News 9-10-09

YESTERDAY STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM HALE LIBRARY. WE BROKE IN TO TELL YOU THE STORY. LUKE WEMPE WAS ON THE SCENE TELLING US WHAT HAPPENED….

****"AT APPROXAMATLY 10:20 I RECEIVED REPORTS OF HALE LIBRARY BEING EVACUATED. RILEY COUNTY AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE ALONG WITH RILEY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO A FIR ALARM BEING SET OFF. STUDENTS WERE RELEASED BACK INTO THE LIBRARY SHORTLY AFTER 10:40 AFTER RCFD GAVE THE OK. WORD THAT I RECEIVED IS THAT IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED." - LUKE WEMPE ****

EVERYONE CAN SAFELY GO BACK TO HALE TODAY WITHOUT WORRYING. REPORTS SAY IT WAS A (QUOTE) “DUST-CLOGGED SMOKE DETECTOR THAT CAUSED THE ALARM TO GO OFF.”



THE STATE OF KANSAS HAS HAD IT’S SECOND H1N1 DEATH. A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER CONTRACTING THE FLU IN LATE AUGUST. A MAN IN SEDGWICK COUNTY WAS THE FIRST ON AUGUST 6TH. THE H1N1 VIRUS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 53 OF THE 105 COUNTIES IN KANSAS.



MAYBE MUSICAL CHAIRS WILL BE THE WAY TO DECIDE THE SEAT. YET ANOTHER PERSON HAS JOINED THE RACE FOR TODD TIAHART’S HOUSE SEAT. YESTERDAY WICHITA BUSINESSMAN MIKE POMPEO ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RUNNING TOO. HIS PLATFORMS ARE TO KEEP GOVERNMENT OUT OF HEALTH CARE…HE OPPOSES THE ENERGY BILL…AND WILL IMPROVE THE ECONOMY THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, FREE MARKETPLACE. POMPEO IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR REPUBLICANS AND TWO DEMOCRATS WHO WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT IN 2010.



PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE HIS HEALTH CARE SPEECH LAST NIGHT WHICH OF COURSE CAUSED A STIR UP. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE JOE WILSON YELLED “YOU LIE!” IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. DESPITE THE DISAGREEMENTS DURING THE SPEECH…OBAMA SAYS IT’S TIME TO, QUOTE, “STOP THE BICKERING AND START ACTING.” HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN IS TO COST AROUND NINE-HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. HE SAYS INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CARRY BASIC HEALTH INSURANCE WITH HIS PLAN AND HE PROMISES TO PROTECT MEDICARE.



TWO YEARS AFTER THE CAR CRASH INVOLVING NICK BOLLEA…ALSO KNOWN AS NICK HOGAN…AND FRIEND JOHN GRAZIANO…THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP. GRAZIANO IS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING LIFE THREATENING BRAIN SWELLING THAT HAS GOTTEN BETTER. HE STILL, HOWEVER, HAS A WAYS TO GO. BOLLEA SPENT SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR RECKLESS DRIVING INVOLVING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. BOLLEA IS THE SON OF WRESTLER HULK HOGAN.



IN AN UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT BY FOX YESTERDAY ELLEN DEGENERES IS NAMED TO BE THE FOURTH JUDGE ON AMERICAN IDOL. SHE WILL BE TAKING THE PLACE OF FORMER JUDGE PAULA ABDUL WHO LEFT THE SHOW EARLIER THIS SUMMER. DEGENERES ALSO STILL PLANS TO HOST HER DAILY TALK SHOW ALONG WITH NIGHTS AT IDOL. SHE WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY WHEN THE AUDITIONS ARE OVER. DEGENERES SAYS. (QUOTE) “GETTING THIS JOB IS A DREAM COME TRUE, AND THINK OF ALL THE MONEY I’LL SAVE FROM NOT HAAVING TO TEXT IN MY VOTE.”