.


FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE SARAH PALIN WILL BE VISITING SALINA IN FEBRUARY. SHE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET. FORMER SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, SPORTSCASTER BOB COSTAS, AND FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE BANQUET WILL BE FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE SALINA BENTENNIAL CENTER. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NONMEMBERS OF THERE ARE TICKETS LEFT AFTER CHAMBER MEMBERS BUY THEIRS.


GOOD THING THE WORLD SERIES IS HEADING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. THE SUBWAY STATION’S DOORS ARE GATED OFF AND NO BUSES ARE ON THE STREETS WHEN TRANSIT WORKERS WENT OF STRIKE AT 3 AM. THE RAIL SERVICE IS STILL OPERATING BUT THE TRAINS ARE PACKED AND THERE ARE DELAYS. LOCAL PRESIDENT WILLIE BROWN SAYS THE UNION DECIDED TO STRIKE WHEN BOTH SIDES DECIDED NEGOTIATIONS WENT AS FAR AS THEY COULD. THEY DECIDED THIS JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PHILLIES BEAT THE YANKEES EIGHT TO SIX SENDING THE WORLD SERIES TO GAME SIX IN NEW YORK.


BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF WARREN BUFFET’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. RIGHT NOW BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY OWNES ABOUT 22% OF THE COMPANY BUT WILL PAY %100 A SHARE FOR THE REST OF IT. THE DEAL WAS ANNOUCNED TODAY AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARDS OF BOTH COMPANIES. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST ACQUISITION EVER FOR BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.


JESSICA SIMPSON ISN’T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HER SISTER ASHLEE BEING CUT FROM THE CAST OF MELROSE PLACE. SIMPSON WROTE ON HER TWITTER.. “I HAVE HAD BAD SCRIPTS TO WORK WITH, BUT THIS? THANKS GOD MY SISTER IS AMAZING AND GOT YOU SOME PRESS.” HERS SISTER SIMPSON-WENTZ IS A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL FOR HER ROLE. AND THANKS THE CW FOR HER CHANCE TO BE ON THE SHOW AND SHE KNEW IT WOULD COME TO AN UNPREDICTABLE END. A RECENT POLL ON PEOPLE.COM ASKED READERS IF THEY WOULD MISS SIMPSON-WENTZ ON THE SHOW AND 67% SAID NO.

Monday, November 2, 2009

News 11-2-09

A LANDON LECTURE WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING AT MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT KANSAS STATE. CHAIR OF THE FDIC SHEILA BAIR WILL BE SPEAKING AT 10:30. CHAIR OF THE LANDON LECTURE SERIES CHARLES REAGAN SAYS ONE OF BAIR’S TOPICS WILL BE “WHO SHOULD CONTROL OUR NATION’S BIG BANKS IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BAILOUT PROGRAM.” SHE IS A KANSAS NATIVE BEING BORN AND RAISED IN INDEPENDENCE AND EARING HER BACHELOR’S AND LAW DEGREE AT KU.


GOVERNOR PARKINSON HAS NOMINATED HIS NEW COMMERCE SECRETARY. WILLIAM THORNTON WILL BE REPLACING DAVID KERR WHO SAID THURSDAY HE WAS GOING TO BECOME MISSOURI’S DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THORNTON…WHO SERVES ON THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS… WILL BE TAKING OVER NOVEMBER 9TH.


POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO TEENS AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT TOPEKA’S CENTRAL PARK ON OCTOBER 26TH. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.. 34-YEAR OLD MARINA MCKNIGHT WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KIDS WHEN SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AND SHE WAS KILLED. THE PERSONS OF INTEREST ARE 18-YEAR OLD GARRY WAYNE WELLS JUNIOR AND 16-YEAR OLD ANTHONY LAVERNE MARSHALL III…BOTH FROM TOPEKA. POLICE SAY MARSHALL GOES BUY THE NICKNAMES MAN AND MAYHAM AND WELLS’S NICKNAME IS NIPPY. TWO FUNDS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR MCNIGHT. ONE IS FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN AT THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CREDIT UNION AND THE OTHER IS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION AND WILL HELP WITH FUNERAL COSTS.


AN OLATHE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE STARTED WHEN HE WAS SMOKING WHILE USING OXYGEN TO HELP HIM BREATHE. THE 74-YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY WHERE HE DIED. HIS WIFE MADE IT OUT OF THE DUPLEX HERSELF AND SUFFERS FROM MINOR SMOKE INHALATION. ABOUT $5,000 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE.


THE ONLINE AUCITON TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCOTT ROEDER…THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER HAS BEEN THREATENED BY EBAY. EBAY SAYS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THEIR AUCTIONS BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE THEIR POLICIES ON OFFENSIVE MATERIALS. TWO ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE WEBSITE LAST NIGHT. ONE WAS A BIBLE THAT WAS SHELLEY SHANNON’S…A WOMAN WHO SHOT AND WOUNDED DR. TILLER IN 1993 AND THE OTHER IS CATACHISM WRITTEN BY ANTI ABORTION ACTIVIST MICHAEL BRAY. THE POSTINGS WERE STILL UP HOURS AFTER THEY WERE PUT ON THE SITE.


A SURVEY SHOWS THERE WILL BE A SLUMP OF HOLIDAY SALES IN THE MIDWEST. HOLIDAY SALES ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE 1.6% FROM LAST YEAR. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS SAYS DURING A NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON THERE IS A 6% GROWTH IN SALES. THIS MID-AMERICA SURVEY WAS TAKEN IN NINE STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.


THE COUNCIL IN D-C WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW SAME SEX MARRAGE IN WASHINGTON. TODAY WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. LAST MONTH OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID CATANIA INTRODUCED THE MEASURE. NINE OF THE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL. OPPONENTS HAVE ASKED THE DC BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PUT THE ISSUE ON NEXT YEAR’S BALLOT.


A NEW YORK MEAT COMPANY IS RECALLING GROUND BEEF BECAUSE IT’S LINKED TO CASES OF E-COLI. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND TWO OTHERS BECAME SICK BECAUSE OF IT. FAIRBANK FARMS’S MEAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN RETAIL STORES IN MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINA. THE PACKAGES HAVE THE NUMBER EST 492 ON THE LABEL. NEARLY 546,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF HAVE BEEN RECALLED.


ELTON JOHN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING FROM E-COLI AND THE FLU. JOHN’S SPOKESMAN GARY FARROW SAYS HE HOPES TO BE RELEASED SOON BUT HAS TO CANCEL CONCERTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND THE US. JOHN IS REJOINING THE FACE2FACE TOUR WITH BILLY JOEL LATER THIS MONTH.


THE MICHAEL JACKSON FILM THIS IS IT SHOWED THIS WEEKEND IT REALLY WAS IT. DURING ITS FIRST FIVE DAYS OUT IT MADE 101 MILLION DOLLAR WORLDWIDE AND 21.3 MILLION IN THE US MAKING IT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN THE LAND. THE MOVIE’S POPULARITY WAS BIGGER OVER SEAS WHERE ABOUT 70% OF ITS STRENGTH CAME FROM. THE FILM IS ABOUT JACKSON GETTING READY FOR HIS COMBACK TOUR BEFORE HE DIED IN JUNE.

Friday, October 30, 2009

News 10-30-09

THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL WILL BE CONDUCTING SOBRIETY CHECKS OVER HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN TOPEKA. IT WILL BEGIN AT 11 PM SATURDAY AND LAST UNTIL TWO AM SUNDAY MORNING. LAST HALLOWEEN FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN WRECKS IN TOPEKA AND THREE OF THOSE INVOLVED ALCOHOL. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS YOU CAN STAY SAFE BY FOLLOWING THESE TIPS, DON’T DRINK IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE, DESIGNATE A DRIVER, DON’T RIDE WITH A DRIVER WHO’S BEEN DRINKING, AND ALWAYS BUCKLE UP. THEY ALSO MENTION THERE ARE EXTRA PEDESTRIANS OUT INCLUDING CHILDREN.


A HUCHINSON POLICE DOG IS ON THE LOOSE. THE DOG DAISY ESCAPED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE IT WAS STORMING. DAISY IS A FEMALE BELGIAN MALINOIS (MAL-in-wah) THAT RESEMBLES A GERMAN SHEPHERD IN SIZE AND SHAPE. SHE’S ALSO MOSTLY BROWN WITH A BLACK FACE AND TALL POINTY EARS. PRISON SPOKESMAN STEVE SCHNEIDER SAYS IT’S THE FIRST TIME A TRAINED DOG HAS ESCAPED THE KENNEL. IF ANYONE SEES DAISY THEY CAN CALL 911 AND SHOULDN’T APPROACH HER.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAYS RESIDENTS OF TREECE KANSAS FACE “A UNIQUE AND URGENT THREAT FROM THE LEGACY OF POLLUTION” AND SHOULD BE RELOCATED. TREECE IS CONTAMINATED BY LEAD AND ZINC MINING AND THE EPA WAS GIVEN THE OK BY CONGRESS TO BUY OUT THE TOWN. THEIR NEIGHBORING TOWN PICHER OKLAHOMA WAS BOUGHT OUT BECAUSE OF MINING TOO.


THE SWINE FLU DEATH COUNT FOR KANSAS IS UP TO TWELVE. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS NONE OF THESE DEATHS HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. THE THREE PEOPLE ARE A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA, A 39 YEAR OLD WYANDOTTE COUNTY MAN…AND A 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE TOPEKA AREA. EARLIER THIS WEEK A TEENAGER DIED AFTER CONTRACTING THE FLU AT THE FFA CONVENTION.


THE SNOW STORM THAT WENT THROUGH COLORADO AND WYOMING HAS MADE ITS WAY TO NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. CHEYENNE, SHERMAN,AND RAWLINS COUNTIES WERE FORCASTED TO GET TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND PUT UP A BLIZZARD WARINING. OTHER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS WERE PUT UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND ARE EXPECTED TO GET ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE STORM ENDS TODAY.


WHILE THE WEATHER ISN’T IDEAL HERE IN KANSAS RIGHT NOW… THE SOUTH HAD STORMS BLOW THROUGH YESTERDAY TOO. ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER HIS CAR WAS SMASHED BY A FALLING TREE IN LOUISIANA. AT LEAST THREE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND A 57 YEAR OLD HAD TO BE RESCUED OUT HIS CAR IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA WHEN THE STEEPLE CAME OFF THE TOP OF A CHURCH. AT LEAST TWO MORE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN ARKANSAS BUT NO ONE WAS REPORTED INJURED THERE.


THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING PILOTS AND NAVY PLANE CONTINUES TODAY IN CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THE SEARCH HAD TO BE SUSPENDED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF STORMS. THE NAVAL AIR STATION LOST CONTACT WITH THE PLANE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ITS LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS NEAR SAN JOSE ISLAND, EAST OF ROCKPORT AND TWO MILES OFFSHORE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE PILOTS NAMES HAVEN’T BEEN RELEASED.


RACHAEL RAY IS DOING HER PART TO HELP OUT THE HUNGRY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THE COOK AND TALK SHOW HOST WILL BE OFFERING DINNER ON NOVEMBER 8TH TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WILMINGTON OHIO. WILMINGTON WAS HIT HARD BY JOB LOSSES THIS YEAR DUE TO THE PULLOUT OF DELIVERY COMPANY DHL EXPRESS. RAY SAYS ON HER WEBSITE “HER SHOW CAN’T FIX THE ECONOMY BUT CAN DO ITS PART THROUGH RAY’S AREA OF EXPERTISE..FOOD.” EARLIER THIS YEAR JAY LENO WENT TO WILMINGTON TO PERFOM TWO FREE COMEDY SHOWS.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

News 10-29-09

TWO BODIES FOUND SUNDAY IN RILEY COUNTY ARE THOSE OF AN ADULT FEMALE AND MALE TODDLER POSSIBLY UNDER THE AGE OF THREE. A HUNTER FOUND THEM IN A SHALLOW GRAVE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY MORE THAN A MILE FROM THE NEAREST HOME. RILEY COUNTY SPOKESMAN SAYS NEITHER BODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING MISSING PERSONS IN RILEY COUTNY.


GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON IS SAYING HE WON’T BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE NEXT YEAR. HE PLANS ON GOING BACK TO PRIVATE BUSINESS. THE DEMOCRATS HAVEN’T ANNOUNCED THEIR CANIDATE FOR GOVERNOR BUT SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK IS LIKELY THE REPUBLICAN CANIDATE AND HAS ALREADY STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN. PARKINSON MOVED UP FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AFTER KATHLEEN SEBELIUS BECAME U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY.


A KANSAS TEEN WHO WENT TO THE F-F-A NATIONAL CONVENTION DIED OF THE SWIEN FLU. 14-YEAR OLD LAUREN MERKLEIN OF KIOWA COLLAPSED IN HER HOTEL ROOM FRIDAY BUT DIDN’T BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL UNTIL HER FEVER DEVELOPED THE NEXT DAY. SHE THEN DIED AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. MERKLEIN’S MOTHER SAID HER DAUGHTER HAD A PREEXISTING HEART CONDITION. THE SUPERINTENANT OF MERKLEIN’S HIGH SCHOOL BRAD MORRIS SAYS NO OTHER STUDENTS BECAME SICK WHILE AT THE CONVENTION.


THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE SUSPENDED LARRY JOHNSON FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF HIS COMMENTS ON TWITTER AND IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOLLOWING THE GAME SUNDAY. JOHNSON IS SAID TO HAVE USED GAY SLURS WITH REPORTERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND CRITICIZED COACH TODD HALEY ON TWITTER. HE WON’T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL NOVEMBER 9TH…THE DAY AFTER THE CHIEFS PLAY JACKSONVILLE. LUCKY FOR JOHNSON THE CHIEFS HAVE A BYE THIS WEEK.


JUST TO OUR WEST IN COLORADO A STORM IS DUMPING ON THE SNOW. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED…FLIGHTS DELAYED…AND EVEN SOME WRECKS IN PARTS OF COLORADO WHERE UP TO 28 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE STORM ISN’T FINISHED WITH THE ROCKIES THOUGH. BEFORE IT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LATER TODAY SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO GET UP TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY FOR EASTERN COLORADO… WYOMING …AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.


THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN AN OVERNIGHT SEARCH FOR A MISSING NAVY PLANE AND TWO PILOTS. THE NAVY T-34 TRAINING AIRCRAFT LOST CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN CORPUS CHRISTI YESTERDAY. ITS LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS NEAR SAN JOSE ISLAND, EAST OF ROCKPORT AND 2 MILES OFF THE SHORE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE PLANE.


THE BRITISH NAVY HAVE FOUND THE YACHT OF A BRITISH COUPLE THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. THEY ARE FEARED TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SOMALI PIRATES. PAUL AND RACHEL CHANDLER’S YACHT WAS FOUND IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS WITH THEM NOT IN IT. ACCORDING TO THE U-K MARITIME AND COAST GUARD AGENCY THEY WERE HEADING TO TANZANIA WHEN A DISTRESS SIGNAL WAS SENT EARLY FRIDAY.


MARK WALBERG AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTIING THEIR FOURTH CHILD. THE LITTLE GIRL EVENS THE FAMILY OUT WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND TWO LITTLE BOYS. EVEN THOUGH FOUR IS ENOUGH FOR WALBERG HE SAYS “MY WIFE IS ALLOWED TO PICK THE MAGIC NUMBER…AS MANY AS SHE WANTS TO HAVE.” WALBERG ADDS HE JUST WANTS TO RAISE HIS KIDS RIGHT.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

News 10-28-09

THE UFM COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER IS RECEIVING A PUBLIC TELECOMMUNITCATIONS FACILILTY PROGRAMS GRANT. THE GRANT OF TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IS BEING GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY. THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE A TRANSMITTER, ANTENNA, AND HARDWARE NEEDED FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY RADIO STATION, KONZ: FLINT HILLS COMMUNITY RADIO. THE UFM IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING $72,000 TO MATCH THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES.

THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF AN ADULT AND A YOUNG CHILD. THE PARTIALLY BURIED BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BY A HUNTER. THE HUNTER DISCOVERED THE BODIES ON SUNDAY EVENING IN SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN. POLICE AND THE SHAWNEE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE SAY THAT THE SHALLOW GRAVE CONTAINED THE BODIES OF AN ADULT WOMAN AND A SMALL BOY, POSSIBLY 3 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. AUTOPSIES ARE BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW THE TWO DIED.

THE CITY BY THE BAY IS A BIT EMPTY TODAY. THE SAN FRANCISCO – OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE IS CLOSED DOWN THIS MORNING BECAUSE A ROD AND METAL BRACE FELL INTO WESTBOUND LANES ON THE SPAN. THERE ARE NO INJURIES, BUT TWO VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED.

COLDS FRONTS ARE HITTING WYOMING AND COLORADO TODAY. EARLY SEASON COLD FRONTS ARE PROMPTING WARNINGS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE TWO WESTERN STATES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORCASTERS ARE PREDICTING TWO DAYS OF SNOW AND NEAR – BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY BROUGHT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW TO CHEYENNE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE BEING POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING, COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.

CONNECICUT POLICE ARE CHARGING A MAN FOR MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF UNIVERSITY OCNNECICUT FOOTBALL PLAYER JASPER HOWARD. JOHN WILLIAM LOMAX III, HAKIM MUHAMMAD AND JAMAL TODD ARE THE ONES BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF THE UCONN CORNERBACK.

A NEW GROUP OF ADVENTURE SEEKERS IS HITTING THE EAST COAST. THE TEAM OF BIG FOOT ENTHUSIASTS WILL BE SEARCHING FOR THE LEGENDARY CREATURE IN THE THICK FOREST AND BOGS OF WEST VIRGINIA. BILLY WILLARD, THE FOUNDER OF THE GROUP, SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING IN PLACES WHERE BIGFOOT HAS BEEN RECENTLY SIGHTED. WILLARD SAYS THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN BIGFOOT HIMSELF. THE GROUP IS TAKING PLASTER CASTS OF SUSPICIOUS PRINTS BUT DIDN’T SPOT THE CREATURE DURING THE SEARCH LAST WEEKEND.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

News 10-27-09

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AND WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY TO CAMPUS THIS WEEK AND NEXT. Dr. APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE WILL HAVE HER FOURUM TODAY FROM 3:45 TO 5-O’CLOCK. TOMORROW WILL BE DR. RALPH RICHARDSON WHO IS FROM KANSAS STATE AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH WILL BE IN THE BALLROOM OF THE K-STATE ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST.SEARCHES.


HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN RILEY COUNTY. THEY WERE NEAR THE 63-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 32ND STREET. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE…SOMEONE FOUND THE BONES AND CALLED THEM. THEY BODY HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED.


KANSAS’S COLD WEATHER RULE GOES INTO EFFECT THIS SUNDAY..NOVEMBER FIRST. THIS RULE MEANS UNTIL MARCH FIRST IF THE TEMPERATURE IS FORCASTED TO GO BELOW 35 DEGREES WITHIN THE 24 HOURS UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION CAN’T BE TURNED OFF. THIS GIVES SOME RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO GET BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.


A MAN IN SHAWNEE KANSAS WAS WALKING A DOG AND FOUND A LEG BONE. A PATHOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SAID THIS LEG BONE COULD BE 150 TO 200 YEARS OLD. REPORTS SAY THE BONE’S BEING SENT TO AN ANTHROPOLOGIST FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION.


NASA IS WORKING TO GET MEN BACK ON THE MOON. THEY PLAN TO BLAST OFF A ROCKET TODAY TO TEST. WITH A 60-PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AT CAPE CANAVERAL TODAY…THE TEST MAY BE DELAYED. THE TWO MINUTE FLIGHT WILL COST 445 MILLION DOLLARS AND DROP INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO BE RECOVERED. NASA MANAGERS SAY THEY EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS FLIGHT.


THE PARENTS OF A GIRL WHO DISSAPPEARED OUTSIDE OF A METALLICA CONCERT LAST WEEK ARE SPEAKING OUT. 20-YEAR OLD MORAN DANA HARRINGTON HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE OCTOBER 17TH OUTSIDE A UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ARENA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. HARRINGTON’S FATHER SAID ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS “A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE” AND HER MOTHER IS WORRIED FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED. METALLICA HAS PUT HARRINGTON’S PICTURE UP ON THEIR WEBSITE AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR HER RETURN.


TO QUOTE QUEEN…FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKING WORLD GO ROUND. IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA A NEW CLUB IS MADE TO ATTRACT A LARGER AUDIENCE. OWNER LISA MARIE GARBO OPENED IT BECAUSE SHE WAS “TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY FAT GIRL AT THE LOCAL NIGHT CLUB.” ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF HER FEMALE PATRONS ARE HEAVY AND A QUARTER OF THE MEN.

Friday, October 23, 2009

News 10-23-09

A NINTH PERSON IN KANSAS HAS DIED FROM THE H1N1 VIRUS. THE 62-YEAR OLD FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS HAD OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE VIRUS. KANSAS DOES HAVE LIMITED QUANTITIES OF THE H1N1 VACCINE.


THE 17-YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAD AN AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR HER HAS BEEN FOUND. MARION COUNTY RESIDENT TARA SIMHISER WAS FOUND YESTERDAY AROUND NOON IN A BANK IN BROWN COUNTY. THE SUSPECT ROJELIS HERNANDEZ WAS PICKED UP OUTSIDE THE BANK. AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN RECOGNIZED SIMHISER AT THE HIAWATHA BANK.


MORE KANSANS ARE LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. THE HEALTH INSURANCE CONSUMER ORGANIZATION FAMILIES USA HAS RELEASE A REPORT THIS WEEK IN WHICH THEY DOCUMENT THAT NEARLY 27,000 KANSANS LOST THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IN 2009. THE RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR THIS. ACCORDING TO FAMILIES USA, 61.9 PERCENT OF THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 65 GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THEIR OWN JOB OR THAT OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR 2009 WAS 6.6 PERCENT AS COMPARED TO 4.4 PERCENT FOR 2008. NATIONALLY, FAMILIES USA ESTIMATES THAT THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED WORKING-AGE ADULTS ROSE BY 4 MILLION. AS A RESULT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICAN NOW EXCEEDS 50 MILLION. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RON POLLACK SAID: “PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A PINK SLIP EXPERIENCE A DOUBLE WHAMMY. THEY NOT ONLY LOSE THEIR JOBS, BUT THEY USUALLY LOSE THEIR HEALTH COVERAGE AS WELL. THAT IS WHY HEALTH CARE REFORM IS SO IMPORTANT.” FAMILIES USA ANALYSIS OF DATA SHOW THE UNINSURED IN KANSAS GREW FROM 16.2 PERCENT IN 2006 THROUGH 2008 TO A PROJECT 17.5 PERCENT IN 2009. THE DATA IN THE FAMILIES USA REPORT, “ONE-TWO PUNCH: UNEMPLOYED AND UNINSURED” IS BASED ON A MODEL CREATED BY THE URBAN INSTITUTE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED AND THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FROM JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 2009. IN SEPTEMBER, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE EVEN FURTHER TO 9.8 PERCENT.

Recently Obama administration officials have launched an operation against La Familia drug cartels. 303 arrests have been made over the last 2 days in 19 different states. According to the Justice Department "62 kilograms of cocaine, 729 pounds of methamphetamine, 967 pounds of marijuana, 144 weapons, 109 vehicles, 2 clandestine drug labs were also seized in the past two days." These raids were part of an anti-drug operation named Project Coronado which has made 1200 drug arrests in the last 4 years.

Grammy Award-winning rap artist Dwayne Carter, better known as Lil Wayne, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon on Thursday. When he was arrested in July of 2007 for smoking marijuana on the street, Carter had a .40-caliber pistol in his possession. The trial was set for January, but now with this guilty plea, sentencing will be in February. Lil Wayne is expected to receive a one year jail sentence.

THE K-STATE HUMANS VERSE ZOMBIES GAME FOR THE FALL SEMESTER STARTED TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK. HUMANS EQUIPPED WITH NERF BLASTERS AND ROLLED SOCKS HAVE BEEN DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST A GROWING ZOMBIE HORDE ALL WEEK LONG, AND LAST NIGHT WAS NO DIFFERENT AS THEY BATTLED FOR OVER AN HOUR TO COMPLETE THEIR THIRD MISSION. THE MISSION BEGAN WHEN A PAIR OF HELICOPTERS, RETURNING FROM THE ZOMBIE OVERRUN KANSAS CITY AREA, CRASH LANDED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CAMPUS. THE HUMAN PLAYERS BANDED TOGETHER TO DEFEND THE HELICOPTER CREW MEMBERS AND REPAIR ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS USING PARTS SALVAGED FROM THE OTHER HELICOPTER. AGAIN AND AGAIN ZOMBIES CHARGED THE HUMAN DEFENDERS DURING THE LONG COLD HOUR WHILE THE HELICOPTERS WERE LOCATED AND PARTS RETRIEVED. OF THE NINE CREW MEMBERS THAT SURVIVED THE CRASH, ONLY THREE AVOIDED FALLING TO THE ZOMBIE HORDE. IN THE END THE HUMANS WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE ALL THE PARTS NECESSARY TO FIX THE HELICOPTER AND SENT THE CREW ON THEIR WAY TO FORT RILEY. HUMANS VERSE ZOMBIES IS PLAYED ONCE A SEMESTER AT K-STATE. INFORMATION ON THE GAME CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING WWW DOT K DASH STATE H V Z DOT WEEBLY DOT COM OR BY GOOGLING K-STATE H V Z.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

News 10-22-09

AN AMBER ALERT ISSUED LAST NIGHT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED. 17-YEAR OLD TARA RENEE SIMHISER OF MARION COUNTY IS MISSING. THE SUSPECT IS 21-YEAR OLD ROJELIO HERNANDEZ. HERNANDEZ IS THE SAME PERSON WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN RILEY AND GEARY COUNTY FOR TELLING STAFF AT JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL HE WAS A WRESTLER LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL TO GO TO. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SIMHISER HAS BEEN ABDUCTED AND BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL. SIMHISER IS FIVE FOOT TALL, 120 POUNDS, AND HAD BLONDE HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL 911 OR THE KBI AT EIGHT HUNDRED KS CRIME.


MANHATTAN CITY COMMISIONERS ARE ON THE ROAD TO FIGURING OUT A NEW ORDINANCE. THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS BANNING HAND HELD CELL PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING. THEY STILL HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT HOW TO ENFORCE THIS NEW RULE. THEY MAY MAKE IT A PRIMARY OFFENSE BUT IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO ENFORCE. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.


THE REDNECK RAP WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP VIDEO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. KANSAS LEGISLATOR BILL OTTO WILL BE MAKING A NEW VIDEO NEXT WEEK PRAISING OBAMA FOR TRYING TO HELP OLDER AMERICANS. IN HIS FIRST VIDEO HE CALLED AN OPOSSUM THE OTHER DARK MEAT WHICH SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS REFERRING TO OBAMA. OTTO SAYS IT IS REFERRING TO HIS HILLBILLY HERITAGE. THE VIDEO CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE.


HOW OFTEN DO THE POLICE ASK PEOPLE TO SIT AND DRINK ALCOHOL? THAT’S JUST WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE KANSAS. THIS WAS TO HELP POLICE IDENTIFY WHO’S LEGALLY DRUNK AND WHO ISN’T. THE KANSAS CITY AREA HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES AND DEATHS AND THIS IS TO HELP PUT A STOP TO IT. DON’T WORRY, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WERE GIVEN A RIDE HOME AFTER THEY WERE FINISHED.


POLICE VEHICLES ARE DAMAGED THIS MORNING IN SEATTLE AFTER AN ARSONIST SET A MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE YARD ON FIRE. THE FIRE QUICKLY GOT UNDER CONTROL AN NO ONE WAS HURT. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO WAS SEEN IN THE AREA WEARING A BACKPACK.

MICROSOFT HAS LAUNCHED THEIR NEWEST VERSION…WINDOWS SEVEN TODAY. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON NEW COMPUTERS AND AS AN UPDATE. MICROSOFT HOPES PEOPLE LIKE THIS BETTER THAN VISTA, THEIR PREVIOUS VERSION. WINDOWS SEVEN IS PROMISED TO BE FASTER, CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF CLICKS IT TAKES TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND HAS A NEW LOOK.

PICTURES OF NICOLE RICHIE AND JOEL MADDEN’S NEW BABY CAN BE FOUND IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE. THEIR SIX WEEK OLD SON SPARROW JAMES MIDNIGHT MADDEN IS POSING WITH MOM, DAD, AND OLDER SISTER HARLOW. EVEN THOUGH RICHIE AND MADDEN SAY THEY ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, RICHIE SAYS SHE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER. THE MAGAZINE HITS NEWSSTANDS TOMORROW.